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Psychonauts Art Will Make Tuesday Bearable
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By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009 -
Dead Space: 1.4 Million Sold
There seems to be an impression amongst people that Dead Space under-performed. That such a fantastic game deserved “better” sales. I don’t know. 1.4 million copies sold sounds pretty good to me. The figure was disclosed by EA Redwood Shores’ Visceral’s Glen Schofield in an interview with GameSpot, and when you consider EA’s other “under-performing”…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009 -
PC Sales Charts: Sales Screw Everything Up
They do! While the NPD charts are, grimly, business as usual, the Steam and Direct2Drive charts are a mess, courtesy of some weekend sales. HAWX? Assassin’s Creed? Far Cry 2? Great for the publishers and those gamers picking up some older games on the cheap, but for the hardcore PC sales charts enthusiast, it just…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009 -
Let’s Run A PS3 Through A Medical Scanner!
X-rays of consoles and controllers are neat and all, but for those after something a little more 21st-century, why not take a look at a controller and console run through a medical CT scanner. These game-related examples are just two of the items artist (and medical student) Satre Stuelke was able to pass through a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009 -
Red Orchestra 2 Lets You Play As The Nazis
There’s long been a complaint that, aside from a select few strategy titles, gamers are never given the chance to play as the Germans in a Second World War game. For better or worse. But the upcoming sequel to Red Orchestra – Heroes of Stalingrad – will let you do just that. Developers Tripwire say…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009 -
PlayStation Home Getting A Machinima Movie-Maker
Introducing SceneSet, the movie-making add-on for PlayStation Home that will finally allow users to create something exciting within the service. A small dev team by the name of Loot will be releasing the program later this month, and it will allow users to create short machinima videos using Home’s assets. Locations, characters and items, you…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Apple Eyeing Electronic Arts Takeover?
David Tong over at TheStreet (so, no, not some guy’s blog) notes that, over the past few days, there’s been a bit of chatter from financial types surrounding Apple taking over Electronic Arts. Wait, what? Adami noted that there is chatter that Apple (AAPL Quote) is eyeing Electronic Arts(ERTS Quote) as a takeover target. Nuts.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
First Red Steel 2 Trailer
As you’ll see from the “Destination PlayStation” (ie a retailer-only event) title card, this isn’t an official consumer trailer. Doesn’t mean you can’t watch it, though. The trailer comes courtesy of MSN Games Brazil, who say they obtained it via a source at Ubisoft. It shows just how different the sequel is to the first…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
It’s Not Like Arcade Cabinets Grow On Trees…
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By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Red Steel 2, Yes, Multiplayer, No
Having first been teased on the magazine’s website, the issues of Nintendo Power blowing the lid off Red Steel 2 have begun hitting mailboxes. So what’s inside? Not much! Most notable of the limited news on-hand is that the game won’t feature any multiplayer, with the developers choosing to focus on getting the singleplayer experience…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Red Orchestra Gets Sequel, Redundant Subtitle
We’ve quietly been fans of Tripwire’s Red Orchestra mods/games for years now. But three years on from the release of Ostfront 41-45, the game is showing its age. Time, then, for a sequel! Ahead of a cover-blowing announcement in this month’s PC Gamer – which appears to have caught the devs off-guard – Tripwire have…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Nintendo Forces Swedish Dental Surgery To Change Name
Not a headline you’d expect to read first thing on a Monday, granted, but it’s true: Nintendo’s lawyers have made a small dental surgery in Malmö, Sweden, change its name. Why? The surgery is called “Wii Smile”. And while one of the two partners running the joint, Christer Wihlborg, says the name came about because…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
J Allard? No, It’s Doctor J Allard
J Allard has, tragically, been in hiding for some time now. And still is! But his name, at least, has come out of hiding. We’re glad. And so, so glad that when it did resurface, it was to share the limelight with some illustrious company! Yes, the former Xbox pin-up boy, who played a big…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Former Chinese WoW Operators Releasing Shameless WoW Rip-Off
Never mind that The9 have lost the contract to run World of Warcraft in China to a rival firm. They’re going to compensate by releasing a new game! Which…looks a lot like World of Warcraft. And sounds a lot like World of Warcraft, as the game’s name is World of Fight. Oh, and the game’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009 -
Feel Shows How Horror On Wii Should Be Done
In case you couldn’t tell from the creepy kid and the gurgling noises, this is the Wii game being overseen by the director of Japanese horror flick “The Grudge”. It’s called “Feel”, and is actually based loosely on the movie. But despite how great the original film was (and how…strange the “American” remake was), that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2009 -
There Are Now Over 100,000,000 Spore Creatures
Earlier this week, EA’s life creator Spore passed a hefty milestone, with the game’s Sporepedia registering its one hundred millionth creation. According to the Spore fanatics at Spore Illustrated, the mark was reached around 5:10pm EST yesterday, April 30. And while it’s an impressive feat, we can’t help but wonder how many more there’d be…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2009 -
So, How Much Of The Market Does GameStop Hold Down?
While GameStop are the most high-profile specialist games retailer, games are sold in a lot of other places. Department stores. Electronics stores. Online. Convenient stores, even. So how big is GameStop’s share of the market? Well, according to some research done by Gamasutra, in the United States the chain controls 21% of the games market…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009 -
Dawn Of War II Gets Major Update This Month
Sometime in “early May”, developers Relic will be releasing a major new update for their RTS/RPG hybrid Dawn of War II, which will introduce a range of new features for the game. These include an all-new multiplayer mode (2v2), two new maps to support this mode, improved skirmish AI, push-to-talk voice chat, new “squad decorators”…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009 -
Why Don’t You Try Out The Zeno Clash Demo
Zeno Clash has been out for a few weeks now, but only today has a demo for the indie first-person brawler been made available over Steam. Why don’t you go try it out! It’s certainly…different. Despite admiring the game’s unique look, I didn’t like it much, but hey, plenty of people do, and that’s what…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009
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