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Indy developer Eurocenter, which has developed several online games for the iPhone and iPod touch has released Adrenaline Golf Online, with full support for the advanced iPhone 3GS graphic extensions like the OpenGL shader effects. Eurocenter is the first to utilize the new technology on the 3Gs (finally!) and has done so with a game that mixes mini golf with pool. This is not to say they didn’t have issues working with OpenGL – they had to completely rewrite the engine from the ground up to work on the 3GS, and have two different 3D engines to work on the older models.

The best feature in this new title is the online multiplayer feature where you can collect stars and send bonuses to other players much like in Mario Kart. Additionally players can compete in 72 completely different courses.

The water, shadows and other shader effects look pretty cool from the video but I can’t wait to see other developers do something a bit more compelling than Golf, not to be dissin’ Golf or Eurocenter’s effort put forth in Adrenaline.

Official Adrenaline Golf Website

- Become a fan of the official Brutal Legend Facebook fan page

- Post your Brutal Legend fan art onto the official Brutal Legend Facebook wall with “Fan Art Contest” somewhere in the title

- 5 winners will each receive a limited edition Eddie Riggs statue

- Sorry to all of our international fans, this is a US only contest

- Sample contest and statue image & rules/full contest details are here.

We’ll pick 1 winner on August 21st and contact you via email. Just be sure to include your email address when you leave a comment. And no, we won’t use it to sell to other people. North America residents only please.

Code Monkeys on Shout! Factory

Read on for Season 1 details.

Get ready to enter the insane world of GameAvision’s top employees: slacker Dave and his high-strung best friend Jerry. Whether it’s rescuing fellow GameAvision employees from Ninjas in Japan or creating a video game out of Spielberg’s latest movie, E.T., or navigating a wild adventurous weekend in Vegas at the annual video game convention, the irreverent, over-the-top humor and quirky storylines from the cult animated TV series Code Monkeys is guaranteed to make you guffaw with laughter.

On August 5, 2008, Shout! Factory, in association with G4 TV and MonkeyWrangler Productions, will release Code Monkeys: Season One on DVD. An awesome celebration and biting parody of video games, technology and pop culture from writer-director-producer Adam de la Peña, Season One of Code Monkeys features special guest voice appearances from technology and gaming industry icons such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, video game creators John Romero and Lorne Lanning, as well as the late Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax, just to name a few. Loaded with bonus materials that include Original GameAvision Games, Code Monkeys Daily Pranks, “Sir Eats-A-Lot” Gaming Tips from G4 TV’s Kristin Holt and much more, this 2-DVD set is priced to own at $19.99 SRP. No one and nothing is beyond ridicule when the new TV season of Code Monkeys premieres June 1 at 7 pm ET/PT, only on G4.

Set in the 1980s at the dawn of the home computer era, Code Monkeys revolves around the fictional video game company GameAvision and its two star programmers, Dave and Jerry. Their lives are turned upside down when Bob Larrity, a crazed Texas businessman who knows nothing about video games except that they “sell good”, purchases GameAvision. Together, the two best bud slackers are destined for dysfunctional greatness.

Bonus Features Include:

Code Monkeys Daily Pranks

Original “Barfight” and “Crosswalk” Promos

“Sir Eats-A-Lot” Gaming Tips From G4’s Kristin Holt

Original GameAvision Games –“Two Card Monty” and “Hangman”

Downloadable Wallpapers

We recently gave N+ a 4.5/5. Check out the review here.

Thanks, Dan

If there was one thing you could add, subtract, modify about any game, which game would it be and why? More than one answer is good to, but you can only change one thing about that game.

One of my all time favorites is ICO on the PS2. The only issue I have with it is that it was too short.

What would you change?

We want to give this rare opportunity to a enthusiastic game journalist who lives in the San Francisco area to attend the “Pure Multiplayer Event and Sneak Preview” in San Francisco – which is coming out on the Xbox 360, PC and PS3.

