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Metal Gear And Pro Evolution Soccer Power Konami’s Sales
Even as the global economy craters, Konami is recording strong revenues during the nine month period ending December 31, 2008. Thank soccer title Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, stealth game Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Online for that! Both revenues and income were up for Konami, who reports: We hereby announce that our consolidated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is SEGA Readying New Arcade Hardware?
SEGA is famous for its arcade system boards like the LINDBERGH and the NAOMI. These are the computer systems that run arcade games. If SEGA’s latest trademark filings are indication, the company might be ready to roll out new arcade boards. Three trademarks popped up for use with video game software, arcade game boards, stand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Exec: “We Need To Suffer A Little” (Killzone 2 Racks Up 1.1 Million Pre-Orders)
PS3 sales have dipped slightly. Sony as a whole is hurting. But don’t go counting Sony out. Sony’s a fighter. And more importantly, Sony’s Sony. “We simply have to suffer a little,” Sony Europe honcho David Reeves tells The Guardian, “go down in market share and mind-share. It’s like Ali vs. Foreman — go eight…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Dragon Quest Female Character Does Akihabara Want To…Ahem?
A recent street survey polled Akihabara folks about which female Dragon Quest character they wanted to get very close with. It doesn’t get more scientific than this. Here are the results: 10. Queen of Isis (Dragon Quest 3) 9. Gerda, AKA “Red” in English (DQ8) 8. Female Warrior (Dragon Quest 3) 7. Flora (Dragon Quest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Build A Wii Remote For Children, Others Of Short Stature
I like the feel of the Wii Remote. Not too big, not too small. But I’ve got man hands! If you’ve got smaller digits, you might want/need a smaller Wii Remote. Which is where the Mini-Mote comes in. Designed and built by DHREK – the same guy who made that hemp Remote & Nunchuk combo…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Netflix LIVE App. Downloaded And Activated By A Million LIVE Users
Netflix on Xbox 360 is big business. Today Microsoft announced that one million Xbox LIVE Gold members have downloaded and activated the Netflix LIVE application. This application was launched last November. Since then, 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV have been watched by LIVE members. “Netflix continues to provide its 9.4 million subscribers unprecedented…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Celebrates Valentines Day In “Style”
As it appears we’ll see with every major (and minor) holiday the world over throughout 2009, Sony have announced that there will LittleBigPlanet downloadable content to help commemorate Valentine’s Day. On offer is a Valentines Day theme pack, which includes romantic stickers and decorations, and a Sackboy costume, unfortunately titled “McLovin Sackboy”. He’s a little…sparse,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Posts Sluggish Console Game Sales
Osaka based game company Capcom has released its financial statement for the nine month period ending December 31, 2008. So, how’s Capcom doing? Net sales dipped 8.6 percent to ¥47,223 million, and net income dropped 95 percent to ¥179 million. Capcom explains that the reason for this performance is that the company’s flagship titles like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
President Obama Clone Brings Chocolate Avatars To Street Fighter Online
They can’t do this. Yes they can, apparently! The latest update for Daletto‘s computer fighter Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation brings a special Valentine update with DLC for sale. There are Valentine chocolate brown avatars (above, in the heart) available for purchase as well as a “Yes We Can!” avatar pack that includes, and we…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bungie Says Goodbye To Halo 3
There’s a map pack for Halo 3 coming soon, and after that, there’s a singleplayer expansion, but after that? Is there anything more planned? Probably not, as Bungie are saying “goodbye” to the game. Chatting with IGN, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard says: Overall though, we are viewing the ODST campaign and the included multiplayer maps as…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
State of Texas Creates Video Game Day
What were you doing on February 3rd? Let us tell you what you should have been doing, you should have been celebrating Entertainment Software Day. Oh yes. The State of Texas has dubbed the day to recognize the impact of video games on the Texas economy. This is the first time the gaming has been…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Developers Talk Job Cuts
EA own Mythic, the team behind Warhammer Online. EA are cutting 1100 jobs. How many of those are at Mythic? We don’t know. We do, however, know where Mythic are cutting jobs. Responding to persistent rumours concerning the scale of layoffs at the company, GM Mark Jacobs has posted on the game’s official site, confirming…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Expands To North America
Atlus U.S.A. announced today that DS action RPG Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier will be release in North America on April 28. Packed with giant mechas and giant other things, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier with its customized turn and time-based attacks features characters features characters from other titles Xenosaga and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lucasarts Classics Reborn As Lucasfilm Movie Posters
Lucasfilm make movies. Lucasarts make games. Rarely do the two ever actually meet, but today, they meet in these fantastic mock-ups, showing what Lucasarts games would look like as movie posters. Some do little but stretch the game’s cover art out into movie poster dimensions. But others? These Day of the Tentacle and Fate of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Game Design Student Turned Model
Contestant on TV’s America’s Next Top Model, Asperger’s sufferer and rock climber Heather Kuzmich didn’t go from modeling to game design, but, as she puts it, from game design to modeling. Kuzmich is currently enrolled at the Illinois Institute of Art, majoring in Video Game-Art design. “At first I wanted to get into costume design,”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Champions Of Norrath Developers Bought By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. today continued their push into the video game market, buying Snowblind Studios, the development studio behind Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Kevin Tsujihara, Warner’s Home Entertainment boss, says of the move: This is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios. The arrangement broadens our portfolio with quality games…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Up Close With SEGA’s New Portable Hardware
Last fall, word first broke of the SEGA VISION, which was rumored to be a PSP rival and a re-entry into the portable hardware gaming sphere. That is, until SEGA shot down those rumors. A SEGA spokesperson stated last year, “The VISION is primarily an MP4 video player with some basic games functionality, and not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Invincible Tiger Clawing Its Way To XBLA, PSN
Oh, look. Namco Bandai has another kick and punch packed video game on the way, announcing Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network today. As Han Tao, you’ll attempt to reclaim the Star of Destiny from the ever-so-descriptively named Evil Overlord, kicking, punching and generally beating the stuffing…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Tekken 6 Screens Just As Ridiculous As The Last Ones
Namco Bandai hit us with a six-part combo of new Tekken 6 screen shots today, each more bear fight-filled and eye-laser packed than the last. Oh, it’s Tekken alright. Crazy, insane Tekken. We really ought to run caption contests for these things, as whatever justification you, the reader, can provide as to why Paul would…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
RIP “Free Radical” As Developers Get A Name Change
Look, it’s great for the staff at Time Splitters developer Free Radical that the studio found a buyer. Nobody likes to be out of a job. But did they need a name change? A condition of the purchase is that, as they are assimilated into Crytek’s (the studio’s buyers) European mainframe, Free Radical will no…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009