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British Kid Sets Street Fighter World Record
Britain’s Zak Bennett entered the record books last week, setting a Guinness World Records…record for most consecutive wins in Street Fighter IV. And it sounds like it took him all day to do it. Bennett’s first attempt at the record – which we guess is new for the book’s gamers edition, since no mention of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Check The Specs Of Sega’s New Arcade Hardware
At Japan’s AOU arcade expo held last week, Sega unveiled a couple of new arcade boards for use in upcoming games. One of which is the amazing-looking Border Break. So what are the specs? A press release sent out by Sega shows that both boards are running Windows Embedded Home 2009, and that one is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Even Analysts Are Worried About Res 5’s Controls
With the chance to ask Capcom serious, important business questions following the company’s recent financial earnings forecast, one Japanese analyst took it upon himself to…complain about Resident Evil 5’s control scheme. Yup, no probing questions about profits and yen valuations and business plans. Instead, he kicks his question-o-tron all the way up to “whine” mode,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts
This week’s British sales charts are interesting reading, because Nintendo have been booted off of top spot. And second spot, now you mention it. And spots 4, 8, 9 & 10 as well. Yes, seems a revolution took place last week in the UK, which not only saw Street Fighter IV take the top two…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Buy John Woo Movie, Get Video Game Armour
Red Cliff, the latest from Hong Kong action director John Woo (Hard Boiled, The Killer), is coming to DVD in Japan this March. What’s that got to do with gaming? Buy either Red Cliff Part I Standard Edition or Red Cliff Part I Collector’s Edition and get a bundled Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi-Raid (Dynasty Warriors:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
San Andreas PSP Listing The Result Of Retailer Daydreaming
You may have seen today a retail listing for a PSP game called San Andreas Stories. It’s even got box art. Pity, then, it’s all the result of the result of some wishful thinking. The listing in question was spotted on the website of British retailer HMV. As you can see right here, it says…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Check Out These Crane Game Prizes
The great thing about Japanese arcades isn’t only all the cool games you can play, but also the cool things you can get in crane games. At Japanese arcade industry show AOU, SEGA and Taito showed off the prize goodies appearing in their crane games. The keywords here are “plush toys.” Go on, have a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dante’s Inferno Trailer
The first trailer for EA’s take on Dante’s Inferno didn’t show much. Looked a little, well, “conceptual”. This second clip is much more useful, and should look particularly familiar to God of War fans. The more obvious visual similarities aside, it’s a fairly unique (and chompy) version of hell EA have come up with. Dare…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Adult Website Selling Pornography Downloads For PSP
Back in 2006, a splurge of pornography appeared on Sony’s UMD format for the PSP. Several years have passed, and new ways of delivering adult PSP content have come. Screw UMD! Japanese adult contents site DMM.com is now trying to take advantage of the free pornography already playing on discerning PSPs by selling full length…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Making Killzone 2 Proved Too Much For Amsterdam’s Power Supply
Killzone 2 looks set to be the biggest, loudest thing to yet land on the PS3. But did you know it’s so big, and so loud, that Amsterdam’s power supply couldn’t cope with its development? Yup. As the game’s production drew to a close, developers Guerrilla – who are based in the Dutch capital –…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Something About MadWorld That May Make Selected Wii Owners Sad
Upcoming black, white and red Wii title MadWorld is a unique looking game. It runs, however, in 480i and not the more HD-kosher 480p. Surprised? IGN’s Matt Casamassina noticed the game was running in 480i while capturing MadWorld videos. “Usually, lack of 480p support can be credited to developer laziness,” writes Casamassina. “No way such…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Official Picture of Red-Colored Xbox 360
Microsoft has released pictures of the Exclusive Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition Console, which was confirmed earlier tonight and mentioned officially by Microsoft earlier this month. The Xbox 360 Elite console is bundled with a red wireless controller, black Xbox 360 headset, 120GB hard drive, via-LIVE-downloadable-Resident-Evil-theme, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Ocean 4 Makes Strong Japanese Sales Debut (For Xbox 360 Game)
Square Enix role-playing-game Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope has given Japanese companies another glimmer of hope for the Xbox 360. While the Xbox 360 has been successful abroad, the console traditionally has had difficulty cracking the Japanese market. Recently, Microsoft has made in-roads with consumers in The Land of the Rising Sun thanks to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Xbox 360 Pics Now On Xbox Live
While the appearance of the red Xbox 360 on Xbox Live doesn’t confirm the machine’s existence – we took care of that a while ago – it does end the wait for official pics. As you’d expect, the machine’s colour matches that of the existing red Xbox 360 controllers. As for what else comes in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft Guild Leader Wins Oscar
Last night was the Academy Awards. Actors, directors, writers and producers were honored for their work in films — as was a World of Warcraft player. By day, Steve Preeg is a big time Hollywood visual effects artist, working on films like Lord of the Rings and I, Robot. By night, Steve Preeg is also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTA Lost & Damned Writing “Exceeds Mainstream Media”
Rockstar aren’t the humble types. So when Rockstar VP Jeronimo Barrera gets talking about the quality of Lost & Damned‘s script, you know he’s not going to say “oh, it’s better than Everybody Loves Raymond”. That’s not to say that it’s not. It, and everything else created on Earth, is. But it’s an easy target.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fired, Overpaid Microsoft Employees Get To Keep Money
Due to “an inadvertent administrative error,” some of the 1,400 individuals Microsoft laid off recently received overpayments in their severance packages. That is, until Microsoft asked for them back. Twenty-five of the 1,400 people let go received checks that were off about US$4,000 to $5,000. Microsoft sent out a letter to those who accidentally received…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts
Could Left 4 Dead’s star be finally on the wane? If you look at the retail sales charts for the week ending February 14, you’d say “yes”, the game finally dropping from the top 10. But that’s precisely why we don’t just look at the retail charts. While the game made way on NPD’s charts…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chun-Li Movie Brings Schoolgirl Anime
Those in Japan who actually go see Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li in theaters and stay for the entire movie, get a special treat. Think of it as a reward. After the Chun-Li film ends, a Street Fighter anime starring schoolgirl Sakura will be screened. Animation house Studio 4C, who’s responsible for the Street…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009 -
UncategorizedNintendo DS vs Nintendo DSi: Browser Speed Showdown
Ever use a Nintendo DS as a web browser? It’s awful. But with a larger, brighter DS on the way, could things be looking up for Nintendo’s portable web-browsing credentials? Short answer: yes. The new Nintendo DSi not only has a larger screen, enabling a clearer viewing experience, but it loads faster and looks cleaner.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009