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See The Future With New Fable II DLC In May
The future of the Fable franchise is teased next month in See the Future, the second round of downloable content for Fable II. New creatures, new quests, new events, and legendary artifacts will be yours to discover this May in the See the Future DLC for Fable II. Transform your canine companion into new breeds…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode For Sale Tomorrow
Now that you’ve played Resident Evil 5 with each other, it’s time to play against each other, as Capcom puts Versus mode up for sale tomorrow on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Versus mode contains two different game types. Slayer’s Rule sees players trying to down the most Majinis within the time limit,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Waste $5 on the Xbox 360 in Chicago
This weekend the GAME ON! This Spring We’re All Fun and Games event kicked off at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The idea was to pack the pier’s Crystal Gardens with Xbox 360s and let people play games on the system to their heart’s content. They also decided to run a Guitar Hero World Tour tournament. Well,…
By Brian Crecente Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stargate Producer On Stargate Worlds: “It’s A Terrible Shame”
Stargate executive producer Brad Wright echoes the feelings of thousands of fans, calling the delay of Cheyenne Mountain’s massively multiplayer Stargate Worlds “a terrible shame.” Fans were ecstatic when the game was first announced in March of 2007, but since then Cheyenne Mountain have run into huge financial issues, to the point where employees went…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekly Nintendo Download: The DSi Invasion
It’s a brand new week and everything has change, as DSiWare joins the weekly Nintendo update, with 6 tiny titles joining Equilibrio on WiiWare and Uncharted Waters: New Horizons on the Virtual Console. While the ball puzzler Equilibrio from DK-Games (500 points) sounds inviting, and the swashbuckling exploration of Uncharted Waters: New Horizons for the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cops Crackdown On Bashcraft, North Korean Missiles Fly Overhead
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft What a weekend! North Korea launched something into the air, parts of it fell into the Sea of Japan, and newscasters got panicky. At around 11:30am North Korea fired a missile over Japan — the people of Akita Prefecture were warned that it actually might hit them. There were public service…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Hungers For New Currency, Sets Sights On Europe
For those not aware, Monster Hunter is big. Well, big in Japan. Outside of the Japan, it’s not so big. Which is something Capcom are looking at addressing. After all, if the series prints money in Japan, which is a relatively small market compared to the US and European ones, imagine how much money Capcom…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
If Only There Were More Of These Commodore 64 Laptops
Heeeeyyyy. It’s Ben Heckendorn, console modder extraordinaire. What ya got for us this week, Ben? A Commodore 64 laptop? Oh yes. Not only is this amazing because it’s a Commodore 64 laptop, it’s amazing because it’s just the perfect mix between keeping it retro and keeping it classy. Example: It’s got a C64 keyboard and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tales Of Characters… All Together!!
Today, at a press conference in Tokyo, Namco Bandai announced a action title that brings together 35 characters from the 13 Tales of games. Characters from each title exist in the same game universe. This new title, which is for the PSP, is Tales of VS. It will be out this summer in Japan. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Tales Of Title For The Nintendo Wii
Namco Bandai announced the latest home console entry in its Tales of series. Dubbed Tales of Graces, the game is coming to the Wii this winter. Mutsumi Inomata is doing the character design. She’s known for anime work on My-HIME and Future GPX Cyber Formula as well as working seven titles in the Tales of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tales Of Vesperia Anime Announced
Not only is Tales of Vesperia getting a PS3 version, the role-playing-game is also getting a big screen version. Namco Bandai announced today that Tales of Vesperia will also be getting an anime called Tales of Vesperia 〜The First Strike 〜. It will hit Japanese theaters sometime later this year. This isn’t a first for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: The Early Bird Gets The Early British Sales Charts
My, Britain! How punctual you’ve become! Forget seeing British sales charts on the usual Wednesday or Thursday, as they’ll now be clocking in first thing Monday morning. In this first early edition (today is April 6, and these charts are for the week ending April 4), Wii Fit maintains its stranglehold upon the nation’s charts…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Let’s Check Out Gothic Lolita Shooter For Xbox 360
DeathSmiles, the Gothic Lolita shooting game from Cave, is getting an Xbox 360 port. Check out this weekend event in Akihabara to promote the game. The game will be out April 23 in The Land of the Rising Sun. As we previously posted, there’s also a limited edition of the game (priced at ¥9,240 –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
A DS Case Fit For Dr. Henry Jones
Indy’s getting old. Not as sharp as he used to be. He’s making stupid decisions, like being in movies with Shia LaBeouf. Maybe all he needs, though, is a little Brain Training. It should keep the old grey matter from getting all foggy. But that, then, creates another problem: how to go adventuring through rainforests…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Does A Slew Of Dream C Club Screenshots Give The World?
An animated GIF, that’s what. Japan’s D3 Publisher released over seventy screens of character Riho upcoming drink-with-hostess-Xbox-360-game Dream C Club — from the exact same scene. And we’re not quite sure why. Yes, SEVENTY PLUS SCREENS. No, we take that back. We are very sure why. It’s didn’t take long before the screens were pieced…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Noby Noby Boy Multiplayer Footage Looks Slightly Disturbing
The Noby Noby MP teaser looked…different. These gameplay vids look, well…what the hell is going on here? Is that how these things couple? And what in God’s name are they doing to that poor pig?
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live: 2,500,000,000 Achievements Unlocked
Xbox 360, PC, Wii, doesn’t matter, everybody loves online user statistics. Especially when, they get into the billions, as was revealed by Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg last week. Contributing to a Gamasutra piece on achievements, Greenberg revealed that, as of this month, there have been 2.5 billion achievements unlocked by the Xbox Live user base. They…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Guide To GameStop’s Game Days Blowout
GameStop have a big, big sale going on right now. Lots of good stuff on sale, real cheap. But there’s just so much of it! Where to start, where to start? Thankfully, some kids over on Cheap Ass Gamer have done the legwork, and come up with not only the complete list of games on…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is Kotakuland’s Favorite Board Game Trash Talk
You finally picked a winner! Good for you. The grand prize winner will get a sofa (yes, A SOFA) and an Xbox 360. That winner is… Patrick Shearer: “See, this is why I like board games. When I am kicking your ass in one of these, you don’t mysteriously disconnect with ‘internet problems’.” Congrats to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2009
