Christmas is a time for giving, yes, but it’s also a time for receiving. Which is more important. And while we know what we want for Christmas, we wondered: what do the big names of the video game industry want? Wondering got us to asking, so we asked around. And people like Ken Levine, Sid…
A patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has hit Xbox LIVE, fixing exploits like the Akimbo glitch. Hooray. The patch is live on U.S. servers, so if you live there, download. If it’s live elsewhere, you can download it as well. So there you go. Thanks to all who sent this in!
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To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: A Moral Quandary Worthy Of A BioWare Epic Not a baby, I made the baby. The dead starfish! And by “caught”, I meant walking along the Florida beach and finding a dead starfish on the shore. My mom is from Florida, so it was nice to get away for a…
But these days, what actor hasn’t? Still, with the sad news of Brittany Murphy’s passing, it’s not only time to look back at her movies, but her career as a voice artist. She voiced Karen Light in Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure as well as Gloria in the Happy Feet game and movie.…
Sonic gives it thumbs up — as seen on flickr via UK:R.
Looking for a good fighting stick? Japanese peripheral maker Hori is releasing its latest Real Arcade Pro stick, the V3 SA, on December 24. That’s, like, tomorrow. Priced at ¥12,800 (US$140) for the PS2, the V3 SA version has a slightly curved front instead of a sharp edge like some other older fighting sticks. It’s…
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It’s a Christmas tradition in Japan to eat cake with your loved ones. So here’s where Konami’s DS love simulator Love Plus comes in. A special “Love Plus Merry Plumas Campaign” (Plusmas, geddit?) ran at three Tokyo-area cake shops — with each cafe selling a different version of the Love Plus girls, Nene, Rinko and…
In the 1940s, 1950s and right on through the 1960s, Hollywood churned out war epic after war epic. Sure, we still get war movies, but Hollywood isn’t exactly popping them out bam bam bam. Video game developers are. But why? Let’s get the obvious out of the way — these games make serious dough. “Business…
Missed the 1/1 scale giant Gundam when it was in Tokyo’s Odaiba this past summer? It may be long gone, but that doesn’t mean the chances of you seeing it are kaput. Far from it! A Bandai Namco spokesperson has revealed that the huge 18-meter statue will be once again erected in the city of…
Love Plus is a popular DS dating sim from Konami — in Japan, it’s the sleeper hit of the year or something! The game allows players to date in-game characters. This Love Plus is something else entirely. Located right up the street from Shibuya 109, Love Plus is also a newly opened massage parlor. Look,…
The Nintendo DSi has finally gone on sale in China. If someone asks you what the launch looked like, point to them right here and confidentially say, “This!” Photos come courtesy of reader Brian (no relation), who snapped them in downtown Puxi, Shanghai. “This was set up outside a subway station and shopping district,” writes…
Nintendo isn’t normally in the business of publishing bloody, violent M-rated—or, in Japan’s case, CERO D rated—games for its hardware. In fact, Zangeki No Reginleiv will likely be the first Wii game to carry such a high rating. But blood shall flow and limbs shall be neatly severed in Zangeki No Reginleiv, a game announced…
Here’s a trailer ramming home the news we told you of yesterday; that Leonard Nimoy, aka the original Spock, will feature in the upcoming Star Trek Online. Shame there’s no blooper reel. I just want to hear him say “pig iron” one more time… Video Games | Star Trek Online | Leonard Nimoy Behind the…
Got an interesting press release today from Namco Bandai. It goes a little something like this. “Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today their intent to increase its digital distribution presence.” Boring so far, right? It is! Thing is, it gets better, the company pledging to spend 2010 plumbing…
Most of the time, our news is fresh. It has that “new news” smell. But sometimes, our news is old. Like a fine wine. Like this vintage clip from a special on Cameron Diaz with some surprisingly game-related info. Did you know Diaz had been cast as Sonya in the first Mortal Kombat movie? And…
You know what, it’s Christmas. Just like most of you are probably already on holidays, so too are Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Which is probably why this week’s store update is so thin. Can’t very well go licensing and localising content if you’re down the pub enjoying a week off, can you? Wish I had…
A week on from its launch and there’s a new batch of comics for sale on the PSP comic store. Anyone up for some new Transformers, 2000AD or Fantastic Four, head on through. Both the North American and PAL stores have been updating, but licensing the way it is, the update isn’t universal. So we’ll…
There were plenty of things to be happy about in 2009! Uncharted 2, Batman, the return of E3 and a PS3 resurgence to name but a few. But you know what? 2009 also had its fair share of crushing disappointments. Things that should have been great, but were average. Things that should have been good,…
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