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  A Little More Info On Xbox Live For Mobile Phones

  We’ve known for years that Microsoft would be expanding Xbox Live beyond the Xbox console. Heck, with Games For Windows, it’s (practically) already started. Still, new info is always appreciated! A job posting on Microsoft’s site for a Principal Program Manager specifically asks the successful applicant to “drive the platform and bring Xbox LIVE enabled…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  Plants vs Zombies, iPhone, January

  PopCap’s excellent Plants vs Zombies has already been announced for the iPhone, but you know what hadn’t been announced? Its release date. According to the company’s Facebook page, however, the game will be out on Apple’s handheld in late January. So, around a month! Should be well worth the wait, as about the only thing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  Get Your Fists On Super Street Fighter IV At Vegas Preview Event

  Those with a need/desire to get their hands on Super Street Fighter IV should pack their bags and head for Vegas, as Capcom will soon be hosting a public event/fight club for the game. The event will take place on January 7, at Planet Hollywood. All the game’s new characters will be playable, the catch…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  Return To Ostagar With This Trailer

  Dragon Age’s next piece of downloadable content, Return to Ostagar, will be out next week. To get you in the mood, here’s the pack’s trailer.

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  Guilty Gear Gearing Up For 360, PS3

  Series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari has revealed that Arc System Works are looking at bringing a new entry in the Guilty Gear series to the PS3 and Xbox 360. “What we can say about Guilty Gear is that it is not dead yet”, Arc System’s Tomo Ohno told NowGamer. “It has not ended. The producer/creator of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  Got $200,000 To Spend On A Driving Rig?

  The Cruden Hexatech simulator is billed as the ultimate driving sim. Which it had want to be, since it costs $191,000. Suspended off the ground by hydraulic rods, the Hexatech can be customised with the car body type of your choice, comes with either three 42″ screens or two “wrap-around” ones, and costs…yeah, $191,000. Regardless…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  A Touching Tribute To The King Of Space Pop

  This is some Space Channel 5 cosplay from Comiket, and for once, Ulala isn’t the centre of attention. No, the focus of this piece is the amazing Space Michael, which following on from months of teary-eyed celebrities and dirty cash-in movies is probably the sweetest tribute to the fallen pop idol as we’ve seen. ［コミケ77］ゲームキャラのコスプレギャラリー＜その1＞…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009
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  BioShock 2 Has Sprung A Leak

  For a game set underwater, there wasn’t much water in BioShock. With Rapture now a little worse for wear, its sequel is looking to make amends.

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2009
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  A Phat Slice of Cake

  PS3 Game Cake with two games, one incompatible. Created by Debbie Does Cakes and seen via PS3 Maven [thanks Julius]

  By Owen Good Published December 29, 2009
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  OnLive Boss Gives Live (And Long) OnLive Presentation

  OnLive, an ambitious service which plans to allow gamers to stream games over the internet to their TV – removing the need for a console – has its doubters. Steve Perlman, boss of OnLive, is not one of them. Here he is giving a 48-minute presentation on the service, covering almost every single aspect of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2009
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  Historians Rebuilding Old Atari Chips

  The Atari Museum is reconstructing several of the original company’s proprietary chips – including those from the 2600/VCS, 5200, and the 8-bit personal computer line – using data recovered from the reel-to-reel tapes used in their original manufacture. The Museum’s Curt Vendel says the project has a practical application beyond the living history factor. “What…

  By Owen Good Published December 29, 2009
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  Gears Of War Buffs Up Games On Demand

  Epic Games‘ huge dude shooter Gears of War has been added to the list of Xbox 360 games available “on demand,” in the unlikely event that you don’t already have the seminal third-person chainsaw and shoot ’em up. The damage is $19.99 USD, more or less in your currency, and takes an impressive 6 GB…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009
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  Gee … Thanks, Grandma …?

  Remember kids, some products exist purely to victimize the clueless. Like this four DVD set with a familiar name. Although, to be fair, it is playable on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Seen via Ripten.

  By Owen Good Published December 29, 2009
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  Meet Lost Planet 2’s Defolma

  Defolma may not be a massive boss monster, but with squid-like arms, a mouth on the top of its head, and a penchant for tight spaces, the latest addition to Lost Planet 2‘s akrid population is nothing to scoff at. Oh fine, go ahead and scoff. It’s a squid with a mouth on its head.…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2009
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  Picross 3D Finally Dated! For Europe!

  Good news! While the Japanese have been enjoying three-dimensional nonogram bliss for the better part of the year with Rittai Picross, the localized, announced, but not dated Picross 3D has been pegged for a February 2010 release date! In Europe! That’s according to a report on the Nintendo DS follow up to Picross DS from…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009
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  Unreal Tournament 3 Players, Download DM Spectrum Now

  The previously featured DM_Spectrum, the lovely looking, brightly color coded mod for Unreal Tournament 3 that lets you make a killing on the dance floor, is now available for download, developer Matt Bradley tells us today. Now we’re telling you. In the unfortunate case that you missed the original post on DM_Spectrum, Bradley describes the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009
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  You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: GOOD BYE AMERICA You’re leaving the U.S. just as I’m returning. Can’t ever have two Brians on the same continent or who knows what will happen? I had planned on wrapping up my three weeks of vacation spent in Australia in this note to you, but I’m dealing with the…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2009
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  EA Sports MMA Adds Two More Fighters Big In Japan

  The EA Sports MMA roster has grown by two, officially, as of today. Electronic Arts announced a press conference in Tokyo earlier today that Hidehiko Yoshida and Shinya Aoki will virtually beat the shit out of each other in 2010. If the names Yoshida and Aoki aren’t what you’d consider household names, the former is…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009
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  9 Reasons to Own 9

  1) Cuteness. 2) You can’t get to MoMA. 3) Crispin Glover needs a royalty check. 4) 9 new friends on demand. 5) You are “budding techno and fantasy geeks [who] are likely to be intrigued and enthralled” (thanks, NYT). 6) It releases today on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download, so you will be first to…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published December 29, 2009
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  Listen to Zelda Reorchestrated

  Russ Frushtick at MTV Multiplayer was following the progress of a musical group that wanted to remake the music in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a real orchestra. Today, he reports, they’ve finally finished their work. The Zelda Reorchestrated project (a.k.a. ZREO) first got started six years ago when a 14-year-old had…

  By AJ Glasser Published December 29, 2009