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Lara Croft Sales Aren’t Meeting Eidos Expectations
UK game publisher Eidos says Tomb Raider: Underworld sales are below forecasts. Eidos blames the cratering US economy. We blame the high kicks. According to the BBC, North American game retailers are already selling Tomb Raider: Underworld at a sizable discount — not a bad thing if you want to buy the game, but not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update
Slim pickings this week, as the PlayStation store warms itself back up after a frosty, lonely winter. Just the one demo, some rubbish music game tracks and some practical, if unheralded, PSP content. Pick of the bunch is probably the LotR Conquest demo, along with the PSP’s Go! Explore stuff, since if you have to…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pangya Golf Coming To PSP With 1,300 Costumes
PC computer game Pangya is coming to the PSP and bringing a lot of costumes with it — about 1,300 costumes, actually. Like, this bikini outfit. Tecmo previously brought Pangya to the Nintendo Wii. Dubbed Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable, the PSP game allows up to 8 players for multi-play golfing. It’ll be out April 9…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Not So Much Raptor Safari As Raptor Choplifter
We’re big fans of Flashbang. Big fans of Velociraptor Safari. And big fans of the iPhone! Best way to combine all three would be an iphone Velociraptor Safari, but this is almost as good. It’s Raptor Copter (iTunes link), a new iPhone game by Flashbang that takes the spirit of 3D, jeep-based Raptorcide and moves…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chuck E. Cheese? Effed Up Violent, “Madness”
Remember when you were a kid, and going to Chuck E. Cheese. Play some Pole Position, a little skeet ball. Back then, it was something Atari founder Nolan Bushnell could be proud of. Now? Now, now it’s not. According to PennLive.com, the amount of violence (among adults!) at Chuck E. Cheese continues to be high.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, Which Games/Publishers Have The Best Resale Value?
Let us find out. Video Game Price Charts have crunched the numbers to come up with which games, publishers and platforms had the best (and worst) resale values in 2008. Tracking the sale prices of games over both eBay and Amazon then comparing them to the original recommended retail price, VGPC’s results show that amongst…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valkyria of the Battlefield Goes Budget Priced
Ask anyone with eyes, they’ll tell you: Valkyria of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles looks great. And now, it now only appease your pupils, but also your pockets. On March 5, the PLAYSTATION 3 the Best version hits Japanese retailers for ¥3,330 (US$37). Buy it, your eyes will thank you.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cave Story Wii Has A Little Extra Something
Cave Story Wii isn’t the same Cave Story you already know and already love. For starters, it’s getting a graphical facelift, character art and all. But that’s not all; it’s also getting downloadable content. Yes, posted on the game’s official blog yesterday was the following: We’re still working away at Cave Story trying to make…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hilton Makes A PSP Game For Employees, Employees Play It
Hilton Hotels — the PSP game. The Hilton Garden Inn developed an employee training tool called ULTIMATE TEAM PLAY (their caps, not ours.) Here’s a description of the game: ULTIMATE TEAM PLAY puts the player in control of key Hilton Garden Inn hotel roles including front desk, housekeeping, maintenance and food service. As players roam…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Government Agent Leaks Xbox Game Proposal Online
A government agent has accidentally leaked several gigs of personal, business and government files all over the internet, including business papers, possible insider schemes, horrid poems, pictures of ‘girlfriends,’ and an Xbox game proposal. Earlier this month, the Japanese bureaucrat opened several well-known trojans that are often embedded in files found in filesharing programs Winny…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Holiday Hangover
If you’re a new PlayStation 3 owner, don’t look at this week’s PlayStation Store update as the standard. We tend to get much better than this. Sure, there are new games, but it’s light. There’s plenty of stuff to buy, actually, just not much in the way of freebies and . For the full list,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
“You Don’t Know How Many Games You Can Complete While You’re Alive”
Popular Japanese idol Shoko Nakagawa has varied tastes: Playing Final Fantasy VII, cosplaying Super Robot Taisen and putting her cat’s head in her mouth. She’s an otaku, but is she an otaku’s otaku? In an interview with Otaku USA‘s Patrick Macias, Nakagawa says she might not be considered an otaku by the hardcore. “I play…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Can’t Design A Starcraft II Unit, Want You To Decide
Blizzard are in a pickle! They’ve got two designs down on paper for the game’s Protoss Dark Templar unit. And just can not decide which one to use in the game. So they want you to. For the next month or so, visitors to the game’s official website will be able to cast their vote…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Patents Show Wii-mote Originally Designed For GameCube [Update]
A Nintendo patent from March 2006 shows that the company originally intended a Wii-mote style device for the GameCube. A patent drawing shows how the Wii Remote could link with the GC. A Wavebird-like adapter would be attached to the GameCube console, which would interface with the wand remote. There appears to be two separate…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Half-Life 2’s Graphics Dragged Kicking & Screaming Into 2009
Half-Life 2? Only one of the best games ever. Sadly, it’s getting on in years. It’s not ugly, by any stretch of the imagination, but in 2009, it can look better. Which is where the latest build of the FakeFactory mod for the game comes in. For a few years now, FakeFactory have been updating…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Ten Biggest Selling Games In Japan For December
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has crunched data for December sales, and tallied up the ten biggest games in Japan. Wonder what’s number one with a bullet? Sure ya do! Here’s the list for the December 1 to December 28, 2008 sales period: 1. DISSIDIA (PSP) Square Enix Launch: 12/18/2008 December Sales: 660,262 units Total Sales: 660,262…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Killzone 2 Footage: Ragdolls, Bullets & Bugs
.html?r=1&type=wmv Couple of new Killzone 2 clips from the CES showroom floor (so excuse the quality). The first one, showing the game’s ragdoll death physics, is good for a chuckle. The second one? Shows some bugs. .html?r=1&type=wmv Not technical bugs, mind you. Bug bugs, in a clip showcasing some of the finer details of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
WiiFit Reminder For New Year’s Fatties
The holidays are all about eating, and Japan is no exception. During the extended holidays in The Land of The Rising Sun, people pig out. Nintendo knows this. Nintendo is no dummy. This ad reminds Japan that during the New Years people gain weight and recommends Wii Fit to those who put on the holiday…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
CES 09: Prototype Impressions: It’s Been A While, Alex
Radical and Activision brought a newly previewable build of the open world game Prototype to CES, showing it off in the THX booth. THX? Why? Well, Prototype is THX 7.1 certified on the Xbox 360. Obviously, Prototype sounded pretty darn good in the THX stage room. It had better, if Activision’s going to borrow demo…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2009