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During a recent Ubisoft preview event, Michael McIntyre, director of level design for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, talked to Joystiq about the new sequel to the old trilogy, establishing its connection to the Sands of Time game series and the Bruckheimer film. The Forgotten Sands is a side story, based in the Sands of Time universe, bridging the seven-year gap between the original Sands of Time game and its sequel, Warrior Within.

Clearly, Ubisoft has positioned the next game to piggyback on the Bruckheimer blockbuster and ideally generate renewed sales for the brand (which underperformed in its 2008 iteration). Forgotten Sands is also an opportunity for Ubisoft to finally justify the Prince's remarkable transformation from carefree hero to brooding, emo warrior.

Continue reading for our full interview with Michael McIntyre -- after the break -- in which he reveals new (and rewinding revisited) elements in the game and the return of a familiar voice.

Continue reading Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands fills in gaps before Warrior Within; new details revealed in developer interview

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands fills in gaps before Warrior Within; new details revealed in developer interview originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: OS, Freeware, Internet Tools, Widget Watch, Snow Leopard

First introduced in Mac OS X Tiger in 2005, widgets changed the way people quickly accessed simple information on their Mac. And though Apple did not create the concept of a widget, it did present them in the best way.

With the press of a button I had access to my portfolio, my Yahoo! news, my local weather, calculators for everything, translators, you name it. Widgets were small, simple, and beautiful. They performed one function and did it exceedingly well. Widget ports created half of the first apps ported to the iPhone (think the Weather app, Calculator app, Clock app, and Stocks app).

So in honor of the widget being partially responsible for the origins of iPhone apps, I'd like to present you with my four favorite ones. I hope you'll list your favorite widgets in the comments section too.

Continue reading Widgets: "iPhone apps, I am your father."

TUAWWidgets: "iPhone apps, I am your father." originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• G-Force (Walt Disney)
• The Hangover (Warner)
• 2009 World Series Highlights (Shout! Factory)
• Basilisk: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• HD Moods: Blu Ocean (Topics)
• Inglourious Basterds (Universal)
• La Boheme (Kultur)
• The Mel Brooks Collection (Fox)
• The Other Man (Image)
• Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 (Paramount)
• Taking Woodstock (Universal)

Blu-ray releases on December 15 th 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What we're watching tonight:

• Spike TV (1080i) presents the Video Game Awards 2009 at 8 p.m.
• Fox (720p) has Cops at 8 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has the 2009 Heisman Trophy Presentation at 8 p.m. and 30 for 30: The U at 9 p.m.
• Syfy (1080i) presents Annihilation Earth at 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) brings the season premiere of Ghost Intervention at 9 & 9:30 p.m.
• NBA TV (1080i) has Celtics/Bulls basketball at 8 p.m.
• ESPN2 (720p) has Purdue/Alabama college basketball at 9 p.m. and National Finals Rodeo at 11 p.m.

HDTV Listings for December 12, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The upcoming Japanese DSiWare game Katamuction uses the system's cameras in a unique way: to simulate tilt control. Using Motion Cortex, technology originally designed for motion-based browsing on cell phones, the game uses camera information to sense the direction in which the DS is moved. And what is that technology used for? A game about running away from a dinosaur! Katamuction will be out December 24 for 500 DSi Points.

Fight with Pictures: Photo Fighter X from Nintendo uses the camera to create fighting game characters: you take photos of yourself in various poses, and the game makes a fighter out of it! It's out in Japan next week for 200 points.

Two Japanese DSiWare games with clever camera uses originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh, you've never heard of the television show known as Deadliest Warrior? We'll break it down for you: Each episode pits two different types of warriors from different time periods against each other to see who would win in various forms of combat. For instance, one episode might show the results of a Ninjas vs. Spartans throwdown. One might show how a conflict between Marines and Medieval Knights would resolve itself. Robots vs. Wizards? A bit less likely, but still within the realm of possibilities.

The VGAs brought great news involving this series -- Pipeworks Software is making a downloadable video game based on it. The announcement was accompanied by a lava-hot trailer showing a battle between a ninja and a heavily armored knight, which we've posted after the jump.

What? Who wins? The ninja does. Of course.

Continue reading Deadliest Warrior video game announced during VGAs

Deadliest Warrior video game announced during VGAs originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aww, we were having such a good time watching last night's Spike Video Game Awards show -- then the trailer for the recently dated UFC Undisputed 2010 aired, and really soured our enjoyment of the event. See, the first minute of the video utilizes the transformative special effects featured in Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video, so immediately we started thinking about how this would be our first Christmas without MJ in our lives. Nothing could revive our good spirits after that. Not even Kimbo Slice's beard, which may be filled with hidden candies.

Check out the trailer after the jump above, but feel free to skip to the 0:52 mark if you want to avoid the melancholy described above. Alternatively, skip to the 1:01 mark if you want to witness Kimbo's glorious, confection-rich facial hair.

UFC Undisputed 2010 trailer reminds us of MJ, makes us sad originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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