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Turbine Confirms New Massively Multiplayer Title Featuring In-Game Item Sales
Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine confirmed that they are working on a new massively multiplayer online game that will sell in-game items for cash. Word of the game leaked out after a job posting for a micro-transaction and e-commerce manager hit Turbine’s website. In the description, the company said the position would be…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
White Knight Chronicles, Dissidia Reign Supreme In Japan
While the Nintendo DS and Wii typically dominate Japanese sales charts, this past week was all about PlayStation, with Level 5’s White Knight Chronicles and Square Enix’s Dissidia: Final Fantasy topping software sales overseas. Media Create numbers put three days worth of White Knight Chronicles for PlayStation 3 at 207,000 copies sold, a tad more…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Subway Teams With Konami To Promote Healthy DDR Sales
From now until the end of March, succumbing to that damnable “Five Dollar Foot-Long” jingle could net you some plastic DDR crap and a $10 coupon good towards your next living room-eating dance pad game. In the name of promoting healthy lifestyles in children, Subway has teamed with Konami in order to include DanceDanceRevolution toys…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Australian Silent Hill: Homecoming Ban Lifted
One of many titles banned in Australia last year due to a rather wonky classification system, Konami’s Silent Hill: Homecoming has now been granted a rating of MA15+, clearing it for launch. As we’ve touched on in previous stories, Australia’s game classification stops at MA15+, lacking the R18+ rating that particularly violent films are afforded.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Focus Testing In San Mateo Friday
If you’ll be in the San Francisco Bay area this Friday and seek to experience the exciting world of video game focus testing, Capcom could have just the opportunity you’re looking for. Capcom is holding a round of focus testing on Friday, and unless they’ve suddenly decided to go into the soft drink market, that…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Logitech’s Color-LCD Sporting Keyboard, New Mouse and Headphones
Logitech today took the wraps off of three new PC gaming peripherals: A color LCD-toting keyboard, a 5000-dpi mouse and a 7.1-channel surround sound headset. The new lineup is an expansion of Logitech’s gaming G-series. “The G-series product line is all about seeing how far we can push the envelope, giving gamers extraordinary, engineered-to-win features…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Earthrise Beta Sign Ups Rise
Announced at the beginning of last year, Masthead’s upcoming post-apocalyptic MMORPG Earthrise is now accepting applications for the battle between oppressive order and anarchic freedom. Earthrise takes place years after a cataclysmic third world war. A new society has arisen, populated by clones and controlled by a government that enforces its idea of Utopia by…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
Despite an 18.8% drop in year to year PlayStation 3 sales in November, Sony Computer Entertainment America states early internal data puts them at a 130% increase over pre-holiday PS3 sales. Although November saw relatively disappointing PS3 sales and analysts were expecting numbers to be slightly lower than or right on track with last year’s,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crayon Physics Deluxe Hits PC Tomorrow
Crayon Physics Deluxe, last year’s Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner at the Independent Games Festival, hits PCs tomorrow, developer Petri Purho emailed to let us know. A true indie developer, Purho only entered his whimsical game in the Independent Games Festival so he could get a free pass to the Game Developers Conference. Now Purho…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Slimmed Down Free Radical Very Attractive To Buyers
Having recently shed 140 employees worth of weight, the slimmer, more manageable Free Radical is drawing a great deal of interest from various parties, with sale news expected later this month. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Cameron Gunn of administrator ReSolve Partners indicates that interest in the recently trimmed company is very high, with multiple parties vying…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ashcraft Talks Arcade Mania!
Over at Game Set Watch there’s an exhaustive interview with our own Brian Ashcraft about his book, Arcade Mania!, containing more insight from Ash than I generally see over the course of a year. Ashcraft is the night guy, so I generally roll into work right as he is hitting bed, and have finished up…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Midway Gets Reprieve From Bankruptcy Axe
Midway landed a stay of execution late Monday night, getting their debt holders to hold off on collecting until February, Business Week reports. The Chicago-based developer and publisher convinced the holders of its $75 million convertible senior notes to extend their right to make the company buy them back until Feb. 19. Midway is in…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Ninja Blade Screens And Ninja Blade Facts
Microsoft has releases a storm of new Ninja Blade screenshots showing off just how silly Ryu Haybusa would look without the mouth piece of his Ninja Outfit. Sure the action looks intense and the enemies look immense…none of this matters when your main character looks like he rode the short bus to ninja school. The…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live
EA continues its onslaught of Hasbro titles this spring as the company reveals plans to flood Xbox Live Arcade with classic board games via the Hasbro Family Game Night channel. Rather than release Hasbro Family Game Night as one complete package as they did with the Wii release, EA instead plans on releasing the games…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PETA Loves Fable II
Fable II might not have won many Game of the Year awards, but the PETA liked what they saw, handing the game one of their annual Proggy Awards for being the most animal-friendly video game. But it’s not for what you think. Sure, the game makes your dog a character central to your emotional involvement,…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
About Glasses…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The Long Trip Home Ah, Pueblo, Colorado. That’s where my dad grew up. Went to the eye doctor today to, once again, get new contacts. This is the third time I’ve been to the eye doctor in the past month or so. I kinda like going to the eye doctor!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears 2 *Should* Be Fixed Later This Month
We loved Gears of War 2. Nearly gave it our game of the year award! But one thing we don’t like is that, for some people, the game’s online play is all screwed up. Epic are aware that it’s screwed up, have heard your shrieking, and have today responded. Posting on the company’s forums, Mark…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Suing To Get Some 360s Back
For American readers, know this: British retailer Woolworths are done for. They close up shop today. But out in Woolworths warehouses across Britain are tons of Xbox 360 consoles. And Microsoft want them back. To that effect, they’re preparing to sue Deloitte, the administrators of Woolworths’ rotting corpse. See, as an administrator, Deloitte would be…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Look At These New StarCraft II Screenies
Because they look really great. Blizzard’s released three new (very pretty) SCII images that should hopefully tie you over. Until when? Well, that’s up to you decide, not us. StarCraft 2 Screenshot Update: Fire and Rain [Shacknews]
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
See Patapon March Across Human Flesh
Masatomo Ueda likes Patapon. A lot more than you or I like Patapon. He likes it so much he’s not only got himself a Patapon tattoo, but made himself Patapon prey in the process. See? They’re marching, relentlessly, on their way across his shoulders to hunt, then kill, his face. Cute, but for the first…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2009