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Growing Up Games: When Will Mature, Mature?
By Leigh Alexander We may have an M-rating for “adult content” in games, but that doesn’t necessarily make them mature. What will it take for games to grow up? It’s a trickier question than meets the eye. As players, it’s easy to yearn for more adult content in games. Part of this is curiosityā€“sex is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is There Half-Life In The Box?
An amazing 9-minute long film on YouTube has Half-Life fans shouting viral teaser. Is “What’s In The Box” teasing something new from Valve, or is it just a damn fine homage? Half-Life 2 sound effects, references to Black Mesa, and music from the television show Lost lead many Half-Life fans to believe that this first-person…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Windstorm Rises From Ensemble’s Ashes In Flying Car
A former employee of Ensemble Studios has formed Windstorm Studios, already hard at work on “an online game unlike anything you’ve ever seen!” Windstorm Studios’ president and founder Dusty Monk saw an opportunity when Microsoft closed down his former employer, Ensemble Studios. An opportunity to create something new in the massively multiplayer online game he…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
PixelJunk Eden Encore, New Resistance 2 Content At GDC
Next week’s Game Developers Conference is going to be packed with hands-on, presentations and even a little news. Over at the Playstation Bloggers Lounge, Sony has set up a number of interviews for some of their upcoming and current titles. Q-Games founder and president Dylan Cuthbert will be on hand to talk about PixelJunk Eden…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars Sells A Million
Microsoft’s latest foray into the Halo universe has surpassed the million copy sold mark, making Halo Wars the best-selling console real-time strategy game of the current generation. Nearly three weeks after the game’s initial launch in Asia, Halo Wars has sold more than one million copies worldwide, which Microsoft says makes it the best-selling real-time…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop: Wii Supply Finally Meets Wii Demand
Video game retailer GameStop finally has enough Nintendo Wii consoles for everyone, and it only took around three and a quarter years to get there. In an interview with Gamasutra, GameStop’s senior VP of merchandising and hoseheads Bob McKenzie says that the company’s supply of Nintendo Wii consoles has finally caught up with demand. “You…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Detailed
The first map pack for Call of Duty: World at War hits today and includes a new Nazi Zombie Coop level plus tons of new fun features for zombie killing. The new level, set in an insane asylum, includes Perks-a-Cola soda machines and an electroshock defense systems. The pack also comes with three new multiplayer…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Outsells All UK Entertainment
Not only did Resident Evil 5 top UK game sales charts this weekend, it also outsold singles, albums, and films. Does this signal that games are the most popular entertainment medium in the UK? Capcom’s UK public relations company Monument PR seems to think so, issuing a press release titled “Game Dramatically Outsells Singles, Albums,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2’s Digital Ice WIll Be Extremely Nice
Building upon amazing water effects from the first game, Naughty Dog takes water to the next level in Uncharted 2, crafting some of the most realistic ice and snow ever seen in a video game. One of the most striking features of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, was the way the main character’s clothing would actually get…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Another Look At The Upcoming iPhone Shooter
It’s just one more screen shot, but it gives us a bit of a better look at the upcoming wifi-enabled, multiplayer iPhone shooter coming from ngmoco. The game is also playable over 3G networks and will feature global game servers, according to the publisher. Touch anywhere controls let you use the left side of the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Should I Do Tomorrow?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Do Ghosts Believe in You? I have a day off tomorrow (Japan time). I always feel like I should be working on days off. Any recommendations for what I should do? I’m thinking I’ll sleep. And after that, I’ll sleep some more. If I have time left, I’ll sleep. What…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Creator Waxes Lyrical Over The Economic Crisis
You may have heard. There’s an economic crisis going on. Many people are panicking about this, but Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi isn’t. He’s getting poetic. Writing on his company’s blog, the creator of the Final Fantasy series writes: These days I feel the hard economic times are a kind act for the planet to restrain human…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Punch-Out Dated For Europe
Nintendo just let us know that Punch-Out!, the Wii remake/re-imagining of the classic NES title, will be out in Europe on May 22. To get Europeans suitably psyched for the event, Super Punch-Out! will be released on the PAL Virtual Console on March 20. That’s a lot of punching.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ghostbusters Is “Gears of War Lite”
After getting dropped by one publisher, the release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game was pushed back. The Atari game is now slated for June 16. With that extra time, what has developer Terminal Reality done? Polished up the game and made it more like Gears of War. These days it seems like almost every game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Now The Mushroom Kingdom Is In Russian Doll Form
The Matryoshka doll is the cake/custom action figure of 2009. Not the most obvious of pioneering creative avenues to pursue, true, but we can’t direct these artistic waves, only react to their flow. Where last week we saw the zombies of Left 4 Dead transformed into stackable little dollies, this week, it’s the inhabitants of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
2D Fighter BlazBlue Gets Release Date
Guilty Gear developers Arc System Works released BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger in Japanese arcades last November. A multi-platform console port was announced earlier this month. Today, the game gets a Japanese release date. Out June 25, the home version of BlazBlue will add a substantial single-player story mode, one touted to take 30 hours to complete.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Mouse Sent Back In Time To Kill Sarah Connor
Ask PC gaming snobs why they prefer playing games on a rig to a console and they’ll tell you, it’s the controls. Pads just can’t match the speed and accuracy of a mouse and keyboard. And it looks like few things on earth (at least, the earth of the present) can match the accuracy of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima’s iPhone Is Covered In Hideo Kojima
With Metal Gear Touch, Metal Gear Solid has arrived on Apple’s iPhone. It’s not a huge surprise as Apple products are littered throughout Metal Gear Solid 4. Kojima’s a Mac user, and he’s got a one-of-a-kind iPhone with his own mug on it. Hello vanity! We assume (hope?) this is a gag on his part…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Online Game Gets Real-World Banking License
While some online games have problems with real-money transactions, Swedish MMO Entropia Universe has no such issues. Indeed, it’s so responsible that publishers MindArk have been granted a proper banking license. The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority granted the license last week. What does that mean? It means the publisher “gains the protection of the Swedish…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009
