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Saucy Shower Poster, So Revealing!
For those of you who take showers with characters from erotic PC games, listen up! Water is being sprayed on Izumi-chan from upcoming Max Factory erotic game Sekirara. Splashing water on the poster does what you ask? This, apparently. Just think if these wizards put their mind to curing cancer! Shower Poster [Danny Choo]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dennis Hopper Has Cancer
The actor who voiced Steve Scott in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and played King Koopa in that ill-conceived Super Mario Bros. movie has prostate cancer, the Associated Press reports. Hopper, now 73, is being treated at the University of Southern California. His manager says the actor is canceling all travel plans to focus on…
By AJ Glasser Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Sales Up, PSP Sales, PS2 Sales Down
Sony’s Networked Products & Services Division (the PlayStation and VAIO businesses) is reporting a 24.2 percent decrease in sales during the financial period ending September 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008. “This decrease,” states Sony, “was mainly due to lower VAIO PC and game sales.” According to Sony, lower PS2 hardware and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii And DS Games From Non-Nintendo Companies
Third parties! You know, those companies that don’t hold the hardware platform. Well, Nintendo has announced the upcoming releases from third party developers for Japan, the US and Europe. This is not the complete list, we imagine! There could be more games, but maybe not. Who knows. Well, these companies probably do. Here’s the list…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Have We Seen This Mysterious GTA Ad Before?
Yes, yes we have. Reader Bo (thanks Bo!) alerted us to this image on page 17 of the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, wondering if it was a hint for GTA 5’s location. Another reader Farnic (thanks Farnic!) sends this image, pointing out that the same image that appears in the Episodes from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Announces Its Upcoming Wii Games
Besides DS games, Nintendo has also announced a list of upcoming Wii titles for Japan, the US and Europe. As with the DS games, most likely this is not a complete list, so do not read it as such. Japan Wii Fit Plus 2009/10/1 Sin and Punishment 2(Temp.) 2009/10/29 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Announces Its Upcoming Nintendo DS Games
Kyoto-based game maker Nintendo has announced a list of first party DS games for Japan, the United States and Europe. These are most likely not all the upcoming Nintendo DS games, so do keep that in mind. Japan Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games 2009/11/19 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009/12/23 Famicom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Insomniac Dev: Ratchet & Clank “Probably” Our Last 60fps Game
“Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time will probably be Insomniac’s last 60fps game,” writes the studio’s Mike Acton, who examined improved framerate and concluded that it does little to drive purchases or good reviews. Acton says Insomniac’s community team took a look at the reviews of 47 top-notch games and found that while…
By Owen Good Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gamers Not Great at Finding Explosives
Soldiers who grew up in the burbs playing video games instead of shooting varmints in the country, or avoiding trouble in a bad neighborhood, are singled out by Army research as particularly poor at spotting roadside bombs. Writes the Los Angeles Times: Military researchers have found that two groups of personnel are particularly good at…
By Owen Good Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
There have been numerous complaints about the body proportions for the character Bayonetta. Just look at her, some say! Her head is too small, her back is too bendy, her torso is too long. Website The Zeonic Front decided to do something about it! Behold, “fixed” Bayonetta: I don’t want to play Bayonetta [The Zeonic…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
AC/DC Rock Band No Longer Walmart Exclusive; Also Cheaper
The 18-song Walmart exclusive AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, which went out a year ago, will be available at GameStop beginning next month, and for less than the disc’s original full price. GameStop lists it for shipment Nov. 4 at $19.99 – of course, less than the $29.99 to $39.99 it sold for when…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Home “Not a Priority Right Now” Says SCEE Exec
Speaking at the London Games Conference yesterday, Sony’s director of PlayStation Home in Europe said the virtual world accrues users who spend money and stick around for long stretches, but Home is nonetheless “not a priority right now.” “It’s been a long road,” Pete Edwards said, according to Edge Online. ” We’ve proved there is…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’re On The Pumpkin Home-stretch
Only two days left to get me your pumpkins if you want ’em posted. Today’s patch features more Mario Bros., Aliens vs. Predator, Dead Space, Brütal Legend and Final Fantasy VII. Thanks for sharing, Dave Brown, Jonathan Barrett, Adam Olson and gyophry (who did both Brütal Legend and Final Fantasy VII).
By AJ Glasser Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Buyout, Taito Severance Drains ¥5 Billion from Square-Enix
Square Enix amended its consolidated results forecast today, lowering its income projections for the fiscal year, which is now half over. Severance payments to get rid of some Taito employees and the company’s takeover of Eidos were blamed. The revision takes some ¥4.9 billion off their net income – about $53 million US – in…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC Dated and Priced
The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC package announced last week has been dated and priced for the Xbox 360 and PS3. It arrives Nov. 5 on both consoles in North America, and on Nov. 12 for the PS3 in Europe. The package will deliver five new characters – one of whom is Black Panther, it…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jury Awards $16 Million in Fatal Win-a-Wii Stunt
A jury awarded $16 million to the family of a Sacramento-area woman who died in a 2007 radio stunt in which participants chugged water and held their bladders in order to win a Wii. Jennifer Strange (pictured), a mom to three kids, died of apparent water intoxication during “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” a…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
MAG Preview: Come Back Here With My Tank!
The only reason I avoid multiplayer-centric games is that I don’t get along well with other people. This is going to cost me in MAG. Take for example my mild obsession with driving tanks. Valkyria Chronicles might pander to it exclusively, but in MAG, you’ve either got to spawn inside an armored vehicle or find…
By AJ Glasser Published October 29, 2009
