After everyone shuttled out of the Championship Gaming Series tent there were tours of the Playboy mansion. We saw a steaming hot (empty) grotto, walked through an aviary and whisked into a mini arcade. Hef’s private gaming stash has a pool table in the center of a room surrounded by mostly retro games like Donkey [...]

So this has got to be a first (maybe last?)… a video game party at Hef’s house. The Championship Gaming Series is holding a draft pick event there to give the upcoming video game league a little glamor and glitz. Teams are going to be in different regions like New York, Los Angeles and so [...]

Newbie video game studio Brash Entertainment managed to snag US$400 million in funding from a series of equity investors. Brash Entertainment opened their doors in March and it was presumed they would obtain around $150 million in start up capital. Their funds exceed two times the initial estimate and maybe it is due to Brash [...]

  Square-Enix’s European division chose Professor X actor, Patrick Stewart, to do the voiceover for the UK and Australian Final Fantasy XII TV commercials. David Dyett, the European Marketing Director explains why, “When we first saw the incredible visuals for Final Fantasy XII, we knew we wanted an incredible voice that would match them. As [...]

  This past weekend I was hanging out at a Kingdom Hearts themed Valentine’s Day party (not Square-Enix sponsored!) and there was “Cloud Strife’s Buster Brose” to drink. The label says “A Scottish SOLDIER tradition” and below it “Made with the finest blend of scotch, oats and Mako energy.” There was also Maleficent Mimosas which [...]

Aliens coming back to consoles? The 27 year old franchise is making a return to the video game world thanks to an agreement between Twentieth Century Fox and Sega. A first person shooter is the obvious choice for the license and Sega announced that one is already in the works. The big surprise was one [...]

This past Saturday Microsoft threw a Viva Piñata party at the Santa Monica pier. Before 11AM kids and their parents lined up to watch the ribbon cutting ceremony. Once inside there were craft stations, episodes of Viva Piñata to watch and Xbox 360s running Viva Piñata for kids to play. All of the demo stations [...]

From dancing with the stars to dancing with piñatas Saved by the Bell alum, Mario Lopez, steps on stage to do the Viva Piñata dance at the Viva Piñata party earlier this afternoon. See the video below and follow the instructions to learn how to do the Viva Piñata dance too.

Remember the Viva Piñata party Microsoft is throwing this weekend in Santa Monica? They just announced the host and it’s A.C. Slater Mario Lopez. What does the Saved by the Bell alumni have to do with Viva Piñata? Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe he’s going to be teaching the piñata dance to [...]

  On Saturday night gamers everywhere were waiting for Wii, things weren’t that much different at the Universal Citywalk except well… Nintendo was hosting the party. At 6PM, two hours before the party started, the line for the Wii wrapped around the Gamestop, snaked around the Café tu Tango up a flight of stairs where [...]

Something we missed out on seeing were the celebrities attending the party earlier that night. Apparently Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Federman and Jonathan Davis from Korn were around. We have some celeb pictures, Gamerscoreblog has a bunch more. Who wouldn’t want to see a deathmatch between Lindsay Lohan and Cliffy B?    

Screenings for Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning are popping up in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 4 with a surprise after event. Gamers who are there will get a chance to play Gears of War on a big movie sized screen. So if you want to be the first to [...]

Nintendo set up a DS lounge at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s Celebrity carnival last Sunday in Los Angeles. The event is held every year where celebrities come by to help raise money for pediatric AIDS research. This year Nintendo teamed up with a couple of celebrities to work at the DS Lite Lounge. [...]

Last night, at Arclight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, Square-Enix and Sony Pictures premiered the English version of the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Originally released last year in Japan, this was the first time anyone, even the actors and actresses have seen the full film in English. How did Cloud’s adventure turn out after a [...]