To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Ashes to Ashes …my brain is fried. Sorry! When you get to Friday… What you missed last night Japanese Newspaper Denies It “Misinterpreted” Nintendo DS Successor Claims Rumor: Rockstar Responds To Allegations Of Poor Work Conditions Video Game Statistics At A Glance The Tekken Movie Trailer Does Not Disappoint
Hrm, can’t quite put my finger on where I’ve seen this before. I’m pretty sure I’ve played something like this. Somewhere. Hrm. Besides a cover mechanic, an AI-controlled partner, dark and moody interiors, and big macho characters, Tecmo’s upcoming third-person-shooter Quantum Theory features a “shape-shifting battlefield” that changes form in real time. Will be released…
When the Nintendo Wii launched in 2006, it wasn’t only the motion controller that was revolutionary. The ability to make your own cute avatar called a Mii shook up console gaming. At a Nintendo seminar, company president Satoru Iwata revealed that between the United States and Japan, one hundred million players have their own Miis.…
To mark its 30th anniversary, Japanese tissue brand Elleair is collaborating with Nintendo’s Animal Crossing. Nothing says tissues quite like Animal Crossing. The tissues are limited edition and will go on sale from January 21 to March 31 in Japan. As children and families uses high number of tissues (kids are snotty!), cute character often…
Speaking with Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was quoted about the DS handheld’s successor. Nintendo has since claimed that Iwata’s comments were “misinterpreted“. That newspaper has fired back, saying its reporting was indeed accurate. Nintendo took issue with the original reporting by the Asahi Shimbun, stating that the paper’s reporter ran…
All the Mega Man Zero games in one place. On your Nintendo DS. Capcom has just announced the Mega Man Zero Collection, which is a compilation of all four Game Boy Advance games in the Zero series. Mega Man Zero was first released back in 2002 and praised for going back to the franchise’s original…
Capcom is releasing Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition this coming spring, and the game will take advantage of the PS3’s new wand motion controls. Settings include the Spencer Estate mansion as well as Africa. Resident Evil: Alternative Edition will be available as downloadable content for both the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Characters Jill Valentine…
Mari Yaguchi rocked to fame in the late 1990s as a member of idol group Morning Musume. (Check her out in the video for Morning Musume’s Jyosei Kashimashi Monogatari.) That was then, this is now. Now, Yaguchi records solo tracks and appears on popular program Quiz! Hexagon II. She is also a columnist for Famitsu,…
Hate in-flight movies? Didn’t bring a book? Like to game? A subsidiary of airline Korean Air, Jin Air, is here to help by renting PSPgo consoles to passengers. The PSPgo is available for rental for flights out of Incheon for 4,000 won (US$3.50) — way cheaper than the $6 that some airlines charge economy passengers…
While Beatle Ringo Starr might be a rock’n’roll icon, he is not a Rock Band game playing icon. But that’s okay. He’s Ringo Starr. “I’m absolutely crap at it,” Starr said in a television interview with talk show host Jimmy Fallon with asked about the Rock Band Beatles game. “We tried it when they were…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: C-B-S Nice job on the podcast and many thanks to Jeff for swinging by for a chat. Sound quality was super duper. High fives all around. Been having Firefox issues (it’s been unstable of late — sadly!) and cramping my style. Getting ready to make the big leap to another…
French developer Quantic Dream, the studio behind the upcoming Heavy Rain, has spoken at length about sexes in game and the difference between sexual relations and porn. Sexy! “There are a couple [of sex scenes], but it’s definitely not porn,” Quantic Dream boss David Cage told PSM3. “We don’t intend to push the boundaries and…
The biggest bombshell of the 2008 E3 gaming expo was the announcement that then PS3 exclusive Final Fantasy XIII would be released on the Xbox 360. Final Fantasy XIII, which was released only on the PS3 last December in Japan, will be released as a multi-platform title this spring in the West. While many games…
The DS Lite is now two hardware iterations old. It launched back in 2006, and was a major redesign *of the original DS, from 2004. In 2010, Nintendo says it’s not quite ready to part ways with the Lite. “Our current plans are to continue manufacturing Nintendo DS Lite globally”, a Nintendo spokesperson told website…
SEGA references and in-jokes aside, let’s cut to the chase: This is SEGA Genesis. And it has been modded. Skip ahead to around the 1:50 minute mark. Just watch the console sorta peel out and crash into the wall. It’s just like those little robots in Star Wars that Chewbacca screams at.
There have been rumors for years that Microsoft planned to buy Japanese game maker SEGA. But did you know SEGA hoped to make the original Xbox compatible with Dreamcast games? The SEGA Dreamcast was launched in late 1998 to great fanfare. The console — featuring dial-up online — was years ahead of its time. Then…
Sony has just announced that the PS3 with a 250GB hard disk drive will launch in Japan next month. Releasing on February 18, the console will be priced at ¥34,980 (US$381). A 250GB PlayStation 3 has already been released in Japan as part of the white and pink PS3 bundle Sony released for the PS3.…
Sony Computer Entertainment today brings word that it is now possible to digitally record terrestrial broadcasts with a new dedicated peripheral called “torne”. The torne is a terrestrial digital tuner that connects to the PS3 via USB cable. Torne offers players an easy and colorful interface that lists programs. It’s possible to look up programs…
Yesterday, mecha game Armored Core 5 was leaked by blurry Famitsu scans. Today, it gets its official reveal. Like clockwork! As we previously posted, the game’s concept is “mayhem” mechanical action. The game will feature new weapons, more robust and dramatic mission stories and stages that are more detailed and complex than the previous titles.…
Final Fantasy XIII has been released on the PS3 in Japan, but the multi-platform version won’t be out in the West until March. Square Enix has, however, announced that development on this “overseas version” is now complete. In an online letter to European gamers, FFXIII game director Motomu Toriyam writes, “FINAL FANTASY XIII overseas version…
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