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Free February Burnout Update Detailed – Restart!
Coinciding with the early February release of the Burnout Party Pack, Criterion is readying a free content update that changes the way you race – and restart races – in Burnout Paradise. In a free update that hits on February 6th, Criterion adds several new features to the ever-evolving Burnout Paradise. Some are merely tweaks,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pittsburgh Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII
The Arizona Cardinals may have gotten lucky last weekend against my beloved Eagles, but now comes vindication as the Pittsburgh Steelers with Super Bowl XLIII…in Madden NFL 09. Upgraded with each team’s current roster and the latest stats, the two teams took the virtual field and fought bravely for the coveted Super Bowl ring, but…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
How to Make a Survival Challenge in LittleBigPlanet
In this video Danny, Victor and Mark S. from Media Molecule’s design team walk us through how to create our own survival challenge mini-games. I’m always blown away by what you can do in this game if you think it through. Have you run across any interesting player-created survival levels in LBP?
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
SMB Coming To WiiWare – Super Meat Boy
Edmund McMillen, co-creator of the popular independent PC game Gish, dropped us a line to let us know that he was making the jump to WiiWare with his latest, Super Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy is a classic platformer based on the the flash game Meat Boy, which you can still play over at Newgrounds.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Shutters Manchester Studio
Yesterday it was Microsoft, Sony, EA Canada and Intel taking hits from the economy. Last night, apparently, it was Eidos, which closed its Rockpool Games Studio in Manchester. The news first leaked out when Bill Harbison, an artist at the Manchester studio, twittered that it was closing. Videogaming 247 than confirmed the news with Eidos.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Baby Clothes Don’t Cause Choking Hazards. Apparently.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Black Thursday It’s always nice to get things sent from America. We got a package from my parents a few weeks back. In it, they’d sent along baby clothes for Micro-Bash. Interesting to note: American baby clothes often use metal snaps — which I literally just learned (like while googling…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Expect A Mass Effect 2 Unveiling At GDC
Mass Effect 2 is going to be at GDC! It’s going to be the topic of a dry, academic discussion, but still…Mass Effect 2! We’ll learn all sorts of things from this discussion, right? Nope. EA reps have told VG247: This GDC event is an academic panel, but there won’t be any concrete information provided…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hundreds Of Players Banned In Final Fantasy XI
From the folks who brought you the 18 hour boss fight, comes this: mass bannings! Square Enix has nixed a large number of players from online game Final Fantasy XI. According to Square Enix, the company “discovered an issue that allowed players to create multiple items for certain treasures and rewards in areas such as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Stake In World Market Down 20 Percent
Who’s ready for more depressing news? This time it’s not more lay-offs, but the state of the Japanese gaming industry. So maybe this is only depressing for those in Japan’s gaming industry. With the rapid rise of Western game makers, Japan’s market share has been falling for the past three years. According to the latest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Skate 2 DLC Tailor-Made For The Cashed-Up, Lazy Consumer
What is this, 2006? We thought the days of EA releasing cynical, lazy pieces of downloadable content were behind us. Silly us! This is, after all, EA we’re talking about. And as the publisher behind such classic pieces of DLC as “pay to unlock stuff you can get for free in the game” and “pay…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Are You Brave Enough For iDOLM@STER PSP Goods? Are You?
For those who play Namco Bandai’s pop idol sim THE iDOLM@STER SP with pride (and in public), Japanese peripheral maker Hori has products for you! There’s an iDOLM@STER clear case to protect your PSP-3000 from scratches, iDOLM@STER earphones and iDOLM@STER UMD cases. The entire will set you back ¥2,839 (US$32). But can you really put…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Europe Boss: No Cuts For Us
Sony are swinging the axe. Jobs must go. And while “headcount reductions” are in store for the games division, Sony Europe boss David Reeves reckons it won’t affect his part of the PlayStation Kingdom. Speaking with GI.biz, a Sony spokesperson has said Reeves feels that the restructuring processes Sony will undertake will be mostly confined…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, What’s Happening With FEZ?
At last year’s GDC, the trailer for indie title FEZ garnered much attention — and an IGF award. Well, that was last year, what about this year. The game’s developer Polytron has just launched its website with some FEZ screens and some very terse info about the game. That info is: Release: 2009 Platform: TBA…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Intel Are, Yes, Sacking A Bunch Of People
In keeping with today’s theme, Intel – manufacturers of processors that are probably in the machine you’re reading this on and maybe also in a machine you game on – announced some job cuts. The company are to close four of their manufacturing plants: two in Malaysia, one in the Philippines and one in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hot Chicks *Love* Zombies
There’s a couple viral Onechanbara vids doing the internet rounds, and they’re, well, pretty much what you’d expect: zombies and bikinis. As we previously posted, D3Publisher has reaffirmed the release dates for Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers and Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad. They’ll be out in February with zombies and, yes, bikinis. Oh yeah, hot chicks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peggle…On iPhone!
Ah, Peggle. You either love it, or you’ve never played it. While the game’s just fine on PC, it’s always seemed more suitable for on-the-go gaming, much like Tetris was on the GameBoy. So it’s awesome to hear that developers PopCap will be bringing the game to the iPhone and iPod Touch “in the first…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Bringing DS Puzzle Game To LIVE
Guess what? Another Square Enix title is making its way to Xbox LIVE in Japan. Let’s have a look. Puzzle DS title Yosumin will be hitting LIVE this spring. Previously, it was announced that iPhone title Crystal Defenders will be on LIVE this spring — as well as PSN and WiiWare. スクエニ、「Xbox LIVE」でカジュアルゲーム2作品を発売 [GPara]
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 2 Sells Well, But Is Prince Of Persia Really A Slow Starter?
Ubisoft released some sales figures today as part of their financial results reporting. Listed are the to-date numbers for Far Cry 2, Prince of Persia, Raving Rabbids TV Party & Shaun White Snowboarding. Shaun White enjoyed a surprisingly strong debut, selling 2.3 million copies worldwide and becoming the second-highest-selling sports title in the US behind…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Taiko no Tatsujin DS Series Surpasses 1 Million Shipped
That’s a lot of drumming — and all on Japanese DSes. Namco Bandai has announced that the Taiko no Tatsujin DS series has hit the million mark. The franchise has two DS tiles: Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touchi de Dokodon! and Taiko no Tatsujin: 7 Islands of Adventure. They went on sale July 24, 2007…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
EVE Online Banker Robs From The Rich, Gives To Himself
EVE Online has banks. Run by EVE Online players. And EVE Online players are as susceptible to embezzling over 80 billion ISK (the game’s currency) then doing a runner as any of us. Having found himself in the position of investments manager for the in-game bank Dynasty Banking, player Xabier had massive amounts of in-game…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009