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Rockstar seemingly responds to 'Eye of Sauron' comment with rad, rude wallpaper

by Xav de Matos { Jan 16th 2010 at 4:30PM }

In a surprisingly lighthearted move, Rockstar appears to have responded to recent accusations of overwork (among many other things) with a series of wallpaper designs on its official site. The designs are presumably a comment based on statements made to the MTV Multiplayer Blog from a former Rockstar New York employee who compared the company management's wandering focus to that of the vengeful "Eye of Sauron" -- the fictional all-seeing evil in the Lord of the Rings franchise.

The trio of wallpaper designs -- which are not-so-subtly titled, "The Eye" -- may very well mark the first time that Rockstar has responded to claims of mismanagement and overworking its employees. While the wallpaper is certainly stylish enough for our computer backdrop, we can't help but think poking fun at reports that the company has treated its workers like robots is a little classless. Also, we have to wonder how many overtime hours were used to create these totally radical designs.

LocoRoco wallpapers make for a cute Christmas

by David Hinkle { Dec 23rd 2009 at 5:15PM }

Our biggest problem when not playing LocoRoco is that we wished we were playing it. Sometimes, you're stuck in a situation where you just can't game, but that doesn't mean you can't have those cute and cuddly little blobs a mere glance away. That's where the PlayStation Blog comes in, as it's just posted some festive LocoRoco wallpapers for all to enjoy, which differ somewhat from those posted by the American site yesterday.

Feel free to slap 'em on your computer or on your PSP. And if anyone catches you staring and asks why you're crying, ignore them because that just means they don't get it at all.

Celebrate a legendary Scribblenauts moment with this wallpaper

by JC Fletcher { Jun 15th 2009 at 4:15PM }

The two aspects of Scribblenauts that get the most attention are its absolutely irresistible concept, and the robust lexicon that backs it up. But one underappreciated aspect of the game is the art. Not only is there artwork for those myriad items in the database, 5th Cell's Edison Yan has developed an eye-catching style for the game that highlights, rather than hiding, the jointed nature of the sprites. On top of that, he's given the main character a rather quirky, memorable look.

Yan created this image in celebration of the vaunted "Post 217" of a NeoGAF Scribblenauts thread, in which poster "Feep" regales the forum with a tale of bringing a dinosaur through a time machine to fight robot zombies. As a result of this searingly awesome chain of events, "Post 217" has become a sort of shorthand for the infinite possibilities in Scribblenauts. As a gift to the NeoGAF community, Creative Director Jeremiah Slaczka had Yan whip this up. It's now available on IGN in wallpaper form, and we predict that it'll be on your desktop in about ten seconds.

Gallery: Scribblenauts

House of the DIY: Make your own Overkill wallpaper

by JC Fletcher { Feb 11th 2009 at 10:00AM }

Even if you're already playing The House of the Dead: Overkill today, we suggest you take a few minutes off from clicking the Wiimote at zombies and click the mouse at them instead.

Overkill Poster Creator, Sega's new promotional site for Headstrong Games' spinoff, is an online tool that lets users arrange official backgrounds, art, and slogans into a wallpaper image, which is then made available for download in three different sizes. All the art assets can be resized, and everything can have separate filters applied, all from a simple Flash interface.

The image above is our humble effort, made in about five minutes. It wouldn't even have taken that long, except we kept trying to make funny ones and they kept coming out cool. We eventually just gave up on trying to subvert the thing and made one we actually like.

Gallery: House of the Dead: Overkill

[Via GayGamer]

Yippie-Kye-Aye! New Halo 3: ODST wallpapers to dress your desktop

by Xav de Matos { Jan 29th 2009 at 7:45PM }

Bungie.net has updated the Halo 3: ODST page with a pair of fresh wallpapers. Game Informer subscribers might remember these two pieces of concept art from a recent issue of the magazine. Looking to dress up your desktop with some Halo flavor? Check them out.

Halo 3: ODST follows a lone soldier, crash-landed in New Mombasa. While Master Chief can be considered Superman, this ODST soldier is more comparable to John McClane. One guy with some sweet firepower versus insurmountable odds. Hopefully, he'll complain about as much as McClane did.

Doors to official Retro Game Challenge site creak open

by Chris Greenhough { Dec 23rd 2008 at 5:30PM }

Retro Game Challenge's official site recently opened to the public, with a design that is particularly righteous, to use appropriately '80s parlance.

By using the on-screen TV remote to navigate the site, you'll be able to view the above trailer, read a synopsis of the utterly daft story, and browse screens of (some of) the games you'll have to beat to overcome the creepy Game Master Arino: games like Cosmic Gate, Guadia Quest: Feast of the Mad King, Rally King, and the very awesome-looking Star Prince. Feel free to peruse the 30 new English language shots in our gallery.

Oh yes, and there are wallpapers. Very, very rad wallpapers. Wallpapers that are so unlimited in their supreme radness that they have totally replaced our self-made Josh Groban tribute background -- at least until tomorrow.

Gallery: Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

First screens and video from Blood of Bahamut

by Alisha Karabinus { Nov 17th 2008 at 11:00AM }

After that glorious concept art revealed for Blood of Bahamut, we've been hungry for more of Square Enix's latest, and since the website has updated, we're happy as pigs in piggy poop. Not only do we have the first two non-scanned shots of the game in our gallery below, and the first trailer after the break, but the official website has more action shots, as well as a beautiful downloadable wallpaper that features the aforementioned concept art. If Square Enix is trying to whip us into a froth for this one, well, it's working. Not that they have to do much to get us going.

