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A Boy And His Blob And Their Screenshots
Majesco’s official announcement for A Boy and His Blob for the Nintendo Wii comes with a little more information and twelve new screens of the beautiful game in action. First revealed to varying degrees yesterday via Nintendo Power, A Boy and His Blob is indeed a rebirth of the classic NES adventure game, developed by…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Unleashes Bitter Rivals Event
Mythic launches their four-month long Call to Arms live update for Warhammer Online this week, with the Bitter Rivals live event and the launch of their official forums. Bitter Rivals, running from March 3rd to March 10th, gives players a chance to unlock the new Dwarf Slayer and Orc Choppa classes by completing quests and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Riddick Demo Live on Xbox 360 Now, Hits PS3 This Month
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo should now be available on Xbox Live and should be hitting the Playstation Network later this month. The playable demo lets gamers play through the Athena Main Decks level and includes melee combat, some stealth play and of course lots of shooting. The demo will also…
By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision Seeks Recession-Fueled Acquisition Bargains
What does a company like Activision Blizzard do when sitting on $3 billion in cash with no debt while many gaming companies flounder in the face of an economic recession? They go shopping. Activision Blizzard’s top publishing executive Mike Griffith told Bloomberg that the current economic climate is perfect for creating acquisition possibilities, whether they…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ever Have Problems With The PS3 Playing DVDs?
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Hello Boston I, like you, have a PS3. And like you, I use my PS3 to do a variety of things that include playing video games and watching movies. Right now, I’m watching Blood Diamond on Blu-ray — it looks great. Some things I watch on DVD, and when I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
MicroProse Co-Founder Launches Military MMO Dev
MicroProse co-founder J.W. ‘Wild Bill‘ Stealey is part of the team of industry veterans behind Thriller New Media, a new company dedicated to creating online multiplayer games in the military/spy genre. What better man to help usher in a new generation of military espionage games than the man responsible for the first generation? While fellow…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
N’Gai Croal Leaves Newsweek and Game Journalism
Friday will be popular gaming pundit N’Gai Croal’s last day at Newsweek. The well-known game journalist took a buyout from the magazine publisher and plans to move more toward the development side of gaming. Today, Croal posted his final update on Newsweek’s Level Up. I had a chance to speak with Croal recently about why…
By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedLet’s Take A Look At Battlefield Online
In June of last year, we heard that there was a new Battlefield game in development for the Korean market. This is it. It’s called Battlefield Online, and will be out later this year. Built on the Battlefield 2 engine, BFO will pit US forces against Russia in a Middle Eastern setting, with up to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Based Business On Movie Studios, Not Game Studios
Few years back, Capcom underwent some pretty radical changes, and ended up restructuring as a company. But when time came to make the changes, they didn’t model the new Capcom on an existing model. Instead, as Capcom’s Keiji Inafune explains, they looked outside of the games industry altogether: I’d have to say, in a symbolic…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three French Teens Arrested In Akihabara For Stealing Games And Consoles
Police have arrested three sixteen year-old French males for suspected larceny. The teens, who attend an international school in Japan, are accused of stealing games and consoles from Akihabara retailer Sofmap. On 18 separate occasions starting last November, the trio walked out of Sofmap with a grand total of 92 games and seven consoles —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gut This TF2 Crossword Like A Cornish Hen
Reader Aeon – who was kind enough to whip us up that Half-Life crossword – has continued his love for both Valve and words by crafting another one. This time, it’s about Team Fortress 2. You can take a crack at it below. Though we’d really recommend you print it off, since the effects of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil: Degeneration Shipped Over 1.5 Million
Full-length CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration has shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The total includes DVD, Blu-ray and UMD versions of the flick. Resident Evil: Degeneration takes places a year after RE4 and features characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The movie debuted last October at the Tokyo Game Show and was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Netflix Outside Of The US? Yeah, Probably Not…
Is Netflix on 360 any good? Not being American, I wouldn’t know! One day, though, I’d like to see the service offered outside of North America. But that doesn’t sound likely. In an interview with Eurogamer, Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson has said: Netflix is a great deal in the US, and we’re looking at…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Call Him Pikachoo Man
For better or worse, inflatable leather fetish goods maker Obsidian Design bring us this: Pikachoo. The handmade inflatable latex rubber outfit is easy to inflate and deflate — apparently! Obsidian says that it’s easy to breath through the Pikachoo head, and vision is made possible through the character’s mouth. From the Obsidian site: “Pikachoo is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Rooting For The Ol’ PS3
A lot of EA’s recent success has been tied to the success of Sony consoles. The more PS1’s and PS2’s there were, the more people could buy Madden and FIFA. These days, though, things aren’t so rosy. The PS2 is in its last days. The PSP sells well as a handheld, but nobody is buying…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Will Wii MotionPlus Be Out Before June 18?
In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there’s a blurb about Nintendo’s new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: Thomas Singleton (EA) and his Vancouver-based team hope to take things to the next level, thanks in no small part to the Wii MotionPlus accessory (due out prior to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Big-Selling PS3 JRPG Now In English
Demon’s Souls – a JRPG that’s sold like hot pork buns in Japan – is only out in Asia. And may never be released in the West. Doesn’t mean you can’t play it! Because decent JRPGs are few and far between on Sony’s latest console, fans of the genre may want to look at importing…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Erotic Game Promoted With A Sword
Erotic game makers have it tough. In a market saturated by skin, they need more than simple T&A to grab players attention. They need… LIFE-SIZED SWORDS. In the discerning games floor (the 5th floor!) of Akihabara retailer Sofmap, there’s a display for Seiken no Fairies (The Heavenly Sword of Fairies). The display even features an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nope, No World In Conflict For Consoles
Massive Entertainment’s World In Conflict is great. Provided you’ve got a PC, that is, because despite original announcements to the contrary, the series is not coming to consoles. Yes, we know, the original plan was for World In Conflict: Soviet Assault to be released on PC, 360 and PS3 later this month. But new owners…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ride Taiwanese Bus, Play SEGA
Bus rides are boring. Forget your DS or PSP, and there’s little to do other than stare out the window and avoid the person next to you — unless you’re in Taiwan. A Taiwanese bus company has put classic SEGA titles on its on-board entertainment. Handhelds haven’t caught on in Taiwan like they have elsewhere,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009