Daily Wrap-Up 7.20.09
Happy Moon Landing Day! Can you believe Neil Armstrong took that giant leap for humanity only 40 years ago? Well, here’s what happened in the past 24 hours in video games, popular culture and technology.
- Morning Hangover kicks off the work week with a farewell to Fight Night Round 3 cover athlete Arturo Gatti and the greatness of SCUMM
- Microsoft recently responded to the president’s call for parents to "put away the Xbox."
- The future has finally arrived: Genuine flying-cars are available for pre-order from ParaJet.
- Despite minimal software support, Nintendo has managed to sell a few hundred-thousand Wii MotionPlus add-ons.
- Sweden may be taxing MMO sales… even in-game-only sales!
- Microsoft is giving "multiple thousands" of people a chance to check out some Xbox dashboard updates early.
- Don’t worry, gamers; Microsoft isn’t getting rid of your controller-based adventures with Project Natal.
- What are the best selling games of 2009 so far? Wonder no longer!
- Don’t "resort" to guessing which Wii title sits atop this week’s new releases list. Be a "sport" and check out the full list now.
- Producers assemble for a possible ‘Voltron’ feature film.
- Monday’s Hot Sheet looks at GameFly’s Top 10 rented games across all systems.
- Check out all the special awesomeness G4 has planned for Comic-Con!
- Midway was designing a Mortal Kombat themed court for a home version of NBA Jam, but the NBA said no.
- Bioware’s Greg Zeschuk says that players can expect tons of Dragon Age: Origins content following the game’s launch.
- The production of ‘The Hobbit’ may be jeopardized by a lawsuit from the Tolkien estate.
- Mad Catz is rolling out some special Street Fighter IV controllers at Comic-Con.
- Please enjoy a list of reasons to see Thirst at Comic-Con.
- Bethesda’s said Fallout 3′s level cap won’t get raised again because it would break the game. Patrick argues it already is.
- PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura urges developers to expand their musical horizons for Project Natal-based music games.
- Electronic is well aware of the Bullfrog franchises the company owns but has done little with.
- In a move that was way overdue, RIM is finally releasing a full version of BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac.
- EA and DC Comics have teamed up to develop a six-part comic book mini-series based on Visceral Games’ Dante’s Inferno.
- This NES controller-inspired iPhone case is one of the best TheFeed has ever seen.
- I saw Half-Life 2′s Alyx Vance in the Los Angeles production of Monty Python’s Spamalot!
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