The event is hosted by Disney Interactive Studios and they will unveil the multiplayer aspects, new features and tracks for the game which will all take place in a cool set decorated like the game itself. You will have the opportunity to try the game hands-on while you’re spoon-fed free food and drinks by hovering pixies with translucent wings, plus receive an early review build of the game in mid-September for review on none other than Aeropause.

All you need to do is drop us a line at (tips AT aeropause DOT com) and tell us why you want to cover this event, along with 3 writing samples game-related or not. It’s that easy.

We look forward to reading your submissions and good luck!

I have not included and of the “lite” games as they are meant lure you into buying a full release, and as such they are only a small portion of the game. We are gonna stick to full games.

If you know of any other iPhone games worth trying that are completely free, let us know.

More on Mobile Game Pause

So what are the clues that the next consoles are under development? Nintendo President Satoru Iwata admits the company is working on the next Wii but won’t admit to anything concrete at this time.

“We are always preparing for the next hardware,” Iwata says. “We are under development. … But the hardware is a kind of box that consumers reluctantly buy in order to play our games.”

“Every hardware needs some revolutionary features,” Iwata says. “This time around, it happened to be we had a revolutionary user interface. Will it be the same for the next generation? I really can’t tell.

Nvidia’s Larrabee GPU and Advanced Micro Devices (ATI) are actively trying to win over the three console makers to buy their next generation chips as we speak, and Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is under development for future games.

Read more on the next-next-gen consoles at Forbes

Here are a few happening over August:

Super Smash, $3K+ Counter-Strike Source Tourney, $1K Halo 3 Tourney, Project Torque, Age of Conan, Plus Pineapple Express: Advanced Screening/Gaming!

Read on for the full schedule.

August 1-31

Project Torque Showcase (Free to play!)
70+ iGames centers

August 2

Super Smash Bros Brawl – 1PM
All Night Lock-In – 10PM
Gamerz Live Lounge
48925 Hayes Rd
Shelby Twp, MI 48315

Euphnet Summer Redux Tournament
Counter-Strike 1.6
Euphnet Cyber Café v3
1409 W. San Carlos St., Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95126

August 5

Pineapple Express: Advanced Screening & Gaming CyGamZ 4100 Carpenter Road Ypsilanti, MI 48197

August 9

Howie’s Game Shack SoCal Summer Classic
Counter-Strike 1.6
22500 Town Circle Suite 2126
Moreno Valley, CA 92553

Halo 3 4v4 Tournament
The Gamers pLANet
4022 Route 9 South
Howell, NJ 07731

August 11

Madden 09 Release Party
CyGamZ
4100 Carpenter Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

August 16-31

Space Siege Showcase
75+ iGames Centers

August 15-17

2008 DOCS: Championship Finals (w/ Counter-Strike 1.6) X30 Gaming Center 11640 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

August 16
By Crom! Age of Conan LAN Party
I-LAN Computing & Gaming
205 S Main St
Aberdeen, SD 57401

August 22-24
Angels for Avery Charity Event
Charity LAN Party to raise money for Avery’s cancer treatment The Digital Nexus
1861 Hooper Ave, Ste 8, Village Square Plaza Toms River, NJ 08753

August 23

CyGamZ $3,250 Summer Sizzler
Counter-Strike: Source
CyGamZ
4100 Carpenter Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free Halo 3 Tournament
Space Station Games
1206-B State Avenue
Marysville, WA 98270

August 30

Vile and GrandLAN $1000 Halo 3 4v4 Tournament Grand LAN
56 N. Division Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Gamestation Counter-Strike 1.6 Summer 2008 Tournament
263 Main Street
Cornwall, NY 12518

GameFrog Challenge Tournament
Counter-Strike 1.6
GameFrog
Carolina Place Mall, 11025 Carolina Place Parkway, Suite D-19 Pineville, NC 28134

For registration and other event information, including additional iGames events, visit the iGames calendar or contact the iGames events team at events@igames.org.