Luke Plunkett

Modern Warfare 2 Could Have Had Aliens, Zombies

Absurd excesses aside, Modern Warfare 2 likes to keep thing pretty straight. Real men, real weapons, real countries. But during the game’s development cycle, Infinity Ward were open to things of a quirkier nature. “In the beginning we talked about having things in Modern Warfare 2 like outbreaks, viruses, chemical warfare, and even outlandish things…

Make Preparations For More Shadow Complex

You like Shadow Complex? Then you’ll be side-scrolled to hear that developers Epic are looking at bringing you more games based in the retro-tinted universe. A job advertisement for Microsoft Game Studios is looking for somebody to work “with an experienced team at MGS and the world-class developers at Epic to drive the success of…

TV Family Enjoys A Spot Of DS Homebrew?

Nintendo love to scour the dirtiest, most distant corners of the globe for people pirating their DS software. But do they ever check their TV sets? Because if anyone from Nintendo of America had bothered to watch the latest episode of “Modern Family”, they may have seen this kid. “Oh great!”, they probably thought at…

Hey, It’s The World’s Fastest Graphics Card

Meet the ATI Radeon HD 5970. Why are we bothering to introduce you? Because the ATI Radeon HD 5970 is now the world’s fastest graphics card, that’s why. Several PC tech-type sorts have put the new card through its paces, and have found that it just blows right on by the previous record-holder, Nvidia’s GeForce…

Assassin’s Creed, Thanksgiving Come To PlayStation Home

Over the next two weeks, Sony will be running two very different promotions for PlayStation Home. This week, it’s Assassin’s Creed II. Next week, it’s turkeys. Lots and lots of turkeys. But first, ACII! Later this week, you’ll be able to dress your lifeless avatar in some equally lifeless Ezio costumes. I don’t know what…

Layoffs Hit Star Wars Developers

Last week, Krome Studios – developers of several Star Wars & Spyro titles – laid off a number of employees as tough times hit the veteran Australian development house. We’ve been told by sources directly affected by the cuts that roughly 50 developers (a sizeable number of Krome’s total workforce) were let go from the…

Today, In Brazil, Sony Officially Launched The PlayStation…2

Funny story from our sun-drenched friends at GIzmodo Brazil; today, November 18, 2009, Sony have decided to begin officially selling the PlayStation 2 in Brazil. It’s priced at R$799, which works out to be around USD$461. So, yes, it’s expensive to buy video games in Brazil. Our man Pedro tells us that with a nine…

Make Your Netflix Disc Feel At Home, PS3 Users

If PS3 Netflix subscribers need to hang onto their streaming discs for another year or so, they’re going to need to find a way to store the thing. Reader Nulion has an idea. He made himself a Netflix cover, that’ll slide right into a PS3 case and let you not only keep the disc somewhere…

Stick Professor Layton On Your Shelf

With a new Layton movie due out in Japan next month, it’s time to start cashing in! And there’s no better way than with a line of small, neat little action figures. These are “FuruFuru” figures, which basically means “bobblehead”, only more subtle, with everyone’s proportions in order. There are two available – the good…

Here’s What Phoenix Wright Looks Like On The Wii

How much you enjoy the upcoming WiiWare port of Phoenix Wright may depend on how big your television is. This is a port of a GBA/DS game, kids, not a HD remake. I’d imagine such low-res textures will look worse the bigger your screen. And, in case you missed it, that grey border isn’t just…

PC Sales Charts: Go, Torchlight, Go!

Well, whaddya know. Modern Warfare 2 came out last week, and finished last week as the #1 game on Steam. On Direct2Drive, however, it didn’t fare as well. Probably because IGN’s online storefront wasn’t selling the game. In its place, then, came Dragon Age, which continues to sell at a pace I honestly wouldn’t have…

PSP Firmware 6.20 Now Ready For Download

As announced yesterday, Sony’s latest firmware update for the PlayStation Portable – bringing us to 6.20 – is now out, bringing some stuff we can use now and some stuff we can use later. Stuff we can use now: The PSP now supports playlists for video and photos, and you can transfer existing ones over…

How Much Did It Cost To Make Modern Warfare 2?

Modern Warfare 2 has made about a bazillion dollars so far around the world, but that’s not all profit. You’ve got to subtract the game’s development costs. And for such a polished game, those must be pretty high… And they are. An LA Times report on the game’s launch says the game “cost $40 million…

Sadly, Jimmy Gibbs Jr. Did Not Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

Those already knee-deep in Left 4 Dead 2’s Southern undead will be familiar with Jimmy Gibbs Jr, who is only the greatest stock car racer of all time. Or shall we say, was. Enterprising modder samm5506 was digging around in Left 4 Dead 2’s code the other day when he stumbled upon a zombie model…

Hey, Modern Warfare 2, Lighten Up

Modern Warfare isn’t funny. Not intentionally, anyways. In an effort to make it funny, our brothers at sister site Gizmodo asked their readers to hit the Photostop circuit, see what cold be done. Here’s just a small selection. There’s over 50 at the link below. One featuring Captain Commando. 56 of the Most Hilarious and…

Me Too, Me Too

To: Crecente From: Luke Re: Xbox Going Down Funny you mention that. I got home from my honeymoon to find my third Xbox 360’s power supply had died while I was away. When it wasn’t even being used. The machine itself still works, but the power supply just…gave up the ghost. Good times. Less good…

Team Fortress 2 Gets Updated A LOT

There’s an interesting statistic to be found in a Gamasutra interview with Steam’s Jason Holtman, published earlier today. Concerning Team Fortress 2, and just how often Valve feel the need to tinker with and improve the game. Apparently since the game was released two years ago, there have been 97 updates for the game. 97!…

Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died

Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. 1,128 gamers were polled (note: it was a self-selected survey, not a blind study), with 562…

A Game Store That Only Sells One Game

Kooky, but true: EA Sports have, in the run-up to Christmas, opened two actual storefronts dedicated entirely to EA Sports Active (and, we guess, it’s expansion). One is in San Francisco, the other, Boston. Can’t say we can remember the last time a single game got its own store. Actually, it’s rare a game company…

PSP Comics Service Dated, Priced (For Japan)

Sony today announced the final launch plans for the PlayStation Portable’s comic service, whereby a range of manga will be made available to PSP owners in Japan. There’ll be a PSP firmware update on the 19th to 6.20, which will add the comics store ahead of the service’s launch a few weeks later on December…