We see a link to that “Mask” page and a Metal Gear Solid: Rising notice. There’s space for games that Kojima will announce at, guess, tomorrow’s Sony presser. Be sure to check our liveblog! Thoughts, feelings about this Kojima countdown drip fed hype — let them be known in our comment section. That’s what it’s…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hi! I’m not at E3. I’m in Japan, taking care of Micro-Bash! Yay!! But even though I have my hands full with him and Mini-Bash, I am so ready for E3. I was born ready. Not just for E3, but for other stuff. You ready? Are you, are you, are you?…
Over the weekend, Sony “leaked” the PSP Go and a couple game announcements onto the latest eits own videomag Qore. Those thinking Sony already shot its E3 load, think again says a company PR guy. Rather, tweets a Sony PR guy. “Pre-E3 annoucements or not! There’s still lots of shockers planned for you guys @…
The Starcraft II beta starting this summer is a sign of things to come. A release date is a sign of we things come to all of us. We don’t have a release date. Though, we do have Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime saying that Starcraft II will be release in 2009 as long as it “meets…
Computer title Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation is played entirely with mouse controls, with left-clicks for punches, right-clicks for kicks and special attacks performed by mouse movement. Soon that will be was played. The Capcom-licensed, Daletto-developed game for Windows goes offline on August 31. The official reason for the game’s service ending is “due to…
Crysis, the gorgeous sci-fi shooter from German developer Crytek Frankfurt, is a PC game. So is its sequel, Crysis 2 — that, and an Xbox 360 and a PS3 game. The game is the second entry in the planned Crysis triology and will be published by EA. “The development of Crysis 2 marks a major…
Capcom multi-platform survival horror title Resident Evil 5 is a big gtame. How big? To the tune of 5 million big. We first hear about RE5‘s shipping success back in May. Now, we get to hear about then in June. Thank you Capcom press release! The Osaka-base game developer has shipped over 5 million copies…
Later today, Microsoft is kicking off its E3 press conference at 10:30am PDT. No, make that 10:25am. The reason: “A special surprise.” Spike TV host Geoff Keighley tweets, “Xbox just moved up its briefing start to 10:25 am tomorrow due to a very special last-minute surprise.” Starting five minutes early, huh. We’re thinking that could…
Due to budget concerns, the BioShock movie has been put on ice — don’t tell Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller! If director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of Caribbean) were to helm the picture, he says the movie would need to be filmed abroad. “The bottom line is it has to shoot out of the States for…
We’re in the home stretch of Kojima Productions’ master class in drip fed PR. A seemingly endless storm has been raining on a seemingly endless series of countdown clocks. The storm is over, and now? Now it’s sunny — well partly sunny. Geddit, Sunny? Of course, the Sunny character is raised by the Patriots and…
Announced back in March for release fall, Xbox 360 motion controller Gametrak Freedom has a solid release date: October 15. Designed by third party maker Performance Designed Products (PDP), the Gametrak Freedom comes bundled with mini-game title Squeeballs: Island Party. Yours for US$69.99. Instead of one sensor bar like the Wii uses, Gametrak Freedom uses…
Very important stuff! This fall, Soulcalibur is coming to the PSP with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. How does it stack up to PS3’s Soulcalibur IV — more important how does Ivy stack up? Boobs ahead — beware! Don’t think of the PSP version as having fewer polygons, but bigger polygons.
Soon, soon, soon. E3 starts soon. But that’s next week. Today is? Today is Friday. Let’s talk. This is Tell Us Dammit, no, make that TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment…
You Cannot Stop Mai Shiranui Figurines Comment by: BubbleF**kingBuddy Nominated by: Sutekh_Slain @Dude From Dubai: I’d like to give her a rigid 4 inches. Dohohohohohohohohoh wait… The DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well Comment by: ShadowOdin finally got a copy of… Nominated by: gwilson @Jesse Hays: You’d think the title…
Game developer Mark Cooke did just that — all for Pecha Kucha in Tokyo. For those who aren’t hip to Pecha Kucha, people give presentations. Twenty slides at twenty seconds. The embedded video is a screencast of Mark’s presentation. Check out the actual presentation here, complete with crummy sound quality. Mark goes through and talks…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: T-Minus Three Days Tomorrow I’m going to a funeral — my second in Japan. One of my wife’s distant relatives. He was old, death is natural, still sad, always sad. The first one I went to was rather intense. I expect tomorrow’s to end up emotional as well. Often I…
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai is on a mission. A mission to make money for Sony’s PlayStation division. “We need to quickly bring our PlayStation business on a break-even level and later to profitability,” Hirai said Thursday. Sony plans to do this through cost-cutting efforts and network service expansion. According to Hirai, Sony is…
Just Cause 2 looks like it’s more than merely Bionic Commando set in some banana republic. There’s jet plane surfing! The game is slated to skydive in next year. Hopefully it won’t feel as rushed as the previous title.
Atari? Strong brand name. Infogrames? Um, yeah. No wonder Infogrames want to switch its corporate identity to the company Nolan Bushnell founded and made famous. “The Board agreed to change Infogrames Entertainment’s name to Atari,” the company announced today. “This decision will enable us to make the best use of the Atari brand, capitalizing on…
There are many specialties in medicine. Atlus knows this. Enter the latest entry in the Trauma Center series, Trauma Team. Players can play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician and medical examiner. The game is slated for Spring 2010, trailer at E3. Thanks, notMordecai!
Mode
Follow us