Famous Comedian/Actor Chris Rock Could Have Been Naughty Dog's Lovably Annoying Sidekick

So back in the year 2000, comedian and actor Chris Rock was at the height of his career and Sony was the leading force in the video game industry. Sony and Naughty Dog were betting on the success of "Jak and Daxter."

What very few people knew (until recent news about a tweet by co-founder Jason Rubin) is that when Naughty Dog was looking for voice acting for the game, they asked Chris Rock to be the voice of the overly chatty Daxter. Unfortunately, Rock turned them down. In addition, they asked the late George Carlin

Street Fighter Master Tokido Will Teach You How to Master Street Fighter For About Ten Bucks

If you follow the fighting game news, you probably know of infamous fighting game players like Tokido. For those who don't know, Tokido is one of the top four players in Japan, and one of the best in the world. He is up there with the infamous Daigo Umehara, one of the more recognized tournament fighters out there.

However Tokido looks to be capitalizing on his gaming fame. He's doing that with a training video call "The Tokido Formula". This instructional in-depth two hour training video will teach you everything you need to know about playing with Akuma in Super Street Fighter

WB Announces a DLC-Loaded Version of Mortal Kombat

According to QTE Gamers, on March 2nd, Warner Bros. will be releasing a version of Mortal Kombat containing all of its DLC content. The DLC content includes four characters (five for PS3) which include Rain, Skarlet, Kenshi, and Freddy Kruger (with Kratos for PS3 owners). So you might want to get your Evil D-Pad controller ready when this title hits the shelves in March.

Speaking of the Evil D-Pad, I particularly feel that the Evil D-Pad would be the best choice for this game. Why? Because of

Gamers From the Sooner State Avoid an Unnecessary Tax Raise on Video Games

On February 20th, 2012, Oklahoma House Bill 2696 was defeated in the House Revenue and Tax Subcommittee. This legislation would have placed a 1% excise tax on the sale of all "violent" video games. When asked to withdraw his tax proposal from submission, Democratic Representative Will Fourkiller attempted to create a task force on linking obesity and aggression to video games. This proposal for the "Oklahoma Task Force on Video Games' Relationship to Obesity and Aggression" failed to come to fruition as well.

It was obvious that this bill would unfairly target video games and the gaming

Rovio and South Korea's National Police Agency Team Up To Fight School Violence

On February 21, the Korean National Police Agency and Rovio Entertainment came together and announced the use of the Angry Birds franchise as a method to campaign against school violence in South Korea, a growing problem in the country. The agency is hoping to take advantage of Angry Birds' popularity to be used at prevention and public relation centers.

Henri Holm, senior vice president of Rovio Asia, expressed his pleasure in using Angry Birds as a means to help solve Korea's juvenile social problems. Stated, that the use

COD Fans on the Go Can Rejoice with a Vita Title Coming Soon

So by now, a lot of people have their hands on the Playstation Vita, but like most console and portable console releases, there's only a small library of games at release. But if you can wait for this Fall, FPS fans can rejoice with a Call of Duty title for the Vita. Confirmed here on Joystiq, Sony's Senior Vice President of PlayStation Brand Marketing, Guy Longworth, casually dropped to the video game news media that there will be a Call of Duty installment for the Vita. He said that in the autumn, they're really looking forward

The Next Microsoft Console's Code Name is Revealed to the Gaming Public

So places like Kotaku have heard from a lot of sources (which can be found in this article) that are close to the working on the next Microsoft gaming console. They found out that the code-name for Microsoft's next console is Durango. Sounds like a familiar animated title doesn't it?

Though it should be noted that this is a code-name, not the official name. Just like the code-names for the Dreamcast (Katana), the Gamecube (Dolphin), and the Wii (Revolution), it's not the name that will be printed on the console or the box it will be

PAX East Pledges to Stay in Boston for 11 More Years

The organizers for PAX East and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) announced recently that the popular video game convention will remain in Boston until 2023. The organizers are hoping to grow the number of attendees to around 100,000, making it one of the largest public gaming conventions in the world (behind Germany's Gamescom and Japan's Tokyo Game Show).

PAX East will also make a sizable donation to digital games education, as Massachusetts Digital Games Institute will receive a $50,000 contribution this year alongside an annual donation of $25,000 a year. Totally to $325,000 over the next 11 years.

Black Ops Deemed the Best Video Game Ending, Many Have a Different Opinion

So over 13,000 fans voted for their favorite video game ending of all time for next installment of "The Guinness Book of World Records Gamer Edition", and it was a surprise to everyone like Kotaku and Screwattack. And not everyone is happy with it. While I have played Black Ops and liked its ending, in my 20+ years of playing video games, I think there is way better endings than Black

Check out the new Borderlands 2 Trailer just released this morning! The new trailer reveals the new set of vault hunters and a good number of characters making a return appearance from the last game.

The trailer shows a promising, but similar experience to the original. Which is just fine by us.