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  Konami Staffer Sues For “Discrimination”

  Konami Digital Entertainment employee Yoko Sekiguchi is suing the company for what she calls “discrimination”. The 36-year-old Sekiguchi negotiated soccer team and foreign player licensing for Konami’s Pro Evolution franchise. Last October, she took the company’s maternity leave, returning to work this past April. When she returned to work, she was demoted due to a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  This Is The Best Sackboy Beard, By Far

  While we’d like to see more pop culture and less national icons in our Sackboys, we can make an exception when we’re greeted with a Druid. Yes, to help celebrate summer solstice, the time when the ancient ones felt the sun’s power was at its greatest, Media Molecule will be releasing this little guy, doing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Thirteen Minutes of God of War III Gameplay

  When is thirteen minutes of direct feed gameplay footage not enough? When it’s God of War III, that’s when. God of War III is expected to be out March 2010 in North America.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  The Saboteur Is, Apparently, Not A WW2 Game

  The Saboteur is set in France. During the Second World War. You’re fighting Nazis. During the Second World War. But developers Pandemic would like you to know, this isn’t a game about the Second World War! Pandemic’s Thomas French says “…we don’t even really think of our game as a WWII game, it’s the backdrop…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  “Lots of Work” Still Needed For Heavy Rain

  Satisfied with how upcoming thriller Heavy Rain looks? Don’t be. Not one to be complacent, developer Quantum Dream says the eagerly awaited game still needs lots of work. “We’re still at the alpha stage and there’s a whole lot of work to be done,” said Quantic Dream’s David Cage. “There’s so much fine-tuning in the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  Let’s Watch A Tales of Vesperia Anime Trailer

  Here’s 90 second look at the Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~ film from anime studio Production I.G. Voice actors include Mamoru Miyano (who voiced Light in Death Note and Riku in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II) as Flynn Scifo, Mai Nakahara (who voiced Rena in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  We Might Be Getting A New Choplifter

  Earlier this week, inXile Entertainment filed a trademark for the title “Choplifter” in relation to a video game. Whaddya think, might this be a new Choplifter game? Course it is. Well, most likely is. You can’t really dance around the word “Choplifter”, it’s a classic. Any game using that title is hardly going to be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Meet The Women of Uncharted 2

  Yesterday we meet Nolan North — aka “Mr. Video Game Voiceover”. Today, we meet his delightful Uncharted 2 cohorts, Emily Rose and Claudia Black. Rose and Frazier star as Elena Fisher and Chloe Frazier in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. We really, really loved the voice acting in the first Uncharted game. It was funny, it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  First Look At NBA Live 10

  EA Sports today released the first screenshot for NBA Live 10, featuring King James soaking up the adoration of his subjects. Of note is that, following the Photoshop disaster that accompanied the debut of NBA Live 08, EA Sports’ Sean O’Brien promises that, while the shot is from a build that’s a work in progress,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Koei Tecmo Working On Corporate Cross Over Game

  Japanese game makers Koei and Tecmo have merged, officially forming Koei Tecmo Holdings as of this April. But does that mean their games will merge as well? According to the summer issue of industry publication Nikkei Corporate Information: “Tecmo and Koei are combining titles to launch a new game. The aim is to bring in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  How You Might Kill Someone Important In Mass Effect 2

  BioWare probably showed a little too much of Mass Effect 2 to press at E3, at least in terms of important plot points that readers may not want to know about. If you don’t mind touching on some stuff that otherwise may be considered “spoiler” territory, read on! If you do mind, though, don’t read…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2009
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  Harold Ramis “Glad” He Turned Down Super Mario Bros. Movie

  With classic comedies like Caddyshack, Groundhog Day and Analyze This, Harold Ramis has an impressive film director resume — which was almost tarnished by that disastrous Super Mario Bros. flick. “(Producer) Roland Joffe wanted me to direct the Super Mario Bros. movie,” says Ramis. “I took the meeting because I loved the game… I’m glad…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 17, 2009
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  Lucasarts “Want To Do” More Adventure Remakes

  After what feels like a decade of asking for it, Lucasarts have finally begun to re-release their classic adventure games, starting with Fate of Atlantis on Wii (albeit bundled with Staff of Kings) and a Monkey Island remake. But now we’ve had a taste, we want more. Full Throttle. Day of the Tentacle. Loom. And…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2009
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  England In The Middle Ages FIGHT!

  Who likes history? We do! Channel 4 has followed up its own 1066 historical drama with a flash game — a flash game that has been occupying way too much of our time, we might add. It set in the year 1066. England is in turmoil, invaded from the outside. Players try to outflank and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 17, 2009
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  GameStop Easing Off On Used Games Push?

  Used games sales are the lifeblood of GameStop’s revenue, so previously owned titles aren’t going anywhere. But according to new internal communications, the push to put a used game in the hands of someone seeking a new game may soften. According to a GameStop manager who forwarded us details of that internal e-mail, the company…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2009
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  Fan-Made iPhone Wallpapers Look Familiar

  Surprisingly, there’s more than just Street Fighter in this lineup of fan-made Capcom wallpapers. Mega Man, Duck Tales and Lost Planet feature prominently plus some games I’m not even sure I can name. Capcom blogger CurlehMustache put these wallpapers together to celebrate the release of the new iPhone 3Gs Friday. Here’s the instructions for getting…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 17, 2009
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  Microsoft Pulls Plug On Xbox Originals

  First launched in 2007, Microsoft’s “Xbox Originals” scheme seemed an easy way to re-release old Xbox titles on the 360 as a digital download, and make a buck off them in the process. Hasn’t worked out that way. After an initial flurry of titles, releases for the service soon slowed to the point where most…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2009
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  Surgeons Using Wiis to Hone Their Skillz

  We’ve heard of Wiis in medicine before — but now instead of handing out Nintendo’s little white giant to burn victims and physical therapy patients, some doctors are using them as training tools. LiveScience reports that surgeons in training at what I assume to be an Arizona medical facility are testing out ways to use…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 17, 2009
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  SOCOM, Ghostbusters Move Into Home This Week

  It’s moving day over at PlayStation Home tomorrow, as the PlayStation 3 virtual hang out space welcomes some high profile new additions: SOCOM: Confrontation and Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Both are functional and fun! The SOCOM-themed space, dubbed the SOCOM Tactical Operations Center, not only gives fans of the tactical military shooter series special things…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2009
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  Let’s Tap Arrives, Sans Dedicated Tapping Peripheral

  Sega and Prope’s Let’s Tap has shipped for the Wii, a mini-game compilation that requires players to lightly tap or firmly rap whatever surface the Wii Remote rests upon. Sadly, Sega did not provide North American consumers with cardboard boxes. They’re still on the cover, mind you, taunting us with their gorgeously orange hexahedral shapes,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2009