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First Look At A Proper Prince Of Persia Movie Poster
While a preview poster went up last year for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming Prince of Persia flick, it was just a tease. A logo and not much else. Today, Empire gives us our first look at some real posters. Not what you’d expect, are they? Really clean, and modern. No tacky “Persian” logo, no silly pose…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Madden Demo Comes Early To 360 Owners
Microsoft are at it again, this time working out some kind of deal with EA Sports that will see the public demo (not the preorder demo) for Madden 10 released a week early on Xbox Live. While PS3 owners and Xbox Live Silver subscribers will be able to download a demo of the Giants v…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Valve: Let Fans Fund Games Development
Here’s how most games are made: idea is pitched to publisher, publisher likes idea, risks millions of dollars funding said idea. Most of those risks end up as busts. So is there a better way of doing things? Valve like to think so. Company boss Gabe Newell has said that, rather than allow conservative publishers…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
New Dashboard Commercials Bring Ad Breaks To Your 360
As many of you have no doubt probably seen by now if you’ve been connected to Xbox Live, Microsoft’s new dashboard advertisements have begun appearing for Xbox 360 owners. Rather than the standard, static advertisements you’re used to seeing, these bring running commercials to your 360, in some cases complete with video and, more annoyingly,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Streets Of Rage, Now On iPhone
Open up. Time for your weekly dose of “let’s port a game to the iPhone for a quick buck”, this time featuring Sega, and a re-release of Streets of Rage. The game was released on Friday, and is going for $5 on the App Store. As is standard policy with these things, I’m not touching…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
BioShock Meets Tabletop Gaming
Guy by the name of Robert Sakaluk has tried something a little new, taking some Warmachine miniatures and turning them into BioShock miniatures. There’s a Big Daddy, A Big Sister and a Little Sister, each of which would look equally as comfortable amidst the ruins of Rapture as they would consuming action points on a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Steam Launches “Family” Section, Please Don’t Roll Your Eyes
Valve announced on Friday the launch of the “Family Gaming” genre on their online store Steam, an entire new wing of the digital shopfront dedicated solely to games your mum, dad or gran might enjoy. Which means, yes, there’s some horrible titles in there. But there are also many games that aren’t horrible. The opposite…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Splinter Cell Mission Briefings, 8-Bit Style
One area in which the latest Splinter Cell game differs from previous outings is that mission briefings are being integrated into the game world itself. As in, “KILL SOME GUY” will be written on the side of an in-game building. It’s certainly a different take on a gaming staple, and makes a refreshing change from…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Serve The Public Trust, Uphold The Law, Clean The Living Room
As seen on Flickr & Tiny Cartridge
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
Daigo Wins 2009 Evo Champs
And, we’re done! The dust has settled on the 2009 Evo (fighting game) Championships in Vegas, and a winner has emerged. That winner? None other than Street Fighting legend Daigo “The Beast” Umehara. A few readers were at the event, and pinged us to let us know that he defeated long-time adversary Justin Wong at…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 -
If Nintendo Won’t Make A HD Starfox, These Guys Will
In the absence of a high definition Nintendo console – or even new Starfox games, for that matter – some fans have taken matters into their own hands, and are building a new Starfox game: Shadows of Lylat. Similar to the popular Battlestar Galactica mod, Beyond the Red Line, Shadows of Lylat is built on…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2009 -
Microsoft Handheld A Matter Of “When”
While there’s always been a lot of chatter surrounding the possibility of Microsoft entering the handheld gaming space, Microsoft themselves have always been rather evasive on the subject. Which is why these comments from Shane Kim are so surprising. In an interview with Kikizo, the Microsoft man opens up a little, saying “For us, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
Uh, Britain, About Your Modern Warfare 2 Pricing…
While Europeans are sadly used to paying more for games, we don’t think they’re quite as used to paying as much as Britons are being asked to fork out for Modern Warfare 2 when it hits this holiday season. The standard version will be priced at £55 (USD$90), making it one of, if not the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
Zeno Clash 2 Headed For Retail, Consoles
Zeno Clash was a bold, quirky little thing, and for that, people loved it. That’s also why it was released solely on the PC, as a low-risk digital download. But for the sequel, developers ACE Team are thinking big. Chatting with That VideoGame Blog, ACE Team’s Andres Bordeu hsa said, “The sequel will be developed…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Sincerest Apologies
As is the standard for the PAL PlayStation Store, there’s not much on offer this week. So much so that Sony Europe’s blog has issued a brief apology. SCEE’s Mike Kebby writes “I know this update looks light on content, and I do apologise for that”, before promising that in the coming weeks, there’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
Katamari Forever Gets Nutty New Trailer, Rolls Into PlayStation Home
Continuing their support of Sony’s PlayStation Home, Namco Bandai have today announced that they’ll be bringing some Katamari Damacy stuff to the PS3 service. To be released to help promote the upcoming Katamari Tribute (or Katamari Forever as it’s known here), Japanese users will soon be able to pick up a Katamari t-shirt and adorable…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
Microsoft Closes Game Development Program
Microsoft have been getting into user-created gaming in a big way of late. First Xbox LIVE Community Games, then Kodu. Which means they have little use for their original games creator, Popfly. Released to minimal fanfare last year as a set of templates upon which people could build games with little or no programming experience,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009 -
Caution: Japanese Designer Pokemon Shirts Ahead
Continuing their recent run of collaborations with the clothing label, Nintendo have teamed up with A Bathing Ape to bring us a line of Pokemon/Bape t-shirts that will no doubt set your wallet’s heart aflutter. There’s six shirts in the line, some heavy on the Pokemon, others heavier on a freaky, Pokemonised version of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2009
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