In the futuristic world of Star Trek, money has become obsolete so it’s only fitting that the MMO Star Trek Online will adopt a Free-To-Play model starting January 17th. Of course, there’s still in-game currency called Dilithium. Paying subscribers will automatically accrue Dilithium upon logging in, capped at 1 billion, while free accounts will need to manually refine Dilithium with a 100 million cap. Visit the Features Matrix for a

The long-awaited Star Wars themed-Xbox 360 is not far away. According to Kotaku, it will make an appearance on a “popular network television show” airing in February. They don’t say which show but The Big Bang Theory is the most likely choice given its nerd fan base. The only other possibility is Two and a Half Men, which stars Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, a millionaire with all the best

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It’s been more than 3 years since Ubisoft announced the apocalyptic survival game I Am Alive with nary a mention since. Much like its protagonist, the video game is still alive at least for Xbox Live Arcade and PS3 Network. The scaled back version and will no longer be released for PC, but Ubisoft tells fans they won’t be disappointed. “We know people have been waiting for this game to

What do you get when you combine the visuals of video game director Goichi Suda (No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle) and the story telling of film director James Gunn (PG Porn): eye candy! “Lollipop Chainsaw is the story of young, beautiful zombie-killer Juliet Starling, her sidekick disembodied-head boyfriend, and the entire Starling family of zombie killers as they team up to stop a colossal zombie outbreak. Leading the zombies

Have you thanked a programmer? It’s Video Game Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and to celebrate the opening credits have gone 8-bit with a digitized Jimmy running across the screen à la Ninja Gaiden. Jimmy is showing off his video game skills each night with demos of Modern Warfare 3, Gears of War 3, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Battlefield 3, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. All

In China, chain gangs are going high-tech. Liu Dali alleges that he and 300 other prisoners at Jixi labor camp in Heilongjiang province were forced to play online games in 12-hour shifts. They collected virtual money to trade with other players for real money, an illegal practice known as gold farming. The Prison reportedly made upwards of $900 a day, which was not shared with the prisoners, but when they

ThriXXX, an adult game publisher, recently hacked Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox, which allows players to control video games with their hands & feet (and now other body parts). But Microsoft says hands off. “This isn’t the first example of a technology being used in ways not intended by its manufacturer, and it won’t be the last. Microsoft did not authorize or license its technology for this use. Xbox is a

In the fourth and final episode of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, Amy and the Doctor visit a future where global warming has flooded 75% of the Earth’s land mass and forced humanity to live in underwater cities. Under Pressure It’s the first game in the series to create a real sense of urgency. You’re constantly on the run. Outside, there’s a giant shark that

Who says you need a big expensive gaming rig to play the latest video games? Onlive.com is taking pre-orders (Dec 2) for a virtual console that will allow gamers to play remotely on their internet-based (cloud) game servers. There will be 35 titles available at launch including: Borderlands Game of the Year Edition, Just Cause 2, Mafia ll, NBA 2K11, Shaun White Skateboarding. Game are a la carte with a

“It’s on like Donkey Kong” at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Nintendo wants to trademark the catchphrase “in honor” (read: publicity) of the newest game in the series: Donkey Kong Country Returns, where Donkey Kong will throw subpoenas instead of barrels. Just one problem, it’s not their catchphrase. The earliest instance of it being used is in Ice Cube’s “Now I gotta Wet’cha” (1992), so it will be on

R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy game that lets players trick their opponents with, you guessed it, ruses. But the real ruse is the game commercial, which looks nothing like actual gameplay, even the cutscenes don’t look that good. Contrary to what the title and commercial lead you believe ruses aren’t the crux of the game. In fact, their usefulness is often dubious at best. For instance, “Terrorize” is supposed to

Children can be cruel, especially to their toys. “These creatures cannot defend themselves. They cannot run away only escape. Insanity is there there only escape,” explains Dr. Kindermann of The Asylum – Psychiatric Clinic for Abused Cuddly Toys (parapluesch.com). The German toymaker calls the toys therapeutic. “Children and grown ups like their vulnerability and find something in them that gives them a great sense of comfort in helping to heal

The penultimate episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games takes place entirely inside the TARDIS, well except for a quick jaunt outside that leaves the Doctor floating in outer space and, for the first time in his life, at a loss for words. This results in a very humorous game of charades. All the objectives involve working the console and ultimately even flying the TARDIS! You’ll have 60 seconds to