The rumored fat-reduced PS3 is likely real, but when it’s getting announced is still in question. If it doesn’t happen at next week’s E3 trade show, we at least hope it’ll get unveiled on an inspirational weight-loss infomercial.
News Blips:
• Slimmer PS3 is apparently real, but too embarrassed to reveal itself at E3. A talking mole (wait, moles can talk?) is telling news site Ars Technica that the trimmed-down PS3 we’ve been talking about for a while now is indeed real, but will not be revealed until later this summer so all the porky PS3s still on the shelf can get sold to uninformed consumers of fat retail products. Microsoft, in response, plans to inject the 360 with steroids to make it look even more goddamn powerful. [Ars Technica]
• Castlevania movie stupidly decides to eat at an Italian restaurant, dies. Well, this is sad: The live-action Castlevania flick that was to be helmed by Resident Evil director Paul W.S. Anderson has apparently been canceled. Which is non-pun talk for taking a stake to heart, getting a nail in its coffin, or accidentally mixing up holy water for the regular stuff at the gymbo. Hate when that happens. [Kotaku]
• UFC fighter submits UFC game via hair-strangulation. The wild locks of UFC fighter Clay ‘The Carpenter’ Guida have apparently kept him out of the recently released UFC 2009 Undisputed because his feisty follicles broke the game. And, well, considering putting big hair in a videogame obviously cannot be done, developer Yuke’s simply opted to cut him out. Makes sense. Damn hippy should cut his hair anyway. [GameSetWatch]
• Immerse yourself in a BioShock book, tree-hater. Sci-fi book publiser Tor (responsible for the gripping Halo novels) announced it will be crafting a story based on the popular BioShock series. We can’t wait until it comes out on the new Amazon Kindle. [Gamasutra]
Hit the jump for some video blips, including a not-real-gameplay trailer for The Agency, robots fighting (again), Christian Bale pimping Pac-Man cereal, and…more.
Video Blips:
• Spy needless CGI in The Agency trailer. But we do support cake mixers that double as shotguns.
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen PR material morphs into multiplayer trailer. Watch robots fight each other while neglecting the human property they’re recklessly destroying. Human saviors, our ass!
Cultural Blips:
• Christian Bale loves Pac-Man cereal, hated the @#$@# $# direction of this @#$@#@$@ commercial, however. Watch Batman before he got famous for muffling lines and yelling at people.
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• Fall Out Boy singer can read your personality via videogames. It’s true. Like, did you know that if you play Halo, you’re an really an angel of death? Aww! [Infinite Lives]