Undead Astronauts

new trailer about gw2. the art is phenomenal, i mean just really fantastic. but i have to wonder about the mechanics. how can they have a persistent world w/o all the issues of kill stealing and what not? how small are these servers that npc’s will actually remember u for an extended length of time, much less have your actions affect the extended world in a persistent manner? i remember how they accomplished this in gw1: u simply progressed to the next instanced zone where everyone knew u. but they’re saying these places are persistent. i’m not sure i believe the hype.

how difficult will it be to switch servers to play w/ friends? and most importantly, will they still have dodgeball?

“Earlier today, Blizzard Entertainment’s partner GomTV revealed plans for an easily accessible worldwide league called the “Global StarCraft II League” (GSL). GomTV is planning on having monthly tournaments culminating in a main tournament and world championships for both the GSL 2010 and GSL 2011.

There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports. The winner of the monthly tournament will be given 100,000,000 won (app. 85,500 USD), and runner up and semifinalists will be given 30,000,000 won (app. 25,000 USD) and 10,000,000 won (app. 8,500 USD) respectively. The players will be divided into upper and lower league depending on their performance in the 2010 league for the 2011 league.”

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141496

The Guild is a comedy web series about a group of online gamers, and how they interact online.

Here is a Bollywood style vid.

For the fun.

wow. can’t say i saw this one coming a year ago. i wonder how the mechanics are gonna work? there will be 2 versions, one produced by capcom and one by namco. craziness. see screenshots here.

grats to gamerbee! tough luck for jwong to get knocked out by him, but it’s pretty cool at the same time. recap here.

See the EVO2K youtube channel for more.

in what may be a looked back upon as a watershed event, level|up and G4 will be teaming w/ capcom to stream this year’s EVO events, and will broadcast a special edition of X-Play on July 20th devoted to EVO 2010. the production will be by the guys at level|up, which is run by fighting great alex valle.

from level|up:

All three days of tournament action will be streamed live on the Internet. To produce the live stream, EVO has partnered with Level|Up, universally renowned for their pro-gaming broadcast expertise and ability to make all the amazing on-screen action accessible to a global audience.

from g4 (actually the same stream run by level|up):

Beginning at 9:00am PT July 9th, G4TV.com, powered by Stickam, the first live streaming video network, will offer unprecedented access to the EVO 2010 world championships with 45 hours of non-stop live streaming coverage. The exclusive stream will feature tournament matches between top players, with live crowd audio accompanied by expert commentary to explain all the onscreen action. This streaming event will run from the start of the tournament on July 9th through the finals on July 11th.

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On Tuesday, July 20 at 6:30 pm, a special episode of “X-Play”, TV’s most watched videogame show, will be completely devoted to EVO 2010. X-Play vs. Capcom: EVO 2010 World Fighting Finals will delve into the legacy of Capcom’s legendary fighting games, and give viewers an all-access look at the history of EVO as it’s developed from a fledgling format to a mega-successful fighting institution.

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This year’s coverage is unlike anything ever presented before, and marks an ongoing commitment from G4 to employ both on-air and online strategies to provide fans with the most complete and explosive gaming coverage anywhere. (more…)