Luke Plunkett

I Am 8-BIt? More Like Ich Bin 8-Bit

i am 8-bit is as influential as gaming art shows get. But it doesn’t just influence artists. It influences art shows. Even German art shows. Like Ich Bin 8-Bit (cute), a spin-off show that’s running until April 4 at the nuerotitan gallery in Berlin. It’s like i am 8-bit in that it’s focusing on game-related…

And The Most Consistent Developer In The World Is…

Earlier in the month, we found out who the most consistent publisher in the world is. As in, whose games consistently receive good review scores. Now let’s find out who the best developer is. And surprise, according to the people putting this list together, it’s not Rockstar. Why? Because while Rockstar is a single entity…

Yet Another Reason The iPhone Is A Viable Gaming Platform

To date, iPhone games have been largely rubbish. That’s not to say the system is without potential, though. Especially when you consider there are over 30 million of them in the wild. Announced during an Apple event yesterday, that figure includes both iPhones and the new iPod Touch, which both can run games (and other…

British Sales Charts: Res 5 Breaks Records

Resident Evil 5 was released in the UK last week. It did…well. So well, in fact, that it outsold the rest of the week’s top ten combined. It was also the biggest-selling debut since Call of Duty: World at War. Those interested in a taste of a sales breakdown (ChartTrack sadly don’t release hard numbers)…

Top-Selling SingStar Charts Paint A Picture

Brits, Euros, Aussies, you know what SingStar is about. Americans, though, we often get the impression you don’t quite get it. Well, this list of the top-selling DLC for the game might help. The list – which details the top 10-selling games from the British SingStore – is useful to you because it, more than…

Wizard World Comic Con Becomes Superfriends With Gaming Show

Philly’s Wizard World is one of the biggest comic conventions in the world. And is about to get even bigger, with news it’s joining forces with the Video Game Expo. Otherwise known as VGXPO, it’s certainly no E3, but it is still the East Coast’s largest video game show. The deal – which effectively shares…

Devil May Cry: 10 Million Shipped

You’d think, at face value, that the appeal of a game series starring an effeminate, shirtless man in leather pants would be limited. Think that, though, and you’d be dead, dead wrong. Instead, Capcom have today announced that the series, which first began on the PS2 in 2001 (and has since moved to the PS3,…

So, How Many 360 Games Are Any Good?

Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the Xbox 360 section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one? Market research firm EEDAR are on-hand to help you find out. Having tracked every Xbox 360 game’s score in Metacritic, they’ve…

PC Sales Charts: The Imperial March

Empire: Total War dominated last week’s PC sales charts. This week? It’s reign continues, as it tops the NPD retail charts and hangs onto second place in both the Steam and Direct2Drive lists. Sales and expansion packs helped keep it from being a Total War clean sweep, though, as Red Alert 3: Uprising and Unreal…

Wii Fit Girl Back, Shilling Wii Fit Clone For EA Sports

.html Hey, look, it’s Wii Fit girl. Cheating on Wii Fit with its slutty new competitor, EA Sports Active. As you can see, providing helpful demonstration assistance for EA’s Jen Riley is Lauren Bernat. Wii Fit Girl. Explains why Nintendo were able to come out and say she wasn’t doing viral marketing for them. Those…

Shut Up, Capcom Are putting PS1 Games On The PSN

Probably the biggest problem with the PlayStation Store (at least in the West) is that, inexplicably, there are so few PlayStation 1 games available. It’s something people complain about often. And something Capcom are fixing. Popping into Capcom’s boards, PR man and professional beach lounger Christian Svensson told users that Capcom actually submitted a bunch…

More Mass Effect 2 Artwork

To go with today’s platform announcement, BioWare released a third piece of art for the upcoming Mass Effect 2. This is it. Which serves as confirmation that there will be bars. Bars full of transparent people. So bars full of ghosts, then. Ghost bars! Confirmed.

British Firm Pioneers “Play Before You Finish Downloading” Technology

Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, they’re all great. But not perfect. For example, waiting for files to download that can be anywhere from 2-20GB in size before you can play? Sucks. But British firm Awomo reckon they’ve found a way around it. By downloading only the core files necessary to begin playing a…

The Ocarina Of Rhyme

You may have noticed, most of us are partial to a little rap with our supper. And even more partial to rap remixes that dub vocals over the top of Zelda tunes. The wonderfully-named Ocarina of Rhyme features ten tracks, including pairings like Aesop Rock & Goron Village, MF Doom & Horse Race at Lon…

Alright, A Terry Bogard Action Figure!

Isn’t it great? Sadly, it’s the latest Kyle Robinson custom action figure, not the latest official SNK action figure. Meaning you can’t buy it. Only look, and yearn. Standing 7-inches tall, Terry was made from the bones of scrapped Ryu and Ken SOTA figures, with a little custom paintwork thrown in to finish off the…

The American Dream Is A Grand Theft Auto IV T-Shirt

There are a lot of GTA merchandising opportunities Rockstar could engage in, but don’t. Action figures, for example. Another missed opportunity is in GTA clothing, which means other companies have to carry the load. This shirt (“American Dream”) is by label Gatsby. It could be more subtle, yes, but it does get the point across.…

Another Game Announcement Comes Via Movie Deal

Few months back, the announcement for Dante’s Inferno had its cover blown by an accompanying movie deal. Oops. Today, we learn of another game courtesy not of a proper reveal, but of its licensing deal. That game is called “Blacklight”, and is being developed by Zombie, the team behind America’s Army. Oh, and the Saw…

Yup, Secret Agent Clank Is Coming To The PS2

It was rumoured that Secret Agent Clank would be making its way from the PlayStation Portable to the PlayStation 2. And you know what? It is. Sony have today confirmed it. It’ll be out on May 26. Sanzaru Games will be handling the port, with the only noticeable changes being a slight jump in the…

Judge Says Nothankyou To Wii Patent Lawsuit

Fenner Investments – who in 2007 accused Nintendo, Sony & Microsoft of patent violations – figured Tuesday would be their big day in court. Turns out it probably won’t be. Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas dismissed the case earlier today. Said “that there was no need for a jury…

Marvel Universe Back From The Dead

Once upon a time, Cryptic were working on Marvel Universe, an MMO based on the company’s comic book characters. It was, in 2007, canned. In 2009, though, it’s back. Reports announcing the formation of ambitious start-up company Gazillion Entertainment reveal that the publisher has four development studios working on massively multiplayer games. One is NetDevil,…