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  Atari Wouldn’t Be So Broke If They Advertised Like This…

  By James White, as seen on Offworld

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Development Of Sony’s New Motion Controller Began Years Ago

  Microsoft is working on the human-body-controlled Project Natal. Nintendo has the Wii Remote. Sony, well, showed a new motion controller that will be out next spring. A new, nameless controller, that is. Compared with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Sony Europe’s Andrew House seemed much more non-fussed about the competition. I’m not unduly worried and I think…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  Professor Layton & The Curious British DS Bundle

  This Mother’s Day, I bought my mum a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Training. I wasn’t the only one. But what about Father’s Day? Dad’s not going to be impressed with something constantly reminding him how old he is. Nintendo and Level 5 to the rescue, then. This bundle, timed to coincide with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Japanese Comedian To Game For 24 Hours Straight

  Shinya Arino, star of reality program GameCenter CX, is set to do a live 24 hour episode of the show. From the show’s official blog: “Finally… Really… Truly… a live 24-hour broadcast has been decided.” The show hasn’t worked out the details yet and is taking requests from fans of the show. Back in fall…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  $1 Peggle “Hacked” The iPhone Store

  If you took advantage of the crazy $1 Peggle sale that took place last week, congratulations. You’re not just the proud owner of one of the best casual games around. You were also part of an experiment. See, dropping the game’s price to $1 can be seen as part-experiment, part-protest on the part of developers…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Cradle Your DS With Fake Girl’s Gym Shorts

  There are loads of DS holders. Here’s one that looks like girl’s athletic shorts. Those who pre-order the limited edition DS title Strike Witches will get a “bloomer” pouch. Bloomers (buruma) are the gym shorts schoolgirls in Japan typically wear. Strike Witches hits the Nintendo DS this September. DS版ストパン特典ブルマポーチ「心に染みるブルー！」って、いやいやいや！ [AkibaOS]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  Halo+ Kingdom Hearts + Metroid

  Welcome to Toybox! We’ve decided to centralise most of our toy/action figure/adult collectible news into a single feature, which we’ll be running every week or two. This week, we’ve got Kingdom Hearts, a stunning custom Metroid statue and a Halo Mongoose. Halo Mongoose Due out in October, the Mongoose is built to accommodate McFarlane’s line…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Metal Gear Online Goes Icebound With Old Friend

  Today, Konami is releasing a new stage and an old character for Metal Gear Online. The third expansion for MGO‘s “SCENE EXPANSION” brings Metal Gear Solid 4‘s “Old Snake” to the fight as well as a new stage “Icebound Inferno”. The stage is MGS4‘s windy blizzard Shadow Moses stage. 『メタルギアオンライン』の拡張パック”SCENE EXPANSION”に、オールド・スネークがユニークキャラとして参戦 [Famitsu]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  Obama Maybe Not So Gamer Friendly After All

  In a speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama listed video games as health concern — a challenge to Entertainment Software Administration president Mike Gallagher’s statement that the Obama administration was game-friendly. The Wall Street Journal has the full text of the speech, but there’s really only one part that even mentions video games:…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 16, 2009
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  Which Do You Want: Downloadable Game or Sammich?

  Digital games might mean “short”, but does it mean “small”? Not necessarily. “For right now, there is a culture of downloadable titles being smaller and generally ‘shorter’, but I think this is destined to change,” explains ThatGameCompany programmer Rick Nelson. “Companies will always compete with each other by offering more and higher fidelity content, on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  May’s NPD Charts By Platform

  While we’ve seen the month’s ten best-selling games overall, it can often be more interesting to break down game sales by platform, and see what the ten best-selling games were for each system. The NPD Group have today released that data to industry news site Gamasutra, and it shows tow key points. One, that multiplatform…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Max Payne 3 Getting New Voice Actor

  Max Payne is back — with facial hair and a bald noggin. One thing that won’t be back: the first two games’ voice actor, James McCaffrey. Rockstar Vancouver thinks it needs someone older, but doesn’t plan on replacing the voice actor with an established star, and will relay on casting — something, VP of development…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  PC Sales Charts: Simoleons Rule Everything Around Me

  Seeing as The Sims 2 was still all over the PC sales charts, it should surprise none of you to find that the release of The Sims 3 sees the game dominating two of the three major PC listings. It’s only the Steam charts holding out against the gibberish-speaking virtual humans, and only then because…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009
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  Pachinko Shop Readies For Slot Warefare

  As seen on はちま起稿.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009
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  Why Did Bionic Commando Rearmed Outsell Bionic Commando?

  You may have heard. Capcom’s Bionic Commando revamp has tanked, and tanked in a big way, selling only 27,000 units during the month of May. Which begs the question: why? After all, the same developers (Grin) released a Bionic Commando game last year that lacked the advertising, budget and horsepower of the “main” title, yet…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009
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  Mulit-Platform Final Fantasy XIII Won’t Be Compromised

  Final Fantasy XIII is a multi-platform game — which has some people worried about a dip in quality. Square Enix is here to ease those fears. That’s nice! “The team is targeting to create an equal experience on both the 360 and the PS3, so there are no limitations,” says Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  Break Xbox Live With The Push Of A Button

  That button may look like a joke, an elaborate piece of stock art, or something out of Ghostbusters, but it’s not. It’s the emergency shutdown button located in a Microsoft server facility in Quincy, Washington. There’s a fascinating article over on the NY Times’ website about server warehouses, with the author taking a trip to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009
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  Miyamoto: True Interactivity Is Holding A Motion Controller With Force Feedback

  The Nintendo Wii uses a controller dubbed “the Wii Remote“. Microsoft’s Project Natal uses a controller called “the human body”. What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think? I don’t think I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don’t have something to hold in your hand, if you don’t have something like force…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  Metal Sonic Vinyl Spin Dashes To Comic-Con

  This year’s San Diego Comic-Con will feature the highly coveted (to Sonic the Hedgehog fans, I presume) Metal Sonic JUVI as a convention and Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive. If you have cash to spare, you know where to be. As always, we’ll be hitting up the San Diego Convention Center for this year’s Comic-Con, snapping…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009
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  Team Fortress 2 Map Editing Just Got A Lot Easier

  Valve today released an update to theIR Source SDK, and included within were the source files for most of Team Fortress 2‘s original maps. Translation? It’s now a lot easier to edit Team Fortress 2 maps. Rather than forcing you to build your own map from scratch, which can be tricky, this update now lets…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009