According to the company’s fiscal results for the financial year ending March 31, Infogrames posted net losses to the tune of €226.1 million. During the previous fiscal year, the company only posted losses €51.1. However, the good news is that consolidated revenues were up 51 percent to €136.4 million in a sluggish global economy. US…
Don’t believe everything you see on television — even when it’s reported by a major Japanese television network — and especially when reported by TBS, it seems. Earlier, it was reported by TBS News that the Ethics Organization of Computer Software had voluntarily agreed to halt the sale and manufacture of “rape-type” games. Too bad…
If her looks don’t kill, then her superhuman strength or her melee morphing arms will. She’s KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, and we love her. But do you love her? Rally the troops, tally the troops! KOS-MOS has made it to the final round. She’s up against robot assassin HK-47. Stiff competition. He’s a drone, she’s got…
We don’t know if Mass Effect‘s Shephard is dead or a Geth or what. But we do know this is a brand new Mass Effect 2 trailer. Right here. On your computer screen. Lovely.
A few days ago a trademark for “Brink” popped up from developer Bethesda. What is “Brink”? It’s a game, and this is its teaser trailer. Let’s see there’s a futuristic city scape, an eye ball and some blood, but no gameplay footage. The title is multi-platform and will be out “Spring 2010.” That’s next year,…
PC game Rapelay might have been released legally in Japan three years ago, but that didn’t stop it from causing an international brouhaha. It’s boiled over, the Japanese game industry has taken action. It’s planned for sale and manufacture of “rape-type” games to be banned. According to Japan’s TBS News, an industry governing body comprised…
Kojima Productions has been launching a seemingly endless stream of countdown clocks for an upcoming title. Ungh. Still! They seem to be offering clues. Let’s recap. To date, these letters have appeared on the Kojima “Next” site: “S” (or number “5”) “R” “P” “E” “C” “@” (or a lowercase “e”) “O” (or number “0”) The…
And it continues. On and on and on. Kojima Productions updated its countdown page today, revealing this image. Is it Raiden? Is it Gray Fox? Is it Sunny? Who knows? Hideo Kojima does, that’s who. Him and his minions. There are also new letters: C, O, P. There’s the number six, too. The site also…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Robots, Toys and E3 Yep, this. Kid loves this show, watches it everyday. It’s about a “cooking idol” whose name is “Main”. The show’s aimed at kids and actually teaches them basic recipes, which is good. It stars grade schooler Haruka Fukuhara, who sings and dances and voices the anime…
Don’t expect the PS3 Slim at E3! According to website Ars Technica, it won’t be there. A “very well-informed mole” says that there won’t be a PS3 Slim announcement next week at E3, and that the console won’t be in stores until late summer or early fall. Why? “There are plenty of PS3 systems sitting…
Times are changing. Marketing people are smart, they know things are different these days. These ad wizards are moving from traditional forms like print, TV and radio to the internet. In a recent interview, Sony Computer Entertainment Platform Promotion Chief Tetsuro Sakurai talked about how things are changing. Up until now, he said, advertising has…
Yes, The Last Guy, you remember that? The PSN game that used real world overhead maps of Tokyo as players tried to save citizens from alien monsters. Well, the popular PSN game is getting a retail packaged version — on sale today. To mark the occasion, Sony held a food stall inspired demo station in…
Japanese publisher Enterbrain doesn’t only publish magazines like Famitsu, but also does probing research. Earlier this week, Famitsu polled folks with a “Dragon Quest 9 Pre-Launch Awareness Survey”. It was mostly multiple choice with a few free response questions. Oddly, for the multiple choice question “Do you plan on buying Dragon Quest 9?”, there isn’t…
While we’re extremely confident this isn’t the new title from Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai Nintendo announced this February, Sakurai does say it is the first game from his new Nintendo start up, Sora Ltd. Made in Ore lets players design and craft their own WarioWare games with the game’s own on board editor. Sakurai does…
Some people say that the demand from video games has leveled off says Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada. What to do, what to do. The reason for this, he continues, is that the customer base has been increasing. “I think some people say it’s leveled off,” Wada explains, “because they believe this growth has almost…
Even Simon Belmont cannot save the Castlevania movie from development hell, it seems. Sources tell website Bloody-Disgusting.com that the movie has had a stake driven through its heart. The movie, apparently, is dead. Hollywood got the big screen game rights back in 2005 with Resident Evil helmer Paul W.S. Anderson attached to write and direct.…
Chrono Trigger is a great game with a great robot. Yes, that’s right, Robo! Knocked out of commission in 1999 and brought back to life in 2300, the existentialist ‘bot faces some tough moral choices in the game — way before moral choices were in vogue. And if that wasn’t enough, Robo will Rick Roll…
Singing, drinking, talking, dancing, cosplay and panty flashing. Xbox 360 hostess game Dream C Club is missing something — touching? No, it has that, too. The latest issue of Famitsu announces that Dream C Club girl touching is possible during the game’s date situations. Touching is possible (you can pick the location, too), but it…
This is it, here it is, Christian Bale’s acting debut: Appearing in a 1983 Pac-Man cereal commercial at the age of 8. It’s shocking. Thanks, ~SinfulKnight~!
More No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle info. The game got an oh-so-brief teaser announce at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. This week’s Famitsu adds a few more details. The game once again stars beam katana assassin Travis Touchdown and Japanese Ukrainian co-hort Sylvia Christel. There’s a new character — a hip-hop killer named Nathan…
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