To Do In Atlanta: Momocon – Anime, Comics, Gaming, And Kotaku [Events]

If you’re in the Atlanta area this weekend, you’d be remiss if you didn’t stop by MomoCon, the largest free admission fan convention in North America, featuring anime, manga, gaming, comics, and a special Sunday panel session with yours truly. More

Puzzle Quest 2 Playable At PAX East, And So Are We [PAX East]

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the game that launched the puzzle-RPG genre, Puzzle Quest, will be playable at PAX East next weekend, if you can manage to pry us away from the controls. More

PlayStation.Blog God of War III GDC 2010 Meetup Recap

Can you say, “Biggest meetup ever?” Because if you made it out to San Francisco on Wednesday, you experienced it first-hand. Not that we didn’t expect an early God of War III hands-on event to draw a mega-crowd. But still, hats off to you guys for making it out in spades. A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out for an entire day’s worth of festivities, culminating in a chance to play God of War III before it hits stores tonight/tomorrow ! Thanks also to those who followed along at home — hopefully it will make picking up the game even more exciting! And you East-coasters that have been asking and asking for us to come to you…well, it’s official. The PlayStation.Blog is coming to New York City and Boston ( PAX East ) next week! Specific details coming soon. As for San Francisco, it was a day-long celebration of God of War III. Several of you lined up as early as 5am to secure a spot in our massive tent. (Check out ALL the pictures of our God of War III GDC 2010 Meetup on Flickr !) At around noon, we unleashed the burrito truck upon the line! Now that spells CHAOS! Shortly after, we opened the tent “doors” to the masses. Everyone was greeted inside by PlayStation 3 s loaded up with God of War Collection , and a special challenged awaited. The test? Complete the God of War II Challenge of the Titans “Blind Fury” the fastest…in one try. You die, you’re out. And the winner would lock down a God of War III Ultimate Edition ! We thought we’d see plenty of quick deaths, but in fact, many of you utterly blitzed this challenge. But only one came through with a time that could arguably last through the ages. 16 seconds! 16 freakin’ seconds! Here’s your winner: Throughout the day, we raffled off TONS of games, posters and other unique PlayStation goodies. Anyone who brought a PSP took home God of War: Chains of Olympus , but we also gave away MLB 10: The Show PSP , Heavy Rain , Fireteam Bravo 3 , Killzone 2 and much more. The highlight of the meetup was definitely the presence of Stig and the Sony Santa Monica Studio team who stopped by to sign autographs for everyone who came! All attendees also scored a limited-edition God of War III art book! And finally, there was the chance to take your picture and create a personalized God of War III cover! There are some truly great shots in Flickr , so flip through ‘em!

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Lionhead Studios Releases All-New Fable III Screenshots

In the epic story of Fable III, the journey to rule the throne of Albion begins five decades after the events of the last chapter; today as GDC concludes Lionhead released a slew of new images for it’s anticipated upcoming RPG game Fable III.

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SOE Dates Fan Faire 2010 [Sony Online Entertainment]

It’s time to learn the date of the annual gathering of Sony Online Entertainment players, who will be flocking to Las Vegas this August to awkwardly realize that no one is really a Wood Elf, and the world is sad. Tickets will go on sale this spring for Sony Online Entertainment’s annual fan gathering, held this year at Bally’s Las Vegas from August 5 through August 8. If you’ve never been to one of the SOE extravaganzas, be prepared for cosplay of varying degrees of skill, special announcements and sneak peeks at upcoming SOE titles, tournaments, trivia, some subtle LARPing, and a huge influx of children, considering this year those plucky Free Realms fans might be making the trip. Keep track of all the Fan Faire related news by visiting www.soefanfaire.com , your home for all things fannish and fairey on the internet.

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Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape

Desperate measures. Just two weeks on from the release of the excellent Lost In Nightmares DLC, Capcom has seen fit to serve up another delectable portion of episodic content for the five-million-selling Resident Evil 5. How kind. But while Lost In Nightmares saw a refreshing return to the slow-burn style of panic-stricken survival horror that characterised the series’ early days, Desperate Escape sees the gameplay firmly back in bullet-spraying territory as you fight a concerted battle to get out of the Tricell facility alive. Set midway through the events of Resident Evil 5 – beware! spoilers ahead – we catch up with Jill Valentine just after Chris and Sheva have removed the mind control amulet that turned her into a pirouetting death machine. With Chris and Sheva determined to high-tail it after Albert Wesker, they leave the exhausted BSAA agent to fend for herself. Manners. Read more…

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Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape

Desperate measures. Just two weeks on from the release of the excellent Lost In Nightmares DLC, Capcom has seen fit to serve up another delectable portion of episodic content for the five-million-selling Resident Evil 5. How kind. But while Lost In Nightmares saw a refreshing return to the slow-burn style of panic-stricken survival horror that characterised the series’ early days, Desperate Escape sees the gameplay firmly back in bullet-spraying territory as you fight a concerted battle to get out of the Tricell facility alive. Set midway through the events of Resident Evil 5 – beware! spoilers ahead – we catch up with Jill Valentine just after Chris and Sheva have removed the mind control amulet that turned her into a pirouetting death machine. With Chris and Sheva determined to high-tail it after Albert Wesker, they leave the exhausted BSAA agent to fend for herself. Manners. Read more…

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Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape

Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape

Desperate measures. Just two weeks on from the release of the excellent Lost In Nightmares DLC, Capcom has seen fit to serve up another delectable portion of episodic content for the five-million-selling Resident Evil 5. How kind. But while Lost In Nightmares saw a refreshing return to the slow-burn style of panic-stricken survival horror that characterised the series’ early days, Desperate Escape sees the gameplay firmly back in bullet-spraying territory as you fight a concerted battle to get out of the Tricell facility alive. Set midway through the events of Resident Evil 5 – beware! spoilers ahead – we catch up with Jill Valentine just after Chris and Sheva have removed the mind control amulet that turned her into a pirouetting death machine. With Chris and Sheva determined to high-tail it after Albert Wesker, they leave the exhausted BSAA agent to fend for herself. Manners. Read more…

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Bidding On Rare — and Factory Sealed — NES Cart Already Tops $15K [Rare Games]

Remember the mom who sold an NES for $13,000 because it happened to include the ultra-rare Stadium Events? Well, a factory-sealed copy is now on eBay, and with eight days to go bidding is above $16,000. Let’s recap: Previously on L.A. Law … Stadium Events was a game that had a tiny NTSC release to just a few select markets in North America in 1987 and 1988 for a variety of reasons, chiefly because Nintendo later bought the rights to the Power Pad (which controlled the game) and all remaining stock was presumed destroyed. According to the game’s Wikipedia entry, only 10 complete specimens (the game and the box) are known to exist and of these, only one is factory sealed. As Yoda might say, “No, there is another.” The seller says she bought it more than 20 years ago at a store in a Kansas City suburb, realized she couldn’t play it without the control mat, and then when she went to buy one, found they’d all been pulled back because of the Nintendo deal. She kept it sealed thinking she’d return it, but never did. The seller says she “saw that one lady sell her system and games for what she did,” went and rooted around in her basement and discovered she’d “hit gold!” As of writing, 47 bids have been placed, the current leader is $16,300. The auction ends a week from tomorrow, so when this sells we’ll follow up. Factory Sealed New NES Nintendo Stadium Events NTSC [eBay]

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Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC is Now on Xbox LIVE

Capcom is pleased to announce the first downloadable episode for Resident Evil 5, “ Lost in Nightmaresâ€� is available today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for cost of 400 Microsoft Points; in it players will experience the events around Jill’s death.

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