Daily entertainment news covering BioShock en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/16/week_in_video_game_news_wiiware_arrives_ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:48:14 EST Entertainment News 87650@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -GAME LAB: Nintendo's WiiWare service is up and running, finally giving Internet-connected Wii owners the chance to download original games. It's a laboratory of sorts for low-budget games, allowing smaller developers to sell their games while larger publishers can experiment with new ideas.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/05/videogame_reviews_lost_odyssey_dragon_qu Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:06:10 EST Entertainment News 80032@http://www.starpulse.com/news As a fantasy-loving nerd who came of age in the '80s, I was fascinated by the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons.'' Fortunately, I didn't know anyone else who cared, so I didn't get drawn into the cult. But I've been a sucker ever since for the electronic games that were inspired by it, from 1981's ''Wizardry'' to the ongoing ''Final Fantasy'' series.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/08/bioshock_call_of_duty_and_orange_box_rec Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:52:42 EST Entertainment News 77413@http://www.starpulse.com/news LAS VEGAS (AP) - Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show. ''BioShock,'' ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' and ''The Orange Box'' garnered four prizes apiece Thursday night at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/18/taking_your_joystick_to_the_movies_video Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:32:44 EST Entertainment News 74876@http://www.starpulse.com/news Let's face it, video game movies usually suck (see article here). For every guilty pleasure such as Resident Evil there is a House of the Dead, Street Fighter, and Mario Brothers stinking up this niche genre. What keeps going wrong?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/14/video_games_do_not_make_good_movies Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:18:26 EST Entertainment News 74232@http://www.starpulse.com/news There are some things in Hollywood that just do not work: Lindsay Lohan and sobriety, most marriages, Tim Allen tackling roles not involving Christmas, and successfully adapting a video game into a movie. Why is this so hard?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/11/the_top_10_most_highly_anticipated_video_2008 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:28:04 EST Entertainment News 74064@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2007 was one of the best years for video games that we have ever seen. We saw all types of triple-A titles, from new masterpieces like Bioshock, Mass Effect, Portal, and Rock Band to the continuing success of franchises such as God of War 2, Call of Duty 4 and Super Mario Galaxy.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/19/fire_when_ready_in_call_of_duty_unreal_g Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:52:28 EST Entertainment News 71798@http://www.starpulse.com/news This has been a banner year for the first-person shooter on consoles. We've seen some brilliant shooters (''BioShock,'' ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption''), some terrible ones (''Hour of Victory'') and plenty more that fell somewhere in between (yes, ''Halo 3'').

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/19/week_in_video_game_news_best_games_of_20 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:40:25 EST Entertainment News 71792@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -BEST OF 2007: It has been a terrific year for video games, and boiling it down to a top 10 list was difficult. But here are the games I enjoyed the most in 2007.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/05/week_in_video_game_news_the_cream_of_the Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:37:52 EST Entertainment News 58741@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -FALL PREVIEW: The video-game industry's holiday season traditionally begins in mid-August, when EA Sports welcomes kids back from their summer vacations with the latest edition of ''Madden NFL.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/30/video_game_review_bioshock_shocks_the_se Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:59:24 EST Entertainment News 58044@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''BioShock'' is indeed shocking, just not in the way you might expect. It's a rare first-person shooter that transcends the genre's action and forces players to think about what they're doing, and why.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/22/week_in_video_game_news_madden_takes_man Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:31:36 EST Entertainment News 56915@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -A WORLD GONE MADDEN: The NFL season is bookended by two spectacles: the release of ''Madden NFL'' at the start and the Super Bowl at the finish. The ''Madden'' launch may not be as flamboyant, but that's not because publisher EA Sports isn't trying.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/21/bioshock_released_for_xbox_360_and_pc_to Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:56:35 EST Entertainment News 56701@http://www.starpulse.com/news New York, NY - 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that BioShock is now available in North America for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows, and will be available in Europe beginning August 24.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/20/2k_games_announces_the_bioshock_ep_ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 56537@http://www.starpulse.com/news -Classic songs from the '40s and '50s get a futuristic makeover evoking the art deco-meets-sci fi styling of BioShock's underwater world

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/01/week_in_video_game_news_game_makers_scor Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:38:13 EST Entertainment News 54033@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -COMIC CHAMELEON: When the San Diego Comic-Con started in 1970, about 300 people showed up. This year's event drew 120,000 fans - enough to get the attention of not just comic-book publishers, but movie studios, TV networks and video-game companies as well.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/week_in_video_game_news_nintendo_sony_mi Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:35:59 EST Entertainment News 52139@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -E3 MINI: This year's version of the Electronic Entertainment Expo - newly christened the E3 Media & Business Summit - was much smaller than last year's, but it wasn't just the lack of crowd noise that made it seem a lot quieter.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/20/week_in_video_game_news_sony_apologizes_ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:33:02 EST Entertainment News 48066@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -LOSING MY RELIGION: A virtual shootout inside a British cathedral led Sony to apologize to the Church of England. The culprit is ''Resistance: Fall of Man,'' the PlayStation 3 best-seller that finds Earthlings fighting aliens in the U.K. At one point the action spills into a building that resembles Manchester Cathedral in northwest England.

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