Luke Plunkett

Yeah, Sega’s Bayonetta 360 Console Is “Sexy”

Predictable way to describe it, sure, but also accurate. Look at it! It’s lovely. If Microsoft ever needs any idea on how to improve their console designs, they could always include sexy ladies with guns in their shoes. This console was produced by developers PlatinumGames as a one-off for Comic-Con, and will be given away…

Unseen 360 Clip Shows Avatars Playing Games (And A Dreamcast?)

Earlier this year, production company Roger were brought in by Microsoft to create an animated short for the company’s E3 press conference, focusing on avatars. It was, apparently due to “time restraints”, never shown. The clip shows avatars freed from their dashboard confines, and parading around doing all kinds of things, from hanging out to…

Sony Laptops Now Feature 100% More PlayStation Network

You know how Sony have been talking about rolling PlayStation services onto other devices? It’s happening, as the latest line of Sony VAIO laptops will be rocking the PlayStation Network. The upcoming VAIO W will series will use the PSN for, at the very least, the digital delivery of media content, like movies and TV…

Resident Evil Series Unsure On Direction, Developers

Big changes could be on the way for the Resident Evil series, both in terms of direction and personnel, if comments from Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi are any indication. Speaking at a Resident Evil panel at Comic-Con, Takeuchi was asked by a fan about the possibility of a total series reboot for the…

Some New Lost Planet 2 Screens For You

It’s Comic-Con time. That means, perversely, it’s time for video game news and video game media. Early out of the gates are these Lost Planet 2 screenshots. And yes. There are both mech suits and giant bugs.

This Is Not The “HD Generation”

This was supposed to be the “high definition” generation of gaming. That’s what it brought that was new. 16:9, 1080p, all that. But four years on from the release of the 360, we’re anything but. Sure, you may game on a HD set. I know I do. But in an interview with Eurogamer, Epic’s Mark…

Killzone 2 Map Packs Combined, Get A Little Cheaper

Once the upcoming “Napalm & Cordite” map pack for Killzone 2 is released later today, there’ll be three such packs on the market. And in case you don’t have any of them, Sony have bundled the lot. This compendium will be called the – wait for it – “Map Pack Bundle”, and will sell for…

Meet The New Game From The Castle Crashers Guys

The Behemoth, developers behind Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, have a new game. It doesn’t yet have a name, so it’s going by a working name: “Game 3”. Practical name! It’s described as a “competitive platformer”, and looks a bit like a cross between Smash Bros., Bubble Bobble and Bomberman. And while “competitive platformer” makes…

Hadouken Your Head With This Sweet Street Fighter Cap

Capcom and Estate have teamed up to offer Street Fighter fans a little Comic-Con treat: these lovely “Hadouken” fitted caps, which will be available only to people stopping by the San Diego Convention Center this weekend. Be quick, though; there’s only 80 of them available (40 in each colour) at $45 a pop, which for…

Uncharted 2 Toys Aren’t What You’d Expect

Sony have announced today that there’ll be a line of Uncharted figures released. But that they won’t be your standard “Nathan Drake with authentic sexual tension action” toys. They’ll be something quirkier. ESC-Toys will be releasing a line of four figures, all of Nathan Drake, all being weird, deformed vinyl sculpts. While none of them…

First Look At Assassin’s Creed: The Short Films

As we told you earlier in the week, Ubisoft will later this year be releasing a series of short films based around Assassin’s Creed II. Shall we all take a look at the first details and pictures from these films? Courtesy of a report from the LA Times, there will be 3 films in total,…

Microsoft’s Halo Division Is Called 343 Industries [Update]

Forget suggesting that “343 Industries” was the name of some Halo-related studio at Microsoft. It’s a fact, with the group officially revealing themselves as part of the Halo anime announcement. Interestingly, 343 are described as a “division” of Microsoft, not a development studio. Which makes sense, since having spoken with 343’s creative director, former Bungie…

Monkey Island, Now On Your iPhone

Hey, kids! Time to put that iPhone (or iPod Touch!) to good use, as Lucasarts have just released the rather excellent The Secret of Monkey Island: Special edition for Apple’s handhelds. As you can see, in visual terms it’s not a bad downgrade of the gorgeous PC/360 version. As far as gameplay goes…I haven’t played…

Ghostbusters Didn’t Do Too Bad!

Some people are already calling the Ghostbusters game a bust, in light of its failure to crack the NPD’s Top 10 for June and pricey development budget. Those people may be slightly off the mark. Because while the individual SKUs of the game may not have performed as well as many would have predicted, the…

Actually, The Sims 3 Was The Biggest-Selling Game In June

While there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the poor performance of June’s console games, on PC, things were looking a little healthier, with EA’s The Sims 3 emerging as the month’s biggest-selling game on any platform. While the top-selling console game was Prototype, with 419,000 copies sold, EA shifted an impressive 820,000…

Watch Some New Left 4 Dead 2 Gameplay Footage

Left 4 Dead 2 is playable on the showroom floor of Comic-Con, and people are playing it. People are then filming other people playing it, with special attention paid to the new stuff. Boy, those melee weapons look messy.

Castle Crashers Coming To PS3

Castle Crashers is just about the best thing to happen to Xbox Live Arcade. And soon, it’ll be just about the best thing to happen to the PlayStation Network as well. While there are no details on when the game is coming, how much it’ll cost or whether the Sony version will include any exclusive…

Someone At Fox News Loves Zelda

This may look like a boring, run-of-the-mill current affairs story from Fox’s Detroit outpost. But sit tight and wait it out until you hit the 55-second mark. Zelda fans will hear something that’ll bring a smile to their faces. Click to view Employment Agency Has Job Seekers Sad [Fox, via Go Nintendo]

Serious Sam 3 Will Play The Same, Just Won’t Look The Same

Serious Sam developers Croteam have told Eurogamer that in many ways, the third game in the series will stay true to the series’ roots. Well, except for the series’ trademark “cartoon” graphics. Those have got to go. Croteam’s Roman Ribaric has told Eurogamer “I believe Serious Sam fans would want to hear the following two…

Rock Band, Guitar Hero Revenues Down 49%

The bubble had to burst sooner or later. Digging through some NPD numbers from the past few months, Gamasutra’s Matt Matthews has found that the amount of money made from copies of Rock Band and Guitar Hero is down 49%. That’s compared to the revenue collected from sales of retail copies of both titles at…