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UncategorizedTrainz Simulator 2010 Engineers Edition Getting Multiplayer
You may never have heard of Trainz, but if you’re into train simulators it is the best, perhaps the only, game for you and now the million-copies-sold game is getting multiplayer. Starting this January Australian-developed Trainz Simulator 2010 is going into open beta with multiplayer, with plans to have the new feature go live by…
By Brian Crecente Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Guess I Should Drink This
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hope you had a good turkey day and ate lotsa, wait for it, turkey. Today is Black Friday, so I’m pretty sure everyone is out shopping, instead of sitting at home or work looking at their computer screen. I’m at home! (Hello everyone!) I have this bottle of Pepsi that I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedWatch This Trailer One Million Times, Get Three Free Cars for Hot Pursuit
Criterion is delighted with the response to arcade racer Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, as they should be. So they’re giving away three new cars, but there’s a catch. The dev team put together a pack of three supercar convertibles that includes the Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible, the Lamborghini Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster , and…
By Brian Crecente Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Have Some Music To Share On Your PSP?
Have a PSP? Sony’s latest firmware update adds music sharing support called Music Unlimited, which is powered by a cloud-based digital music service called “Qriocity”. Sharing is good! Firmware 6.35 adds a Qriocity logo to the PS’s XMB. The music service isn’t quite ready to launch, and this update prepares PSP owners for the forthcoming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
This $100 Dream Club Figure Is A Nightmare
Dream Club, the bar hostess simulator, allows players to virtually get drunk. Whoever sculpted this android girl Airi statue must have been totally blotto. This is a prototype and not the final figure — the final color and shape might vary. Well, they’re going to need to vary a lot, because this Airi is slated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedOtomedius Excellent Not Excellent Enough For 2010
Konami’s cute-’em-up Otomedius (think Gradius meets boobs) was supposed to be this year in The Land of the Rising Sun. Supposed to be, because it won’t. The game, instead, will be out next spring in Japan on the Xbox 360, reveals Konami. In 2008, Otomedius Gorgeous! was also delayed. Seems Konami has problems getting its…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedDragon Ball Kamihamihas Arcades
Next February, a new Dragon Ball title will be shooting beams in to arcades across Japan. The game is called Dragon Ball Zenkai Battle Royale. It’s a four player networked game that seems similar to Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team In Dragon Ball, Zenkai, as the Dragon Ball Wiki explains, is a genetic ability…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Link To The Past (And This Couple’s Future)
This couple, married on the 4th of July, found just about the sweetest way imaginable to commemorate their anniversary: with complementary Zelda tattoos. As seen on Fuck Yeah Tattoos Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5 Update To Peel Out This Weekend
The newly released racer is going to get an update shortly that will, as GT5 designer Kazunori Yamauchi tells Eurogamer, “refine the usability of the game to make it a better experience”. The update will hit on November 27 and, as Yamauchi points out, include more regulations for online play like max power and weight…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
NSFW: Another Junk Peripheral
Not “junk” as in “trash”, but “junk” as in “tickle pickles”, “flesh bananas” or “knobgoblins”. You know, dicks! To date, Japan produced at least two big ding dong peripherals: SOM was released in late 2008. It connects to player’s computers via USB and even syncs to “climax scenes” in erotic games. A “piston machine” was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Are 26,000 Kinects In Japanese Homes
Not just, one Japanese home per se, but oodles more. Defying the odds, Xbox Japan turned out impressive Kinect sales figures…impressive for Xbox Japan. While the peripheral sold over a million in its first ten days in the U.S., the motion sensor sold 26,000 in Japan during its first two days. Pretty good! The Xbox…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Last, Adorable Breakthrough For The Nintendo DS
With a touch screen and microphone, the DS has seen some pretty unique games over the years. But wielding the handheld and a giant book at the same time? That’s new! These are a couple of commercials for Level 5’s Ni no Kuni, an upcoming collaboration between the Japanese role-playing game developer and Studio Ghibli,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Crysis Creator’s Latest Game Is An Online Shooter
Crytek, the creators of Far Cry and Crysis, are mostly known for their shooters with a strong emphasis on singleplayer campaigns. Their Korean studio, however, has just taken the wraps off an entirely online shooter. It’s called Warface, a “near future” shooter for the PC that lets players either take each other on in online…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision Teases ‘Murder Your Maker’ For Spike TV VGAs [Update]
December’s Spike TV Video Game Awards gets a little more murderous with the help of Activision. The Call of Duty and Guitar Hero publisher has launched a teaser site for Murder Your Maker, a… well, we don’t know what it is yet. But the Murder Your Maker teaser site sure smacks of a serial killer…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Blizzard Really Wants You To Start Playing World of Warcraft Now Comment by: Phantom_Renegade Nominated by: Andrew Wyatt Like any drug, the first hit is often quite cheap. Well, They Actually Did It Comment by: subterfunk Nominated by: Valeria Heart IT’S OFF LIKE MY WII™ Activision Hasn’t Bailed On Tony Hawk: Shred Yet Comment by:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Exactly Do Gamers Buy New Instead Of Used?
Provided it works, a pre-owned game is the same thing as a new game. As in, it’s the same game. So why do people still prefer new games, when used ones are cheaper? Research company Cowen and Company decided to go and find out, asking 1,300 people (of which 1,001 were gamers) what their motivations…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Brütal Legend’s Developers Don’t Do PC Games
Double Fine, developers of games like Costume Quest and Brütal Legend, haven’t released a PC game in a long time. Why is that, Double Fine? “As a developer we do not have final say in the sku plan for our games” says a report on the company’s website. “That is the decision of the person…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The PS2’s Champion Isn’t So Sure About The PS3
It was under the leadership of Phil Harrison that Sony conquered Europe with the PS2, which set that console on its path to the history books. So what does Harrison, now long departed from Sony, think of the PS3’s chances? “I hope PS3 can match PS2, but I think the market dynamics are slightly different”…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010