Luke Plunkett

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Magical Sound Shower

European and Australian PS3 owners are in for a treat this week, as Outrun Online Arcade – which in the US is exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade – is also available on the PSN. And aside from that, there’s… a crummy old Disney PS1 game, LittleBigPlanet’s Monkey King costume (the nature of which is irrepressible),…

Silver DualShock 3 Hits US In June

A listing has appeared on GameStop’s website for a silver DualShock 3 controller for the PlayStation 3. Which is odd, since there are no silver PlayStation 3 consoles available in the United States. Maybe Sony Computer Entertainment America are thinking of releasing the silver PS3 – currently only available in Asia – in the US.…

March’s Top-Selling Games, Accessories By Platform

Listing the top 10-selling games for March is always going to draw a line in the sand. What about #11? What about #13? Are they not worthy of attention, too? We say they are. After all, the difference in sales between #10 and #11 is slim. Also provided, courtesy of the NPD Group, is a…

Over 20 Minutes Of Starcraft II Gameplay Footage

Blizzard have released the second of their Starcraft II “Battle Reports”, which feature developers giving a play-by-play as two players duke it out in the upcoming strategy title. This episode shows the Zerg facing off against the Terrans, and…well, it’s over 20 minutes of real Starcraft II gameplay footage. Get comfortable.

Adventure Game Developer Goes A Little Nutso On Sony

It wasn’t an April Fools joke! There will be a third Syberia! Only, it might not be appearing on PS3. Maybe just the PC. Why? Because Sony are apparently “censuring” the developer. Yes, in a step we’d call extraordinary if it wasn’t so downright entertaining, the president of Microids – the developers behind the quirky…

Battlefield Heroes Coming This Summer

I never got into Battlefield, ever, but for some reason, Battlefield Heroes looks like a blast. Must be the Nazis in shorts. Anyway, it’s been a while coming, but should now be “out” this summer. While various closed betas have been kicking around for months now, the “open beta” – in other words the release…

And The 20 Top-Selling PC Games For March Were…

Rounding out the NPD sales news today is the group’s monthly PC sales charts, highlighting the 20 best-selling PC games (excluding the major digital delivery services) for the month of March. And, joyously, World of Warcraft is not at the top (we love rootin’ for the underdogs!). Instead, that honour goes to Creative Assembly’s brilliant…

Pac-Man Trashes French Supermarket

Delightful Frenchman Remi Gaillard – the man behind that Mario Kart video from a few months back – returns, in what can only be dubbed “Pac-Man meets Jackass”.

Demigod: 18,000 Customers, 100,000 Pirates [Update]

Poor Demigod had a rocky launch. Mainly because there were too many people trying to play the game. And why were there too many people? Because there were five pirates for every paying customer. In a post on the game’s forums, Stardock’s Brad Wardell has revealed that the game’s servers have been flooded with users…

DSi Sells 435,000 In United States

If any of you were wondering whether the DSi would sell, what with some considering it an over-priced luxury, please, stop wondering. It’s selling just fine. Turns out there are plenty of people who either didn’t yet have a DS, or were swayed by the new handheld’s bigger screens and multimedia capabilities, because Nintendo have…

More Marvel vs Capcom 2 Re-Release Chatter

A re-release of Capcom’s classic Marvel vs Capcom 2 is probably the company’s worst-kept secret, what with ESRB ratings, arcade sticks and now a rumoured set of achievements blowing its cover. The achievements – listed over on xbox360achievements – are in no way official. Nor are they, taken in isolation, enough to start getting really…

Microsoft Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

While both Nintendo and Sony saw hardware sales slide for the month compared to March 2008, Microsoft’s sales were up, bucking the trend. Which has the company feeling, well, pleased. 360 sales were up 25% over the same time last year, with 330,000 sold in the US, while Microsoft were also beating their chests over…

Sony Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

While March’s hardware sales data may have been grim reading for Sony, they’re not worried. Oh no. They’ve got software sales to crow about! Namely, the fact there were three PlayStation 3 games in the month’s top ten sales (Resident Evil 5, MLB’09 The Show & Killzone 2), which is the first time we can…

Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Sales were down for Nintendo over the same time last year, but Iwata & Co. aren’t bothered. And why would they be, when the company accounted for 58% of total hardware sales for the month. Yes, 600,000 Wiis and 563,000 DS handhelds sold would be cause for celebration enough, but add in the fact that…

New Assassin’s Creed II Trailer

Here’s a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed II. What it lacks in gameplay footage it makes up for in…menacing voice-overs. OK, Ubisoft, that’s two trailers showing precisely squat. One more and you’re out.

Watch A DSi Tear Itself Apart

Courtesy of the wonders of stop-motion, watch in awe as this DSi – fed up with your taunts over its "fat" screens and lack of GBA slot – proceeds to tear itself to pieces. [via Gizmodo]

What Possible Harm Could One Insane, Mutant Pair Of Sneakers Do?

If there’s one thing guaranteed to please our ageing eyes more than a pair of Monkey Island-themed Chuck Taylors, it’s a pair of Day of the Tentacle-themed Chuck Taylors. They’re once again the work of the talented Maya Plisetskaya, who once again has us wishing Lucasarts spent less time licensing shitty Star Wars games and…

Guitar Hero: Megadeth

This is not real. Well, not real in the sense that you can buy it. But it is real in the sense some people built it, off the back of GH: Aerosmith. YouTube user CosmoKramer took the standalone title (specifically, the Wii version), installed a Megadeth intro, then dropped 42 playable Megadeth tracks (“written” in…

Trade In Your Old Consoles At…Radio Shack

As the US economy tightens, and business gets tougher, more and more companies are turning to second-hand goods sales to help pad their bottom lines. Which is why Radio Shack will now accept console trade-ins. Yes, the venerable old chain announced today that the pre-owned trade-in program it’s been trialling on its online store will…

EA Founder: The iPhone Is FREAKING OUT Sony, Nintendo

Trip Hawkins founded EA. He also did the 3DO, and is slightly mad, so you have to take everything he says with a grain of salt. Regardless, this is interesting. Speaking with VentureBeat, Hawkins – who now heads a mobile gaming company – says: Between the iPod Touch and the iPhone, I think the platform…