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  Microsoft’s Halo Division Is Called 343 Industries [Update]

  Forget suggesting that “343 Industries” was the name of some Halo-related studio at Microsoft. It’s a fact, with the group officially revealing themselves as part of the Halo anime announcement. Interestingly, 343 are described as a “division” of Microsoft, not a development studio. Which makes sense, since having spoken with 343’s creative director, former Bungie…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009
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  Details About Halo Anime

  Microsoft is teaming with five production houses for a series of seven short films called Halo Legends, reports the Los Angeles Times. The five production houses are some of the biggest names in the industry: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation. The creative director overseeing the production is Shinji Aramaki, director…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009
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  First Images Of Halo Anime

  That’s right, there’s a Halo anime, and here’s your first peek, courtesy of Los Angeles Times. Company Town: The business behind the show [Los Angeles Times]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009
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  Monkey Island, Now On Your iPhone

  Hey, kids! Time to put that iPhone (or iPod Touch!) to good use, as Lucasarts have just released the rather excellent The Secret of Monkey Island: Special edition for Apple’s handhelds. As you can see, in visual terms it’s not a bad downgrade of the gorgeous PC/360 version. As far as gameplay goes…I haven’t played…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009
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  Castlevania Movie Alive! First Look At New Concept Art

  The Castlevania movie might have had a stake rammed through its heart earlier this spring, but the project is showing signs of life. Saw franchise co-creator and director of Dead Silence and Death Sentence, James Wan, has signed on to co-write and helm the flick. Previously, Stomp The Yard director Sylvain White was pegged to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009
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  Ghostbusters Didn’t Do Too Bad!

  Some people are already calling the Ghostbusters game a bust, in light of its failure to crack the NPD’s Top 10 for June and pricey development budget. Those people may be slightly off the mark. Because while the individual SKUs of the game may not have performed as well as many would have predicted, the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009
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  Of Course Jean Grey, Gambit Join Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

  Sure, it’s like finding out that Boba Fett is in a Star Wars game, but whaddayagonnado? Jean Grey and Gambit are, that’s right, in MUA 2. No surprises here as Gambit popped up on the game’s box art earlier this month. Still, there are screenshots right up there! And if you like looking at them,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009
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  Actually, The Sims 3 Was The Biggest-Selling Game In June

  While there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the poor performance of June’s console games, on PC, things were looking a little healthier, with EA’s The Sims 3 emerging as the month’s biggest-selling game on any platform. While the top-selling console game was Prototype, with 419,000 copies sold, EA shifted an impressive 820,000…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009
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  Epic Games Exec Doesn’t Think Nintendo Owns This Generation

  The Wii is hugely popular with lots of people. Some people, though, are more wary of the Wii. One of those is Epic Games boss Mark Rein. “People talk about, ‘The Wii has run away with this generation.’ I don’t think that’s true,” Rein told game site Eurogamer. “Nintendo’s made a lot of money and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009
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  Watch Some New Left 4 Dead 2 Gameplay Footage

  Left 4 Dead 2 is playable on the showroom floor of Comic-Con, and people are playing it. People are then filming other people playing it, with special attention paid to the new stuff. Boy, those melee weapons look messy.

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  Influential Studio Ghibli, Final Fantasy Animator Has Died

  This Wednesday, animator Yoshinori Kanada passed away after suffering a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old. A “Superanimator” since the 1970s, Kanada left his mark on Square Enix as well. After working at Toei, he moved on to become the Key Animator on a number of Studio Ghibli’s biggest titles: Kiki’s Delivery Service,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  If Zelda Was First-Person And In 3D…

  Guess it would look like this. Maybe it would look different. Some guy named Radix (rad name) thinks it would look like this. He released a demo to prove it! The demo lets players walk around a dungeon and attack baddies from The Legend of Zelda all from a first person p.o.v. and in 3D.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  Second NCAA Star Sues — but has a Good Idea

  Another college star has sued over the use of his image in video games. But if Ed O’Bannon’s successful, what he’ll do with the money could be a model for solving the NCAA’s licensing problem. O’Bannon, who starred on UCLA’s 1995 national championship team and has since retired from the NBA, has filed suit against…

  By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009
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  Borderlands Puts Its Ass Out Oct. 20

  The speculation that Borderlands would ship in October turns out to be good. It releases for all three consoles on Oct. 20 in the U.S., Oct. 23 in the U.K. Europe and Australia, GameSpot reports. Christoph Hartmann, the president of 2K Games, said his shop has no problem taking a new IP up against Uncharted…

  By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009
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  Epic Honcho Says Money Woes Made PS3 Cut Impossible

  We always love it when one business comments on another business’s business. In this case, Epic’s Mark Rein says a PS3 price cut everyone’s whined for would have made a bad year worse for Sony. Speaking to Eurogamer, Rein, the Epic vice president, said Sony has “their own financial issues to solve and lowering the…

  By Owen Good Published July 22, 2009
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  This Is What You Missed At The Distant Worlds Concert

  Renowned Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu rocked San Francisco last Saturday along with Grammy award-winning conductor Arnie Roth at the Distant Worlds concert. It wouldn’t be Distant Worlds without the music of Final Fantasy and it wouldn’t the music of Final Fantasy without Spehiroth’s theme from Final Fantasy VII, One Winged Angel. There have been…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 22, 2009
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  Castle Crashers Coming To PS3

  Castle Crashers is just about the best thing to happen to Xbox Live Arcade. And soon, it’ll be just about the best thing to happen to the PlayStation Network as well. While there are no details on when the game is coming, how much it’ll cost or whether the Sony version will include any exclusive…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  Insurance Group Rides Shotgun With Driving Game

  Remember that brain-training flash game that Allstate Insurance was looking into as a way to offer insurance discounts to drivers? Now the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is behind it, too. Working with developer Posit Science, AAA is offering a new brain training game program called DriveSharp, which is pretty much the same thing as…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 22, 2009
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  Finally, A Reason To Eat Cup O Noodle

  [As Seen on Hobby Media, thanks Frankie]

  By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009
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  That Went Fast

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You See The Eclipse? With both Mike McWhertor and Mike Fahey traveling to San Diego Comic-Con today, it’s been a bit hectic. I did manage to eat lunch, download the preview code of Gears of War: All Fronts Collection, and even played a healthy chunk of G-Force. Despite that,…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2009