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Sumthing Else Releasing Halo Wars Soundtrack
Sumthing Else Music Works continues to release music for every big game Microsoft releases, with the announcement that the Halo Wars Soundtrack by Stephen Rippy will be available for purchase on February 17th. The entire Halo Wars soundtrack, composed by Stephen Rippy and performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague is represented in the upcoming…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Successes Spreads to Support Companies
How successful is Nintendo? So successful that even the cottage industry that supports the shipping, printing and manufacturing of their products are rolling in the dough. Duplium Corporation, the company North America’s largest Nintendo Certified packaging and printing facility, is doing so well that they’re planning on expanding into a number of new major North…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Partners To Distribute Wheel Of Time Games
Red Eagle Games have signed a worldwide distribution deal with EA Partners to distribute games based on Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels. Red Eagle first revealed plans for games based on the movie adaptations of Jordan’s books back in November, when they also revealed plans to create a massively multiplayer…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Extended Mafia II Trailer, Now With Commentary
Remember the Mafia II trailer that was release during last year’s Spike VGA Awards? Now it’s back, with an extended anding and a written commentary from 2K Czech’s lead animator, Tomas Hrebicek. Having received many questions regarding whether or not the Mafia II trailer was a real-time, in-game movie, Hrebicek clears the air in the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Coraline Movie Game Features Coraline Movie Talent
D3Publisher is proud to announce that the main voice talent from the upcoming animated film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline will be reprising their roles in the video game adaptation. Dakota Fanning, Keith David, and Robert Bailey Jr will be voicing their characters from the film in the video game version, which is due out…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Operation: Anchorage Screens Refuse To Give Way To Commie Bastards
There’s no way in hell General Chase is going to let those commie bastards cross Canada into the mainland, and we’ve got the Operation: Anchorage screenshots to prove it! Once again Bethesda gives us three teasing screenshots of the Operation: Anchorage DLC for Fallout 3, coming out January 27th for the Xbox 360 and PC.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Leaked Star Wars Battlefront 3 Gameplay Footage
More leaks springing from the now dead in the water Free Radical, it seems. We’ve already caught a glimpse at some pretty impressive TimeSplitter 4 and Star Wars Battlefront 3 art. Now we’ve got what is supposed to be early footage of Star Wars Battlefront 3. The footage, we’re told, was taken at an internal…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Welcome To the Family: A Letter From Playstation’s Peter Dille
Welcome to the Family is a series of three letters that will run this week from the heads of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. We asked each of the companies to write up a welcome letter to new owners of their consoles. They did the rest. We are running them in the order they were received.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Being An Only Child…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: How IS the baby? Hrm, yeah, having a second child is a ton of work, but five years separates Mini and Micro. We’re at the point where we can have Mini-Bash help out — save for when he runs away from the diaper changing. He will so not help out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some Moody, Moody Heavy Rain Concept Art [Update]
People are really looking forward to Heavy Rain. And with good cause! Problem is, developers Quantic Dream aren’t exactly big on releasing assets for the game. So we’ll settle for concept art! These pics (via Superannuation) come from the portfolio of Morgan Yon, a concept artist who used to work for Quantic Dream between 2006-2008.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dr McNinja’s Super Mario Bros. T-Shirt
Chris Hastings is the man behind the internet’s premier medical/ninjitsu soap opera, Dr McNinja. And you know what? He’s also the man behind this reasonably badass Mario Bros. shirt. It’s called Warrior Plumbers, and…well…you see what it does. It’s $19.75 plus shipping, but by the time you read this, they’ll probably all be gone. Sorry!…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Rock Band Can Help You Do Musically
The common gripe about Rock Band is that you’re not really making music. It’s just a game! Big whoop!! Well, let Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos address that issue: First of all, in Rock Band the singing gameplay is really singing, and the game feedback on the singer’s pitch really does help people become better singers.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero Metallica Sort Of Dated For Europe
Guitar Hero Metallica still doesn’t have a firm release date in the US (though rumours suggest March). Doesn’t have one in Europe, either, but it does have a firm release month. And that month is May, Activision confirmed to Eurogamer yesterday. A two-month wait for PAL users seems a bit much, but then, with Kyuss,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Guy Is Gonna Write DOOM 4
Id Software is working on a new DOOM — DOOM 4, actually. British Fantasy award winning author Graham Joyce will be writing it. While Joyce has NDA’d his life away, he does confirm to website CVG: “”I can say that ID have hired me to help develop the storyline potential.” Joyce has published fourteen novels…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Best $10 Game You’ll Buy This Week
If you find [insert rare game] on a shelf for $10 this week, go get it! You probably won’t, though, so instead, the honour of the week’s best $10 deal goes to Noitu Love 2. We’ve written about this game before – mostly because it’s a great, great game – but we write about it…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chun-Li’s Japanese Voice
That’s Kristin Kreuk. She’s Chun-Li in the upcoming Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Next to her? That’s Riisa Naka. Today she was announced as the Japanese language voiceover dub Chun-Li. She’s a quarter Swedish and voiced the lead character in anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time — and an episode of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fully-Clothed Lara Croft Figure Misses The Point
This Lara Croft figure from Tonner – to be made available at the New York Comic Con- totally misses the point. Not only is it limited to only 100 units, but it’s fully-clothed. OK, we kid. That’s not why it misses the point (though you’d wonder why they’d bother with a character redesign imminent). This…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Umbrella Corporation Umbrella
That’s right, now you can use the logo of fictional bioengineering pharmaceutical company the Umbrella Corporation to keep yourself dry. Great for protecting oneself against the elements. Zombies? Not so much. Priced US$14.99 at ThinkGeek. Umbrella Umbrella [ThinkGeek via Wonderland via GameSpark]
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Flower Coming In February
Not “blooming”. Just coming. Because games aren’t flowers, even when they’re about flowers. But I digress! Flower is due to be released on the PlayStation Network in February. That’s according to a preview on IGN UK, at any rate, so the US release may differ. But then, when was the last time the European PSN…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Robot Wars K Announced For Nintendo DS
The latest Super Robot Wars game is once again coming to the Nintendo DS. Titled Super Robot Wars K, the game features these series: Haja Tensei Dangaioh Overman King Gainer Sokyuu no Fafner Dennou Senki Virtual On Mars Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 STARGAZER Mazinger…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009