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PAL PlayStation Store Update: Curly Moustache
Big, big update for the PAL PlayStation store this week, with a host of quality PS3 games, demos and even a couple of downloadable PSP games you might be interested in. Headlining the week’s update is of course Marvel vs Capcom 2, arriving in a far more timely fashion than it’s HD predecessor, SSFIIHD. Those…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Lifetime British Sales Numbers Are In
Retail tracking company Chart-Track have released an updated set of figures for the British market, revealing how many units of the Nintendo Wii and DS (all versions) have been sold since launch. The figures show that while the Wii has a pretty sizeable install base for a country of 60 million people, it’s got nothing…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar’s PSP Music Game Is Real, Coming Next Month
Don’t look now, but Rockstar’s borderline mythical music title Beaterator is coming, it’s coming this year, and it’s coming to the PlayStation Portable. Rockstar sent the word out this morning that the music creator, which has long been kept under wraps since first debuting as an online time-waster, will be out on September 29 in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is Monster Hunter 3 Underperforming?
Wii title Monster Hunter 3 came out of the gate like gangbusters in its first week this August, selling half a million copies. So why is it already in the bargain bins? The Monster Hunter series on the PSP has been one of the real success stories — not just for the PSP, but Capcom.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trackmania Finally Barrell Rolls Its Way To The Wii
It appears that after nearly two years of talk (and little else), cult create-a-racer Trackmania is finally making its way onto the Nintendo Wii. It’s been announced that Firebrand Games – the team behind the recent Trackmania DS – are on development duties, with the game set to make a public appearance at Germany’s big…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
SNES Portable Case Mod Does Not Stop At Case Mod
There’s also a custom box creation. French modder darthchris13 whipped up the creation and then compared it size-wise to a SEGA GameGear. The SNES Portable sports a 2.5 inch screen, and according to darthchris13, the tricky part was getting all the SNES wiring into such a small casing. Nice work. Une magnifique Nintendo SNES Portable…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tropico 3 Box Art Is So Despotic It’s Adorable
As seen on Giant Bomb.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Does Anyone Here Know Welsh?
Welsh-speaking people, game developers Arberth Studios needs your help. Instead of shelling out £16,500 (US$27,000) to have its game professionally translated, the studio is asking for the next best thing: Free help. The title, Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches, is based on medieval Welsh folk tales. “We have to try and translate this game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mega Man 9 Gets A Lot Harder With New DLC
A common complaint these days when it comes to downloadable content is that there’s too much of it that makes a game easier to play/complete. Paying to cheat, basically. Paying to make the game harder, though, that’s different. A new piece of DLC has been released today for Mega Man 9 called “Superhero Mode”. It…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gameplay Footage Of New Halo 3 Multiplayer Maps
Developer Bungie is including three Halo 3 multiplayer maps in a add-on disc shipping with the upcoming Halo 3: ODST. The new Heretic map revisits Halo 2‘s Midship map, allowing players to plasma grenade each other all over the interior of the Pious Inquisitor. From purple reign we move on to the Forerunner Citadel, which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Joins The PC Gaming Alliance
The PC Gaming Alliance announced today that their ranks have been bolstered by the addition of eight new member companies, including the world’s largest specialist games retailer, GameStop. Joining the global retail giant are Gas Powered Games – the studio behind Supreme Commander – along with online games portal GameTap, BFG Technologies, Bigfoot Networks, Flextronics,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Girls, Go Finger Nail Crazy On Your DS!
Ah, kids’s morning television. This is clip from show Gokujyou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou (Top Quality! Super Popular Committee Chair), and about one minute in there’s a plug for a Konami DS based on the anime. Girls can paint nails and do virtual make-up. The show, like most kids’ shows, is wall-to-wall adverts. Though, what makes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Korean Game Trailer Likes Halo A Little Too Much
South Koreans are renowned for many things, but when it comes to games development, adhering to copyright laws isn’t one of them. Latest case in point: this trailer for Sudden Attack. While the gameplay looks a little “been there, done that”, it’s not the only overly-familiar thing about the trailer. We could swear we’ve heard…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bunch Of PS3 Games Go Budget This September In Japan
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced its new line up for the budget priced PS3 the Best brand. That line-up includes: Afrika Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Uncharted Sept. 3 ¥2,980 LittleBigPlanet Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Gundam: Target In Sight Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Eternal Sonata Sept. 3 ¥3,800 Ridge Racer 7 Sept. 3 ¥2,980 All these games will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Beautiful Woman, Scary Drawing
Yu Kobayashi looks like an angel. She sounds like a angel. Too bad she draws like a monster. Visual horrors await. While this may look like a ring of hell Dante missed, it’s actually Kobayashi’s drawing of Polla, the character she voiced from Wii role-playing-game Arc Rise Fantasia. This is how Polla actually looks when…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Heroes’ 1.5 Million Players Have Spent A LOT Of Money [Update]
Battlefield Heroes is a living, breathing experiment in online gaming for Electronic Arts. It’s also one that I’m particularly fond of. But just how successful has it been for the company? Going by these numbers, I’d say “very.” EA have sat down with the game’s statistics and whittled them down into some palatable, practical numbers.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Footage From The Behemoth’s Next Game
The Behemoth – creators of Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers – are working on something new. It doesn’t have a name yet (just "game #3"), but it does have this new trailer. Last time we showed you this, most people felt a little…underwhelmed. Weren’t quite sure what’s going on. This trailer, however, has developer commentary,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
No Single Player Uncharted 2 Demo
The single player in the first Uncharted was compelling, good old fashioned story-telling. Before we shell out to buy the upcoming sequel, wouldn’t it be lovely to check out Uncharted 2‘s single player? Yes, yes it would. Too bad we won’t be doing that. The game is getting a multiplayer demo on September 15, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Operation Flashpoint 2 System Requirements: Bring Multiple Cores
Looks like Codemasters have quietly slipped some system requirements for the upcoming Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising into a post on the game’s official boards. Those expecting an easy run of things will be…wait, were any of you really expecting an easy run of things? New developers or not, this is a Flashpoint game, only…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009