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09.24.12
Assassin's Creed III Single Player Campaigns, Multiplayer Modes, New Gameplay and Screenshots Revealed by Ubisoft

BOSTON -- Assassin's Creed III is shaping up to be a hot title this holiday season and Ubisoft Creative Director Alex Hutchinson and Multiplayer Game Directo Damien Kieken revealed more about single player and multiplayer campaigns as well as a lot of new gameplay footage and screenshots. We talked to them in Boston where the heart of all the American Revolution action took place some two hundred plus years ago in these exclusive video interviews.

09.24.12
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation for PS Vita New Gameplay and Screenshots with New Female Assassin and Alligators

BOSTON -- The Assassin's Creed franchise will not only be getting a console game but also a Sony Playstation PS Vita-powered handheld version in Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, but this one is with a female assassin Aveline and based in New Orleans paralleling the time period of the American Revolution of Assassin's Creed III assassin Connor. We talked to Assassin's Creed Liberation writer Richard Farrese about Aveline as he previewed what we can expect with the handheld version of Assassin's Creed.

08.23.12
Grace Helbig Joins Kevin Pereira's Awesomesauce.Live 2012 Tour

G4 reporter Grace Helbig will be joining the AWESOMESAUCE.LIVE! 2012 fall tour, which is set to hit 10 cities this fall. The YouTube darling hits the road for nine shows, beginning September 20 in Seattle with stops in Portland, Austin, Dallas, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Madison and Chicago.

08.19.12
Hands On Preview: Cruising In The Caribbean In Assassins’ Creed 3

Last week, I get a chance to get hands on time with easily one of the most anticipated games of the holiday season, Ubisoft’s Assassins’ Creed 3. Instead of being on foot and climbing on rooftops in Boston, I was established in Caribbean on controlling a boat.

04.23.12
The Real Juliet Starling Cosplay Girl Jessica Nigri Talks Lollipop Chainsaw

In Boston, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s official cosplay girl Jessica Nigri was told to put on more clothes by PAX East 2012 officials. Her outfit, which you can see in this exclusive video interview below, was deemed too sexy for the public game show. Nigri talks about Juliet Starling and her new Suda 51 game Lollipop Chainsaw in the video below.

04.09.12
NHL Celebrates the Year That Was and Looks to the Stanley Cup Playoffs

The 2011-12 National Hockey League regular season was a six-month thrill ride that crowned four new division champions and qualified four teams for the playoffs who had missed the postseason last spring. For those teams who didn’t make the cut for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there’s always next season – or a virtual payback in EA Sports’ NHL 12 game.

04.08.12
Riot Games Introduces Two New Champions to League of Legends

Riot Games was on the show floor of PAX East 2012 in Boston over Eastern weekend displaying two new Champions for League of Legends. The centaur warrior Hecarim the Shadow of War and archer Varus were introduced to legions of gamers in the Boston convention center.

04.04.12
Games for Health Conference Takes Over Boston June 12-14

The Games for Health Project has announced the keynote speakers for the eighth annual Games for Health Conference, the nation’s largest conference dedicated to videogames, health, and health care, which will be held June 12-14 in Boston. The Games for Health Conference brings together hundreds of researchers, health professionals, and game developers to discuss a wide range of topics involving health and videogames. 

03.11.12
SXSW 2012: The Boondock Saints Shoot Their Way To Video Games

Ever since they made their debut in 1999, the Boondock Saints have been carving out quite a legend for themselves.  In that terrific action movie, directed by Troy Duffy and featuring the likes of Willem Dafoe and Sean Patrick Flannery, a pair of fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of criminal types while being kept close tabs on by the FBI.  Since then, the Saints have returned in 2009 with a slightly lacking sequel, All Saints Day, though not much else has happened.  Still, the effects of the original film are hard to shake, as it’s still quite the favorite for some.

