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  Coraline Movie Game Features Coraline Movie Talent

  D3Publisher is proud to announce that the main voice talent from the upcoming animated film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline will be reprising their roles in the video game adaptation. Dakota Fanning, Keith David, and Robert Bailey Jr will be voicing their characters from the film in the video game version, which is due out…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009
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  New Operation: Anchorage Screens Refuse To Give Way To Commie Bastards

  There’s no way in hell General Chase is going to let those commie bastards cross Canada into the mainland, and we’ve got the Operation: Anchorage screenshots to prove it! Once again Bethesda gives us three teasing screenshots of the Operation: Anchorage DLC for Fallout 3, coming out January 27th for the Xbox 360 and PC.…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009
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  Leaked Star Wars Battlefront 3 Gameplay Footage

  More leaks springing from the now dead in the water Free Radical, it seems. We’ve already caught a glimpse at some pretty impressive TimeSplitter 4 and Star Wars Battlefront 3 art. Now we’ve got what is supposed to be early footage of Star Wars Battlefront 3. The footage, we’re told, was taken at an internal…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009
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  Welcome To the Family: A Letter From Playstation’s Peter Dille

  Welcome to the Family is a series of three letters that will run this week from the heads of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. We asked each of the companies to write up a welcome letter to new owners of their consoles. They did the rest. We are running them in the order they were received.…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009
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  Being An Only Child…

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: How IS the baby? Hrm, yeah, having a second child is a ton of work, but five years separates Mini and Micro. We’re at the point where we can have Mini-Bash help out — save for when he runs away from the diaper changing. He will so not help out…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Some Moody, Moody Heavy Rain Concept Art [Update]

  People are really looking forward to Heavy Rain. And with good cause! Problem is, developers Quantic Dream aren’t exactly big on releasing assets for the game. So we’ll settle for concept art! These pics (via Superannuation) come from the portfolio of Morgan Yon, a concept artist who used to work for Quantic Dream between 2006-2008.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  Dr McNinja’s Super Mario Bros. T-Shirt

  Chris Hastings is the man behind the internet’s premier medical/ninjitsu soap opera, Dr McNinja. And you know what? He’s also the man behind this reasonably badass Mario Bros. shirt. It’s called Warrior Plumbers, and…well…you see what it does. It’s $19.75 plus shipping, but by the time you read this, they’ll probably all be gone. Sorry!…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  What Rock Band Can Help You Do Musically

  The common gripe about Rock Band is that you’re not really making music. It’s just a game! Big whoop!! Well, let Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos address that issue: First of all, in Rock Band the singing gameplay is really singing, and the game feedback on the singer’s pitch really does help people become better singers.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Guitar Hero Metallica Sort Of Dated For Europe

  Guitar Hero Metallica still doesn’t have a firm release date in the US (though rumours suggest March). Doesn’t have one in Europe, either, but it does have a firm release month. And that month is May, Activision confirmed to Eurogamer yesterday. A two-month wait for PAL users seems a bit much, but then, with Kyuss,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  This Guy Is Gonna Write DOOM 4

  Id Software is working on a new DOOM — DOOM 4, actually. British Fantasy award winning author Graham Joyce will be writing it. While Joyce has NDA’d his life away, he does confirm to website CVG: “”I can say that ID have hired me to help develop the storyline potential.” Joyce has published fourteen novels…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  The Best $10 Game You’ll Buy This Week

  If you find [insert rare game] on a shelf for $10 this week, go get it! You probably won’t, though, so instead, the honour of the week’s best $10 deal goes to Noitu Love 2. We’ve written about this game before – mostly because it’s a great, great game – but we write about it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  Chun-Li’s Japanese Voice

  That’s Kristin Kreuk. She’s Chun-Li in the upcoming Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Next to her? That’s Riisa Naka. Today she was announced as the Japanese language voiceover dub Chun-Li. She’s a quarter Swedish and voiced the lead character in anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time — and an episode of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Fully-Clothed Lara Croft Figure Misses The Point

  This Lara Croft figure from Tonner – to be made available at the New York Comic Con- totally misses the point. Not only is it limited to only 100 units, but it’s fully-clothed. OK, we kid. That’s not why it misses the point (though you’d wonder why they’d bother with a character redesign imminent). This…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  The Umbrella Corporation Umbrella

  That’s right, now you can use the logo of fictional bioengineering pharmaceutical company the Umbrella Corporation to keep yourself dry. Great for protecting oneself against the elements. Zombies? Not so much. Priced US$14.99 at ThinkGeek. Umbrella Umbrella [ThinkGeek via Wonderland via GameSpark]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Flower Coming In February

  Not “blooming”. Just coming. Because games aren’t flowers, even when they’re about flowers. But I digress! Flower is due to be released on the PlayStation Network in February. That’s according to a preview on IGN UK, at any rate, so the US release may differ. But then, when was the last time the European PSN…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  Super Robot Wars K Announced For Nintendo DS

  The latest Super Robot Wars game is once again coming to the Nintendo DS. Titled Super Robot Wars K, the game features these series: Haja Tensei Dangaioh Overman King Gainer Sokyuu no Fafner Dennou Senki Virtual On Mars Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 STARGAZER Mazinger…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Uncharted 2 Enemies A Little Smarter, A Little More Agile

  Uncharted 2 is a sequel, so things are being tweaked, things are being added, things are being improved. One area Naughty Dog are working on is enemy AI, particularly how it reacts to Nathan’s presence. They’ll now boast peripheral vision, meaning if they catch you out of the corner of their eye, they won’t instantly…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009
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  Harajuku Is The Place For Hangame

  Looking for a cool place in Tokyo to try out online games? Try “flatflat” in Harajuku. The narrow space (3.5 meters by 45 meters long) was designed by Japanese firm Sako Architects and allows folks to check out online game portal Hangame — and do it in style. The concept for the space is a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Street Fighter IV Wants To Teach You Fighting

  Not everyone who is planning on buying Street Fighter IV has experience with the fighter. Capcom hopes to get all players on the same page. While tutorials are not new, the SFIV tutorial is all-encompassing. As Capcom’s Street Fighter expert Seth Killian explains, “It begins with normal moves, then it goes on to specials, supers,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009
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  Sony: PS3 Still For “Early Adopters”

  The PlayStation 3 was released in North America in November 2006. That’s over two years ago. So we’re well out of the “early adopter” phase, right? Not according to Sony we’re not! In an interview with Gamasutra, Sony’s John Koller has said: The PSP, from a handheld perspective, it’s more of a 13-17 year old…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009