A new Lord of the Rings and PixelJunk game landed on our radar today, but a few cool newsbites came our way that weren't quite meaty enough for individual stories. Here's the weird headlines we didn't pick up for Thursday, March 18.
The latest in Sony's series of Kevin Butler TV spots highlights the recently announced PlayStation Move, and pokes fun at the Wii's lack of 3D tracking, and the Natal's lack of buttons.
If you missed out on Q-Games' first PixelJunk title when it originally launched, you can take on PixelJunk Racers with new features when PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap stops on the PlayStation Network this spring.
An assistant professor at Indiana University is trying something new for his classes in game design: teaching classes as massively multiplayer online games. Among other things, this means students gain experience points instead of receiving traditional letter grades.
Rockstar Games is delaying the PlayStation 3 and PC release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City slightly to make some tweaks to the in-game radio station, television, and internet content in the European version. Read on for rescheduled dates.
Filming is set to start soon on a movie adaptation of the Kane & Lynch video game series, with Oscar winner Jamie Foxx rumored to play the psychotic Lynch to Bruce Willis' Kane.
Robert Ashley, the producer of the highly respected podcast A Life Well Wasted, explains why he desires to hear and read stories about the people of gaming, as much as the products.
Joystiq reports it has a document confirming an Xbox 360 update that will allow the device to use USB storage units. There is a 16GB cap on the USB mass storage, but you could conceivably copy an entire disc-based game onto it.
A new take on J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novels is coming to consoles next year, as Lord of the Rings: War in the North was announced for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. It will be developed by the team that created Champions of Norrath.
EA and developer DICE announced this morning that their first person war shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, hit 2.3 million in sales across North America and Europe since hitting shelves earlier this month. They also have a by-the-numbers breakdown:
