Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Ever felt the need to tackle Torrence or sack SpennyT? Well now you can! This Saturday we kick off the all new TGN fantasy football league with a highly anticipated draft BUT there’s a problem, and you can help. We have 8 of your favorite TGN faces wearing the warpaint and ready to rumble, however, we need 12 users to have a draft. This is where you come in. The first 4 people to shoot me an email (chadbetteridge@thebitbag.com) and accept the invite I send back will be accepted into our ranks. Get a look at what the competition looks like after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

It all went by so fast, but the experience is ever lasting. This year’s Games Com was amazing with all the hyped up games and sneak peeks at next year titles as well. Although I’m picky when it comes to purchasing games, the titles coming out this year and next will have my wallet crying.

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Huge news for european gamers. As Capcom has got an amazing line-up for the 2009 GamesCom trade fair that’s only a few days away for those wanting to attend. European gamers get to try-out a lot of future Capcom titles for the first time ever. Finally Euope is getting some love from somebody. Kudos Capcom. Here’s the release: Read the rest of this entry »

Please let me take you on my first journey into the world of video game press events. Today August 5th, 2009, I was invited by Torrence Davis from our website, thebitbag.com, to join him and The Hip Hop Gamer at a press event that was being held by Deep Silver. Now, this is my first “Industry” event and I was a bit nervous because well…I was, and that’s about it. I was nervous of just about everything but to the high praise of Deep Silver, the people at the event where truly nice and very cool. Here’s the full Story: Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight STFUandPlay.com staff went out to our local GameStop to check out the Resident Evil 5 midnight launch event.  Gamestop had an ad campaign asking customers to come to each launch location dressed up as zombies.  Passing out fliers to customers and people that had pre-ordered. We thought this would be a very interesting and fun concept and just had to see it for ourselves.  Days prior to the event this location had said they had great feedback from customers that pre-ordered the game and were expecting quite a few “zombies”.

From what we saw the event was a huge flop, and it is unfortunate too because I thought this was actually a cool idea by Gamestop.  Personally I am not a Gamestop fan, but I thought seeing a few dozen people dressed and acting like zombies walking around a mall would have been cool to film.  The event was a total failure in our eyes, some of our other contacts that visited other launch locations had similar news to report. Dead. And no not zombies, just nobody.  Read More -STFUandPlay.com

It’s been a long time. What brought me out of hibernation? SFIV. Here are some pics. Saw Bai Ling there. Ran into Aaron Greenburg who had much love for HipHop. Also, ran into Rob Welkner from Coin-Op TV. I got into the VIP area too late and missed Levar Burton. Check out more event pics after the break.

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Lee J. Yi will be at the Nintendo Press Conference. Torrence, HipHopGamer and Candid Anthony will be at the Sony Press Conference. If for whatever reason, there is no wi-fi at the Kodak Theater, you can follow Lee’s Twitter (www.twitter.com/leejyi). Torrence has a Twitter (www.twitter.com/tordavis) as well. Oh, and Andrea Rene will be on the show floor throughout the day, so make sure to subscribe to her Twitter (www.twitter.com/andrearene).

12:53 PM. GTAIV DLC for Xbox 360 releases this fall.

12:32 PM. Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Lightsaber Duels Nintendo Wii Trailer – Dueling with Lightsabers (also available on DS)

11:21 AM. Age of Mythologies for DS announced.

• HipHopGamer Destroys Aaron Greenberg Article
• Top 10 E3 Predictions from the HipHopGamer
• Naruto Demo: Only if you have Qore 2
• WestSide Productions Gutta S**T
• Fabolous Interview HOT 97

 
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id Software is sending out a reminder that QuakeCon is just a few weeks after E3. Too bad they won’t be at E3. QuakeCon will be the first opportunity to check out the free online FPS for PC: Quake Live. This will also be the first year that the Xbox 360 will be featured in competition with the recently released Quake Wars title. Last, but not least, Alienware is sponsoring a Quick-Draw challenge as well, which is the one thing at this event that does not seem to require skill. Read the rest of this entry »

Lee J. Yi catches up with Andrea Rene as she returns to the show to talk about her “coming out” (the non-homosexual way) at the debutante ball of the gaming industry, E3, where all the pretty games will be introduced to society. The two also talk Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Rock Band 2, and the future of rhythm games. Read the rest of this entry »

• Resistance 2 Better than halo and bigger than call of duty -Gamepro Magazine
• E3 Surprises and Predictions
• Console Wars is the past Developer Wars is the future
• HipHop Artist Joell Ortiz and Dr. Dre New Video Brooklyn BullS**T
• Analog Hype.com Special Guest on the HIPHOPGAMERSHOW

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Jon and Lee are reunited

Topics:
- MLG SD
- NPD
- BD on 360
- Games as Art
- Some egomaniac J-developer

Games discussed:
H.A.W.X., GTA IV, MGS4, Iron Man (PS2), Bioshock, Every Extend Extra Extreme, Rez, SCIV,
UT3 360, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Ace Combat 6, DBZ:BL, Rock Band, Wii Fit

Two huge announcements were made at the MLG event in San Diego today. MLG and GotFrag announced a partnership during a mid-day press conference. Shiska and Lukems of Bungie made their announcement at the main stage early this evening. Many were whispering that it was probably a map from the first Halo game. Photos and more details after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Lee J. Yi of The Bitbag Radio 1v1 Show will be covering the event for most of Saturday. There will be full coverage of the press conference on Saturday. Bungie is apparently going to drop a big surprise, so stay tuned for coverage. Any attendees or San Diego locals that are interested in meeting up, can e-mail Lee directly. You can also follow him on Twitter.