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Blizzard HQ’s 12-Foot World Of Warcraft Statue
Little while back, World of Warcraft developers Blizzard moved into new offices. As part of the move, employees were given little statues. The building itself, however, got a big statue. Because they are Blizzard, WETA – the special effects team behind Lord of the Rings – were commissioned to build a 12-foot-tall statue of an…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Pokemon Anime Special For Japan
Starting this April, Japan is getting a new, original Pokémon anime special. Based on role-playing game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, the new anime will air this April before the game ships. Showing on kiddy morning show Pokémon Sunday, it will recreate scenes from the DS game. The game’s plot follows a boy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two New Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram Figures
Defying all odds (and expectations), Sega are answering our prayers and bringing Virtual On to the 360, in the form of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram. Know what that means? It means accompanying merchandise. Virtual On fans will no doubt be used to the steady stream of figures and models associated with the series, but these…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid 4 Voice Actor Makes Hollywood Production Company
David Hayter, voice of character Snake Metal Gear Solid and Hollywood screenwriter, has formed a production company with Tekken movie producer Benedict Carver. Dubbed Dark Hero Studios, the company will focus on sci-fi genre film, TV, internet and video games projects. According to Carver, “David will create, write and direct movies and TV series for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Holding Patapon 2 Demos For Ransom
Demos are advertising. Interactive, sometimes enjoyable advertising, true, but advertising nonetheless. Maybe not a great idea, then, when Sony restricted access to the Killzone 2 demo. Restricting access for a Patapon 2 demo is even worse. But that’s exactly what’s happening! Sony Computer Entertainment America are releasing a demo for the game “exclusively” to those…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock 2 Has Multiplayer
99% of games on the market today have multiplayer. Bioshock, however, did not. It was geared towards a singleplayer experience. But the sequel? It’ll have multiplayer. At least, it will according to the latest issue of Game Informer. Problem is, the mag’s big story on the BioShock sequel only says it will feature multiplayer. It…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won’t Star Chow Yun-Fat
It’s already been announced that the Stranglehold movie won’t be directed by Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo. Instead, the still-in-production-film will be helmed by Stephen Fung and isn’t a Hard-Boiled sequel. The game follows “Tequilla”, the character played by actor Chow Yun-Fat in 1992 film Hard Boiled. Terence Chang, John Woo’s long time producing partner,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Ships Four Million Copies
Capcom have today announced that Resident Evil 5, the latest in the company’s long, long line of zombie-killer titles, has so far shipped over four million copies. Take note that means shipped from Capcom to retailers, not sold through to customers. But with the game picking up solid review scores and being, well, a Resident…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starting Over
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Killzone 2 Podcast There’s something arty about that picture – to me anyway. I took it two weeks ago when I was clearing everything out of my apartment. The Genesis wasn’t mine. I don’t know who threw it out. But it seemed like a fitting, if plaintive, comment on how…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Wars and Retribution
Two AAA drops this week, and both are on portables – Resistance: Retribution and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, deploy for PSP and DS, respectively, on St. Patrick’s Day. Redy 2 Rumble Revolution is on the Wii and, if futbol is your thing, then Pro Evolution 2009 (Wii and PS3) might be worth a look.…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peter Moore: Boxing is “the Past”
Electronic Arts has long been rumored to have eyes for a mixed martial arts title. IGN got to the EA Sports chief at a launch event and asked, obliquely, if that was so. Phrasing the question as “which sport he’d like to see EA Sports tackle next,” Moore said that, while they’re “incredibly excited” about…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
DS Can Help Brit Kids Pass Driving Test
When I took my written driving exam in California, I had a pretty simple rule – of all the choices described, the ones that an asshole driver would do were incorrect. Apparently it is a lot harder in the U.K., where some 40 percent of first time takers of the Driving Theory Test (“theory”?) fail…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Video Compendium of Sheva in Tribal Costume
Click to viewWell, this didn’t take long. Resident Evil 5 dropped, what, on Friday? And already someone’s culled together two solid minutes of Sheva cavorting in her tribal costume. Warning – spoilers begin at 0:52. If there’s a defensible purpose for this post, it’s that it shows some gameplay footage that’s pretty rare at the…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spy Plate Will Sap Dinner
Or make a casserole look like a pork chop. Reddit user tortus says he painted this after his girlfriend drug him to a pottery-painting class when he wanted to be playing Team Fortress 2. For those who want to say so, yes it is a slow news day. Feel free to point that out in…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Patent Troll Lawsuit Begins on Tuesday
Way back in 2007 an “investment firm” that so happened to hold some patents filed a suit claiming Microsoft and Nintendo infringed them. The suit wends its way to the courtroom on St. Patrick’s Day. Fenner Investments Ltd. says controllers for the Gamecube, Wii, Xbox and Xbox 360 infringe the “low-voltage joystick port interface” patent…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
German Chancellor Eyes Video Games in Wake of Shooting
More details of the shooting linked to video games over in Germany: The shooter was playing Far Cry 2, and Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering what could be done to limit access to violent games. Merkel did not give specifics in this Reuters story (via International Herald Tribune) so perhaps it’s just a politic response…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima on MGS Touch: “Simple, Yet Solidly Playable”
Hideo Kojima gave an interview to Famitsu iPhone magazine, and gave up a lot of detail on the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid Touch. Your next Metal Gear is a 20 stage game but, ruh roh, you don’t get them all at once. “Of these, 12 stages will be available initially,” according to Anoop Gantayat at…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Kitty Action Figure Can Be Yours for $50
Hey, you got your Hello Kitty in my Master Chief! You got your Master Chief in my Hello Kitty! Two great tastes that … eh … perhaps not. Yessir, that’s a custom pink Master Chief with Hello Kitty tattooed/embossed on his ass, kneepads, “HK47” rifle and shield. In other words, it looks like the kind…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2009