To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: PC Headaches Typically liquor stores in Japan have, well, the same liquor. I don’t mean they’ve only got sake and Asahi Dry — far from it. Instead, I mean, they’ve typically got the same foreign liquors. So like Jack, Campari, Pernod, etc — along with wine. Not that there’s anything…
EA’s Godfather series features two weapons bearing the name “Dillinger”. They are, of course, a tip of the hat to bank robber John Dillinger. But the supposed Dillinger estate are having none of it. Jeffery Scalf, who says his grandmother was Dillinger’s half sister (I know, I know), has threatened EA with a lawsuit unless…
We touched on this in a dreamy way yesterday, but today, let’s look at it a little more seriously: now that God Of War 1 & 2 are being re-released on Blu-Ray, can we expect other series to follow suit? After all, there are plenty of popular PS2 games/series that – provided they were upgraded…
The full title for upcoming DS Okami game is Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou, and the title takes place a few months after the PlayStation 2 original and features a new wolf named Chibiterasu. Gameplay is similar to the PS2 version where players will draw out characters with the in-game brush. However, the DS title will obviously…
Former Brodeo member Robert Ashley has a new(ish) podcast, but of more interest to us today, his podcast has some new, amazing posters to go with it. Ashley has teamed up with Olly Moss – who created those great gaming “book covers” – to release a number of retro-themed promo prints. They’re limited to 200…
Glasses-wearing voice actress Mai Kadowaki is known for her voice work in the Konami anime Tokimeki Memorial Only Love and her work in games like console game Cross Edge and DS title Tales of the Tempest — among other titles. Since last November, threatening letters have been sent to the 28-year-old’s agency. A 26-year-old unemployed…
Despite Sony’s own admission that the God of War Collection remakes are just “ports”, that’s not to say both games will be identical to their PS2 forebears when they hit the PS3. That’s because, aside from the stuff we already knew – 720p, 60 frames-per-second, 2x anti-aliasing – the collection’s developers haven’t ruled out making…
Think making a game with The Beatles would be all gumdrops and lollypops? Wrong. Rock Band developer Harmonix was “terrified”, says the studio’s John Drake. Terrified in the sense that the developer did not want to screw up the game and piss off The Beatles. “I don’t know what Apple was considering before they started…
There’s a new LocoRoco game due out later this year, and a new game means new gimmicks, in this case a fundamental change to the game’s simple control scheme, with the introduction of the "boing".
According to Microsoft, Konami will be publishing hack-and-slash Ninety-Nine Nights II. The prequel was developed by Rez designer Testsuya Mizuguchi; however, he does not appear to be involved with this title. Ninety-Nine Nights was published by Microsoft in 2006. South Korean developer Phantagram worked on the title with Mizuguchi’s Q Entertainment. This time Microsoft development…
Time Donkey launched today. It’s from the guys behind Velociraptor Safari, Jetpack Brontosaurus and Minotaur China Shop. So, yes, you should know what you’re getting yourself into. The premise of Time Donkey is actually really neat: you’re a time-travelling donkey on a quest for tacos. To get those tacos, you have to respawn yourself, creating…
As expected, Microsoft announced a price drop for Japan. Are you excited yet? No? So, yeah, the Xbox 360‘s price tag has been cut for The Land of the Rising Sun. Pricing looks like this: • Xbox 360 Elite Previous Price: ¥39,800 (US$429) New Price: ¥29,800 ($321) • Xbox 360 Pro Previous Price: ¥29,800 ($321)…
Pity those who only just got on top of Crysis’ recommended specs. Because if word on the street is to be believed, the next next generation of PC hardware is only a few months away. First off the starting blocks will be ATi’s Radeon HD 5800 series of cards (starting with the HD 5850 and…
Konami Digital Entertainment polled 500 Japanese men to find out. Questions asked include things like if they thought of themselves as a herbivore male (Almost 64 percent said yes!) or whether they enjoyed in-game romance (42 percent said affirmative). The grass eater term was coined by a Japanese columnist to describe effeminate young Japanese men…
One thing that always gets me about the PC sales charts is the number of times you see a game tagged “pre-sale”. It’s interesting, because it reveals a level of dedication in the PC market you don’t normally see from console gamers. When you think of a “pre-order” for a game at, say, GameStop, you…
The royal we have updated our PS3. There are little things we’ve noticed, little things we like, little things we don’t. What about you? Things that stuck out: More sparkly, less smokey. New PS3 logo. No more Spider-Man PLAYSTATION logo when you start up a game. We kind of miss that! It had an awesome…
Some “surprise” this turned out to be. While we’re sure MTV would have liked this to remain a secret until a little closer to the game’s September 9 release, word has already got around that the game’s final song is… SPOILERS “The End”. END SPOILERS. If this checks out (it’s unconfirmed for now, but seems…
Konami has just released a limited edition 19-cm figurine of beatmania IIDX Celica Mizushiro. As we pointed out before, she’s priced at ¥5,985 (US$60) and comes with different sets of arms in various poses. The link below has a photo review of the piece. There are several discerning pictures — like this: Not to everyone’s…
According to data released by third-party warranty providers SquareTrade, since the mid-point of 2008 the Xbox 360‘s reliability has improved out of sight. Now, before we go any further, know this: we have our doubts when it comes to SquareTrade. A third-party warranty provider? Who nobody had ever heard of until they released some selective…
No, they didn’t get those guys. Who wants stuffy businessmen when you can get other stuff? That’s right other stuff. During the Taiwan launch, Sony Taiwan gave away 150 of these special commemorative launch sets to 150 individuals who bought the PS3 Slim. Included in the bundle were one DualShock 3, one PS3 t-shirt, a…
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