A suburb in Zaragoza, Spain has unveiled its first video game themed
street: Avenida de Super Mario Bros. The Spanish neighborhood, Arcosur,
is the first in the world to name streets after our favorite games.
Spoilers ahoy! Seriously, don't click here if you want to poke around
and discover how to unlock the secret modes in Call of Duty: Black Ops
on your own.
Raptr – a social platform that tracks gaming stats – is currently
running a promo that will reward dedicated Call of Duty: Black Ops fans
with cash and prizes for continuing to do something they were already
doing – playing the game.
Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi recently said that Gran Turismo 5 discs are being stamped, and it looks as though some of them have made their way out into the wild.
Fallout: New Vegas may take place in a post-apocalyptic future, but that
doesn't mean it can't be funny from time to time. One YouTube user
compiled all of the strange stuff he ran across in the Mojave wasteland
into one epic 14-minute video.
Many gamers latched onto the drama around Brutal Legend to further demonize Activision,
but the massive publisher has not had a chance to tell its side of the
story until now.
Sometimes excitement over a game launch goes a bit too far. Take
for example a group of robbers in Bel Air, Maryland, who stole more
than 100 copies of the much-anticipated game this weekend.
DO NOT watch this vignette from Quantic Dream if you've haven't played Heavy Rain yet as it spoils pretty much everything. If you have played it already, you've got to check this out!
THQ's collaborative venture with acclaimed film director
Guillermo del Toro is set to be announced publicly at the Spike TV Video
Game Awards next month.
Call of Duty: Black Ops will finally be available to eager gamers
around the world tonight at midnight, but if you can't wait a few more
hours to tear into your copy of the Prestige Edition, Ice-T has got you
covered.
