Considered one of the best PC games of all time, Warren Spector’s (who works for Disney Interactive now) Deus Ex will be made available on GameTap for free play after an initial 15-second ad-gasm.

While a bit dated, the game warrants a play — it’s free! — as it was one of the first shooters to incorporate RPG elements into the gameplay. It’s not the most trigger-happy title, but its branching paths and cyperpunk story line should keep you well entertained. Deus Ex 3 is currently in development by Eidos Montreal so this should serve as a primer before that game sees the light of day.

Via ShackNews

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: bit, cyperpunk, Deus, Disney, Features, free, game, Gameplay, GameTap, Hits, Interactive, Montreal, play, RPG, time, title, tomorrow, Warren Spector

E3’s plans this year have been laid out and put in a fancy site map you see above, via Kotaku. The biggest video game companies are planning to show up, with the exception of a few, into a more centralized area away from the city-wide hijinks of the Santa Monica setting last year. This year, the show will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center and hopefully reduce the headaches, trauma, nausea, etc. of running around in the nasty heat wave that’s been hitting South Cali lately.

The following is the full list of the companies you can expect to hear from at the show:

* 1UP Network
* Akella
* Atari Inc.
* Bethesda Softworks
* CAPCOM Entertainment, Inc.
* Codemasters
* Crave Entertainment
* D3Publisher of America
* Deep Silver
* Disney Interactive Studios
* Eidos, Inc.
* Electronic Arts
* Fox Interactive Media
* Jagex Ltd.
* Konami Digital Entertainment
* LucasArts
* Majesco Entertainment
* Microsoft Corporation
* Midway Games, Inc.
* MTV Games
* NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
* Natsume
* Nintendo of America Inc.
* Novint Technologies, Inc.
* Nyko Technologies
* Rebellion
* SEGA of America
* Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
* Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
* Southpeak Interactive
* Square Enix Inc.
* Take-Two Interactive
* Tecmo
* THQ, Inc.
* Toshiba America Information Systems
* Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.
* Valve Software
* Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: America, area, Entertainment, exception, Exhibitors, game, Inc, Interactive, Kotaku, Map, Monica, Santa, show, Silver, site, Sony, South Cali, video, year

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Trailer

My favorite Gaming Today editor posted the above video on Saturday. I was completely over Mortal Kombat many years ago, but this game may actually have what it takes to suck me back in.

Press Release via Gaming Today:

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Bros, business, DC Comics, DC Universe, Ed Boon, Entertainment, game, Gameplay, gaming, Interactive, John Nee, Kombat, Midway, Mortal, President, Scott Johnson, Today, toe, Vice, Warner

A hot topic right now is the story about how the ASA has ordered the game’s publisher, Eidos Interactive, not to print or broadcast any of the ads again after their ruling that the poster was “graphic and too shocking to be seen in an untargeted medium”.

I thought about it and decided that the poster wasn’t really shocking and I’ll post it here for you guys to decide. Our blog base is somewhat of an untargeted medium as well, but fortunately we could care less about the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) or any other similar group. Why don’t we just start burning books and artwork next? I completely understand that some materials are not appropriate for general audiences, but this isn’t one of them. I expect this sort of thing in America these days, but apparently the U.K. has been steadily jumping on the anti-game/politically correct bandwagon as well. Click on the image below to see a higher resolution view!

Were you totally shocked and upset after seeing that? I hope your answer is “of course not”. To be honest, I’ve seen more shocking things in an episode of SpongeBob on Nick. The ASA is supposedly an independent body set up to create a level playing field for advertisers. It seems to me they are simply a body set up to play into the hands of special interests.

The Advertising Standards Authority is the independent body set up by the advertising industry to police the rules laid down in the advertising codes. The strength of the self-regulatory system lies in both the independence of the ASA and the support and commitment of the advertising industry, through the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), to the standards of the codes, protecting consumers and creating a level playing field for advertisers…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: ASA, Dead, Eidos, game, Interactive, Kane, Lynch, medium, Men, poster, publisher, ruling, Shocking, story, topic