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Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Spectacular
Blizzard pulls no punches this April 1st, with not one but four different pranks featuring pimped mounts, a new Diablo III class, the biggest StarCraft 2 unit ever created, and PVP dance battles. The first prank to come across our desks this morning was the P1mp My Mount feature from the World of Warcraft European…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Ghostbusters Coming to PSP
Ghostbusters: The Videogame will be arriving on the Playstation Portable, Playstation 2 and Wii, according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board update for the game. We knew the game was coming to the Wii and Playstation 2, but the Playstation Portable seems like a bit of a surprise. Though, given the multiplatform nature of the…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Greenpeace Once Again Gives Nintendo Low Marks
Every year that Greenpeace releases its “Guide to Greener Electronics”, one company is always at the bottom. That company is Nintendo. According to Greenpeace, “Nintendo remains in last place with a pitiful 0.8 points out of 10, scoring zero on all e-waste criteria.” Why did Nintendo score so low? Not providing information on things like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Faction Guerrilla Presents: The Ostrich Hammer
The latest developer diary for Red Faction: Guerrilla reveals where the real power in the gaming industry lies, with the introduction of the Ostrich Hammer. The Ostrich Hammer is a response to a NeoGAF thread, in a screenshot of the main character swinging the game’s power hammer was badly photoshopped with a picture of an…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jak And Daxter Discover The Lost Frontier
With Ratchet and Clank returning later this year, it’s only right that Sony’s other platforming duo reunite on the PSP and PlayStation 2 this Autumn in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. Developed by High Impact Games, The Lost Frontier picks up where the original series left off, with Jak and his fuzzy little pal…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Fit Says April Fools
This is pretty neat. Booting up your copy of Wii Fit today will earn you a couple of pretty obvious April Fool’s jokes. Reader Andrew shipped us these two pictures, one showing the Wii Fit claiming that it’s broken and another hinting that the Wii Fit may lie about your Body Test results. Can you…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Vehicles Of Fuel
If you’re going to go open-world racing in the post-apocalyptic world of Codemasters’ Fuel, you’re going to need to pick the right vehicle. Fuel provides players with 70 different vehicles to race across its 5,000 square mile world, ranging from the dinkiest dirt bikes to souped up SUVs and everything in between. Pick your weapon…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Pitt Still A Bit Broken
When they aren’t upping the price on horse barding, the folks at Bethesda keep themselves busy by trying to get a fully working version of the Fallout 3 The Pitt DLC onto Xbox Live. After a corrupted version of the downloadable content ruined Xbox 360 owners’ fun last week, Bethesda quickly leaped into action, releasing…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Out on Rock Band To Win A Star Trek Screening
Damn you April Fool’s Day, I actually thought this was a joke at first. But now, MTV and Paramount are really teaming up to cross-promote Star Trek with Rock Band. Beginning today, gamers can register for a 15-day sweepstakes that will give away 500 free Rock Band Music Store downloads each day from April 7…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
What A Day To Launch Legends Of Zork
I suppose April 1st is as good a day as ever to revisit the ruins of the Great Underground Empire, as Jolt Online Gaming launches their free-to-play browser-based adventure game, Legends of Zork. Legends of Zork is basically a graphical, browser based MUD, or multi-user dungeon, with some distinctive Zork flair thrown in for good…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Oblivion Horse Armor On Sale For Twice The Price
Bethesda has cut the prices of its Xbox 360 downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by half for the next week, except the Horse Armor Pack, which is going to cost you. It’s been nearly three years since the April 3rd 2006 release of Oblivion’s Horse Armor Pack, and Bethesda is doing it…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Godfather II to Sell Downloadable Weapons, Character, Maps
Electronic Arts plans to start selling downloadable packs featuring new weapons, maps and a character for Godfather II two weeks after the game releases. The upgrade packs will go on sell on April 23 on the Playstation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace and will sell for $4 to $10. The Pentangeli Map Pack ( $6.75…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, Yeah, I Did It, I Bought A Piece Of Japan
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: April Fools + Internet = Crap After months and months of effort, I’m happy to report, I’m finally buying a home. It hasn’t been easy. It’s certainly not that difficult for foreigners to buy homes here. Working for a Japanese company helps. Having a “normal” job does as well. Since…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Big Layoffs At Big Huge Games
Hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Rise of Nations developers Big Huge Games. First they were threatened with closure. Now, according to Develop, there have been a “huge number of layoffs”. Yes. Huge. Cute. A few weeks back THQ announced that, if a buyer for the studio had not been found within 60…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Faction: Guerilla Destructs Itself A Release Date
Red Faction: Guerilla is an interesting title. Ditching “destructible” FPS corridors in favour of a sandbox world isn’t something a series does every day, so at the least it’s got something new to check out. And you can look out for it in June, as that’s when publishers THQ say the game will be out.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
With This Atari, I Thee Wed
I’m getting married later this year. Need a wedding ring. Funny, then, that at this precise time in history, I come upon this gold ring, made out of the heart of an Atari. As it’s called a “1981 Atari Ring”, I’m guessing it’s from an Atari 2600. Regardless, it looks great, especially since – if…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: We Call ‘Em Twitchers
So long, Resident Evil 5! You couldn’t hang about feasting on the flesh of the living forever. And, when you finally fell, bullet in the head, of course it was Wii Fit pulling the trigger. And Professor Layton was on clean-up duty, mopping up the blood, careful not to get any in his mouth or…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Book Getting Revision
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete isn’t the only FFVII product that is getting a revised release. Book Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega is, too. The new edition is dubbed Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania Revised Edition. It includes new FFVII related info from Square Enix, a new interview with Cloud voice actor Takahiro…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009