To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: That’s Lunch Tonight is a late dinner. Really, really late. I am so hungry. Like, I don’t ever remember being this hungry. Speaking of lunch, I had soup for lunch. Why did I do that? Soup isn’t a proper lunch. Mental note: Don’t eat soup for lunch. What you missed…
Prototype, Activision’s open-world action game, will ship on June 5 in Europe and June 9 in North America, the publisher confirmed this morning. Activision also says that they’ve updated the game’s official website to include the first half of Prototype’s intro cinematic, though as of this morning I couldn’t seem to find it there. In…
Amazon today launched the Amazon Xbox Live Store which allows people to purchase Xbox Live digital games through the online store. Rumors have it that similar stores may soon be arriving for Sony and Nintendo. Customers purchase the games for cash, not Microsoft points, and then receive a download code which they have to enter…
TimeGate are working on a game called Section 8. Paramount Pictures announced a web series called Section 8 only three days after cancelling a meeting with TimeGate about, yes, Section 8. Co-incidence? Hardly. So TimeGate are suing Paramount. And good for them! After all, they’re on a roll, as last year ABC tried to call…
Rock Band Unplugged, the Harmonix co-developed PSP take on Rock Band, is coming to PSPs this summer. It’s trading pricey plastic peripherals for free ones: your hands. The first portable console Rock Band, Rock Band Unplugged tracks will be broken down into “phrases” which the player must beat-match perfectly to score multipliers and use the…
The upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu has an interview with Final Fantasy XIII director and scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. According to Toriyama, the in-development game is currently running at a resolution of 720p with a frame rate of 30fps. Square Enix is doing its best to make sure as many people as possible…
No, there are no plans for MadWorld action figures. But if there were, surely they’d look a bit like this custom figure, whipped up by ebooze. It’s pretty much perfect. The angular sculpt matches the Wii’s low-res textures, he comes with two chainsaws, and ebooze’s paintjob gets the two-tone mix just right. ebooze [deviantART, via…
Last year, Nintendo’s E3 press conference was a train wreck. Nintendo marketing exec Cammie Dunaway is upbeat about this year’s though, giving reasons why we should be excited about this year’s presser. “Well, because, I’m going to be up on stage presenting, something that your fans ought to love,” Dunaway told IGN. “But I’m not…
There was a Pro Evolution Soccer in 2008. 2007, too. And 2006. And so on, and so on. So it will be again in 2009, with the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. Last year’s edition was a crushing disappointment. For the first time in recent memory, the series yielded its crown as the…
Hey! Wii’s manufacturing costs are apparently down by 45 percent. Time for Nintendo to pass on those savings to you with a price cut, no? Nope, the UK got a price hike. “Regardless of the cost price of manufacture, the decision to raise the [Wii’s trade] price to retailers in the UK was taken due…
Despite dying off as a viable games machine a few years back, the Xbox is still good for something: the Xbox Media Centre. Problem is, the thing looks really boring. Lucky for any of you using the setup, there are ways to spruce things up a bit. Make the Media Centre a little easier on…
Koei’s Ni-Oh is based on an unearthed script from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Rashomon ) and has been M.I.A. for a while. Good news, Koei is still hard at work on it. Ni-Oh traces the journey of a half-Japanese blonde-haired samurai in 16th century Japan. When asked about the game, Koei apologized…
When asked about when Mother 3 would be coming to the States, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that wasn’t his decision. Japan makes those decisions. If so, what’s up with Wii title Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse? When asked about the game, Tecmo replied, “Nintendo holds the publishing rights to ‘Fatal…
I haven’t done one of these in a while. So I’ll make amends with Adult Swim’s “Ultimate Vending Machine Challenge“, which tasks you with, well, kicking the crap out of a vending machine. Just to get some snacks. I like it because I like the idea of a pro vending machine league, I like it…
Next year, the fourth installment in the US$2.6 billion grossing Pirates of the Caribbean franchise goes into production. After spending the past years on the series, director Gore Verbinski is moving on. Instead of directing the fourth Pirates, which is once again starring Johnny Depp, Verbinski has told producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he has opted…
As previously announced, Xbox 360 title Tales of Vesperia is getting a PS3 version and a big screen anime. The animated feature, due in theaters this year, is set before the game. Titled Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~, the anime is being produced by Production I.G., the studio being Ghost in the…
The beauty of PC sales charts is that, as often as they’re depressingly repetitive, other times they’re an explosion of strangeness and absurdity. Like this latest batch, where we have three very different games atop the three major sales charts. Lich King at #1 on the retail charts, we’d expect that. Left 4 Dead, surging…
PS3 soul breeding role-playing-game Agarest Senki ZERO once again has players battle monsters and chat up girls. This time around, the fair maiden’s facial expressions change based on the options you select while talking them up. Check out the gallery below. Their outfits can also change as well — and sometimes there are banana-eating cat-ear-wearing…
Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the Wii section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one? Let’s find out! Just like they did for both Xbox 360 and PS3 games, market research firm EEDAR have rounded out the…
Yesterday, Brütal Legend and Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer told us not to worry our pretty little heads about game sales. Today, he clarifies: I think games sales matter a lot. I just think that the people who should worry about sales are the people who have vested financial interest in a game. If your money…
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