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If Only The Consoles Got Along This Well In Real Life
The console wars can be brutal. It’ll divide families, end friendships. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You don’t have to devote your every waking moment to loving/hating a piece of consumer electronics. You could instead take the view that these delightful little comics – sadly, uncredited – take. It’s all cool! Everyone’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Creator And Nintendo Announce New Title, New Company
Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Nintendo character Kirby and designer of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, is creating a new title for Nintendo the company announced today. On January 22 of this year, Sakurai’s company Sora Ltd., a first party Nintendo developer, created a new company with Nintendo called Project Sora. Sakurai is serving as director for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Chances Of Sex Mini-Games In God Of War III
Upcoming PS3 exclusive God of War III promises action, drama and *fingers crossed* new types of sexy mini-games. The series has included them in the past (pictured is from the PSP version), and God of War III director Stig Asmussen reveals the team is definitely looking at home to include them in the third installment.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts
That time of the week already? Yes, it’s that time of the week already. Time for your weekly fill of what’s selling, and what’s not selling, in the PC games market. And what’s selling at the moment? Same. Old. Stuff. Sims & World of Warcraft on the NPD charts, Left 4 Dead on the Steam…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 -
UncategorizedManzai Comedians Promote DSi In Japan
Comedic duo “Audrey” appear in the latest DSi ads for Japan. “Manzai” is a type of comedy where one member is the straight man, and the other is funny man. Think Martin and Lewis or Abbot and Costello. In this ad, the straight man Masayasu Wakabayashi says today we’re going to talk about the DSi…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Read About Newish Japanese Final Fantasy XIII Scans In English
A spate of newish screenshots from upcoming Square Enix RPG Final Fantasy XIII appear in a recent copy of Japanese publication V-Jump. These screenshots appeared in last month’s FFXIII trailer, which can be viewed here. A playable demo of the game will be packaged with the Japanese release of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
American DSi Box vs Japanese DSi Box
We’ve seen the box the DSi comes in. In Japan. But what kind of box will it come in when released in the US? This is the kind of box it will come in. Nintendo have begun shipping review/promo units out to magazines and websites, and the first such person to take pictures of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Who’s Playing Each Console, And For How Long? [Update]
Nielsen, masters of the survey and the percentage point, have come up with a rough idea of how long you play each of the three consoles for. And by “you”, they mean “everybody”. So it’s not just the 18-35 year-old male that’s been surveyed. We’re talking kids, adults, the elderly, and across both genders to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Worst Of Xbox 360 Hardware Failure Behind Us”
Three flashing red lights on the Xbox 360 represents “general system failure.” Nicknamed “The Red Ring of Death,” this system failure has plagued the Xbox 360 console for years. While Microsoft pegged a low percentage rate of system failure in the early moments of the Xbox 360’s launch, the numbers of customers suddenly experiencing the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Presents NBA Players With Custom PS3s
Sony helped outfit the NBA Player’s Lounge during the recent NBA All-Star weekend. As part of the whole affair, a bunch of NBA players were given custom, laser-etched PlayStation 3 consoles. Seems the economic crisis has hit Sony’s marketing budget, as these are nowhere near as impressive as those seen at earlier sporting tie-ins, like…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising Creator Gets His Halo Butt Whooped By His Son
Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man and Dead Rising, enjoys playing video games with his son. His son enjoys kicking his father’s ass. According to Inafune, his son is now in a rebellious phase. “So, he should really dislike me, but thanks to games,” Inafune said, “we communicate quite well. Halo 3, Monster Hunter 2nd…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hollywood Killed the Video Game
A Slate.com article blames something other than the economy for video game industry layoffs and studio closings. Now that’s news. N. Evan Van Zelfden, who has written for Reuters and the Economist, may be onto something when he says that game publishers routinely spend more than they make. But I wonder if his pitch toward…
By AJ Glasser Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost & Damned Reverts Australian GTAIV Censorship
In 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV on console was released in Australia in a censored form. No blood pools, no sexy camera angles. In 2009, though? All is forgiven, all censorship, removed. How? Well, let’s just say that for all the complicated legal issues that make Australia’s classification laws more cumbersome than most Americans realise,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft To Buy Motion-Sensing Company
Here we go again. Fresh off speculation Microsoft were working on a motion-sensing controller for current generation hardware, seems the company is now in talks to buy a firm specialising in motion-sensing tech. Israeli site Haaretz reports that the makers of the Xbox console are in talks to buy locally-based company 3DV for $35 million.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mega64 Takes Elite Beat Agents To The Streets
The guys at Mega 64 are up to their old tricks again, this confusing the non-gaming public with a live-action performance of hit Nintendo DS rhythm game Elite Beat Agents. Sometimes I have a hard time figuring out if Mega64′ series of live-action video game performances is a work of genius or a work of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Next Week On Live Arcade: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Next week we’ll be able to choose between three different flavors of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, with the game hitting Xbox Live Arcade a day after the PC and Nintendo DS versions ship. The Xbox.com page for Infinite Interactive and D3 Publisher of America’s follow-up to 2007’s fantasy roleplaying game / puzzle game mash-up has been…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend Gets GDC Airing
Short and sweet. San-Francisco-based Double Fine studios will be previewing Brutal Legend during next month’s Game Developers Conference. It sounds like the event won’t actually be at GDC, but instead at the studio itself. Pretty psyched.
By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
D.I.C.E. Kicks Off Tomorrow
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: There Is No Tooth Fairy In Japan D.I.C.E. kicks off tomorrow just outside of Las Vegas. While the show often has a lot of interesting talks, we’ve decided not to send someone this time round. It’s all about resource management and I just couldn’t justify the expense, in both cash…
By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cuts Hit X-Play, Show Drops to Thrice Weekly [Update]
Deep cuts have hit G4’s flagship show X-Play, sources tell us, and the five-day-a-week program has been cut back to three times a week. We’ve heard that us much as half of the staff of the X-Play show have been laid off. We’ve emailed and spoken with G4 officials, but they were not yet able…
By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nirvana Stumbles Blindly Onto Rock Band Wii
Wii Rock Band owners get a healthy does of angsty mumbling today, as seven old tracks from grunge pioneers Nirvana make their way onto the Wii Rock Band Music Store. The new Nirvana songs for the Wii versions of Rock Band are the same as the ones that appeared on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2009