02.28.12
NBA All-Star 2012: Boston Celtics Rajon Rondo Still Thinks He's Overrated in NBA 2K12

While many NBA All-Stars complain about their ratings and believe they should have higher numbers, Boston Celtics star Rajon Rondo surprised the gaming world last year in Los Angeles by saying his character was overrated. And with his player rating now even higher, Rondo sticks with his assessment in Orlando. Rondo talks about videogames in this exclusive video interview below.

01.04.12
NBA 2K12 Won’t Be the Only Way to Experience 2012 All Star Game this Season

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sprint tipped off 2012 NBA All-Star Balloting  during a special event in Orlando, the official host city of NBA All-Star 2012. The 61st NBA All-Star Game, which will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio in the U.S., and reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 languages, will be played at the Amway Center on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Despite the lockout and the shortened season, the NBA will take a break to celebrate the biggest names in basketball. Gamers won't have to rely on 2K Sports' NBA 2K12 to simulate the celebration of basketball this year. Traditionally, EA Sports, 2K Sports and Sony PlayStation have all taken part in the All Star festivities.

12.27.11
The Ridiculous Saga of Ocean Marketing

It's been a pretty weird past few hours following the holiday season for some people, and all the credit must go to Paul Christofolo, a rep for Ocean Marketing.  See, Ocean Marketing handles the public relations for the Avenger controller modification, which makes your Xbox 360 peripheral look like some sort of twisted transformer...though serves a purpose for disabled gamers.  Anyway, one customer was wondering where his pre-ordered products were.  What followed afterward became a lesson in the truly ridiculous.

10.16.11
NBA 2K12: So Who the Heck Is the Greatest?

NBA 2K12 has been out for almost two weeks now, and the reviews have been pouring in, talking about how excellent the game is, and how we have so many NBA legends at our fingertips with it.  But the real question is, who's the greatest?  Well, thanks to 2K Sports, we have some unlikely insight in regards to the matter...though the question still remains...

09.09.11
Zynga Evolves Social Games with Tomb Raider-Inspired Adventure World

Zynga is pushing social games forward with its latest Facebook game, which draws inspiration from Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider. Set during the golden age of exploration, Adventure World unlocks a new universe of exploration and puzzle-solving fun, where players battle nasty critters and trace clues to discover the lost secrets of El Dorado. In Adventure World, players explore a vast universe of five worlds – Deep Jungle, Mountain, Cavern, Volcano and El Dorado – including more than 30dynamic environments. The first game to be developed by the company’s Zynga Boston studio, Adventure World is the most feature-rich game Zynga has ever released at launch.

08.27.11
Irish Kilts, Kanye West, and Call of Duty Converge for Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Premiere

Boston-based punk veterans take the stage at 8pm on opening night, September 2nd at the first ever Call of Duty XP, the destination for Call of Duty gamers worldwide. The critically-acclaimed Dropkick Murphys -- known for their complex distillation of classic punk rock, Celtic folk and American rock 'n’ roll will deliver a knockout live performance. Kaney West will close out the event the next night, offering a very diverse musical dynamic for fans.

06.19.11
Falling Skies Cast Talks About Steven Spielberg's New Sci-Fi TV Show, Video Games and 3D

Falling Skies, a new science fiction TV series from executive producer Steven Spielberg, premiers tonight on TNT. stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT's The Librarian movies), Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) and Drew Roy (Secretariat), Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. The few remaining survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. GamerLive.TV talked exclusively to the cast of Falling Skies in 3D. Check out the 3D video interviews (you can also watch them in 2D) after the break.

06.16.11
2011 Stanley Cup Final Sets North American NHL Viewership Record

The 2011 Stanley Cup Final, won by the Boston Bruins over the Vancouver Canucks in a dramatic seven-game series, set numerous viewership milestones and records, including the highest North American viewership for any Stanley Cup Final in history – 11.5 million viewers (records go back to 1994). Game7 of the series led the way, averaging a record 18.3 million viewers in the U.S. and Canada, also a North American viewership record for any NHL game on record. That's good news for EA Sports, which now has the sole rights to NHL video games. But 2K Sports did get a lot of mileage out of its last NHL cover athlete, Ryan Kesler, who speaks about the game in the video below.

