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To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Gotta Catch Them All Man, I love pineapple. I had never eaten it before until a few months ago. Why the hell didn’t you tell me pineapple is so damn good? What you missed last night WoW Finally Returns To China, With A Little More Censorship Wii Remote Used For…
Anyone doubting the sales potential of a game with the words “Wii Sports” in the title need only look at some figures from Europe, which reveal the game is selling even more there than it is in the US. Last we saw, Wii Sports Resort has sold 500,000 copies in the US since launch. And…
It’s exciting that we’re getting a new Valkyria Chronicles, yes, but let’s not forget, part of the first game’s appeal was in its yummy, coloured pencil visuals. Visuals the PSP just isn’t going to be able to match. Sure, it’ll do its darndest, and the game’s cel-shaded nature means the downgrade won’t be as noticeable…
Lord of Vermillion II. This arcade title is the sequel to Square Enix’s popular card-based arcade game Lord of Vermillion. Characters from Final Fantasy IV, Romancing SaGA II and even Magic The Gathering will be making appearances in the game. According to the website, the game will be out in Japanese game centers this autumn.…
Did you think that when Microsoft’s Games on Demand service launched, it’d be an egalitarian wonderland where every game would be the same price around the world? Well sorry. That’s not the case. The service (well, the listing for it; you can’t download the games yet) is popping up all over the world for those…
One of the biggest character changes for The King of Fighters XII is schoolgirl fighter Athena. It’s like she’s another person altogether. While making the game, SNK illustrator Eisuke Ogura says that the director obviously kept giving the team feedback. According to Ogura, Athena’s character design is drastically most different. When they started to draw…
Lots of new Final Fantasy XIV media today! In addition to some sumptuous concept art and new information on the game’s website, Square also released some screenshots and some clean, non-mag-scan versions of the character art.
While there are new games, free games and PSP games on offer as part of this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update, most of you will probably head straight for one thing: the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo. It’s been a while since gamers got their hands on a decent Batman game, but this one is shaping…
When you think of the Nintendo Wii, banana bathtub eating doesn’t come to mind. Cleaning Squadron Clean Keeper brought that and cleaning to the Nintendo console. But is the upcoming PlayStation 2 version even saucier? From these screenshots, it doesn’t seem to be nearly as risky as the Wii one. Compare the images: Wii version…
Sounds like Activision are having trouble getting their hands on enough plastic to supply the world with games this Christmas, as both Tony Hawk: Ride and now Guitar Hero: Van Halen will see restricted launches in 2009. While Tony Hawk: Ride will still be released in some European territories this year, Guitar Hero: Van Halen…
Pictured here is not adult video actress Rio. That’s Anzu Takizawa, who on her blog says she loves Japanese crime game Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West). Anzu is one of sixteen finalists in the running for a spot in the upcoming PS3 exclusive. But those sixteen finalists have some very stiff competition: adult…
Sideshow Collectibles show no signs of easing up on their imported gaming statues, with the impending Western release of this Pop Culture Shock piece based on Darkstalker’s Felicia. Obviously, your $300 isn’t paying for clothing. She’ll come in two variants; a standard blue version, and a pink one that goes for an extra $20. Both…
The website for upcoming MMO Final Fantasy XIV has gone live with detailed descriptions about the game’s character races and images of regions. The in-game regions are Ul’dah, Gridania and Limsa Lominsa. There is detailed info about fishing and shipbuilding area Limsa Lominsa. Info about the other two regions is forthcoming. The PS3 and PC…
Just in case you’re not one of the millions of Chinese subscribers to World of Warcraft who already knows this, here’s a recap; the game recently changed operators in the PRC, and as a result had been down for weeks. But now it’s back! And, as we told you a few weeks back, it’s back…
Production I.G.’s Shinji Aramaki was introduced introduced to the Halo franchise by someone near and dear to his heart: His better half. “I’ve always been a fan of video games, and my wife told me that Halo 3 is the best game on the 360,” Aramaki stated in the most recent Famitsu. “I just sort…
Telltale’s episodic adventure games aren’t terribly long, so if you bought it, you should have finished the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island by now. Meaning you’re about set to move onto the second episode. It’s called “Siege of Spinner Cay”, and will be out on August 20, keeping with the publisher’s plans of…
Pencil Koei Tecmo’s name in for a company that is interested in Sony’s new motion controller that was introduced at this year’s E3. “I’m sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for action games like Ninja Gaiden we need quick responses and if you’re swinging your arms around like…
The SIGGRAPH 2009 conference is currently going down in New Orleans, where professionals from all over the creative industries are meeting up to talk computer graphics. id, creators of Doom, Quake and now Rage, are among the companies giving presentations. And as part of their talk on “virtual texturing”, the company presented some new Rage…
Using a concave mirror, Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display and Wii Remotes, University of Tokyo researchers have created a tangible hologram projector. The mirror makes the hologram appear to be “floating” in air, while the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display shoots focused ultrasonic waves to create the feeling of a holographic ball or holographic rain falling on…
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