Starting today, CGI flick Resident Evil: Degeneration is available via the PS3’s PlayStation Network. This comes as Capcom announced the title has shipped over 1.5 million copies. Resident Evil: Degeneration takes places a year after RE4 and features characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The movie was distributed by Sony Pictures and debuted last…
Game maker Square Enix has announced a Japanese release date for its upcoming action role-playing DS titleKINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days: May 30. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is the latest entry in the Disney-meets-Square-Enix series of RPGs. A special KINGDOM HEARTS DSi (pictured) will also go on sale when 358/2 launches.
Multi-platform title Resident Evil 5 went on sale in Japan. Big game on sale in Japan means one thing: Lines of Japanese people. At the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, sales were healthy. Japanese game site Famitsu reports that the PS3 version sold at a pace of 100 copies in the hour after the shop’s doors…
Toshihiro Nagoshi, designer of SEGA’s Ryu Ga Gotoku, hinted that the game sold 300,000 copies. It’s sold more, way more. Just released official numbers put it at 372,000 copies sold. The game’s success also meant a huge PS3 spike. During the Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 debut week, sales of the PLAYSTATION 3 jumped 225 percent…
More game girl figurines — endless! At the recent a recent hobby show in Japan, plasticized versions of Iroha, Cammy and Poison all put in sculpted appearances. Iroha, from SNK’s fighting game Samurai Shodown, is miniaturized into 1/6 scale. This is a prototype, hence the lack of color, but a finalized version is slated for…
A contest ends, another one begins. We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars go faster. Face it, they do. Just look at Race Pro‘s box art. Here’s the contest: Put racing stripes on something — anything! Racing stripes on a phone? It goes faster. Racing stripes…
Sony Computer Entertainment developed horse-racing PS3 title Derby Time Online went on sale November 13, 2008. This summer, the game’s online service will cease this June. No online service is not a good thing for an online game. According to the game’s official site: “Be warned that from June 3, 2009, it will not be…
The above picture was taken at major Japanese retailer Bic Camera on March 4. Resident Evil 5 does not go on sale on March 4 in Japan, but on March 5. While street dates are commonly broken in North America or places like Dubai, it much less common in Japan. What is bothering some Japanese…
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Hello Boston I, like you, have a PS3. And like you, I use my PS3 to do a variety of things that include playing video games and watching movies. Right now, I’m watching Blood Diamond on Blu-ray — it looks great. Some things I watch on DVD, and when I…
Police have arrested three sixteen year-old French males for suspected larceny. The teens, who attend an international school in Japan, are accused of stealing games and consoles from Akihabara retailer Sofmap. On 18 separate occasions starting last November, the trio walked out of Sofmap with a grand total of 92 games and seven consoles —…
Full-length CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration has shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The total includes DVD, Blu-ray and UMD versions of the flick. Resident Evil: Degeneration takes places a year after RE4 and features characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The movie debuted last October at the Tokyo Game Show and was…
For better or worse, inflatable leather fetish goods maker Obsidian Design bring us this: Pikachoo. The handmade inflatable latex rubber outfit is easy to inflate and deflate — apparently! Obsidian says that it’s easy to breath through the Pikachoo head, and vision is made possible through the character’s mouth. From the Obsidian site: “Pikachoo is…
In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there’s a blurb about Nintendo’s new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: Thomas Singleton (EA) and his Vancouver-based team hope to take things to the next level, thanks in no small part to the Wii MotionPlus accessory (due out prior to…
Erotic game makers have it tough. In a market saturated by skin, they need more than simple T&A to grab players attention. They need… LIFE-SIZED SWORDS. In the discerning games floor (the 5th floor!) of Akihabara retailer Sofmap, there’s a display for Seiken no Fairies (The Heavenly Sword of Fairies). The display even features an…
Bus rides are boring. Forget your DS or PSP, and there’s little to do other than stare out the window and avoid the person next to you — unless you’re in Taiwan. A Taiwanese bus company has put classic SEGA titles on its on-board entertainment. Handhelds haven’t caught on in Taiwan like they have elsewhere,…
Morrigan, the green-haired bat-winged vixen from Capcom’s Darkstalkers fighting franchise, will once again be remembered in plastic. This July, Japanese figure maker Max Factory is releasing 1/6 scale PVC Morrigan. Yours for ¥12,800 (US$130), but never ever really yours if you know what we mean.
The promised Street Fighter IV patch to add a free Championship mode expansion was due after launch. Well, it’s after launch, and the patch is still M.I.A. The patch is supposed to beef up the game’s multiplayer aspects with an enhanced Tournament matchmaking system, a new point-based ranking system and the ability to record fights…
Actress Rose McGowan is not in the upcoming Hollywood sci-fi flick Terminator Salvation, but is in the game. The always professional Christian Bale is in the movie, but not in the game. Not fair! In an interview with GamePro Magazine, developer Cos Lazouras reveals that players will be playing as Terminator hero John Connor, but…
Before Jaleco was purchased for one yen, the game company was working on Wii role-playing game Ougon no Kizuna ("Golden Bonds"). There are two ads — one pedestrian, the other anything but. The game’s tagline is: “Your way of life will change. Maybe.” Ougon no Kizuna goes on sale in Japan on May 28.
Found in an arcade crane game machine by CheapyD from website CheapAssGamer. This is “Weight Fat.” This is not a video game, but a body mass checking device in a familiar package. The box totally rips off the Japanese Wii Fit box down to the green and white color scheme and Wii Fit-esque font. Also,…
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