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Sony Working on PlayTV 2
Back in 2008, PlayTV was released in PAL territories. It’s now 2010, what’s going on with it? Mark Green, senior producer at Sony Cambridge Studio, has confirmed to website Spong that Sony is working on a second model of PlayTV. Sony is, says Green, “still working on PlayTV, PlayTV 2. And then we have other…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedTransformers Have The Touch, Maybe Even The Power (Yeah!)
The upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron isn’t just a promising-looking action game. It’s also a love letter of sorts to old-school Transformers fans, let down by Michael Bay’s recent “interpretation” of the franchise. There have been few better examples of this than the advertisement above, which not only has Soundwave transforming into a boombox –…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
No iPhone Clothes Ripping For You!
In February, Apple’s App Store declared war on titillation — for the sake of women and children! That war rages on. Mosatsu is a series of popular photobooks published by Kodansha, one of Japan’s largest publishers. (Full disclosure: I have written two books published by Kodansha International.) Mosatsu features famous female celebs like Megumi Ohori…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s Ghostbusters, Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Pachinko? Boring. One of our least favourite types of gaming. A pachinko machine with adorable little Ghostbusters and an official license, though, well, now we are interested Fujishoji is releasing this particular unit in Japan, and it looks incredible. It not only recreates key moments from the movies – yes, even Ghostbusters 2 – but…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedYes, There Are Other Zelda Weddings
A fellow in Sweden recently got married. “Naturally I wanted something special for the wedding march,” he writes, “and to surprise the guests it starts with the classic piece by Wagner but then goes over to Zelda.” His wife got a little nervous, thinking that the The Legend of Zelda music should have faded out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nope, That Dungeon Keeper MMO Isn’t Dead Yet
Hey, remember how in 2008 EA said a Chinese company would be making an MMO out of classic strategy title Dungeon Keeper? That project is still happening. Let’s look at some artwork from the game. At first glance, things aren’t looking too bad! The picture above certainly looks familiar. It’s also been revealed that the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedOkay, Now This Wii Peripheral Is Just Silly
This is an inflatable “racing kart” for the Nintendo Wii. The product pitchman says that we have two choices for Wii racing games: Using the standard remote to steer or the inflatable Wii racing kart with built-in steering wheel holder. Bwah? Those are the choices? The pitchman, Doug, also has “no doubt” that we’ll be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
THQ Looking For Strong, Asian Women
E3’s famous “booth babes” don’t just appear out of thin air. They’re hired somewhere. Usually in ads like this, for publisher THQ, which has some stringent demands for the upcoming trade show next month in Los Angeles. On June 15, THQ will be hosting a party, and ladies, if you’ve ever wanted to tart yourself…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Xbox 360 Tan Cosplay Comment by: Helis Nominated by: no computers in texas It costs $400,000 to keep this weapon from RRoDing…. for 10 seconds. Onlive Subscription Invitations Going Out Comment by: Batman Nominated by: octaslash Summary: The sheer inefficiency of this idea annoys me. It does not take sense to take machines that are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedJoe Danger, Still Looking Awesome, Out this Month
Hello Games’ Joe Danger, for the PS3, looks amazing. We’ll get to see whether it actually is or not next week, since that’s when it’ll be available for download from the PlayStation Network. June 8 is the exact date you’ll be able to put Joe through his paces, in a game that plays a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Milla Jovovich, Wet, With Guns
Out this September, upcoming horror flick Resident Evil: Afterlife is the fourth entry in the RE film series. It stars Milla Jovovich — this poster promises her drenched with pistols. That’s an entire movie, right there! Ultimate Resident Evil [Ultimate Resident Evil via ShockTillYouDrop]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedWhy Can’t Video Games Make You Remember The Dead?
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for Americans, where a nation pauses to solemnly pay tribute to its war dead. It’s something video games could do a little more often. Most games don’t just feature violence, they feature killing. It’s encouraged, often in a militaristic setting. And after decades of advances in design and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Will Top Kill Work On This?
As seen on Super Punch via Tiny Cartridge
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Is The Greatest Video Game Character Of All Time?
Totally subjective question, of course, but movie mag Empire decided to try and answer anyway, its writers nutting out who they thought were the greatest video game characters of all time. The winner? It wasn’t Mario. It wasn’t Lara Croft, either. Or Master Chief. Or Link, or Snake, or even Mai Shiranui. No, the winner…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Investigating Factory Suicides
Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, a spate of suicides at its Shenzhen complex attracting worldwide media attention. It’s also attracted the attention of Sony, for whom Foxconn manufacture consoles. Like Nintendo, Sony has launched its own instigation into work practices at Foxconn’s factories, issuing a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Sells Two Million iPads
On launch day, Apple sold 300,000 iPads. It’s now sold a whole lot more. Kicked along by the tablet’s international launch last week, which saw the device become available in Europe, Japan, Australia & Canada, Apple declared today that over two million iPads have been sold in less than two months. For a piece of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2010