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…

Pachinko Shop Readies For Slot Warefare

As seen on はちま起稿.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Miyamoto Was A Hero To Most Game Developers

Famed Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto ranks at the top of some 3,000 video game creators’ list of “game development heroes,” according to a survey from the Develop Conference. In a poll of over 9,000 game developers worldwide, Miyamoto scored a first place showing, nabbing the presumably coveted award. The Mario and Zelda creator outranked…

Virtua Fighter 5 Arcade Update Piles On The Sega Fan Service

As seen on Sega’s official Japanese Virtua Fighter 5 web site via UK:R.

Is Xbox Live Primetime’s 1 Vs. 100 Becoming Pay To Play?

1 Vs. 100 Live, the first Xbox 360 game show for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Primetime push, is currently in beta testing. Originally pitched as a free game for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, it appears Microsoft may begin charging for it. While the 1 Vs. 100 Live product page on Xbox.com previously implied the game show…

B-Day

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: The American Toilet Is Very American Today was Trish’s birthday. I suspect I enjoy it more than she does because it gives me a chance to pamper her. Yesterday we went to a nice Italian restaurant with her parents. This morning I paid for a trip to a spa for…

EGM Subscribers Getting Maxim As Replacement

Those of us with outstanding subscriptions to Electronic Gaming Monthly may finally be on the receiving end of a suitable replacement, should you be a horny hetero male who doesn’t like actual nudity in your magazines and enjoys skimming Maxim. While EGM folded as a print publication earlier this year, interest in the magazine and…

GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Now Exceed 5,800

When last I checked, just over a month ago, nearly 4,500 people had jumped through the hoops to finish Rockstar’s portable GTA. The increase has been steady. I’ve now checked the completion stats online for Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars three times: in mid-April, mid-May and mid-June. These stats are listed on the Rockstar Social…

Tim Schafer Explains Why Dio’s Out Of Brütal Legend, Tim Curry’s In

Double Fine Productions’ Brütal Legend is packed with big names, including Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford and, now, Tim Curry. Curry will replace Ronnie James Dio as Doviculus, chief bad guy of the open world action-adventure game. Why? Well, Tim Schafer, president of Double Fine, essentially says that the character simply grew to be…

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Reminder: Xbox Live Going Down Tonight

If you need to get any multiplayer gaming in on your Xbox 360 today, make sure you do it before the clock strikes 12:01 AM PST. Xbox Live will be going down for maintenance tonight, for up to 24 hours. As previously foretold, Microsoft’s online gaming service will be taking a breather tonight, affecting the…

Duke Nukem Forever Lawsuit Unearthed, 360 Version A Sticking Point

Take-Two’s lawsuit against Duke Nukem Forever maker Apogee/3DRealms has finally seen the light of day, with some Xbox 360-port and offshore-money twists. May brought news that the long road of the 1997-announced Duke Nukem Forever might finally have finally run out, as development studio Apogee ceased making the game and publisher Take-Two filed a lawsuit…

Call of Duty: World At War Tops 11 Million

Treyarch’s latest entry in the Call of Duty series is a success, as official word notes that Call of Duty: World At War has racked up more than 11 million sales since its launch in November of 2008. The game got off to a damn good start during the pre-Christmas season, selling more than 1.88…

World Of Warcraft: The Art Exhibit

While the argument over video games as art rages on, there can be no denying that games have influenced art, as evidenced by the WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon at the Laguna Art Museum in California. The WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon exhibit, which runs from now until October 4th at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna…