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  360 Games On Demand Pricing Isn’t Exactly Consistent

  Did you think that when Microsoft’s Games on Demand service launched, it’d be an egalitarian wonderland where every game would be the same price around the world? Well sorry. That’s not the case. The service (well, the listing for it; you can’t download the games yet) is popping up all over the world for those…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Why King of Fighters’ Athena Looks Different

  One of the biggest character changes for The King of Fighters XII is schoolgirl fighter Athena. It’s like she’s another person altogether. While making the game, SNK illustrator Eisuke Ogura says that the director obviously kept giving the team feedback. According to Ogura, Athena’s character design is drastically most different. When they started to draw…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIV Screenshots And Character Art, Get ‘Em Here

  Lots of new Final Fantasy XIV media today! In addition to some sumptuous concept art and new information on the game’s website, Square also released some screenshots and some clean, non-mag-scan versions of the character art.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  PAL PlayStation Store Update: I’m Batman

  While there are new games, free games and PSP games on offer as part of this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update, most of you will probably head straight for one thing: the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo. It’s been a while since gamers got their hands on a decent Batman game, but this one is shaping…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Wii Game More Explicit, Has Fewer Bubbles Than PS2 Version

  When you think of the Nintendo Wii, banana bathtub eating doesn’t come to mind. Cleaning Squadron Clean Keeper brought that and cleaning to the Nintendo console. But is the upcoming PlayStation 2 version even saucier? From these screenshots, it doesn’t seem to be nearly as risky as the Wii one. Compare the images: Wii version…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  Europe Won’t Get Guitar Hero: Van Halen This Year

  Sounds like Activision are having trouble getting their hands on enough plastic to supply the world with games this Christmas, as both Tony Hawk: Ride and now Guitar Hero: Van Halen will see restricted launches in 2009. While Tony Hawk: Ride will still be released in some European territories this year, Guitar Hero: Van Halen…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Look At These Yakuza Game Finalists (Porn Actress Is Winning!)

  Pictured here is not adult video actress Rio. That’s Anzu Takizawa, who on her blog says she loves Japanese crime game Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West). Anzu is one of sixteen finalists in the running for a spot in the upcoming PS3 exclusive. But those sixteen finalists have some very stiff competition: adult…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  Darkstalkers Statue Purrs For Your $300

  Sideshow Collectibles show no signs of easing up on their imported gaming statues, with the impending Western release of this Pop Culture Shock piece based on Darkstalker’s Felicia. Obviously, your $300 isn’t paying for clothing. She’ll come in two variants; a standard blue version, and a pink one that goes for an extra $20. Both…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  These Are The City-States of Final Fantasy XIV

  The website for upcoming MMO Final Fantasy XIV has gone live with detailed descriptions about the game’s character races and images of regions. The in-game regions are Ul’dah, Gridania and Limsa Lominsa. There is detailed info about fishing and shipbuilding area Limsa Lominsa. Info about the other two regions is forthcoming. The PS3 and PC…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  WoW Finally Returns To China, With A Little More Censorship

  Just in case you’re not one of the millions of Chinese subscribers to World of Warcraft who already knows this, here’s a recap; the game recently changed operators in the PRC, and as a result had been down for weeks. But now it’s back! And, as we told you a few weeks back, it’s back…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Famed Anime Director Learned About Halo From His Wife

  Production I.G.’s Shinji Aramaki was introduced introduced to the Halo franchise by someone near and dear to his heart: His better half. “I’ve always been a fan of video games, and my wife told me that Halo 3 is the best game on the 360,” Aramaki stated in the most recent Famitsu. “I just sort…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  It’s About Time For The Second Monkey Island Episode

  Telltale’s episodic adventure games aren’t terribly long, so if you bought it, you should have finished the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island by now. Meaning you’re about set to move onto the second episode. It’s called “Siege of Spinner Cay”, and will be out on August 20, keeping with the publisher’s plans of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Tecmo Koei Interested in Sony Motion Controllers

  Pencil Koei Tecmo’s name in for a company that is interested in Sony’s new motion controller that was introduced at this year’s E3. “I’m sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for action games like Ninja Gaiden we need quick responses and if you’re swinging your arms around like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  New Rage Screenshots Are Postcards From The Apocalypse

  The SIGGRAPH 2009 conference is currently going down in New Orleans, where professionals from all over the creative industries are meeting up to talk computer graphics. id, creators of Doom, Quake and now Rage, are among the companies giving presentations. And as part of their talk on “virtual texturing”, the company presented some new Rage…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2009
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  Wii Remote Used For Holograms You Can “Touch”

  Using a concave mirror, Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display and Wii Remotes, University of Tokyo researchers have created a tangible hologram projector. The mirror makes the hologram appear to be “floating” in air, while the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display shoots focused ultrasonic waves to create the feeling of a holographic ball or holographic rain falling on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009
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  Batman On PC Is, Yup, Delayed (But Now Has Added PhysX Support)

  The PS3 and 360 versions of Batman: Arkham Asylum will be out later this month. There’s a PC version of the game as well. And guess what? It’s been delayed. From now on, when this happens, we’re not going to point to other notable multiplatform releases where the PC version was delayed. We may as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2009
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  All Aboard The Pokemon Animated Movie Publicity Train

  The JR Yamanote train as seen on Shibuya 246.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2009
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  Milla Jovovich Has Never Seen A 3D Movie

  Have you seen a 3D movie? Actress Milla Jovovich hasn’t. Not even Captain EO! That’s okay, because she’ll be able to watch herself in 3D when the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife opens late next year. From an interview with website ShockTillYouDrop.com: Interview: I know a lot of actors don’t like to see themselves on screen…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2009
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  Building a Bill Paxton Pinball Tribute

  Modder extraordinaire Benjamin J. Heckendorn always wanted to build his own pinball machine from scratch. So what did he choose as its theme? Playboy? KISS? Nope. Bill Paxton. The choice seems to be a gut-instinct one, made “several minutes” after deciding four years ago he wanted to build such a table. “I guess I could…

  By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Introduces PayPal

  Microsoft sure are big on introducing third-party applications to the world of the Xbox 360. First it was Netflix, Twitter and Facebook, and now it’s…PayPal. Not as interesting as the above apps, sure, but it’s potentially more practical. For some. Starting from now (if you’re in the USA), anyone with a PayPal account can use…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2009