Continuing his interview with British trade site GI.biz, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has chipped in with his two cents on what’s wrong with the Japanese development scene. “From the developer side, the Japanese games industry became so successful that we didn’t recruit new people” he says. “So today, if you look at…
You may have seen this going around your forum of choice lately, but just in case you haven’t, here, take a look at this guy’s idea for a Team Fortress 2 role-playing game. While we’d love to write it off as absurd, maybe even crazy, the fact is there are some good ideas to be…
Here are console executives from the British arms of Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft, Atari, EA and Bethesda (among others) performing in a video that was probably never meant for public consumption. [via MCV]
This time last year, you wouldn’t put your money on an Atari getting a game in the British top 40, let alone the top 10. But in 2009? They’ve managed a second place. Yes, finishing last week in #2 – behind only Wii Fit – was the 360 version of Starbreeze’s Riddick remake/expansion/sequel thing Dark…
Here’s a new clip showing off how Bionic Commando is looking a little more polished, a little more refined. But what’s with the psycho arm at the end? Does it thirst for human blood?
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While Marvel vs Capcom may not be as comprehensive a re-release as the recent SSFIIHD – it’s more of a straight-up port – it’s still getting a few graphical improvements. You’ll be given the option of playing the game in three graphics modes: Classic, Smooth & Crisp. Classic is as you’d expect, the original Dreamcast…
Anybody outside the retail sector fans of the Christmas rush? You’re not. We’re not. And Microsoft may just be coming around to our way of thinking. Speaking with trade site MCV, Microsoft Europe’s David Gosen has questioned the gaming industry’s reliance on selling games at Christmas time, saying: We still have a very seasonally-focussed business.…
So Demigod had a rocky launch. That only stopped people playing it, not people buying it, as the game’s strong debut on the NPD sales charts attests. The game entered the traditional retail charts at #3, trailing only Lich King and Sims 2. Congratulations, Gas Powered! And there’s more congratulations in order for another small…
BioWare take their Star Wars role-playing seriously. So seriously that the developers are shutting down talk on Old Republic’s message boards about homosexuality, because it’s a term that does “not exist in Star Wars”. Yes, if you care to trawl around the site, there are a few threads that either began as, or devolved into,…
We got our first look at the game last week, but today, we’ve got a lot more information on Rebellion’s upcoming reboot of their classic Aliens vs Predator shooter. Most exciting is that the Predator class is now no longer just a Marine that can turn invisible. More in line with the species’ abilities in…
In an admission that will no doubt mean…something to frustrated Final Fantasy fans the world over, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has confessed that the company takes too long to make a game. Speaking with GI.biz about their recent buyout of British firm Eidos (publishers of Tomb Raider), Wada said “…we at Square…
So, yeah, there will be a version of Dante’s Inferno on the PlayStation Portable. This is what it will look like. Electronic Arts’ classically-inspired brawler has obviously lost a bit of that ol’ current-gen sheen on the little handheld, but here’s hoping that – like the PSP version of God of War – they can…
According to product listings on Amazon’s UK site, Fallout 3‘s “The Pitt” and “Operation Anchorage” will soon be packaged together and sold at retail. The packs will be available for both 360 and PC, and are currently slated to appear in late May. You will of course require a copy of Fallout 3 to be…
Steve Wiebe will be taking a crack at Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong world record during this year’s E3. To help him warm up, then, he just set a new world mark in Donkey Kong Jnr. Yes, no doubt spurred on by his recent defeat at the hands of a Mr. Owen Good, Wiebe set a…
While “classy” game covers have so far been 2009’s game cakes, some real games can have classy covers too. Like Another Code: R on the Wii. On the left, the European art, while on the right, the Japanese box. Love it. Publishers, take note! When scanning an endless desert of garishly-coloured game boxes, this is…
Well, that didn’t take long. Following some heavy, initial criticism of their title “Six Days in Fallujah”, Japanese publishers Konami have decided not to release it. “After seeing the reaction to the videogame in the United States and hearing opinions sent through phone calls and e-mail, we decided several days ago not to sell it”…
The FC Mobile, which was essentially a portable Nintendo Entertainment System, was impressive when it launched last year. Now, though, with the addition of new peripherals, it’s really impressive. The system’s successor, the FC Mobile II, not only shrinks down the handheld’s dimensions with a classier casing, but allows you to output its signal to…
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