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First Screens Of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
It’s been nine months since THQ officially announce the Warhammer 40K action RPG Space Marine, and we’re finally getting the first screenshots for the game. Are they worth the wait? Announced in May of last year and shown in footage form at E3 a month later, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine seems to be a title…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA’s Salt Lake City Studio Expands For “Groundbreaking” New Project
EA’s Salt Lake City, Utah studio, home to The Sims, Littlest Pet Shop, and Nerf development teams, is moving to a larger location and hiring developers for a “groundbreaking” unannounced new project. EA’s announcement reads less like a studio expansion announcement and more like travel brochure for Salt Lake City, discussing the numerous ski resorts,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Explores Player Depression With Freezes And Glitches
Players across multiple regions are reporting technical issues with their copies of Heavy Rain, with word of out-of-sync audio, full-on freezes, and unloadable auto-saves filling the official forums, giving players an ironic taste of the depression the game explores. Despite having to download a rather substantial patch on launch day, or perhaps because of it,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bad Company 2’s Pre-Owned Sales-Stifling DLC Revealed
EA’s “Project Ten Dollar” initiative marches on in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with four multiplayer maps included on the disc, unlocked via VIP codes found only in new copies of the game. Using the VIP code that comes packed in every new copy of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, players will be able to unlock two…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy I & II Available Now on iPhone
For those of you chomping at the bit for Final Fantasy XIII, here’s a fun little surprise to tide you over: Both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II are now available on the iPhone for $9 a pop. The original Final Fantasy includes the five bonus dungeons, The Soul of Chaos pack and The Labyrinth…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mile Marker 14: Shank
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Shank. In A Sentence Shank is a fresh new take on the side-scrolling beat-em up, combining a gritty, Spaghetti Western meets animated graphic…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Plants vs. Zombies Rakes In $1M
We’re all huge fans of Plants vs. Zombies here, even the iPhone one that chugs with the older version of the hardware, but the numbers released today by PopCap are still surprising. According to the publisher Plants vs. Zombies sold more than 300,000 copies in the first nine days, setting a new record for App…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Alpha Protocol Slips Into Stores on June 1
Role-playing action title Alpha Protocol goes on sale for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 June 1, Sega announced this morning. Obsidian Entertainment’s modern-day role-playing game has players taking on the role of spy Michael Thorton as he tried to uncover who was behind the missile attack on a passenger plane. Gamers that pre-order…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
But… How Does He Know?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: EXCER-CISE! Oh yeah, I’d totally like to take up kendo. Not sure how soon I can start — but I’m definitely keen to. Been taking lots of walks recently. So Micro Bash is a little over one years old. He kinda babbles on, makes noise, can’t really talk and the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Game & Watch Reborn As Keychain
In the early 1980s, Nintendo began releasing a series of handhelds. They were created by Gunpei Yokoi, who would go on to create the Game Boy. And now they are keychains! Japanese toymaker TakaraTomy is releasing solar powered Game & Watch keychains. Since they are keychains, they are smaller than actual Game & Watch. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dengeki Office Hijinks Continue!
There was the time the slave gladiator came to work, and the other time in which dudes got spanked. This time, it’s PSP gaming day at Japan’s Dengeki.com. Ladies cosplaying as characters Ryomou and Kanu showed up at the site’s offices to play a round of Ikki Tousen: Xross Impact and…play around? 脱衣を賭けたバトルが始まる!? 『一騎当千 クロスインパクト』プロモに闘士参上…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kojima Productions On MGS4 Budget Claims
Hollywood loves talking money — salaries, budgets, you name it. The game industry doesn’t. Some developers have been very open about how much their titles cost to produce. Other developers have not revealed their budgets. As Kotaku mentioned earlier when posting the Digital Battle.com list of games with the biggest budgets: “The sticky part of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Europe Gets A Bunch of Nintendo Release Dates
First Australia had its Nintendo Summit and then America has its Nintendo Summit. Now Europe is having its…Nintendo Summit. For big titles like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Other M, Nintendo of Australia gave release dates like “mid-year”. Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released in North America on May 23, but won’t be out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Space Invaders Meets Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo’s MiTo hatchback faces down oil drums and gas pumps in a Space Invaders-style shootout. The MiTo went on sale in 2008, and Space Invaders debuted in Japanese arcades in 1978. These commercial has been running in Europe. Video: Alfa Romeo MiTo promoted through new “Space Invaders”-themed ad [Rpmgo Thanks, Andrey!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo: No New Hardware “Any Time Soon”
The Wii was released in November 2006. The GameCube was released in 2001. About time for a new home consoles, right? Um, no. “I don’t think it’ll [Wii successor] be any time soon,” Nintendo of America exec Cammie Dunaway told GameSpot at the recent Nintendo Summit. “Even though our installed base it, at this point,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brace Yourself For Fable III Crap
Call it merchandise. Call it stuff. Call it crap. Fable III developer Lionhead Studios is already thinking about things to sell you. “With the release of Fable III imminent this year we’ve started thinking about different kinds of merchandise for the game,” Lionhead wrote on its Facebook page. There are literally hundreds of things we…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
SNK Announces The King of Fighters XIII
The latest entry in the 2D King of Fighters series has been announced by Osaka-based game developer SNK Playmore. It is The King of Fighters XIII. The title runs on the Taito Taito X2 arcade system board. Details are scant, and SNK is expected to reveal more about the arcade fighter in a preview next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010