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Nintendo Raising UK Wii Trade Price
With the British pound continuing to depreciate, Nintendo has announced that they will be increasing the price they offer the Nintendo Wii to UK retailers, who could pass the increase on to consumers. While the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in the United Kingdom will remain at £179.99, Nintendo is increasing the price…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
DS Breaks 100M Sold Worldwide
First released in 2004, Nintendo’s portable DS topped 100 million consoles sold last week, Nintendo reports. That number includes combined total sales of DS, DS Lite and the soon to be released in North America DSi. “Consumers have shown their love for Nintendo DS – 100 million times over,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
We Rock: Drum King Track List Revealed
505 Games has released the full track list for We Rock: Drum King, with Queen, The Clash, and Fall Out Boy all providing music to drum your Wii remotes along to. The focus on drums makes the song list for We Rock: Drum King quite a bit different from what you’d see from Rock Band…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Massively Merges Servers
With subscriber levels currently hovering at around 300,000, Warhammer Online developer Mythic is bringing down 63 servers in order to make sure everyone has other people to play with. It’s a common practice in the massively multiplayer online role-playing industry these days; popular games launch, opening server after server to deal with the flood of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Evolution Of Chris Redfield
.html Let’s take a look at how far Resident Evil 5’s Chris Redfield has come since his video game debut in the original 1996 PlayStation game. GameTrailers has posted a look back at Chris Redfield’s zombie-fighting career, from his first appearance in the original Resident Evil to his updated look for this week’s Resident Evil…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Disney Makes Split/Second Official With New Screens
Following last week’s early reveal via GameTrailers, Disney Interactive Studios makes battle racer Split/Second official, with a couple of new screens to sweeten the deal. Coming early next year for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Split/Second is, as Crecente observed, a melding of Death Race and Burnout, crafted by Pure developer Black Rock…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Trophies Reveal Online Multiplayer Modes
An updated list of trophies for Resident Evil 5 on the Playstation 3 revealed five traditional shooter online multiplayer modes for the game. The new modes listed are: Slayers, Survivors, Team Slayers, Team Survivors and Versus. The modes are all mentioned in a list of trophies currently unachievable in the game, so it sounds like…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guinness List of Resident Evil and Grand Theft Auto Records
To celebrate the upcoming releases of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Resident Evil 5, the Guinness World Records folks released some records the two franchises set. GRAND THEFT AUTO RECORDS • Most Successful Entertainment Product Launch On April 29, 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV generated $310 million of sales worldwide in one day, five…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Allergies Run In The Family, It Seems
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Big Sis As a kid, I had really bad allergies. I had to get tested when I was still quite small, and I remember getting literally hundreds of shots to pinpoint what was causing my allergies. After getting tested, I had to get four shots every four days when I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two-Year-Old Girl Offered For Sale Over Xbox Live
Over the weekend, pranksters spammed Xbox Live users with a message advertising the sale of 23 year-old Christa Manos’ baby girl. The message included her phone number. Manos is not impressed. She was soon fielding angry, abusive phone calls from parents across the United States, some berating her for being a terrible parent, others content…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Periodic Table of Video Game Characters
Not much explanation necessary here. It’s a periodic table, only with video game characters instead of those boring chemical elements. While some are a bit of a cop-out (Batman and Iron Man aren’t game characters, per se), the rest is a great mix, crossing decades, platforms and even sensibilities. Bonus points are awarded for not…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony: “The PSP Was Slightly Under-Supported”
For all the disparaging remarks Westerners make about the PSP, it is a successful platform. Sony has sold 50 million worldwide. That’s nothing to sneeze at! Still, Sony Computer Entertainment’s Ray Maguire does concede that support for that platform hasn’t been quite up to snuff in the past. I”t was slightly under-supported, mainly because a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Insomniac Still A Great Place To Work
If you dream of some day working for a top-shelf games developer, and care about the little things (like colleagues, benefits and job security), you may want apply for a job with Insomniac. The development team behind Ratchet & Clank and the main Resistance games has been named the “fifth best place to work in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
China Blocking World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Over Skeletons, City Raid
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for MMORPG World of Warcraft, is having problems getting approved for Chinese release. The fastest selling computer game of all time, Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.4 million copies in its first day on sale. The demand and interest in China is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sing Hero: Are Activision Going After SingStar?
Last week, Activision filed a trademark application for something called Sing Hero. Doesn’t take a genius to work out what that could be all about. I mean, it’s got “Hero” in the title. Just like Activision’s existing Guitar Hero, and upcoming DJ Hero. And it’s got “Sing” in the title. Implying that, well. You sing.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Racing Stripes Make Dogs Go Faster
Our stripe contest continues! Reader Okor sends this, writing, “Believe me, this picture was NOT easy to get, what with my dog being super-fast and all.” No stuffed dogs were hurt while taking this picture. What’s going on? We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars go…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ensemble: We Were A Victim Of Our Own Success
Ensemble made the Age of Empire series. Which was hugely successful. Ensemble were, however, recently shut down. Was it because they were too successful? A former employee thinks so. David Rippy – who is now in charge of Bonfire Studios, and leading a team of other ex-Ensemble employees – says the former Age of Empires…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Professor Layton Game Announced, First Of New Trilogy
Fans of puzzle franchise Professor Layton, solve this: What’s coming out on the DS in Japan this fall from developer Level 5? Professor Layton And the Demon God’s Flute is the first of a new Layton trilogy. The mysterious story recounts a legend in which giant destroyed a village. The game is set three years…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
360 Avatars Go A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western
It’s OK, Americans. Those European football shirts weren’t your thing. This, then, is your thing, a new “Western Wear” collection of avatar clothing that’ll have you reaching for an official Microsoft-branded six-shooter. Least, we wish it did. Something Deadwood would have been nice. Some big moustaches, gun belts, maybe a poncho or two. Maybe Lee…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Ocean Producer On Erotic Games And Multi-Platform
Yoshinori Yamagishi, Square Enix’s Star Ocean series producer, really wanted to make erotic games. We brought word of this back in January. When asked about this, Yamagishi can explain: This is actually a quotation from a conversation I had when I was still talking with Enix before the company merged with top management people. I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2009