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PC Sales Charts: Everything Must Go!
Last month, Valve boss Gabe Newell gave us a taste of just how successful online game sales can be. This week, we have proof of the fact. While the NPD sales charts still have Empire: Total War sitting at #1, we’ll ignore that, because, well, online sales don’t have much impact on the NPD’s data.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009 -
Guitar Hero DLC: Pixies, Motörhead, Nirvana
There’s so much Rock Band DLC on offer every week that it’s easy to forget that, occasionally, Guitar Hero World Tour gets some as well. Here’s what it’s getting for the month of April. On April 2, there’ll be three Pixies songs made available: Debaser, Monkey Gone To Heaven & The Sad Punk. April 9…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009 -
Obama, Kids Call Astronauts To Bug Them About Video Games
Imagine you’re a kid again. A kid who gets to not only meet the President of the United States, but in the same meeting, call an astronaut. While he’s in space. What would you say? “Can you play video games in space?” With a bunch of schoolkids from the DC area in Obama’s office, that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Watch Beyonce Do A Hard Days Work For Nintendo
Beyonce is rich, she’s famous, she’s hot. But that doesn’t mean she gets out of working. Here’s what she had to do for a day on the set of a Nintendo DS commercial. Playing, watching, listening to Nintendo PR handlers, look at the camera, Beyonce, look at the camera, now look at the DS, sign…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
New Fez Trailer Will Rotate, Then Blow, Your Socks Off
We’re excited about Fez. If you’ve seen previous trailers for Fez, you’ll be excited about it too. But once you’ve seen this trailer, well. “Excitement” just doesn’t seem excited enough. GDC ’09: Fez Trailer II [TIGSource]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Reviews
Patapon 2 Review: A Familiar Beat
The first Patapon was something of a success. The PSP game was a hit with critics and some gamers, but never really set the sales charts on fire. Which was a shame! After all, it was simple, it was cute, it was a first-party game, it was everything the PSP needed to get people remembering…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Wolfenstein Released For iPhone, Doom Coming As Well [UPDATE]
You can now get Wolfenstein on the iPhone. Not the Wolfenstein RPG, not a cheap Wolfenstein knock-off, the real deal, programmed and ported over by id’s own John Carmack. And best of all, it’s free. Yes, seeing as he worked on it as a pet project, Carmack has decided to release the game as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Keep Your Hadoukens Crisp & Fresh With Tupperware Arcade Sticks
Arcade sticks are a necessity for proper fighting action on a console, but you know what? Arcade sticks are expensive. Now Tupperware, it’s a lot easier to get your hands on some Tupperware. And once you’ve got hold of some, get hold of some arcade stick components (OK, that last bit’s probably a bit harder)…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Tim Schafer: The Game
Quick history lesson! Tim Schafer is making Brutal Legend. He also did Psychonauts. And, before that, Monkey Island. But this isn’t a game by Tim Schafer. It’s a game about Tim Schafer. Specifically, it’s about Schafer’s role as host of the Game Developers Choice awards, one of the industry’s night of nights. Poignantly, the 2009…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
British Sales Charts: Zombies Eat Madworld
Resident Evil 5 broke some records last week. This week, it’s breaking hearts, as it hangs onto the top two spots in the charts at the expense of some fresher titles. Like Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS, which despite being a GTA game on the DS could only manage a debut in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Need For Speed: Shift Is The Ghost Of Project Gotham Racing
With developers Bizarre Creations now at Activision, the Project Gotham Racing series is dead in the water. But fans of the dormant franchise may want to take a look at Need for Speed: Shift. I know, I know. It feels as strange to type that as it must be for you to read it. But…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
What Do Developers Think Will Have The Biggest Impact On The Future Of Gaming?
It’s a curly question. And an important one. And one that’s been asked, with VentureBeat polling the industry to find out just what it thinks will be kind of a big deal in the future. The answer? An overwhelming 66% of respondents to the survey’s questions (which looks to be many of the industry’s big…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Dante’s Inferno (The Movie) Has A Writer
Dante’s Inferno was a poem. Now it’s not only a game, but a movie as well, with the movie based not on the poem, but on the game based on the poem. Sigh. Anyway, this movie now has a writer. And that writer is…Mr. Dan Harris. Who aside from writing comics for both Marvel &…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
See OnLive In Action
.html Sure, there are some serious question marks over things like latency, but come on. It’d be a mean, mean person who wasn’t even a little excited by OnLive’s potential to change gaming. Cloud computing, transcending the need for a particular console? Playable on your TV, your PC, or even your Mac? It’s ground-breaking stuff.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Rolling Stone’s “Agents Of Change” List Full Of Game Developers
Rolling Stone magazine have taken a little side-trip away from rock n’ roll, and done a more Time magazine-like list of the “100 People Who Are Changing America”. Four (well, five) are developers. First up is Will Wright, at #84. Sure, The Sims and Spore are big sellers, but they’re seen by Rolling Stone as…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
PC Gaming Market Worth $11 Billion (And Other Fun Facts)
The PC Gaming Alliance (in conjunction with researchers DFC Intelligence) have released their report on 2008. How the year went down, in their eyes, for the PC market. And while you’ll find many of the numbers and facts here carefully cherry-picked to paint the PC industry in as glowing a light as possible, you’ll also…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 -
Left 4 Dead Downloadable Content Due Next Month
Left 4 Dead’s first sizeable piece of downloadable content – the “Survival Pack” – is due for release next month, Microsoft have confirmed. Speaking with CVG, Microsoft PR say the Xbox 360 update will be out on April 21. No official word on the PC version, but you’d expect it to hit on the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009 -
DSi To Get Virtual Console For Game Boy Games?
The Wii has a Virtual Console. Lets you download games from the NES, SNES, Master System, etc. No Game Boy, though. Why? Maybe because they were saving those for the new Nintendo DSi. A rumour on game site Kombo says that, at a recent event for Club Nintendo members, it was announced that the DSi…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009 -
First Footage Of New Crytek Engine
Earlier in the month, Crysis developers Crytek announced the latest version of their in-house game engine, CryENGINE 3. With no footage. They were saving that for today. Like those Crysis bits? Bet your wallet doesn’t. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009 -
DJ Shadow, Daft Punk To Feature In DJ Hero
DJ Hero is coming later this year, but just what can we expect from the game’s music? After all, “DJ” isn’t as easy to pin down as “Rock Band” is. It could mean Hip-hop. It could mean dance. It could mean electronica. It could even, at a stretch, include producers. Only the game’s roster of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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