Capcom isn’t the only Japanese developer to be gun-shy about this year. Yokohama-based company Koei is also preventing staffers from attending the Los Angeles gaming convention. Unlike Capcom’s decision to restrict travel of all Japan-based employees, Koei is sending a limited number of its Japanese developers to this year’s E3. “With regards to E3, due…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Busted Via our Luke, comes this. Movie of the year. You heard it first here. Oh, and funny Tristan story — do tell. What you missed last night Rumor: First Footage Of Team ICO’s “Project TRICO” Square Enix on Final Fantasy XIII Release: “Lord knows… That’s Not True.” Team Fortress…
The Wii isn’t a fad. It’s here to stay. We know it, you know it, and some dude at Electronic Arts knows it. The game giant is waking up and ready to take risks. Electronic Arts senior producer Joe Booth spends his days overseeing Wii and DS exclusive Need for Speed: Nitro. About the Wii,…
As we predicted, but not as From Software planned, the countdown clock that launched last week gets its reveal in this week’s Famitsu — on newsstands this Friday, leaked on the internet right now. From Software is releasing a slew of PSP ports of PlayStation 2 game, and they are largely, you’ll never guess, giant…
Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg has looked into his crystal ball and has seen what’s to come: Virtual reality gaming. It’s the 1980s all over again! “Now we’re all playing at home and someday we’ll be playing directly on our TV sets, bypassing all of the platforms,” says Spielberg. The director, who says he’s a PC…
Wii Fit. Well, fastest game to reach half a million copies sold, that is. According to independent market research group GfK Retail and Technology Australia, the game has sold over 520,000 copies in its one year on sale. The only Wii game that has sold more is Wii Play at 569,000 copies. Mario Kart Wii…
Sure, Namco Bandai’s Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos makes suggestive use of milk, but the PSP game is also packed with pointy and bouncy things. Queen’s Blade is originally a Lost Worlds style “combat picture book game” and has been published in Japan for the last couple of years. Queen’s Blade features only female characters, and…
Best known for its Bomberman games, Hudson has another hit franchise on its hands: Karaoke JOYSOUND Wii. Lock up your daughters, because the Japan-only title brings karaoke singing to the Wii. Since going on sale last December, the game has sold 250,000 copies to date. The title is a tie-up between the Wii and Japanese…
Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff is in jail for pulling off the biggest financial swindle ever. Nothing says white collar crime like a cell phone game. Dubbed Made Off, the game uses “cellupoints” in lieu of real money. Players can be a savvy investor or sleazy fund manager out to con as many and as…
A new year brings one thing: More Dragon Ball. You know what that means? More Bulma. The Xbox 360 and the PS3 are getting a Dragon Ball Z title called Raging Blast that appears to be a sequel to Dragon Ball Z Sparking! The Nintendo Wii is getting a Dragonball action game, which doesn’t appear…
Square Enix has still only provided a rough release date for Final Fantasy XIII: Winter 2009. At the company’s financial briefing, it was asked about the Final Fantasy XIII release. Company honcho Yoichi Wada did stress that FFXIII sales were implied in the Square Enix financial forecasts. According to Japanese site Inside Games, when Wada…
Battle damage brawler Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon is known just for that: battle damage. And since it’s girls in sailor suits and maid outfits, damage comes in the form of shredded clothing. Known as Battle Vixens in the West, Ikki Tousen is also a manga and animated series. The above image is taken from the…
The Japanese Wii MotionPlus television advertising campaign show how the add-on can replica small movements in ping pong, golf, frisbee and SWORD SLICING. The adverts were filmed with a “super slow camera” and part of the clip explains how it works. Slowly.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Piggy Flu Micro-Bash has turned six months old. In his short time on this spinning blue globe we call Earth, he’s learned to do a couple things: cry, open his eyes, see, turn his head, crawl, sleep through the night and so on… He’s even sporting two bottom teeth! That’s…
With the announcement of its 2009 fiscal financials, Square Enix stock prices jumped to the highest they have been since 2003. Thank you Eidos acquisition. Eidos titles like Batman and Kane and Lynch 2 are expected to be million sellers. Overseas sales are expected increase significantly as well. Taito, another Square Enix possession, will see…
Previously we posted that Capcom’s E3 plans were up in the air, because of the Swine Flu. Earlier this morning, game site NowGamer reported that Capcom Japan have apparently canceled their appearance. Now? We’ve contacted Capcom, who told us, “Capcom will definitely be attending E3 this year. The Capcom Japan staff specifically attending is something…
Watch out, Hollywood! French game company Ubisoft is totally keen on the movie special effects business. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stresses that the company does not want to make movies per se, saying just that: “We don’t want to make movies, but the expertise we have is key to creating special effects, graphics and animation.”…
The King of Fighters XII is already out in Japanese arcades, but is coming to home consoles this summer. This is the latest Japanese trailer, complete with Japanese words. Watch it.
Students at Vail Christian High School in Colorado are learning the importance of not driving while distracted. They’re doing this with the help of Mario Kart Wii. The high school created the “distracted and drowsy driving project” with the help of the Eagle County Sheriff’s Department, the Colorado State Patrol, the Eagle Country Fire Fighters…
Assassin’s Creed II is a big game. Big games need big teams, and developer Ubisoft has assembled just that: an army. According to producer Sebastien Puel, there are 450 people working on the the sequel, and 75 percent of the original team is working on the game. Just how much bigger is the AC 2…
Mode
Follow us
