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  PAL PlayStation Store Update: A Treasure Trove

  The last couple of PAL PlayStation Store updates have been a little barren. Not to worry. They were obviously saving all the good stuff for this week’s update. Not only are there four playable demos, but they’re all great: FIFA 10, Katamari Forever, Fat Princess and LittleBigPlanet. Not to mention there’s a full-game download –…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 In Comic Book Trailer Form

  Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 is coming to the PS3 — it is a PS3 exclusive! Here is the "final" trailer for the game. The beginning of the trailer is a very cool, comic book style clip. The rest of it is traditional game trailer stuff. More comic book stuff, please!

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Music Game Sales Down 46%

  According to NPD analyst Anita Frazier – and really, she’d know – sales of music games in 2009 are, to date, down 46% from where they were last year. But it’s not all klaxons and panic stations for the likes of Rock Band, Guitar Hero and SingStar. “While sales of this genre are down 46%…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Gundam ROCK!

  This year is the thirtieth anniversary of Gundam. Things ranging from an enormous Gundam statue to a PS3 Slim bundle have marked the occasion. But that’s not all, oh no, that’s not all. Rocker Andrew W.K. has recorded an album’s worth of Gundam songs in English. The album is called Gundam Rocks and is perhaps…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  The PS3 Only Does Everything…Including Kidnap Your Family

  Poor Aaron Howe. The guy makes an honest living, tries hard to keep his kids happy, and what happens? Sony Computer Entertainment’s "Kevin Butler" goes and cuts Aaron’s grass. Creepy.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 In Key Chain Form

  Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! Metal Gear Solid 4 is getting its own set of key chains, complete with character designs and voices. Characters include two versions of Old Snake, Raiden, Liquid Ocelot, Otacon and the exclamation mark. Voice samples include Old Snake saying “This is Snake. Can you hear me?” The exclamation mark, of course, makes the MGS…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Valkyria Chronicles 2 Clips Go Into Battle

  Sega updated the Valkyria Chronicles 2 website yesterday with a couple of gameplay videos, showing that while there is indeed a grainy filter plastered over the game, it doesn’t make much difference once things start moving.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Foreign Otaku Results Hit Japanese Newsstands

  Just a heads up! This past Spring, paper mag Otaku USA surveyed foreign otaku for a Famitsu article. Otaku USA‘s otaku-in-chief Patrick Macias stated at the time, “We want all foreign otaku to rise forth and fill out our ‘Foreign Otaku’ survey below. The results will be published this summer in an issue of Weekly…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  New AMD Graphics Card Runs Six Screens At Once

  Completely pointless from a consumer standpoint, we know, but then, we also know this kind of stuff is cool regardless; witness one of AMD’s new DirectX 11 graphics cards running a game on six monitors. The technology is called “Eyefinity”, and allows users to combine several monitors and have the card output to them as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Huge Gundam Made Smaller

  The 1/1 scale Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba may be gone, but our memories live on and on and on — in statue form. This is not a life-sized statue you can own (crap!), but a 30cm, 4 kilogram model of the life-sized model. Relive the memories! Out Spring 2010, yours for ¥81,900 (US$893). That’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Nintendo Won’t Let You Call A Wii “Firearm” A “Gun”

  From Hitler moustaches to “sweat” in Mortal Kombat, Nintendo have a long history of over-reacting to violence in video games. So it shouldn’t surprise you that, in 2009, you’re still not allowed to call a Wii peripheral a “gun”. Speaking with Game Informer, Activision’s Jeff Muench has said that when branding and promoting the amazing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Why There Is No Camera In iPod Touch

  The iPod Touch does not have a camera. Apple honcho Steve Jobs explains why — it’s a game machine. “Originally,” Jobs tells The New York Times, “we weren’t exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was it an iPhone without the phone? Was it a pocket computer? What happened was, what customers told us was,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Halo’s Xbox Live Section Opens In November

  Microsoft announced today that Halo Waypoint – a section of Xbox Live devoted entirely to all things Halo – will be out in the first week of November. “Nov 5”, says the project’s official Twitter page. “Mark it on your calendar”. We won’t, thanks. We are, however, curious to see how the whole thing works,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Sony Cuts Nigeria Line From PS3 Slim Ad

  Sony’s original PS3 Slim price drop ad may have pleased gamers, but it pissed off the entire nation of Nigeria. As we reported, the ad was pulled, and now a reworked version has hit the airwaves. In the original ad, Sony’s fictional director of rumor confirmation stated, “You can’t believe everything you read on the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Holy Two Million Units Sold, Batman

  While the August NPD numbers show Batman: Arkham Asylum had sold 593,000 copies, those numbers don’t include the two weeks of September we’ve had since then. Factor those in and the game’s sold almost two million copies. The figure was disclosed as part of an LA Times report on some restructuring going on at DC…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009
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  Watch Short Bits Of The Brand New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer

  At the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party, Square Enix showed the new FFXIII Tokyo Game Show trailer. Square Enix would not allow anyone to film the trailer, so we had to describe it. Yet, here it is on Japanese morning television. There are a few short scenes of Lightning, Hope, Snow and Serah. There’s gameplay…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009
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  Sony: PS3 Sales Up 300%

  If you feel you can stomach more sales “percentages” in lieu of sales “figures”, then Sony’s boast today of a 300% increase in PS3 sales is something you could maybe look into. “Our top retailers have reported a 300% lift in PS3 hardware sales and an increase of 140% in total hardware revenue across the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 10, 2009
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  Brand New Final Fantasy XIII Screens Show Optima Change

  Yes, we’re already seen blurry magazine scans of character Sazh Katzroy’s afro-headed son Dahj. Here are non-blurry screens, plus a look at “Optima Change”. Optima Change lets players assign new roles to the AI characters in their party during battle — basically, you can change their abilities. According to Famitsu.com, it is possible to swap…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2009
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  NFL Hitched to the Oregon Trail

  To salute the NFL’s opening night, Slate cooked up this video: The NFL Hits the Oregon Trail. Mike Vick goes hunting, Donté Stallworth crashes the wagon, and of course, everyone gets dysentery, the end. The NFL Hits the Oregon Trail [Slate via 100% Injury Rate on FanIQ]

  By Owen Good Published September 10, 2009
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  Crackdown 2 Has Helicopters, Zombie Monsters

  That Crackdown 2-themed issue of Game Informer we told you about yesterday is already finding its way into people’s hands, meaning we’re now armed with the knowledge that Pacific City ain’t what it used to be. While the basic layout of the city remains the same as that of the first game, things this time…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 10, 2009