Dead Space on the Wii is a “guided experience”. Read: on-rails shooter. That’s a shame. Oh well. At least it looks great! Putting aside the fact this is another damn developer diary, with selling points like “our game weapons have alternate fire modes”, there’s a lot of gameplay footage to be had in this clip…
Back when we saw Borderlands in December 2007, the sci-fi open world shooter looked gritty and rugged. Word has it that the game now looks cartoony. The game was originally slated for a holiday 2008 release, but was pushed back to this year. Last holiday, a Borderlands tester twittered about the game, writing, “…Borderlands, still…
Yes, there is big money to be made in cosplay these days. But we’d have imagined that market to focus on properties like Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Not Sonic the Hedgehog. But hey, in this world, there’s a market for everything. Even creepy adult-sized Sonic universe costumes made from foam, plastic and a…
Wii sales are sliding in Japan. Nintendo wants to re-energize the Japanese market because the company is “beginning to look vulnerable.” New sales figures show the PS3 outselling the Wii for the first time in 16 months. The Nintendo Wii dropped 69 percent in the five weeks to March 29. According to Nintendo president Satoru…
When the dust settles on the American Street Fighter tournament, the winners will be off to the world champs in Vegas. Where they’ll face off against these guys. Chung-gon Lee (Korea) The Korean champ. Would kick your ass. Tatsunori Kajimoto (Japan) The Japanese champ. Would also kick your ass. Daigo Umehara (Japan) Probably the best…
March is over. It was a good month, but like we said, it’s over. Let’s take a look back at the top ten selling games in Japan. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has collected data for the period started February 23, 2009 and ended on March 29, 2009. Here goes: 1. Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3)…
Fatal Frame probably won’t be released on the Wii in the US. If it makes you feel any better, Americans, it probably won’t be released in Europe either. Echoing yesterday’s “not our fault” statement from Tecmo, Nintendo Europe have said “there are currently no plans to release this game in Europe”. As we know, “no…
The anime based on SEGA’s PS3 title Valkyria Chronicles has debuted in Japan. Here’s the entire first episode — with English subtitles, too! The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures under the direction of Yasutaka Yamamoto (episode director of xxxHOLiC: Kei, Big Windup!). The theme song is sung by Canadian Catherine St. Onge (aka newly…
In a presentation in Tokyo today, Nintendo discussed not only Wii Sports Resort, but Wii price cuts and Western DSi sales numbers as well. Given by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and senior director Shigeru Miyamoto at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan, the presentation covered more than the Wii Sports Resort release dates and reaffirming…
Nintendo have today announced a release timeframe for Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to their insanely-popular Wii pack-in title, Wii Sports. The game – along with the Wii MotionPlus peripheral technology it’s there to support – will be out in Japan in June, reports KBC analyst Hiroshi Kamide. Those outside of Japan will have to…
Want part-time work? Live in Japan? Like Nintendo? The company has just put up a job listing for testers. The trial period for those selected is two weeks, and the actual testing job is between 3 and 6 months depending on your performance. It’s possible to renew your contract after that. Salary is set at…
Sony have posted up the latest timetable for updates to LittleBigPlanet’s roster of downloadable content, with the latest batch taking a turn for the mythological. There will be seven updates over the next month, with six pieces of DLC to be joined by a major update for the game, which will introduce things like in-game…
Japanese magazine Famitsu has polled a pool of 798 about their thoughts on what’s going on with the game industry. The most interesting data was with online gaming. While 90 percent of those polled have used some sort of home console or portable console, only 24 percent of those have actually paid to use said…
NBC are reporting that a series of Grand Theft auto modifications – aimed at replacing the fictional in-game police cars with replicas of real ones – have some American cops a little concerned. While the mods are nothing new (they’re for the ageing San Andreas, first released on PC in 2005), the Police in question…
Konami’s Six Days in Fallujah is a new, documentary-style video game set in the Iraq War. Developed by Atomic Games, the title is reportedly a commentary-free “game-amentary.” Set against the backdrop of the Second Battle of Fallujah, Six Days in Fallujah has gamers grapple with the weighty issues of war and difficult decisions it entails.…
Most of you are probably aware that, in Japan, the Resident Evil series is known as Biohazard. And if you’re like me, most of you probably never stopped to wonder why. See, my whole life, I just presumed it was “one of those things”. That Biohazard was a kind of stupid name, and Capcom just…
No, no, this isn’t what it’s actually like to play Resident Evil 5‘s new multiplayer mode. That’s totally different. This, this is a simulation courtesy of the Angry Joe Show.com.
The release of The Beatles: Rock Band is going to be a “big deal.” We know. But it’s going to be a bigger deal than we’d expected. While we had little doubt that MTV Games, Harmonix and Apple Corps would be doing their damnedest to drum up press for the Rock Band game planned to…
PlayStation Network racer WipEout HD got a slew of new features today, thanks to an update that brought about new features like badges, friend invites, and a ranking overhaul. But it’s also a little buggy. WipEout HD report that they’re experiencing some issues following the 1.30 update, with the PlayStation 3 game bugging out when…
Despite the fact that Empire: Total War still needs technical fixes (late-game slowdown is still a pain), the team at Creative Assembly feel now’s the time to start introducing some gameplay changes as well. While more technical updates are on the way, CA are also working on a raft of tweaks and fixes to both…
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