06.15.11
Boston Bruin Milan Lucic Has Game Away from the Stanley Cup Final

One of the reasons the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup against the Vancouver Canucks is because of the grittiness and scoring of winger Milan Lucic. The NHL star has spent time in Vancouver during the off season in Vancouver at EA Sports to help them with their bestselling NHL video game series. He talks about his love of gaming in this exclusive interview below the E3 video with the producer of NHL 12.

06.10.11
E3 2011: EA Sports Introduces Full Contact Hockey with NHL 12

LOS ANGELES -- With the Stanley Cup Finals winding down between Vancouver and Boston, EA Sports is already looking ahead to the next season of its bestselling hockey video game. For the first time in years, EA won’t face off against any competition in the hockey arena. 2K Sports has parted ways with its NHL franchise. The producer of the 21rst NHL video game from EA explains what full contact hockey means and what the Winter Classic adds to the game in this exclusive video interview from E3 2011.

05.31.11
Seventh Annual Games for Health Conference Draws Record Attendance in Boston
Hundreds of researchers, health professionals, and game developers recently convened in Boston for the seventh annual Games for Health Conference. Punctuated by keynotes from Dr. Martin Seligman, widely known as the founding father of Positive Psychology, and Dr. Roni Zeiger, chief health strategist for Google, the event drew a record attendance and generated a robust discussion onsite and online as attendees explored how videogames can improve health and health care.
05.24.11
Big Games of E3 2011: EA Sports Reveals First Details on NHL 12
With the Stanley Cup Playoffs heating up with Boston, Tampa, Vancouver and San Jose, Electronic Arts is getting an early start on next season’s hockey video game. EA Sports’ NHL 12, which ships on September 13th in North America, allows players to become a superstar in the revamped Be a Pro mode and experience the authentic action and energy of real life hockey with the Full Contact Physics Engine. The game will be playable at E3 2011 in Los Angeles.
03.15.11
PAX East 2011: Developer Crytek Pushes Multiplayer with 3D Crysis 2 Experience
Boston -- With one of the big games of 2011 set to launch on March 22 in 3D across PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Electronic Arts had Crysis 2 on hand at PAX East 2011. Running in 3D with NVIDIA technology, the game from German developer Crytek was one of the top titles at the show. While gamers were able to download the multiplayer demo for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 early, Boston attendees got 3D hands-on with the new shooter. Crysis 2 executive producer Nathan Camarillo talks about the multiplayer experience in this new game in this exclusive video interview.
03.14.11
PAX East 2011: Atari Captivates Attendees with The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
BOSTON – Atari was on hand at PAX East 2011 to show gamers the latest build of the new PC game, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The Witcher was a blockbuster hit, selling more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.  Atari will release The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings across North America for PC for developer CD Projekt RED. The developer talks about the sequel in this exclusive video interview.
03.14.11
PAX East 2011: THQ and Kaos Studios Invade Boston with Homefront
BOSTON – THQ and Kaos Studios were on hand at PAX East to give convention attendees an early playable look at Homefront before the March 15 launch of the much-anticipated PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title. The first-person shooter has been one of the key new franchises for THQ, which staged a rally at GDC 2011 at Yerba Buena Gardens. At last year’s E3, THQ offered free parking in a Korean-occupied lot across the street from the Staples Center. The developer talks about the new game in this exclusive video interview.
03.13.11
PAX East 2011: Electronic Arts Enlists Gamers for Battlefield 3
BOSTON – Electronic Arts was on hand at PAX East 2011 to offer convention attendees a first taste of the new Battlefield 3 game on the PC, PlayStation 3 and PC. The single-player campaign demo was shown at the booth. To encourage gamers to pick up the fall shooter, EA and developer DICE are offering a massive pre-order incentive for the game. Karl Magnus Troedsson, general manager at DICE, talks about the new shooter in this exclusive video interview.