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If you remember the Terminator style glasses we told you Google was working on not too long ago, it won’t be that hard to wrap your head around these Microsoft patents dug up by PatentBolt. There are two different designs present in the patent for “projector eyewear”, aka wearable displays. One appears to be more like Google’s glasses concept and the other is an “Xbox Gaming Helmet”.

PatentBolt explained one concept detailed in the patent described eyeglass frames that include a pair of projectors “which project virtual display images.”

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The last time we brought you news on classic 1983 arcade title Dragon’s Lair it was coming to the Android Market Google Play. Now yet another port of the game has been officially confirmed, this time the art of ex-Disney animator Don Bluth will be landing on Xbox Live Arcade.

Dragon’s Lair for XBLA  is a super rad title that adds a whole new level to the Don-Bluth-animated, dragon-fighting, disc-dropping, ball-avoiding, Dirk-the-Daring-killing experience we’ve loved for years. We’re super proud to be able to provide another platform everyone to enjoy Keep Reading

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The crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken has 12 more playable characters due out through DLC. It seems a few determined hackers have accessed the extra fighters, although inaccessible to the public just yet, all twelve were already present on the game disc.

While this kind of thing happens all the time its not everyday we actually see the hacked content make its way onto the public game servers. It appears via YouTube videos and eye witness accounts that the hacked characters are already popping up in online matches on Xbox Live. Keep Reading

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Just this past weekend the annual British Academy of Film and Television Awards were held to celebrate the best of the best in entertainment, including video games. Valve’s Portal 2 was the big winner of the night taking home the Best Game award. The breakout puzzler also won Best Design and Best Story.

Other than Portal 2 there were many big surprises of the night when some of the year’s biggest titles went home empty handed. Despite being nominated 5 different times, Bethesda’s immense RPG Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim didn’t win any awards. Not to mention, epic cinematic adventure Uncharted 3 and Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, although both nominated, went home without awards. Keep Reading

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Last week we told you about the opening of the Art of Video Games exhibition at the Smithsonian gallery in Washington. The exhibit, which consists of over 80 games and various gaming related installations, will eventually be visiting a host of other cities in the months to come.

We also told you then that the opening weekend would serve as “GameFest” consisting of talks from various industry experts including a special panel with none other than Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. Thankfully, you didn’t have to be in Washington this weekend to enjoy the talks, as below we bring you five really entertaining talks that took place during GameFest.

Starting off with the Hideo Kojima’s talk on his craft of Keep Reading

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While it’s been rumored in the past, Blizzard is once again talking about World of Warcraft coming to mobile devices. Up until now the developer has only release the World of Warcraft Mobile Armory, an iOS app that allows you to view in game stats and manage auction house and guilds.

In an interview at Blizzard headquarters, Senior World of Warcraft producer John Lagrave talked with Eurogamer about the possibilities of bringing the game to mobile platforms like the iPhone. From the sounds of Lagrave’s comments, the company is having some trouble figuring out how to make the WoW experience work on the smaller screens. Keep Reading

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Last week we reported about the rising controversy surrounding the ending of Mass Effect 3. Angry fans of the series have gone to great lengths to get the attention of the folks at BioWare. As if the petitions weren’t enough, fans of the series have now gone as far as filling complaints with the Federal Trade Commission.

The executive producer of Mass Effect and the director of the latest iteration, Casey Hudson, has responded to the community’s outcry, issuing a letter to the players. He said Keep Reading

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We told you earlier this year that the Smithsonian would be adding an exhibit based on the Art of Video Games. Today the exhibit officially kicked off featuring over 80 games and bringing 40-years of video game evolution to the museum in Washington.

The 80 games were selected by curator Chris Melissinos with help from millions of voters from 175 countries who voted from a list of approximately 240 games. While even Melissinos admits the 80 games can’t represent the entire history of gaming, he explained in an interview with The Globe and Mail the intention of the exhibit: Keep Reading

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A project called 8bitMMO announced today brings the wonderful world of 8 bit into an online, massively multiplayer, build-it-yourself ‘construction sandbox’. The game will be offered free from the developer’s website for all java-friendly platforms.

8BitMMO will allow up to 250 players connected simultaneously to interact in the 8 bit space. Players can explore the world as well as shape their surroundings while playing. The game’s engine will allow for player created structures such as houses, castles and an entire cityscape. Keep Reading

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We’ve seen some pretty inventive Kinect solutions from third parties. We recently told you about a Kinect-based banking system from Etronika, and even Microsoft showed off Kinect Fusion and Lightspace at the company’s labs. Today UberGizmo points us to a video of a new augmented reality gaming solution demoed by Microsoft Research (below).

