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PBS Inventors profiles Ralph Baer, the Father of Video Games, on his 91st birthday
Before Cliff Bleszinski… Before John Carmack… Before even Shigeru Miyamoto… there was Ralph Baer. While not known as a game designer, Ralph Baer gave the video game industry something much more important: the first home console.
Today is Ralph Baer’s 91st birthday and PBS has decided to celebrate with the “Father of Video Games” by profiling him as part of their Inventors digital series.
Baer began work on his “Brown Box” console all the way back in 1966. It would eventually be released to the public in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey. The prolific inventor is also responsible for the first light gun and the first light gun game, Shooting Gallery as well as the Simon handheld game. Happy birthday Ralph! Never stop inventing.
I’d also like to wish a happy birthday to Warp Zoned’s Senior Editor, Nicole Kline. I’ll bet she had no idea she shared a birthday with video game royalty.
XBLA Today: WRC Powerslide
Milestone has added their latest off-road, WRC Powerslide, to the Xbox Live Arcade in a special Friday update. It’s been priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) and, if you download it, here’s what you can expect to get:
Four cars on the same stage and WRC challenges with arcade flavour. Collect Power-ups during the race and use them to slow down your opponents and achieve victory! Choose between the official WRC cars and locations to experience exciting challenges with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Otherwise select the single player mode and enjoy overtaking, acceleration and braking while paying attention to your opponents: because they will do anything to win!
Company of Heroes 2 marches towards a June 25 release
Another of THQ’s lost children has been given an official release date as Sega has announced that Company of Heroes 2 will be available in stores and through PC download services on June 25.
The game was originally scheduled to be released this month, but due to the publisher changeover, Sega has given Relic Entertainment more time to “meet the high standard set by its predecessor.”
Greg Wilson, Producer of Company of Heroes 2, said, “We hate to disappoint our fans with a later than expected date as we know they are eager to play but we feel that the additional time will help the team deliver the high quality sequel they deserve.”
Relic is planning to hold a closed beta test before release to help balance the multiplayer portion of the game. More details on the beta will be released soon.
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Tomb Raider reboot already has one million players
It looks like fans are loving Lara Croft’s return to gaming in the rebooted Tomb Raider prequel, which was released by Square Enix on Tuesday. How big is the party? Well, Karl Stewart, Crystal Dynamics’ Global Brand Director, has tweeted that over one million people have played the game since the launch date:
Wow, 1m gamers playing in less than 48hrs! @tombraider fans, you’re AMAZINGHearing some stores are running low..more copies are on the way!
— Karl Stewart (@CrystalDKarl) March 8, 2013
With GameFly and Blockbuster (yes, they still exist) and Redbox rentals, this likely doesn’t translate to one million copies sold… yet. But with this many players already, Tomb Raider is well on its way to unearthing even more riches from the retail counter.
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Tagged Tomb Raider
Journey tops all games in Sony’s list of February’s PSN Top Sellers
Sony has released (through the PlayStation Blog) multiple lists of of the Top Sellers on the PSN in February. And after a big night at the DICE Awards and ahead of its strong showing at the BAFTAs, Journey returned to the top of the charts.
You can find all of these lists (PS3/PSN, Vita, PS3 DLC, PS2 Classics, PS1 Classics, PSP, and PS Minis) after the break. (more…)
Take-Two developing “extensive pipeline of unannounced titles”
Take-Two Interactive officially only has three games in development right now: BioShock Infinite (which launches at the end of the month), Grand Theft Auto V (September 17), and XCOM (late 2013/early 2014). They’ve got to have more, right? Well, according to Chief Operating Officer Karl Slatoff, the publisher has a lot more in the hopper.
Speaking at the Wedbush Securities Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference yesterday morning, Slatoff confirmed that Take-Two has “an extensive pipeline of unannounced titles in development.” Slatoff didn’t reveal any further details about Take-Two’s future projects, but he did single out Red Dead, Mafia, Borderlands, L.A. Noire, and Max Payne as franchises that are important to the company.
Take-Two’s Rockstar Games label has previously said that we should expect to hear more about the next Red Dead game soon, so even though they didn’t have running water in the wild west, it’s probably included in Take-Two’s extensive pipeline.
[Source: GameSpot]
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“Deus Ex: The Fall” domains registered by Square Enix
Here we go again. Superanuation is back with another round of domain registrations related to the Deus Ex series.
The enigmatic blogger recently put the kibosh on hopes that Deus Ex: Human Defiance was being set up as a sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Sadly, it looks like that’s the name of the CBS Films adaptation and not a new game. So let’s try again.
This time, Square Enix’s UK arm has registered the domains DeusExTheFall.com, DeusExTheFall.net, and DeusExTheFall.co.uk. Hmm…
j.mp/15vFQjj j.mp/XohVQX j.mp/W2TuaC — Human Defiance wasn’t the name of the next Deus Ex, but this might be
— superannuation (@supererogatory) March 5, 2013
Hopefully this is a Human Revolution sequel and not just an alternate title being considered by CBS Films.
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Daily Scoop: March 7, 2013 – Proper Tidy, Mun!
I just got my Ni No Kuni-themed t-shirt in the mail last night! It’s proper tidy, mun. I decided against getting the other two that were up, although I really wanted them! Just like I still want that Ombre Noire shirt. Must… resist… purchasing… !
I didn’t see any deals today, though I will say that Gamer Deals posted their Deals in a Nutshell for March, and on it, it says that Amazon is giving a $30 bonus credit if you pre-order BioShock: Infinite. So far, I haven’t been able to find that deal on Amazon’s site, and I’ve contacted Gamer Deals for more info, but I haven’t heard anything back. If that deal is extended to the Premium Edition, I am all over that.
As always, some more good t-shirts to tempt you: (more…)
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