Pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K11, win $1 million

How do you usually get ready for the baseball season? Do you pick up a sports game, say the MLB 2K series? How would a million dollars sound to get you set for the season? 2K Sports is once again rewarding $1,000,000 to the first player to pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K11. Well, the award will go to first player to do so after MLB opening day, April 1, 2011. Players will have a little less than a month to prepare for the challenge following the March 8 release date of the game. The perfect pitch theme seems to have also translated into the cover art, as Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies is one of only 20 players in baseball history to pitch a perfect game (and one of the few to pitch multiple no-hitters in a single season).

Despite fierce competition in the genre from the MLB The Show series, you have to admit, this is a pretty tough offer to turn down.

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Nintendo considers reprinting sold-out Super Mario All-Stars

While video game companies don’t usually understand the concept of “Limited Edition,” one company does for sure: Nintendo. Their limited run of the 25th anniversary Super Mario All-Stars that came out for the Wii on December 12th is impossible to find. That is, it’s impossible to find at its original suggested retail price of $29.99 and goes for as much as $80 right now on eBay (it’s currently hovering between $68 and $90 on Amazon). But we have good news – you can save all those coins you painstakingly collected. Nintendo’s director of public relations Marc Franklin told Wired.com that the company is considering “bringing this item back at a later date.”

It’s easy to see why the collection sold out so quickly – it’s not just an updated version of Mario’s first four adventures. It also came with a history booklet and an audio CD full of those nostalgic tunes. If you missed out the first time around, definitely get on this when it comes back. It’s a lot of bang for your buck – or I guess you could say it’s a lot of fire power for your coins.

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God of War III, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood lead 2011 WGA nominations

The Writers Guild of America yesterday announced the nominees for the 2011 Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing (but it’s a shame that no one at the WGA knows that “video game” is two words).

This year’s nominees cover some familiar territory as three of the six nominees are sequels to previous nominees: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Fallout: New Vegas and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (the original Force Unleashed actually won in 2009). But don’t count out the three newcomers, including God of War III, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Singularity.

The winner will be announced at a bicoastal ceremony (one in New York and one in LA) on Saturday, February 5. Congratulations to all the nominated writers, which you can find after the jump.

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Haggar, Phoenix join Marvel vs Capcom 3

Capcom has announced that the world’s toughest mayor and a fiery mutant who’s out of this world have stepped up to the challenge in Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. I refer, of course, to Mike Haggar of Final Fight fame and X-Men Jean Grey in her Phoenix form.

We’ve got gameplay trailers for both characters after the jump and you can find a ton of new screenshots at Capcom-Unity.

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Warp Zoned Podcast: Episode 1

In Warp Zoned’s inaugural podcast, Mike Gutierrez, Nicole Kline, and Ryan Littlefield wax poetical about… what else? Video games. Broadcasting to you from the most secluded parts of their houses, they give Warp Zoned’s intentions with your daughter for the future, talk about games they got for Christmas and games they want to pick up on the cheap, what they’ve been playing lately, and, perhaps most importantly, what is coming out in January. We also find out about Mike’s secret desire for BioSonic Infinite… the next Sonic the Hedgehog game, what Nicole really thought about Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, and discover Ryan’s deep, brooding love for Mass Effect 2.

Download Episode 1 Now!

And be sure to check back in two weeks for Episode 2!

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Games and deals coming soon to the Xbox Live Marketplace in January 2011


The XBLA has some deals coming up in the next few days. From January 11th through the 17th, players can save up to 50% on Activision DLC, including Call of Duty Map Packs, Guitar Hero Add-ons, and Arcade titles, just to name a few. Details will be available on the Xbox Live Dashboard on January 11th. From the 18th to the 25th, EA will be having a sale as well – 50% off Arcade games and more. Details for the EA sale will be available on the Dashboard on the 18th. Xbox Live members can also try out Gold for free from January 28th to the 31st.

For more deals and additional available content, hit the jump. Thanks, Major Nelson!

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Duke Nukem Forever in EGM’s February issue

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s February issue exists to let fans of Duke Nukem Forever know that more information is coming in late January or early February. What’s with the gaming industry making announcements about when they’re going to be making more announcements? In the meantime, you can satiate your lust with an interview with Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford. He also mentions that the developer’s other game, Aliens: Colonial Marines, probably won’t be released this year.

Oh yeah, and in other news, Red Dead Redemption was EGM’s GOTY. And they gave Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded a 5.0. Ouch. More details at NeoGAF.

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Hudson Entertainment bringing TurboGrafx-16 games to Playstation 3, PSP

Hudson Entertainment recently announced that they’ll be releasing some of the original TurboGrafx-16 games for the PlayStation Network to be played on the PlayStation 3 and PSP this winter. The ten games are Alien Crush, Bomberman ’94, Bonk’s Adventure, Dungeon Explorer, Neutopia, New Adventure Island, Soldier Blade, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, and World Sports Competition. Hudson – who originally developed the TurboGrafx-16 with NEC in 1987 – will be announcing even more games in the coming months.

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