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Football Game Sponsoring Football Team
We’ve seen video game publishers sponsor a football team before. Sega & Nintendo have been doing it in Europe for years, and even the Xbox 360 is in on the act. But I can’t remember ever seeing a game sponsor a team. Yes, Pro Evo sponsored Lazio for a game last year, but that was…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Odin Sphere Figure Is Pointy
Watch out! Those rocks Odin Sphere homeless princess character Velvet swings around will poke your friggin’ eye out, kid. This PVC figure of her will be released this December in Japan for around US$100 and is manufactured by Yamato Toys. Odin Sphere Velvet non-scale PVC figure by Yamato [Neko Magic]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Working On Not Just Dead Space 2, But Dead Space 3 As Well
The Variety report from earlier today that said there’s a live-action Dead Space movie in the works also has some video game news. Namely, that EA are working on two more Dead Space games. The report states “EA launched [Dead Space] in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments”. Sounds clear-cut, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Introducing Age-Based Xbox Live Lockdown (In New Zealand)
Kinda strange development taking place over in New Zealand, with Microsoft taking the rather drastic step of blocking every single under-18 user in the country from downloading paid content on their 360’s. Even kid-friendly stuff. Kotaku AU first noticed the move last week, and when we contacted Microsoft for comment, were handed this rather vague…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Demographics of Dragon Quest
Not only did lots of people buy DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX at launch, lots of different kinds of people. Japanese website Gpara surveyed 99 gamers in Tokyo’s Akihabara, Yurakucho, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro with these three questions: 1. What are your feelings about purchasing DQIX? 2. Out of DQs I-VIII, which is your favourite? 3.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Space Becoming Real Movie, Director Named
Forget that Dead Space animated film. Please. Instead, let’s all try and be optimistic about a Dead Space live action film, which EA are about to auction off to movie studios. Dead Space: The Real Movie (our name, not theirs) is set to be a joint production between EA and Temple Hill producers Marty Bowen…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Queen’s Blade Ups Ante With Curvy Cosplaying Model
Forget 2D girls! Queen’s Blade is roping in a real one. Queen’s Blade was originally a Lost Worlds style “combat picture book game” and has been published in Japan for the last couple of years. Queen’s Blade features only female characters, and its spin-off series Queen’s Gate has showcased the likes of Iroha (Samurai Shodow),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Army Of Two: The 40th Day Team Tease Multiplayer Early, Annoy PR Folks
Reid Schneider and Alex Hutchinson, executive producer and creative director for Army of Two, respectively, spoke about the game’s forthcoming sequel at Comic-Con today. Hutchinson touched on The 40th Day‘s new multiplayer modes, just a bit earlier than officially planned. While the full, official reveal of Army Of Two: The 40th Day‘s versus modes will…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Happy Anniversary
To: Luke From: Owen Re: The Weekend is Made for Comic-Con This week is pretty special in my family. Dad’s birthday is July 20, an easy one to remember, as he watched Apollo 11 reach the moon on a black and white TV on his 20th birthday, knowing the world would never be the same…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
World at War Map Pack 3 Adds 10 New Achievements
The four maps – three regular, one zombie – being added next month to Call of Duty: World at War will bring with them 10 new achievements, one of them hinting at some unusual weaponry. “Acquire Waffle Weapons!” is earned once you pick up the “Ray Gun,” “DG-2” and “Monkey Bomb” at the same time.…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed II Coming to DS?
VG247 is reporting that a DS version of Assassin’s Creed 2 will be released with the other platform versions on Nov. 20. Amazon’s got a product page up about it, too. Ordinarily, retailers listing a game with an unconfirmed platform version shouldn’t rate much attention. It could be mis-entered into a system somewhere. But VG247…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 -
Uncategorized11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
The old-school gamers at Nerdballoon sat down with a slightly uncommunicative 11-year-old and asked him to describe his first experience ever with a platform shooter – the beloved Contra. Predictably, he hated it. The graphics “suck,” the music is “boring” and – I’m not sure if this is a positive or a negative – “it’s…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
About This Nascent Modern Warfare 2 “Boycott”
Someone ran a poll and, guess what, two out of three people hate paying higher prices. This is called a potential boycott of Modern Warfare 2, unless Activision lowers the $60 price for PC versions. Total Gaming Network, citing its own poll of the situation, says 68 percent of respondents “will not support the newer,…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Booth Babe Hauls Off on Dante’s Fiasco
“The brass BALLS on EA to put a bounty on OTHER booth girls,” writes one woman, a costumed rep fed up with the predictable reactions to EA’s “Sin to Win” promo at San Diego Comic-Con. “Iola,” commenting on Ars Technica, one of the first and loudest to decry the Dante’s Inferno “Acts of Lust” contest…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: First Resort
Swordplay, archery and skydiving are on tap as of today with the release of Wii Sports Resort. Also, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 hits Xbox Live Marketplace and Bionic Commando arrives on the PC. This week’s count: six for PC, four for DS, three for Wii, two for 360 and one for PS3 Sunday (July 26)…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Stories Behind DC Universe Online
The key people behind DC Universe Online headed to Comic-Con to discuss the upcoming massively multiplayer online game, a panel that included legendary comic book creators Jim Lee, Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman, plus Sony Online Entertainment‘s Jens Andersson. Lee and Wolfman talked about the challenges of squeezing the 75-year-old DC Universe into the game,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Today’s Punishment: We Cheer, in Japanese
This has a run-up of about 30 seconds, but immediately after that, you’ll be running for the nearest bottle of Texas Pete. To pour it on your eyeballs. I tap out at about 41 seconds, right when the Hey!-ing stops and the singin’ starts. How long can you last? BTW, I haven’t done a great…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 -
UncategorizedInsomniac Reveals New Weapons For Ratchet & Clank At Comic-Con
At today’s Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Panel, Insomniac Games showed off some of the new weapons Ratchet and Clank will wield in the upcoming PlayStation 3 sequel, including the already revealed Spiral of Death. That fan-submitted addition to the already deep Ratchet & Clank arsenal was revealed at an event earlier…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dogmeat, the Emotional Center of Fallout
Fallout originally did not plan on having NPC followers at all. But the original game’s designer figured out how to make a system work. Thus was born one of the franchise’s most iconic characters. Not only that, the original design of Fallout 3, by Black Isle, there were no plans to include Dogmeat. But Bethesda…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Marvel Super Hero Sackboys Coming To LittleBigPlanet
The House of Ideas had an idea to take a few of its bullpen best and turn them into Sackboys. At today’s “The Next Generation of Marvel Video Games” panel, three new heroic LittleBigPlanet costumes were revealed. Marvel showed off three concept renders of Sackboys that may be coming to the PlayStation 3 exclusive, but…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 26, 2009