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These Songs Will Be On Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
None of the songs on Guitar Hero: Smash Hits will be a surprise, since they’re all songs that appeared on previous, guitar-only titles in the series. But still. You need to know what they are. Activision have today released a partial tracklist, showcasing 12 of the songs that will feature in the game. Since none…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mark Wahlberg On The Mario Bros. Movie
He’s Maxy Max, err, Max Payne star Mark Wahlberg. You know him. He’s the star of the Max Payne movie and is gonna talk about the 1993 Hollywood version of Super Mario Bros. There was that Mario Bros. movie. Remember it? I just thought it didn’t go anywhere. Like, you can only blow up enough…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
If There Wasn’t Devil May Cry, There Wouldn’t Be Bayonetta
Think upcoming action title Bayonetta looks a bit like Devil May Cry? Not surprising as Platinum Games producer Hideki Kamiya was the director for Devil May Cry while at Capcom. While the hero’s gender in each game is different, there are obvious stylistic similarities. Don’t think of Bayonetta just as a Devil May Cry in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Killzone 2 DLC Announced
Killzone 2 is out, which means people can stop obsessing over the game’s release and obsess over its downloadable content instead, the first of which has just been announced. It’s called the Steel & Titanium pack, and features two new multiplayer maps. The first one is Wasteland Bullet, which takes place on a couple of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Noby Noby Player Numbers Dropping, GIRL May Never Reach Mars
There’s a brilliant meta-game feature in Noby Noby Boy, which compiles every player’s “progress” in the game and uses it to propel a single “GIRL” across the solar system. But her progress is danger. See, it relies on lots of players playing lots of Noby Noby Boy for those cumulative figures to get her anywhere.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Ruled Japanese Software Sales In 2008
ASCII Media Works, publisher of Japanese game magazine Dengeki, released domestic game sales rankings for 2008. Nintendo came in first place for the sixth year in a row, fueled by 5 million selling titles and grabbing roughly a 40 percent market share. Konami Digital Entertainment had a solid year, going from fifth place in 2007…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill Movie Sequel Will Be Sans Gans
Despite the first Silent Hill movie being, well, underwhelming for many, it obviously made enough money for a sequel. A sequel that will be made without original director Christophe Gans. Speaking with film site Bloody Disgusting, actor Radha Mitchell – who starred in the first film – said “I don’t think Christophe is attached. [That]…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Oh, Captain, My Captain – New Spore Screens
Spore: Galactic Adventures is introducing a lot of new stuff – planet editor, new segment of space exploration, etc. – but a nifty new thing we haven’t seen a lot is the effects tool. The effects tool lets you customize your adventure by adding things like strings of Christmas lights or glowing floor panels. These…
By AJ Glasser Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Was The Pokemon Center A Hot Spot For Foreigners In 2008?
Yes, yes it was. Travel guide and research site TripAdvisor.com ranked the most popular places for foreign travelers last year. There’s loads of things for them to see: temples, shrines and Pokémon. Here’s the top twenty hot spots foreign travelers wanted to visit in 2008: …drumroll please… 20. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (Tokyo) 19. Hokkaido…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed 2 Details From This Month’s Game Informer
Seems some people are getting early copies of this month’s issue of Game Informer. You know. The issue that has a ton of details on Assassin’s Creed 2. Provided, of course, that this is all correct (we haven’t seen the magazine ourselves), here’s some of the stuff you can expect from the sequel to one…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Million Copies Of Deca Sports Shipped
DECA SPORTS, Hudson’s take on Wii Sports with added Adidas advertising, may not be a very good game, but since when does that matter. The game is a hit! Developer Hudson Soft has announced that it has shipped 2 million copies of the game worldwide since it launched last spring. Like Wii Sports, the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Court Documents Show Midway May Be Out Of Cash Real Soon
Poor Midway. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. The latest news to come out of the beleaguered firm’s bankruptcy proceedings suggest that the company will be completely out of cash by June. That grim revelation is contained in a statement issued to the courts by Midway owner Mark Thomas last week: Moreover, the Debtors…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Take Upskirts In Monster Hunter Frontier
A recent issue of Fontier Tsushin, the official Monster Hunter Frontier magazine from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, has some helpful advice. In a tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek article titled “The Way To Take The Screenshots You Want ~ What a Pantsuful world ~”, Enterbrain editors give readers a primer on how to take risky pics of fellow players’ underpants…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
OutRun Online Arcade Powerslides Into Your Life Next Week
Despite being largely overlooked in favour of louder, faster games, Sumo’s OutRun 2 was one of the most joyous racing experiences of the last hardware generation. And next week, it arrives on the current generation. Sega have announced that OutRun Online Arcade will be released on Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, April 15. In case…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Colossal No Comment On Shadow Of The Colossus Movie
Trade publication The Hollywood Reporter reported that Sony Pictures is planning on bringing wonderfully stoic PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus to the big screen. Producer Kevin Misher, responsible for films such as The Scorpion King and The Interpreter, as well as the upcoming fighting movie Fighting, has apparently roped in scribe Justin Marks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Chronicles Of Riddick On PC Has A Ridiculous Install Limit
Oh look. Another PC game with a pointlessly restrictive limit on the number of installs. Aren’t these kind of stories just heart-warming? Irate users on the forums of both publisher Atari and developer Starbreeze are complaining that Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena only allows you to install it on three machines. After that, sorry. Atari’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Perfect Dark Teased On Xbox LIVE
This screenshot from developer Rare shows what appears to be an icon for its Nintendo 64 first-person-shooter Perfect Dark in an Xbox LIVE folder. That’s funny, because the game isn’t out on Xbox LIVE as a re-release. It would make sense though — Rare has started bringing other Nintendo 64 classic titles to XBLA. (Case…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Hardware Sales Drop, PS3 Still Beating Wii
Console sales were flat in Japan this week amid a slow batch of new releases. Hardware leaders from Sony and Nintendo were down, but Xbox 360 sales were up slightly. With nothing new and exciting hitting the dominant platforms, Nintendo DSi and Wii sales dropped, as did PSP and PlayStation numbers. The Xbox 360 saw…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Preview: Spore Galactic Adventures – The Cake Is a Portal
Spore’s first expansion pack focuses almost entirely on the space exploration segment of the game, adding a layer of adventure gaming to spice space up. Once space exploration is unlocked, players can choose the Galactic Adventure tab from the main menu and get down to some real exploring – like where you get out of…
By AJ Glasser Published April 9, 2009