Gallery: Blood of Bahamut

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American PC Store update for September 4th

by Jem Alexander { Sep 4th 2008 at 5:37PM }

Wallpapers! You like them? Good, because that's all your getting in your PC Store update today. Not just one, not just two, not just (ok, that's enough - Ed). Nine entire wallpapers are now available, for your downloading pleasure. That's nine whole images, that Sony has uploaded to the store. How's that for a quality update?

Valhalla Knights 2 wallpaper (x4)

Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 wallpaper (x2)

PSP Wallpapers Series #2 (x3)

Download the Secret Agent Clank fan pack

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 9th 2008 at 7:00PM }

PSU members had a chance to show off their artistic side by crafting some posters for the PSP-exclusive Secret Agent Clank. The developers at High Impact and Sony took a look at their creations, and chose their favorite ones. The best entries were bundled into a Fan Pack, which includes all sorts of avatars, PSP themes and wallpapers for fans to enjoy.

Secret Agent Clank fan pack
Download (2.74MB)

LEGO Batman website gets some updates, Facebook group

by David Hinkle { Jul 23rd 2008 at 6:00PM }

We just got a press release sent in about some cool features at the LEGO Batman website. The only problem is, these features have not gone live yet. That isn't stopping us from telling you what to expect, though.

First of all, there's a downloadable widget for your desktop, in the form of Batman himself or The Joker. Also, there's a tool for creating your own custom wallpapers, if you're into that sort of thing. Then, there's the usual: screens, video (the E3 trailer you saw already) and other miscellaneous goodies. Keep an eye on the site for the new content, which is supposed to be live right now, but wasn't when we checked.

On top of that, there's also a new Facebook group for the game. That is, if you're into the whole social networking site thing.

Gallery: LEGO Batman

Source - LEGO Batman website
Source - LEGO Batman Facebook group

In the year of 20XX, a super gallery of Mega Man was created

by JC Fletcher { Jul 2nd 2008 at 9:30AM }

As part of GamesRadar's Mega Man retrospective, created to celebrate the announcement of Mega Man 9, the site obtained a gigantic archive of Mega Man artwork from Capcom. From Mega Man through Mega Man 8, every Robot Monster is portrayed, as are most of the weapons Mega Man obtains from them. Through these artworks, you can follow the Blue Bomber's evolution from pudgy, stumpy robo-boy to jarringly muscular, stumpy robo-boy to, uh, less pudgy. You can also see how much the Robot Masters have changed over the years, from Fire Man to Heat Man to Napalm Man to Flame Man.

MESSAGE FROM DR. LIGHT! These would be totally excellent as wallpapers. Get equipped with adequate hard drive space!

The DS Life: Adrift in the Antarctic

by Eric Caoili { Jun 19th 2008 at 12:00AM }

Sitting on top of a wandering iceberg, the young girl should be more concerned with her predicament. But she's with a friend, and her toes and her ears, the two parts of her she loathes to feel cold, are kept toasty by her Persian red boots and matching hood, so she sees no reason to worry.

She digs a PlayStation Portable out her bulky purse, bored with the slowly moving South Pole scenery. As she tilts the colorful, jelly-like creatures on the handheld's screen, she cozies against her companion's warm, fleece back.

Under them, the floating platform cracks with quiet pops and groans, like ships at sea. The girl hears a splash to her left, a smiling seal barking for their attention.

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Boom! Headshot your desktop with Sniper wallpaper

by Xav de Matos { Jun 18th 2008 at 11:30AM }

It's no secret that Team Fortress 2's Sniper has it hard. Bogged down by professional courtesy and parents that just don't understand, the Sniper could use our moral support. Thankfully you can help by dressing your desktop with this picturesque Sniper wallpaper. We're not sure why he would stand in the middle of a desolate wasteland, without cover, but we'd like to think that the picture was taken moments after headshotting the last remaining person on Earth. Thankfully, we all respawned. Click the image to grab the full, hi-res version.

Suhweet Castle Crashers wallpapers are here!

by Dustin Burg { Jun 17th 2008 at 2:30PM }

So, we aren't really sure how old or new these super sexy Castle Crashers wallpapers are or how long CastleCrashers.com has had them available. But it really doesn't matter, because they're teh awsomez and you need to know about them. Mmmkay? Now go already, head over to the media section of the official Castle Crashers website where you'll be able to download (in 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x720, 1600x1200 and 1900x1200 flavors) the badass and ever so purple desktop wallpaper you see above as well as a pretty sky-blue wallpaper featuring a Red Knight action shot. We're currently rockin' the purple background and can 100% confirm that it'll make your Tuesday nine times more enjoyable. Enjoy.

Away: Shuffle Memory

by JC Fletcher { Apr 8th 2008 at 12:45PM }

The official website for Mistwalker's Away: Shuffle Dungeon is up, with something to help pass the time while waiting for the dungeon crawler's eventual release: a Flash minigame based on Concentration/Memory (click on the circle with the word "open" on it). Away: Shuffle Minigame (that's the official title!) comprises three levels of Memory played on a 6 x 3 grid, with the goal of flipping matching pairs of cards to reveal portraits of Away's characters.

For the first two levels, it's straightforward enough: you have 60 (and then 50) seconds to find all nine pairs, just like any other Memory game. In the third level, all the cards are blank but three: one pair to match, and one card that resets the locations of those two cards. Oh, and the rows of cards are constantly moving around. At the end, you're awarded with a desktop wallpaper. Have fun! Or just download the wallpaper here (1024x768, 1280x1024).

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Rockstar seemingly responds to 'Eye of Sauron' comment with rad, rude wallpaper

LocoRoco wallpapers make for a cute Christmas