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Open Up For A Strong Dose Of PSN Stats
Sony released a few statistics on the PlayStation Network during CES, but today, they’re releasing more. And these ones are a little more extensive, a little more handy. It’s not that we didn’t believe them that there are 17 million PSN accounts, we’re just…dubious of them citing a number that includes more than a handful…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Touchscreen PSP2 Coming “Soon,” Rumors IGN
Sony may be readying a proper successor to the PlayStation Portable, reports IGN, with a “widescreen multi-touch interface” equipped PSP2 “on the horizon.” If you’re expecting further details on the rumored hardware, bail out now. As IGN points out though, things like an iPhone-esque multi-touch interface wouldn’t come as a surprise to virtually anyone. It’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Employees In Fat Suits And The Ballad Of Ralph
The only thing better than being a low-paid retail employee, is being a low-paid retail employee coerced into wearing a fat suit in order to help promote fitness games at Los Angeles GameStops. As part of their ongoing campaign to promote physical fitness and Nintendo products, GameStop employees in Los Angeles were forced to don…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Suspect Shoots 9 People, Kills 2, Leaves Roommate His PS3
This past Saturday night, suspect Erik Salvador Ayala fired shots into a random crowd in Portland, Oregon. After killing two and injuring seven, Ayala shot himself in the head. The gaming connection? Ayala is described as being “quiet” and those who knew him say this shooting comes as a complete surprise. This shooting is the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch/Pity The Participants In The Halo Wedding
As a man on the cusp of marriage himself, I’ve got a few ideas on the kind of wedding I want. A Halo one, I don’t want. But I do enjoy watching them. Watching them and saying, out loud, “thank Christ that’s not me“. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Game Retailers Buying Less, Expect Fewer Copies Of Smaller Games
Not sure if you’ve heard, but the economy is shit and everybody’s losing their jobs. If you’re still gainfully employed, the downturn might start to hit home soon, thanks to game retailers stocking less. Sega Europe president Mike Hayes tells GamesIndustry.biz that U.S. retailers are “being far more prudent in what they buy, so they’re…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Has Me Sold On Space
D3’s Dorks, Dealers and Double-Ds event made much of Galactrix, even if they did designate it as the “dork” portion of the evening. Two PCs and four DS stations were set up for gamers to go head-to-head in multiplayer or take a stab at story mode. The PC demo had already dropped earlier that day,…
By AJ Glasser Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Princess: If Zelda II Went 16-Bit
Joakim “Konjak” Sandberg, developer of the gorgeous IGF nominaated Noitu Love series, has released a one-level “love letter to Zelda” called The Legend of Princess. It’s the unofficial sequel to Zelda II we’ll never get. This stunning, two-dimensional, arcadey hack and slash represents a potentially frightening alternate reality scenario, one in which the sidescrolling sequel…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Dominates Independent Games Fest Mobile Award Finalists
Maybe Apple’s iPhone really is “the future of gameplay.” This year’s Independent Games Festival Mobile finalists are almost entirely comprised of titles for iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, with just one Nintendo DS entry appearing. Two iPhone titles lead the pack of nominations, with tower defense game Fieldrunners and cubic puzzler Edge up for three…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto IV PC Gets All Patched Up
Rockstar Games has given owners of the Windows version of Grand Theft Auto IV a new title update, issuing a suite of bug fixes, tweaks, new options and new controller support. Probably most welcome to those of us sporting a PC that is brought to its knees by GTA IV are new graphics sliders, giving…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New York Comic Con
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Look What You Get For Being On Japanese TV! I’m trying to decide if we should cover the New York Comic Con this year. I mean it’s never been a HUGE gaming event, and I’m not sure if it’s worth the resources. What do you think? If we go who…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Still Partying At The Super Bowl, Despite Layoffs
With the economy in a rut, it’s hard to justify fabulous Super Bowl bashes when companies are bleeding cash and slashing headcount. But Electronic Art’s is proudly soldiering on with its festivities, Madden Bowl-style. The publisher is just one of a handful of corporate entities going all out at Super Bowl XLIII with Madden Bowl…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sensory Sweep Responds to Labor Claim
Sensory Sweep, the Utah developer that is the subject of a $2 million unpaid-wages federal investigation, denies some allegations levied against it and says they are working out an agreement with investigators. Chris Rushton, a company vice president, tells us: Sensory Sweep has undergone some significant hardships since Brash Entertainment went out of business. We…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spore Galactic Adventures: Behind the Scenes
Spore was an interesting experiment, one that didn’t totally live up to the absurdly high expectations, but that I still enjoyed. One of the issues I had with the game was that it felt a bit too skeletal. Sure you could go from single cell to space exploration, but you couldn’t really dig into any…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Travels To Wii, DS In March
Square Enix has put a firm date on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. The game, dual-shipping on the Wii and Nintendo DS for euphoric connectivity, will land at retail on March 24th. Both the Wii and DS versions of Echoes of Time will set you back a budget-priced and outrageous $39.99 USD, respectively.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stormrise Units On Parade
With only a few more months to wait for Creative Assembly’s post-apocalyptic real-time strategy title Stormrise, the company drops details on some of the units we’ll be controlling after the world ends. It’s a matter of blue versus brown in Stromrise, apparently, with the tribal Sai units sporting earth tones and the technologically advanced Echelon…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Winter X Games Keeps Playstation Sponsor, Loses Many Others
Playstation, Oakley and Totino’s pizza rolls may still be sponsors at the Winter X Games in Aspen, but several other top sponsors have dropped out, including the Zune, The Aspen Times reports. “Given the economic environment out there, obviously we’re being impacted, like everyone else,” said ESPN executive Rick Alessandri. Among the sponsors to drop…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 4 Kids Now Suitable 4 Framing
If you were serious about picking up artist Jason Chan’s Left 4 Dead 4 Kids print (not actual video game fan art, mind you) now’s your chance. Prints are available for purchase. Chan’s “Zombie Playground” is available in physical form in one of three size flavors: 13″ by 19″, 18″ by 24″, or 24″ by…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New(ish) Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Screens
Man, if only NASA were really like Puzzle Quest – I’d so have signed up for space camp. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is coming out on PC, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Nintendo DS. GameStop tells me the DS version ships February 24th and I am so pre-ordering it. DS and PC screens below.
By AJ Glasser Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Temp $25 Price Drop
Target dropped the price of the Guitar Hero World Tour guitar bundle by 25 percent for the week. That brings the Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 version of the game down to $75. The only problem is that you still can’t buy a drum kit or microphone on it’s own. So you’ll have to…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009