Last week, Crytek filed a trademark registration for “Warface.” They also filed this image of an eye. While the connection of an eye to a face is clear, I'm unsure how “war” fits into the trademark puzzle. I have two ideas: (1) All the soldiers in Warface are cyclopean thugs. Or (2) the game revolves around a futuristic gypsy army with advanced knowledge of battle conditions made possible through psychic powers.

It’ll be forever before we know for sure, but there’s a chance that Warface is Cytek’s console title. The recent addition of Free Radical (Crytek UK) certainly gives them the experience and possibly the motivation to finally pull out of the PC market.

Trademark registrations are slippery things. What do you guys think Warface is?

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So I missed the show yesterday. Have no fear, though, the show went on. Reverend Anthony jumped in to take the fourth place and Topher ran the task of hosting. How did things go? Well, we started doing the "what have you been playing" intro as if the show were Podtoid -- that's new. And there were a few extremely off color remarks that didn't make into the final edit, but I'm sure you'll be able to hear them in the future ... Maybe on a 50th episode, perhaps?

Anyway, since all I did was edit the show, I really don't have all the wonderful highlights that I normally do. But one thing I can tell you is that the show has some guest appearances by the legendary Sean Connery, hooray etc., and massive amounts of single entendre (we're too lowbrow for the double kind).

From what I can tell, everyone did an excellent job without me, regardless of some bucket action going on. Check out the show, and enjoy your week!

P.s. Chad is totally wrong about Landstalker, it's awesome :)

The newest MMO crazy to be tearing its way across the planet is a little less WoW, and a little more BAM. As you can see from the video above, Audition Online looks like the same kind of exciting, often-times ridiculous experience you have come to love in games like Parappa, DDR, Battle Raper 2, and the Bust-a-Groove series, only with an online multiplayer spin. It's available now via Nexon's U.S. Web site for FREE, and you can find the official grand opening announcement after the jump. See you on the dance floor, b*tches!

It sounds like a cheesy Wells novel, but this is exactly what a Kobe-beef-eating analyst said about the wobbly future of the PlayStation 3. I suppose money people are finding it hard to ignore reports the 82% decline in demand for the console in the UK post-launch. I'm personally more worried about Squaresoft's alleged wobbly commitment to them, but I guess that's more of a symptom of the greater problem. Here's what Captain Obvious said about Kutaragi's contraption:

It's a race against time," said Hiroshi Kamide, an analyst at KBC Securities who covers the $30 billion video game industry. "They must increase their users or it won't be commercially worthwhile for software makers to support it."

Think Sony's people are shaking in their pants? Nah. After that incredible GDC keynote, I'm sure they're all on a cruise ship drinking Alize from the chest cavities of blondes, midgets, and blonde midgets. This sounds all but too familiar to some:

Back in 2000, Japanese developers complained the PS2 was complex and too difficult to develop for. There weren't good titles available for the PS2 in Japan," Macquarie analyst David Gibson said. "In fact, Japan sales in the first year disappointed people. This all sounds familiar," he said.

Destructoid analyst Niero thinks you can't buy a better Folding@Home console anywhere right now; I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. STFUAJFAH! Other mumblings included that Gran Turismo's HD release would save the console, as would giant meteors hitting Redmond. The full release is on Reuters.

All I gotta say is LittleBigPlanet. Believe it. 

Ragnarok Online, the MMO famous for somehow having less sex appeal than Maple Story, has been suspended by the HCM Department of Post and Telecommunications (HCMDoPaT). The HCMDoPaT is Vietnam's national association responsible for setting limits on game sales and, as far as I can tell, they're the people behind all those rules stating that people can only play for twenty minutes at a time, and only once they have finished their state mandated homework.

Shades of China, you say? I concur. Vietnam has certainly taken a cue from its giant red brother in the Oppress Your People Until They Can No Longer Remember Freedom Department (OYPUTCNLRFD).

VinaGame, the company responsible for sales and server maintenance for RO, apparently hadn't been adhering to the limits placed on its game, and have since run afoul of the HCMDoPaT. I'm sure someone lost a family member over the incident, as they have promised to fix the problem as soon as the Ministy of Post and Telecommunications (MoPaT) can standardize its regulations regarding online gaming. For its insolence, VinaGame had its skin flayed off in a public humiliation ceremony, but they have filed a proper Return of Skin form with the Judiciary of Government Remanded Organs and Lymphatic Systems (JoGROaLS), and hope to have a proper body covering by Tet.