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Brave Little Publisher Bringing Japanese Indie Games To The US
Bless you and your big hearts, Rockin Android. The new company, based out of LA, exist for a sole purpose: to publish Japanese indie games on the PC in the United States. It’s a niche market they’re catering to, sure, but also one that’s sure to be appreciative of the effort. As of now there…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Don’t Know How It Plays, But Dead Space Wii Looks Gorgeous
Dead Space on the Wii is a “guided experience”. Read: on-rails shooter. That’s a shame. Oh well. At least it looks great! Putting aside the fact this is another damn developer diary, with selling points like “our game weapons have alternate fire modes”, there’s a lot of gameplay footage to be had in this clip…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Sonic Cosplay Will Frighten The Neighbours, Alert Authorities
Yes, there is big money to be made in cosplay these days. But we’d have imagined that market to focus on properties like Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Not Sonic the Hedgehog. But hey, in this world, there’s a market for everything. Even creepy adult-sized Sonic universe costumes made from foam, plastic and a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Introducing Your International Street Fighter IV Champions
When the dust settles on the American Street Fighter tournament, the winners will be off to the world champs in Vegas. Where they’ll face off against these guys. Chung-gon Lee (Korea) The Korean champ. Would kick your ass. Tatsunori Kajimoto (Japan) The Japanese champ. Would also kick your ass. Daigo Umehara (Japan) Probably the best…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
No Fatal Frame For Europe, Either
Fatal Frame probably won’t be released on the Wii in the US. If it makes you feel any better, Americans, it probably won’t be released in Europe either. Echoing yesterday’s “not our fault” statement from Tecmo, Nintendo Europe have said “there are currently no plans to release this game in Europe”. As we know, “no…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Wii Sports Resort, MotionPlus Out In July
Nintendo have today announced a release timeframe for Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to their insanely-popular Wii pack-in title, Wii Sports. The game – along with the Wii MotionPlus peripheral technology it’s there to support – will be out in Japan in June, reports KBC analyst Hiroshi Kamide. Those outside of Japan will have to…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
LittleBigPlanet Updates: Vikings, Egyptians, Monkeys
Sony have posted up the latest timetable for updates to LittleBigPlanet’s roster of downloadable content, with the latest batch taking a turn for the mythological. There will be seven updates over the next month, with six pieces of DLC to be joined by a major update for the game, which will introduce things like in-game…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
GTA Police Car Mods Have American Cops Feeling Blue
NBC are reporting that a series of Grand Theft auto modifications – aimed at replacing the fictional in-game police cars with replicas of real ones – have some American cops a little concerned. While the mods are nothing new (they’re for the ageing San Andreas, first released on PC in 2005), the Police in question…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Why Was “Biohazard” Changed To “Resident Evil”?
Most of you are probably aware that, in Japan, the Resident Evil series is known as Biohazard. And if you’re like me, most of you probably never stopped to wonder why. See, my whole life, I just presumed it was “one of those things”. That Biohazard was a kind of stupid name, and Capcom just…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Gameplay Changes Coming To Empire: Total War
Despite the fact that Empire: Total War still needs technical fixes (late-game slowdown is still a pain), the team at Creative Assembly feel now’s the time to start introducing some gameplay changes as well. While more technical updates are on the way, CA are also working on a raft of tweaks and fixes to both…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Sam & Max Nominated For An Eisner Award
For those who don’t read/follow comics that closely, know that the Eisner awards are, for want of a better metaphor, the Oscars of comics. Know also that Sam & Max are up for one! The 20th anniversary edition of the duo’s Surfin’ The Highway is one of four nominees in the running for this year’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Game Suing Movie Studio Over Name
TimeGate are working on a game called Section 8. Paramount Pictures announced a web series called Section 8 only three days after cancelling a meeting with TimeGate about, yes, Section 8. Co-incidence? Hardly. So TimeGate are suing Paramount. And good for them! After all, they’re on a roll, as last year ABC tried to call…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Madworld Jack: The Action Figure
No, there are no plans for MadWorld action figures. But if there were, surely they’d look a bit like this custom figure, whipped up by ebooze. It’s pretty much perfect. The angular sculpt matches the Wii’s low-res textures, he comes with two chainsaws, and ebooze’s paintjob gets the two-tone mix just right. ebooze [deviantART, via…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
The Pro Evolution Soccer Carousel Spins Around To 2010
There was a Pro Evolution Soccer in 2008. 2007, too. And 2006. And so on, and so on. So it will be again in 2009, with the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. Last year’s edition was a crushing disappointment. For the first time in recent memory, the series yielded its crown as the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Tart Up Your Xbox Media Centre With Some Skins
Despite dying off as a viable games machine a few years back, the Xbox is still good for something: the Xbox Media Centre. Problem is, the thing looks really boring. Lucky for any of you using the setup, there are ways to spruce things up a bit. Make the Media Centre a little easier on…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
Kick The Crap Out Of A Vending Machine
I haven’t done one of these in a while. So I’ll make amends with Adult Swim’s “Ultimate Vending Machine Challenge“, which tasks you with, well, kicking the crap out of a vending machine. Just to get some snacks. I like it because I like the idea of a pro vending machine league, I like it…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
PC Sales Charts: All Over The Place
The beauty of PC sales charts is that, as often as they’re depressingly repetitive, other times they’re an explosion of strangeness and absurdity. Like this latest batch, where we have three very different games atop the three major sales charts. Lich King at #1 on the retail charts, we’d expect that. Left 4 Dead, surging…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
So, How Many Wii Games Are Any Good?
Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the Wii section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one? Let’s find out! Just like they did for both Xbox 360 and PS3 games, market research firm EEDAR have rounded out the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2009 -
One Of These Men May Appear On The Cover Of Madden 2010
Many sports games make a fuss over their respective cover athletes, but really, the only one people give a damn about is the guy who turns up on the front cover of Madden. Partly because it’s one of the biggest-selling games in the world. Partly because some people have attached a ridiculous belief structure to…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 -
Rumor: Resident Evil 5’s Versus Mode Was, Yes, On The Disc All Along
Capcom caught more than a little flak for charging extra for Resident Evil 5’s VS mode. Their excuse? That it was “beyond the initial scope of Resident Evil 5”. Seems Capcom may have a strange way of defining what was in the “initial scope” because, as anyone who has downloaded the add-on will have found,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009
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