Quake Live‘s open beta is blowing away id Software‘s expectations, so much so the developer is considering working on a free, web browser version of Quake Enemy Territories, said id’s Todd Hollenshead. “The participation in the open beta is 50 percent higher than what we expected,” Hollenshead said. The beta was perhaps too successful, at…
To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: Mmmm, Rotting Groceries Had to take Micro-Bash to the doctor today — where the little squirt got his blood taken for an allergy test. Was amazed that the baby didn’t cry at all, but giggled as the needle was being jabbed in his arm. Granted, the kid is four months…
9am. Pacific Time in the United States. Set your watches. That’s when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will take the stage for his GDC 2009 keynote address. And we’ll be there. This being a major keynote, and this being Nintendo, anything could happen. Nintendo could stick with current form and announce, well, nothing. Just a feel-good…
Remember those S.T.A.L.K.E.R. cosplayers from last year? They’re back. And they’ve taken the last twelve months to step up their game. Around 70 fans met up in the village of Sengileyevskoe, in the south of Russia last week for some serious S.T.A.L.K.E.R. re-enactment. Like, very serious. We’re talking simulated firefights, simulated wasteland bartering, even simulated…
Your candlelight vigil is at an end, PAL users. Tales of Vesperia will be out in “June 2009”, according to Namco Bandai Europe.
All men may be created equal, maybe, but all Street Fighter IV characters? Nunh unh. No fighting game can ever have totally balanced characters, and Street Fighter IV is no exception. So who owns/sucks? Let’s. Find. Out. Before we start, though, a little house-keeping. We saw one of these charts last year, yes, but that…
Earlier this year, Jaleco Holdings announced that it was leaving the video game business. And the company has — poof, it’s gone and moved on. Before it left, as we first broke last January, Jaleco Holdings sold off subsidiary company Jaleco to online game company GAME YAROU. Jaleco has been struggling for the past decade,…
Don’t fret. You’re not alone. Most, if not all players of Creative Assembly’s masterpiece have been struggling through various technical issues since the game’s launch. Me, I’ve been lucky. In the 17,563 hours I’ve played the game so far, the only problem I’m having is a 10-second stall whenever I click on a port towards…
Record of Agarest War, released in 2007, is a PS3 breeding RPG. And breeding means doing it — and what did that mean? Not that much. Anyway, the game has a “Soul Breed” system in which players must capture the heart of the game’s heroines so that they can create their successor. When this happens,…
Times, they are tough. And Dell, owners of PC gaming enthusiast brand Alienware, are no exception, with tech site ExtremeTech reporting that an undisclosed number of Alienware employees are facing the sack. Citing an internal memo they obtained from an Alienware employee, it’s said that the group will be closing both of its dedicated manufacturing…
Besides video games, Capcom founder and chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto makes wine. That, and lots of money. Tsujimoto has gotten into wine-making and last year, he launched his first vintage made at a Napa Valley winery. The property was purchased by Capcom USA in 1990, and Tsujimoto later bought it as a private property. He has…
Ah, N-Gage. Such a…tarnished brand. You’d think after two failed N-Gage handsets and a “who cares?” launch of an N-Gage gaming portal, Nokia would just give up. But they’re not. According to a statement released by the company yesterday, the number of registered users on the new service (think Xbox Live, but for phones) has…
While Capcom’s Bionic Commando has been vaguely dated as “May” for the West, the game now has a firm release date for Japan. Bionic Commando will be released in Japan on June 25 and priced at ¥7,340 (US$75). The game is an updated version of the classic NES title by the same name. Bionic Commando…
According to a report on Blu-Ray.com, this June, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete will be released in the United States on Blu-Ray. Just in case you missed it first time around. It’ll be out on June 7, and will, like the Japanese version, come with a ton of bonus features, including: * “Legacy of…
Resident Evil 5 is a big hit. Know what Capcom likes better than big hits? Making big hits into big hit sequels. According to RE5 producer Masachika Kawata, “We haven’t decided whether we’re going to make Resident Evil 6 yet… But if we do, it could take anywhere up to eight years, but hopefully only…
Nintendo’s European arm leaks one more previously unannounced Punch-Out!! features, noting that the Wii remake of the NES classic will offer Wii Balance Board support for a third control scheme. Seems Little Mac has a fitness ultimatum of his own to issue, as Nintendo of Italy’s press release brings first word of Balance Board support,…
We played inFamous at Sony’s GDC PlayStation Lounge today, giving us our first hands-on with the PlayStation 3 exclusive from Sucker Punch and our first look at the game’s newly revealed karma system. It’s pretty straightforward and not exactly a trailblazing concept—similar mechanisms have been fully explored in popular games like Star Wars: Knights of…
Last month, Valve boss Gabe Newell gave us a taste of just how successful online game sales can be. This week, we have proof of the fact. While the NPD sales charts still have Empire: Total War sitting at #1, we’ll ignore that, because, well, online sales don’t have much impact on the NPD’s data.…
PS3 role-playing-game Cross Edge features characters from game players Capcom, Gust, Idea Factory, Namco Bandai and Ippon Ichi in turned-based battles and cosplaying. The game is peppered with characters from Ar tonelico, Atelier Iris, Darkstalkers, Disgaea, Spectral Souls and Mana-Khemia 2. To gear up for the game’s North American release this May, NIS America is…
There’s so much Rock Band DLC on offer every week that it’s easy to forget that, occasionally, Guitar Hero World Tour gets some as well. Here’s what it’s getting for the month of April. On April 2, there’ll be three Pixies songs made available: Debaser, Monkey Gone To Heaven & The Sad Punk. April 9…
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