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New Wii Games Can’t Unseat Old GameCube Games In Japan
Nintendo’s strategy of re-releasing classic GameCube games that have been Wii waggle-readied looks to be working, as least in the case of Mario Power Tennis. The “Play on Wii” version is still Japan’s favorite game. That includes the original Wii role-playing game Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo from Namco Bandai, one of two new debuts…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mythic’s Four-Month Plan to Drip Feed You New Ways to Play
As Mythic readies the first major content update to their massively online game Warhammer Online, we spoke with Executive Producer Jeff Hickman about the upcoming free new content, new classes, and new dungeons in Call to Arms. Unlike a traditional MMO expansion, A Call to Arms is being delivered over the course of several months,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blood Bowl: Skaven Versus Lizardmen
The Blood Bowl battle continues, as Cyanide brings us yet another video for the fantasy football board game adaptation, this time featuring the reptillian Lizardmen and the ratty Skaven. Rats and lizards, living together, playing football. The giant, tough-as-nails Lizardmen might have the strength advantage, but no one can out-manuever the wily Skaven. Each new…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nolan Bushnell To Be Awarded BAFTA Fellowship
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will bestow their highest honor at this years GAME British Academy Video Games Awards to the gather of Atari and pioneer of Pong, Nolan Bushnell. Nolan Bushnell will be inducted into the BAFTA Fellowship at the 2009 award ceremony on March 10th in London, England. The Fellowship…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Rolls Out More Stormrise Units
Sega has revealed six more units that will be taking the field of battle in Creative Assembly’s post-apocalyptic real-time strategy console title, Stormrise. While Monday’s Stormrise unit reveal focused mainly on the ground troups, today’s update gives us a look at how the war will be faught in the air, along with some of the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard: We Probably Over-Nerfed Hunters
For once, hunters actually have a reason to whine! In a blue post in the official World of Warcraft forums, Blizzard poster GhostCrawler admitted that they “probably” over-nerfed the Beast Mastery specialization. It takes a big company to admit they might have been wrong, and Blizzard isn’t exactly famous for doing so, but here we…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
CNN Gets Giddy Over Obama Simulator
Embedded video from CNN Video We’ve mentioned Obama simulator Commander in Chief before, but it’s nice to see that the Geo Political computer game is getting a little face time on CNN. I think this could be a pretty interesting game. I actually enjoyed playing The Political Machine when it first came out… for a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gold Farming Website Sells For $10 Million
The number three MMORPG gold-seller on the internet, MyMMOShop.com, has just made the ultimate transaction, with the website purchased by a private equity company for $10 million. The website MyMMOShop.com, which specializes in the farming and selling of in-game money from massively-multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, and Everquest II, has…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
SOE Brings PopCap Titles To The PlayStation Network
The PlayStation 3 just got a bit more casual, as Sony Online Entertainment announces a deal to bring five PopCap titles to the PlayStation Network, beginning with Bejeweled 2, available now. Perhaps this is what Sony Online Entertainment’s John Smedley meant when he said that half of the company’s business would eventually be on the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Leipzig GamesCon Goes MMO, Mobile Only, Cologne Gamescom Ready to Pump You Up
What’s a European gamer to do? With the once enormous Leipzig Games Convention fractured, two new gaming conventions are popping up around the same time to take its place. Technically, the Leipzig Games Convention still exists, but the folks putting it on just announced that they’ve decided to refocus the gaming event on just online…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Warhammer Online Issuing A Call To Arms With First Live Expansion
Mythic is getting ready to change the face of Warhammer Online with the first live expansion, A Call To Arms, featuring a new land to conquer and two new, brutal character classes. A Call To Arms isn’t your normal expansion pack, but a “Live Expansion”, which will be deployed over a series of months on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cheating Second Life Husband: The Movie
The Canadian Broadcasting Company documentary on cheating spouses in Second Life has aired, featuring a look at the women in the life of Dutch, the Second Life cheating husband we’ve come to love. This clip from the full documentary, which can be viewed at the link below, shows the woman Dutch is now married to,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Boom Blox Bash Party in Pictures
Two of them to be exact. Early this morning Electronic Arts announced that they are working on a sequel to Wii ball-tosser Boom Blox. Boom Blox Bash Party comes with 400 new levels and some interesting settings, including under water and in zero gravity. “In BOOM BLOX Bash Party we are taking the game elements…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Golly, Pie With Cheese Is Good
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Somewhere Between RZA And Margaritas Busy night. I’m blotto. So, so, so exhausted. For a job that requires one to sit in front of a computer, I feel knackered after posting all the news that broke last night. The solution? You guessed it, apple pie with a slice of cheese.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Not Everybody Is Losing Money (Just Ask PopCap!)
Times are tough. You’re no doubt sick of hearing that. But it’s true! Money is tight for developers and publishers the world over. Unless your name is Nintendo or Activision. Or, in this case, PopCap. The developers of Peggle and Bejeweled, having picked up some sales data from the NPD Group, announced today that retail…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here Are Your Madden Bowl XV Participants
Despite the onset of some troubled economic times, EA will still be spending big at this year’s Super Bowl. Part of those festivities will be the 15th Madden Bowl. So who’s playing? Seven current NFL players will be picking up the controllers and vying for digital bragging rights, including a player each from the competing…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Casual, Online PC Games On The Up & Up
comScore today have released figures showing big increases in the number of people playing PC games online. Not the Crysis/Counter-Strike kind of online gaming, though. The Newgrounds kind of online gaming. Wait, casual games? Yes, casual games. Sit down, you’re about to learn something. Seems the number of Americans playing games on casual online gaming…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV Arcade Cabinets Touring Britain Next Month
It doesn’t look like Street Fighter IV arcade cabinets are going to make it (officially) out of Japan. Ah well. If you live in Britain, come February you’ll get a chance to play one. Albeit temporarily. Capcom are bringing a few cabinets to the UK, and will be rolling them down mainland Great Britain (sorry…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
XEVIOUS Resurrected In PlayStation Home
Namco Bandai is ready to roll out NamcoMuseum.comm in PlayStation Home. Included in it is a new version of classic shooter XEVIOUS called XEVIOUS Resurrection. The game looks 3D, but it’s an absolutely gorgeous HD version of the 2D scroller. And yes, it’ll be playable in Home. Also included are Pac-Man, Galaga, DigDug, Dragon Spirit…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2009