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Take Your Simon Belmont To Work Day
So Wii title Castlevania Judgment isn’t very good. But this photo shoot of producer Koji Igarashi and a Simon Belmont cosplayer is better than anything we could imagine. Like, ever. See Igarashi whip a Dengeki Online staffer for not playing Castlevania Judgment. See Simon Belmont learn to use a computer, answer a telephone. We’re pretty…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Treyarch Explain Why It Takes So Damn Long For A PC Patch To Be Released
Here’s how it goes: PC game is released, doesn’t work for a bunch of people, people start screaming for a patch. But just what’s required in releasing a patch? Allow Treyarch to explain. Posting on the official Call of Duty forums, Treyarch Community Manager Josh Olin goes into great detail on just what a PC…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
MadWorld Won’t Be Censored For UK
Upcoming Wii title MadWorld has made it through the British rating board, the BBFC. There will be no content changes to game — probably the most violent title since No More Heroes. Developer Platinum Games worked closely with America’s ESRB to ensure the game would not be cut or altered. MadWorld mandarts onto Wiis this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Seaman Developer’s iPhone Game Canned By Apple
Wondering what happened to that iPhone Seaman caveman spinoff known asGABO? Not approved, it seems by Apple. Explains its innovative developer Yoot Saito: When is that previously announced GABO for the iPhone going to be finished? I’m often asked that question. Honestly, that was finished a while back. The reason this wasn’t made public was,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Pandemic’s Batman Game Was Canned, And How It Killed Pandemic AU
We know Pandemic Brisbane is, for all intents and purposes, no more. We also know they were working on a Batman game that was canned late last year. Now, though, we know a lot more. New Kotaku AU editor David Wildgoose brings us the story of how the Batman game Pandemic Brisbane were working on…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dell Go Mad, Offering Dirt-Cheap PS3s & 360s
Sure, 360 consoles are getting cheaper, but they’re still not cheap. And the PS3? Yeah, nowhere near cheap. So it’s nice to see, of all people, Dell come to the rescue. They’re currently offering crazy prices on both 360 and PS3 consoles, slashing $60 off the price of an Elite 360, $90 off a Pro…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Wii And DS Sales Numbers Conquer Europe
Nintendo has announced its European install base has hit 14.2 million. In 2008 alone, 8.3 million Wiis were sold, up 58 percent from the previous year. How’s the DS doing in Europe? Damn good. Last year, 11.2 million DSes were sold in Europe, bringing the region’s lifetime sales to over 31 million DSes. If that’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Responds To December NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Did you hear? Nintendo had a nice Christmas, giving 5 million good girls and boys Wiis and Nintendo DSs, smashing records left and right. Defensibly, Nintendo would like to brag about its accomplishments now. In its follow-up to NPD sales data that showed Nintendo moving 2 million Wiis and 3 million DSs in the United…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Responds To December NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Microsoft is pretty positive about the Xbox 360s showing in December, calling it “the biggest month for Xbox 360 in history.” The company boasts outselling its Sony competition two-to-one for the holiday quarter. Mmmm… selective! But let ’em gloat, we say. While the Xbox 360 didn’t quite double sales of the PlayStation 3 last month,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Responds To December NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Given that Sony had its best sales of the year this December, it has reason to be pleased with its end of year sales. Corporately, it is, with the PlayStation brand “staged for continued momentum.” Sony’s response to today’s NPD sales figures for the U.S. point out… well, they point out everything. PlayStation 3 hardware…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Killzone 2 Demo Isn’t *Quite* Exclusive To GameStop
You may have heard. The Killzone 2 demo is exclusive to GameStop. Meaning you have to part with money to play it. Savvy! But here comes the fine print: the demo’s not quite exclusive. Sony’s Scott Steinberg has told MTV that the demo will eventually be released to the American public. And released to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Of War: Nine Million Served
You may hate its multiplayer modes. You may abhor the fact it’s characters are so testosterone-fuelled they border on self parody. That doesn’t matter. The Gears of War series has sold nine million copies. Speaking with GameDaily, Microsoft’s Guy Welch has revealed that since Gears of War 2 was released in November, it’s sold four…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japan Takes A Week Off From Buying Game Hardware
The nation of Japan started 2009 off rather slowly in hardware sales terms. Buying slowed to a crawl overseas, as they tend to do, at the turn of a new year. Looking at the drop-off, you’d think it’s rather grim, but that’s the New Year’s holiday hangover in action. No new video game releases means…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Ultimate Magic Plus
Last week’s PlayStation Store update for North America was a bummer. Not so this week, as gobs of things to buy and download and play freshen up the PlayStation 3. On the gaming side, there’s GTI Club+, Magic Ball and Ultimate Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts for the PSP. There’s even a Skate 2 demo if you…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Was 2008’s Best Selling Game In The U.S.?
To be honest, we’re still not sure. The NPD Group released data for the “Top Selling Games Annual 2008” with Wii Play coming in at number one, boasting 5.28 million copies sold. Wii Play‘s sales for the year beat out Grand Theft Auto IV with a combined total of 5.18 million copies sold on the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Study: Gamers Aren’t Fat, Illiterate Manchildren
A new study suggests that gamers are older, more active and more often female than previous industry figures have suggested. The Adult Videogame Market in the US: Tapping Into the New Diversity of Video-Game Players is a pricey consumer analysis put together by Packaged Facts. I don’t have three grand to drop on buying the…
By AJ Glasser Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
December’s Biggest Game In The U.S. Is… Wii Play
Call of Duty: World at War couldn’t win the battle against the Wii in December, selling 150,000 units shy of Wii Play‘s staggering 1.46 million copies. Yes, that’s a lot of Wii Remotes. The mini-game compilation and NPD top ten mainstay fought off the Xbox 360 version of the latest Call of Duty handily. Factoring…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Memory, More Memory, More Memory
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Being An Only Child… I just installed some more memory in the computer, bumping it up to the motherboard max of 4GB. Firefox was sucking up so much memory I couldn’t take it anymore. Man, Firefox really does suck when it comes to memory leaks. Have you had any issues…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Breaks More Sales Records, Sells Over 5 Million Consoles In December
The holidays were very merry for Nintendo which sold 3.04 million Nintendo DS handhelds during the month of December, ending 2008 with the best-selling console in the United States, blowing far past the console competition. Nintendo hardware secured the top spot last month — as it had done every month in 2008 — thanks to…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero: Metallica Dated For North America
Metallica’s own Guitar Hero game will be riding the lightning on its way to retail shelves on March 29 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the band’s official site. The second-class consoles, Wii and PlayStation 2, will get their own versions of Guitar Hero: Metallica, but not until Spring, which translates to…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009