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Shadow Of the Colossus Movie Won’t Have A Cheesy Sidekick
There are still plenty of things you have left to worry about should Shadow of the Colossus ever progress from “movie project” to “movie in production”. But a corny sidekick isn’t one of them. Justin Marks, the man writing the screenplay for the possible adaptation of Sony’s classic PS2 title, promised that in an interview…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Worm Fu
This week’s PAL store update looks a lot like the North American one, except for one key difference. It’s got Worms. Just in case you never played it on PC, Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, Xbox, Jaguar, Saturn, Amiga, Game Boy, Dreamcast, N-Gage, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 or mobile phone, you can now play the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Getting All Of Chinese Democracy
Guns N’ Roses latest album Chinese Democracy was released last November. People waited 15 years for it! Thankfully, Rock Band downloadable content is faster. The Chinese Democracy album will be released in its entirely on the Rock Band Music Store. One album track, Shackler’s Revenge, already appears on Rock Band 2 — foreshadowing! Tracks on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Play Final Fantasy VII On Your PS3… Now!
Or play it on your PSP, even. That is, if you have a Japanese PSN account. Today, Square Enix released Final Fantasy VII International on the PlayStation Network. Final Fantasy VII International is how Square Enix re-released the new and improved American version in Japan on the PlayStation. The International version featured improvements like on-screen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some Guys: In 2013, Xbox Live Will Make A Billion
Market research firm In-Stat have gazed into their crystal ball, rolled some goat’s knuckles and spilled some blood in a turtle shell to gaze into the distant future. And in gazing, they have found not a cure for cancer, nor a blueprint for a viable flying car or plans for a Demolition Man sequel, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bath Time With Muramasa Demon Blade
Just-released-in-Japan Wii title Muramasa: The Demon Blade maybe be rated 12-years-old-and-up, but that doesn’t mean it can slip some stuff under the radar. The hand-drawn-style action role-playing-game is set in traditional Japan and stars katana-wielding heroes Kisuke and Momohime. According to Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the game’s story features no real climax… Apparently Famitsu has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
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