What you’re seeing in the video is known as the “Beamatron”. As explained in the video by a Microsoft researcher, the concept is Keep Reading

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We have learned that Bethesda is set to announce Elder Scrolls Online in May 2012. The game will be taking us back to the world of Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind in a brand new way.

An anonymous industry source revealed to Toms Guide that Bethesda is teaming up with ZeniMax to create an MMO set in the Elder Scrolls mythos.

Although the collaboration between Bethesda and ZeniMax is no secret with all of the job postings on ZeniMax’s site for the last little while, it was still unknown Keep Reading

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We’ve told you a few times about the new Guinness World Records 2012 Gamers Edition. First we brought you tips on how to get in the book for yourself directly from the book’s gaming editor Gaz Deaves, and now Guinness is hooking up JaceHallShow.com readers with two free copies of the full color, e-book edition on iTunes.

On top of the expected gaming-related record breakers, the book is also full of charts and leaderboards for classic arcade games courtesy of Twin Galaxies in a dedicated section in the back of the book. Keep Reading

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We’ve told you in the past about developers that are paying up to $5000 in some cases to get in the Top 25 rankings of the App Store. Obviously apps that get into the list are more likely to be downloaded by users who think they’ve done something to deserve the ranking. Apple is starting to crack down more on these shady developers, but a new story today from Businessweek shows just how serious of a problem it really is.

According to the report, the company Gtekna run by Chang-Min Pak made approximately $2 million dollars last year manipulating Keep Reading

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A new update to Elder Scrolls: Skyrim comes to us today including, most notably, brand new kill cameras and animations for kill moves. Today Bethesda rolls out Skyrim update 1.5 with new kill cams for spells and projectile weapons as well as a number of other fixes and new features.

“…we’ve been blown away by the continued community support for Skyrim. All of it has driven us to make the game even better, and we’re excited to start sharing news on upcoming features and content.”

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Game developers and fans alike have always been on the pursuit of the perfect immersive experience. For a long time gamers have relied on mods to help us get more and more out of the games we love so much. New tech from GDC really brings that pursuit to fruition in a new way.

Forth Dimension Displays has created a system consisting of an HD headset, a modified playstation Move gun and a vest with devices controlling movement and the various levels of player input. Keep Reading

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Blizzard has finally announced the next iteration of the highly acclaimed Diablo franchise will be released May 15. Digital copies of the game are available for pre order starting today for $59.99 at Blizzard’s Battle.net.

Diablo III picks up some 20 years after the “Prime Evils were defeated and banished from the world of Sanctuary.” The player will investigate “rumours of a fallen star ” and will “return to where it all began – the town of Tristram …”
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A brand new Lego creation brings together three of the coolest things from just about all of our childhoods – Transformers, Lego and Gameboy. Complete with a game cartridge and even the batteries, this Lego Gameboy transforms into a clone that looks a lot like the Decepticon Shockwave.

The Lego creation dubbed Domaster and Tetrawing was created and designed by Lego builder Julius Von Brunk. The name comes from the small paragraph written on the screens of old gameboys, “Dot Matrix with Stereo Sound” and Tetrawing comes from a burlesque girl who does a Tetris themed show. Keep Reading

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Those not old enough to remember the 1988 post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland could soon get to experience a sequel to Interplay’s top-down classic, which is said to have directly inspired the Fallout franchise that followed years later.

Apparently Brian Fargo of Interplay had been trying to get the game made for years, but it didn’t actually happen until recently when fans urged him to launch a Kickstarter project.

The project passed $600,000 in investments within the first 24 hours, and still has 33 days to reach its goal of $900,000. Keep Reading

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If you haven’t heard by now, BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 released earlier this month is causing a bit of controversy over its ending. Don’t worry, no spoilers here. The developer has now responded to angered fans, while a petition to “Retake Mass Effect” has raised over $35,000 for charity.

According to Child’s Play, who is behind the petition, the campaign isn’t to express anger with BioWare, but simply to “express our hope that there could be a different direction for a series we have all grown to love.”

For the developer’s official response to the issue we turn to BioWare Director Casey Hudson who spoke to Digital Trends about the controversy: Keep Reading

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If you have logged into Xbox Live today to find your achievements have been erased, you may or may not be comforted by the fact you’re not the only one. The good news is Microsoft has confirmed that a resolution is on the way.

A quick look at the official Xbox forums reveals there are more than a few angry gamers that report having their accounts reset and all achievements and gameplay history data erased. Gamerscores were reset to zero for those hit by the bug as well. Some even reported receiving a message that their account was last used on another console. Keep Reading