Fable II might not have won many Game of the Year awards, but the PETA liked what they saw, handing the game one of their annual Proggy Awards for being the most animal-friendly video game. But it’s not for what you think. Sure, the game makes your dog a character central to your emotional involvement,…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The Long Trip Home Ah, Pueblo, Colorado. That’s where my dad grew up. Went to the eye doctor today to, once again, get new contacts. This is the third time I’ve been to the eye doctor in the past month or so. I kinda like going to the eye doctor!…
We loved Gears of War 2. Nearly gave it our game of the year award! But one thing we don’t like is that, for some people, the game’s online play is all screwed up. Epic are aware that it’s screwed up, have heard your shrieking, and have today responded. Posting on the company’s forums, Mark…
For American readers, know this: British retailer Woolworths are done for. They close up shop today. But out in Woolworths warehouses across Britain are tons of Xbox 360 consoles. And Microsoft want them back. To that effect, they’re preparing to sue Deloitte, the administrators of Woolworths’ rotting corpse. See, as an administrator, Deloitte would be…
Because they look really great. Blizzard’s released three new (very pretty) SCII images that should hopefully tie you over. Until when? Well, that’s up to you decide, not us. StarCraft 2 Screenshot Update: Fire and Rain [Shacknews]
Masatomo Ueda likes Patapon. A lot more than you or I like Patapon. He likes it so much he’s not only got himself a Patapon tattoo, but made himself Patapon prey in the process. See? They’re marching, relentlessly, on their way across his shoulders to hunt, then kill, his face. Cute, but for the first…
In Japan, next February sees three more titles to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 budget Platinum Collection line. They are: • Battlefield: Bad Company ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Halo 3 ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 ¥2,940 2/26/09 The following month brings a budget iDOLM@STER and a new iDOLM@STER: • THE iDOLM@STER: Life For You!…
Been looking for months now, but I just haven’t found a PS3 theme that beats the original wavy lines one that comes with the console. Well, I hadn’t. Have now. m0dus & orioto, a couple of kids on GAF, have whipped up this homemade Gunstar Heroes theme. All HD, all hand-drawn, like the Gunstar Heroes:…
Yesterday, we discovered on the Capcom press site that Bionic Commando was dated “Winter 2009.” That seemed like a sizable delay for a game we were expecting last year. Fret not! We contacted Capcom, who told us: “We’re slow to update our press site. It’s just the first six months of 2009 at the moment.…
Last year, Sony and Nissan teamed up to hold a Gran Turismo competition. GT racers would compete for a spot on a real race team. The winners are in, so let’s go meet ’em. Lars Schlömer is a German cab driver. Lucas Ordóñez is a uni student from Spain. Both are mad Gran Turismo fanboys,…
Microsoft today announced two new Xbox 360 bundles for Japan: Star Ocean 4 and Resident Evil 5. Slated for February 19, the Arcade Star Ocean 4 bundle is priced at ¥24,800 (US$265) and comes with a Star Ocean 4 soundtrack and faceplate. The Resident Evil 5 bundle comes with a 60GB HDD, a 48 hour…
Yes. It’s another fancy PlayStation 3 for the Japanese market. Not content with lording it over us with their white and silver consoles, Japan will now also be getting this dragon-emblazoned Yakuza machine. Ryu Ga Gotuku fans will remember this was actually announced last year, but without any pictures. Now, we’ve got pictures. For the…
While print mag Famitsu ran the ten biggest stories of 2008 according to it’s readers, Japanese website Famitsu.com has listed its most accessed stories from 2008 according to page views. According to Famitsu.com, the top 15 are: 1. PSP-3000, First Hands On! 2. [Play Report 1] Street Fighter IV They’re Back!! 3. In A Ba-Ba-Bath…
A lot of you seem to be big on the HP Firebird 803. Maybe for its looks, maybe for its hardware, maybe for its price tag, who knows. Whatever, let’s take a look at its guts! Amazing the difference an external power supply makes to the size of things, no? Gallery: Check Out the HP…
Manga with saucy female content is nothing new at all. Ditto for erotic games. But a manga about female erotic game makers making shojo erotic games? R18! follows Rikako as she gets a job… at an erotic game company. The entire company is staffed with the types of ladies one would expect in a manga…
Voting time. We’ve picked the contest finalists, and now it’s up to Kotakuland to select the best Alone in the Dark boxart. The winner will get a copy of the game. Here’s the rules: Note which boxart you want to vote for in the comments section directly below by saying which one you are voting…
Turn those frowns upside down, Tribes 2 fans. While the game may be officially six feet under, a group of dedicated fans have brought Tribes 2 back to life, online multiplayer and all. The project is called TribesNext, and you can download and try out a beta version of the game now. The legality of…
After novelist Sir Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, many deemed the book blasphemous. The Ayatollah of Iran issued a decade long fatwa, calling for Rushdie’s death. How did he spend that time? “Like everybody else I played a computer game or two,” Rushdie tells The Times. (Well, like everyone else who has to go…
There’s a new “project” running in Texas that sounds a lot more like a “game” to us. It involves cameras, the internet, people sitting at home and catching Mexicans. Fun fun fun! At a cost of $2 million, the system – called a “Virtual Stakeout” – involves a series of webcams placed along the Texas-Mexico…
Seeing joke character Dan Hibiki fight Dan Hibiki in the home console version of Street Fighter IV? Pretty darn cool. Hearing the English voice work? Not so cool. No worries, there’s still time for Capcom to fix. We think. We hope. Click to view Exclusive Street Fighter 4 Console Character Videos [1Up]
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