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Chun-Li Figure Kicks Too High
Sculpted by artisan Masanori Tanaka, this 1/8 scale Chun-Li was spotted at the Summer Wonder Festival 2009 — high kick and all! And this Cammy was created by artist HogaLee. Hey, another Cammy statue! ジェットストリーム「ストリートファイターIV アレンジコスチューム 春麗/キャミィ」の作例サンプル [moeyo.com]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guess Who’s Singing For Koei Wii Game? Gackt, That’s Who.
Japanese musician Gackt has inked a deal to do the ending song for upcoming hack-and-slash Wii title Samurai Warriors 3 from developer Koei. Gackt’s music will also appear in TV ads for the game. The singer appeared in NHK drama Fuurin Kazan and says he hopes to tap his experience playing a character during the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Steam Down For Maintenance On Thursday
PC gamers whose very existence depends upon the availability of Valve’s Steam service take note: it’ll be down for maintenance for an estimated three hours (“at the most”) on Thursday. The downtime will kick off at 6pm Pacific, and will affect pretty much everything and anything Steam-related, including in-game matchmaking & lobbies, buying from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Five Classic Erotic Games Coming To UMD
Those who missed them the first time around when they hit the PC can now play five classic erotic games on the PSP. The Wheel Country, LOVERS, Little Niece, Hypnotism 2 and Ways to Have Sweet Sex With A Childhood Friend are all coming to the UMD format. The titles will be out this fall.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Apple’s Next Product Also A “Gaming Platform”?
Just like the iPhone and iPod Touch, which are becoming increasingly games-focused as they mature, so too is Apple’s next “big thing” – rumoured to be a tablet computer – getting into games in a big way. According to Barron’s, who cite an analyst that’s claiming to have already touched the device, the Apple Tablet…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cammy In Limited Edition Green, Salute Her!
Yes, yes, yes, we’ve already seen this Cammy statue. But that statue was a different color. This is green. Green is different! This is priced at US$85. Front and back below. Is it possible to have too many Cammy figures? No, no it is not. ＣＧＣ キャミィ Limited Edition :: YAMATO 株式会社やまと オンラインショップ :: 商品情報 [Yamato]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2009 -
UncategorizedDamnit, Lucasarts, THIS Is The Indiana Jones Game We Wanted
Back at GDC in 2006, Lucasarts showed off some footage of a “next-gen” Indiana Jones game. It looked great! Fast forward three years, however, and all we ended up with was Staff of Kings on Wii. Great. No, Lucasarts! We wanted the 360/PS3 version, the one with the Euphoria animation technology and the ability to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Ultimate Rock Band/Guitar Hero Instrument Compatibility Guide
A few years out from the release of Rock Band we’re still a bit confused as to what instruments work with which music game. Same goes for Guitar Hero. Fortunately, there’s now this official chart to help us out. We say “official” because it comes straight from the top: Harmonix themselves have put it together…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
flOw Played liVe
Composer Austin Wintory has always wanted to adapt his score for PSN game flOw for live performance by an orchestra. “Obviously the in-game music was entirely electronic, with the exception of choral voices,” blogs Wintory, “but I had an idea floating around my brain (somewhat resembling the jelly fish, careening out of control after spinning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Appeal Against Square Enix In Court, You’ll Pay Big Time
Back in early 2007, Korean popstar Ivy released a music video that looked remarkably like Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Square Enix took Korean entertainment production company Fantom and producer Hong Jeong-ho to court. And in March 2008, a judgment was passed, ruling in Square Enix’s favor with a damage award of approximately US$244,000. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve Releasing More Team Fortress 2 SDK
Not content with releasing a software development kit for Team Fortress 2’s maps and environments, Valve will soon be releasing the SDK for the game’s character models and animations as well. What does this mean? It means modders have access to some of gaming’s finest characters and can alter their appearance and movements as they…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aliens vs. Predator Site Says February 2010
Bit of incremental news for those who were space marine before space marine was so cool – Sega’s updated its Aliens vs. Predator site with a coming soon date: February 2010. You can catch the trailer for it here, but, yes, it involves lots of shooting, hideous deaths, seething, hissing, and guttural alien language. Rebellion’s…
By Owen Good Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
McSweeney’s Outs Samus Aran, Fanfics Gay Marriage Rant
Normally, we’d recommend just about any piece of fan fiction that begins with Metroid bounty hunter Samus Aran coming out of the closet. But McSweeney’s satirical rant from the Zebes native isn’t even remotely sexy. Serious Metroid fans may get a titter out of the referential piece, but conservative Galactic Federation types aren’t going to…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Boss Not Yet Ready To Talk About Next Medal Of Honor
EA CEO John Riccitiello made first official mention of the continuing Medal of Honor franchise today during the company’s quarterly earnings call, but gave little indication on how the series would progress. Riccitiello said the next Medal of Honor game is “somewhere out there,” but that executives on the call were “not yet in a…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden 10 Pre-Sales Tracking Ahead of Madden 09
In the same conference call announcing Madden Arcade, EA Sports boss Peter Moore said this year’s version of the football franchise is doing better in pre-sales than last year’s 20th anniversary edition. As reported by IndustryGamers, Moore said that, with 10 days to go before the Aug. 14 drop, “we’re now marginally ahead year-on-year.” Last…
By Owen Good Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Vanillaware Boss Says HD Update For Muramasa Possible
Vanillaware’s Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a lovely looking side-scroller. But it could be even lovelier at higher-than-Wii resolution, an option not out of the realm of possibility, according to studio founder George Kamitami. He tells Gamasutra that Muramasa: The Demon Blade‘s assets are created at double the size of what we’ll see in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Puzzle Bobble iPhone Screens Pop Up
Taito’s teasing Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) for iPhone on its Facebook page, fresh off Space Invaders Infinity Gene‘s critical success. Looks like they’re also teasing other Taito classics yet to come for the iPhone, judging from the collage image (shown here). Based on the other two teaser images, though, we can probably expect Bub and…
By AJ Glasser Published August 4, 2009