Man, that’s kind of sad. I’ve had ATI stuff in my PC rigs for a long time. And remember the ATI logo on our GameCube systems? It’s all over now as AMD, owner of the popular graphics accelerators and technology line, has decided to pull the plug on the ATI brand. After 25 years the name will disappear from their products. The company cites the higher consumer awareness of AMD over ATI....

Yes, I know. You’re not so much for the anime. You leave that to the guys next door atJapanator. But you don’t mind the videogame cosplay so much, right? We’ve put together a large gallery of the (mostly) videogame-based cosplay at this past weekend’s Anime Expo 2008 for your viewing enjoyment. Also worked into the collection are snapshots of AX 2008’s 24-hour arcade, which was pretty great by even gamer’s standards....

We’ve been hearing about it forever now. It’s the next “worst kept secret.” It’s Apple’s new big-assed iPhone looking thing, called the iPad, and it was just announced by Steve Jobs at Apple’s conference in San Francisco. A “truly magical product,” he calls it. It’s a digital tablet. It’s “between a laptop and a smartphone.” Browsing. Email. Photos. Videos. Music. Games. eBooks. “Way better than a laptop, way better then a phone,” says Jobs....

From time to time I will pledge my fangirlism through bouts of loopy line work and casual cross-hatching, efforts which result in what I typically consider to be mini works made entirely of win and awesome. These self-proclaimed masterpieces are then framed and lined across my night stand to remind me of the quality of my artistic mimicry, so that I may sleep soundly fully assured that I do good yobs....

Six Days in Fallujahdeveloper Atomic Games has been forced to shrink. In a sober announcement released earlier this afternoon, Atomic Games confirmed that it has had to “reduce the size” of the studio due to an inability to “secure full-scale funding from a major publisher” for the controversial shooter,Six Days in Fallujah. Konami was set to distribute the title, butdropped it shortlyaftergiving press access to the shooter. A representative for the publisher cited negative opinions from others as the reason....

A crappy driver who was pulled over by cops for 31 “outstanding driving offenses” wascaught in the processof ripping off the company he worked for, stealing copies of the latest games before release with an eye to selling them on. Rodney Gray was pulled over by detectives after they spotted him leaving his room with a red carpet bag. Gray ironically worked in security for Technicolor, a firm which packages, produces, stores and distributes game discs....

Time for anotherBadass of the Month Club, wherein the staff highlights a character or industry figure of noteworthy badassery. Warning: foul language and some minor spoilers ensue. Easiest article to write ever. Travis Touchdown’s name is Travis Touchdown. If you need more proof that he’s a badass you clearly don’t understand what the term means. However, I suppose that since you’re here to read something we can go into a bit more detail on why Travis Touchdown is one of the biggest badasses gaming has ever had....

Having a sh*tty Valentine’s Day? Well don’t worry about it, because nothing, and I meannothingcould make your Hallmark Holiday better than theseRockman 10Valentine-themed Twitter icons. They’reright here, and they’re hot. God, I’m sweating from the heat right now, and trust me, the heat issexual. These icons are only available until February 26th, a scant three days beforeMega Man 10launchesin the United States. There is literally no better way to get yourself ready for the game’s release than to first download these icons, then tweet about how sexually aroused you’ve become....

Do you hear that? That’s the sound ofnerd anguish, my friend. The announcement ofBeyond Good & Evil 2was something that many gamers had been longing for, and when it finally came it was like a dream come true. Unfortunately, the more time went on, the less Ubisoft seemed willing to talk about it, to the point where one executive evendenied the game’s confirmation. Now, the inevitable has happened — Ubisoft has balked on the deal....

Bummed that the PC release ofDragon Agehas been delayed just so BioWare can release it along with the (lamer) console version? Here’s something that might help tide you over — BioWare is looking for people to betatest the level and module creator for the game. It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran campaign maker fromNeverwinter Nights, or if you’ve never touched any kind of development tool before, because they’re looking for people with varying experience levels (and varying hardware, so you also don’t need to worry if your PC isn’t the most up to date machine)....

Unfortunately, that rollercoaster ride for the game’s devs continues with news of layoffs. Blue Omega Entertainment has laid off its games team, according to atweetfrom programmer Geoff Rowland. “The entire Blue Omega team was laid off today (well, starting Friday). If anyone has job openings, send them my way and I’ll pass them on,” Rowland said. GamesIndustryreminds thatDamnationwon second place in the Nvidia Make Something Unreal Contest in 2004. Unfortunately, what they eventually made wasn’t that unreal....

Sticking a thumb pad on an iPad with a suction cup doesn’t sound it would work well, but it really does in this case. I had a chance to get hands-on with the Fling from Ten One Design today, and I came away impressed. Two little suction cups stick right on your iPad’s glass. Connected to those cups is a thumbpad that glides effortlessly across the iPad. The rings of plastic create a resistance that feels like a quality analog stick, and letting go of it returns the pad to center, just like a real controller....

PC gaming isn’t really fully portable yet. Yes, you could lug around a gaming laptop, but even the smallest one out there is something that seems huge next to the portable gaming systems like the PSP and DS. You’ve still got a bag and a power pack and whatnot. PC makers have been trying to make PC gaming portable for a long time, but it looks like a gaming peripherals company has the best idea yet....