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Fable II Adds 250 Achievement Points In The Future
The upcoming See the Future downloadable content for Fable II could add up to 250 gamerpoints to your Xbox 360 gamerscore, if you get lucky. I say if you get lucky, because one of the thirteen new achievements requires that the player “make love” twenty-five times, which for some of us represents many more times…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Complex Races Onto PlayStation Home
EA has launched the first phase of their EA Sports Complex in PlayStation Home, delivering new things to see and do in Sony’s virtual world. The EA Sports Complex is a massive new area to explore in PlayStation Home, with trailers to watch, teasers to view, and a couple of mini-games to whet your appetite…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Chronicles Of Spellborn Is Now Open For Business
Acclaim Games officially launches their massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Chronicles of Spellborn in North America today, with free two-week subscriptions on offer for all newly registered players. The Chronicles of Spellborn is an online role-playing game that takes place in a unique, otherworldly post-apocalyptic setting. It features a very interesting action-based combat system,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fuel Tells Players Where To Go
Magical floating sky arrows replace the standard GPS system in the post-apocalyptic world of Codemasters’ Fuel. I’m not exactly sure what Codemasters’ marketing folks were thinking when they decided to create a trailer that compared modern-day car navigation systems with red arrows flying through the sky in the direction you are supposed to be heading.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
TimeGate And Paramount Reach Section 8 Agreement
TimeGate Studios once again successfully defends the name of their game, reaching an agreement with Paramount in the lawsuit over the name Section 8. TimeGate filed the lawsuit earlier this month, after Paramount sent out a press release announcing an interactive web series called Section 8, days after cancelling a meeting with TimeGate regarding their…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1943 Drops In June
DICE advances World War II by a year in June, announcing the release month and pricing details for their downloadable online multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943. A small slice of World War II is coming to the PlayStation network and Xbox Live Arcade in June in DICE’s Frostbyte-driven update to Battlefield 1942. It’s the US Marines…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Faction: Guerrilla Demo Now Available For Everyone
The dark days of pre-order exclusivity have passed, and the demo for Red: Faction Guerrilla is now available to all that would venture onto Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network to find it. In a show of supreme confidence in their game, THQ releases the single player demo for the next game in the Red…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Biggest Non-Gaming News In Japan Today Involves A Naked Man
To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: How To Gift New Neighbors In My Neighborhood I’ve already Twittered and Facebooked this, so apologies to those who’ve already seen it there! Last night at 3am in Tokyo Midtown, SMAP‘s Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was drunk and making a racket, screaming and whatnot…totally naked. (Read more here.) Like, the guy wasn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
There’s Prinny In My PlayStation Home
This month sees an update for PlayStation Home. That update sees new things, like this Disgaea lounge where folks can play mini-games like a Disgaea test, a card game and a block game. There are other things, too: Street Fighter IV avatar items and the ability to start-up SFIV games with folks you’ve met in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallout 3: Broken Steel Gameplay Footage
G4 got their hands on some gameplay footage from Fallout 3’s latest piece of downloadable content, Broken Steel, and are sharing it for all the world to see. There’s developer interview chit-chat you have to get through to see it all, but it’s with Bethesda boss Todd Howard, so that’s OK. Click to view Video…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
New, Non-Movie Transformers Game Coming
As we’ve established, no matter how good the Transformers movie games are, they’ll always be flawed by the fact they’re based on the movies. But what about a game not based on the movies? The Cut Scene reckon that Activision are working on a Transformers game due for release in 2010. Which makes sense, since…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
And Here Comes The Red Underwear
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Reader “cheddar” sends this cheese-free entry. Writes cheddar: The stuffed animal is a red panda. In case you get any dumb raccoon comments. I thought it was a raccoon at first too though. SO DID WE. Very happy to get that cleared up, though! What’s happening? We’re giving…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bad Reviews Made Star Wars Developers Sad
Last year, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released to reviews that ranged from glowing (Variety) to anything but (Wired). It was those negative reviews that made the game’s developer glum. According to the title’s project lead Haden Blackman, “But part of it…is that I’m watching this team that has worked so hard on this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look At “Declining” Wii Sales In Japan
Regular readers of our Japanese hardware sales charts will be aware that, in recent months, Wii sales have declined. It’s being regularly outsold by the PS3, and even the 360 is nipping at its heels. This has led many to proclaim that the Wii’s golden run in Japan is over. That the fickle Japanese public…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best MMO Demonstration Video You’ll See In A While
We’ve spoken lovingly about Love before. Love the idea, love the art style, love the concept of a procedurally-generated MMO. Continuing the theme, we also love this extended gameplay demonstration. Still can’t get over the fact this is being made by one man. If you’d like to read/see more of the project, the official site’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Best Play Virtual On, Xbox 360 Style
Virtual On is great. Its return, a blessing. But also a curse! See, part of what made Virtual On so great in the arcades was the game’s twin-stick controller. Which the Xbox 360 doesn’t have. Even the Dreamcast version had a nice twin-stick peripheral for home use, but on 360, you’re stuck using the control…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Soul Breeding” Japanese RPG Spawning In Europe
Strategy role-playing-game title features not only suggestive eating, but also “soul breeding“. Record of Agarest War 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, there is a “special” movie that’s show, and afterwards the new successor is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Look At New Aliens vs Predator
While everyone’s been focused on Gearbox’s Aliens game, Rebellion’s Aliens vs Predator title has slipped beneath the radar. Until now! Previews of the game have begun appearing in European magazines, and while they consist of little more than a bunch of screenshots, they do manage to reveal that the game is set 30 years after…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Video Service Channel Launches May 1
The latest Wii Channel “Wii no Ma” is scheduled to go live in Japan on May 1. It brings video service to the Nintendo Wii — and what appears to be market research on users. As detailed last December, “Wii no Ma” (Wii Room) is a video service for your Nintendo Wii. Instead of offering…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009