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  Sony Expects 10-15 Percent Rise In PS3/PSP Sale Worldwide

  Sony has yet to announced its final results for PS3 and PSP sales during 2008. But that doesn’t mean the company won’t take educated guesses. According to Sony’s John Koller, “We’ve been very bullish on PSP,” said Koller. “We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we’d look to go about 10-15 percent…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  And The Top-Selling Games In Australia For 2008 Were…

  Yeah, it’s April 2009. So what, things move slowly down here. Which is why we’re only just getting our hands on the list of the ten best-selling games in Australia for 2008. And, surprise surprise, it’s dominated by Nintendo titles. Five of the ten are published by Nintendo, and two more involve Nintendo characters and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Update Offers “No New Features”

  A mandatory update has just hit the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, “This update addresses interruption issues that some Xbox LIVE users may have experienced when playing a limited number of Xbox 360 games.” Meaning? “There are no other changes or enhancements in this update…in other words no new features.” Xbox 360 System…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  GameTap Launches Redesigned Service

  GameTap has an all-new service! Completely redesigned, from the ground up. And while it stuttered, fell over and died for a little bit at launch, it’s now all good. Courtesy of a “technical outage”, users heading over to the site to check out the new digs last night were not greeted by a new GameTap.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  Katamari Makes Thrift Store Paintings Better

  Artist loudxmouse is sprucing up junk thrift store paintings with his own hand-painted katamari from Namco Bandai’s Katamari Damacy. “I have a repurposed painting (not a print, original painting) waiting for the addition of the prince of the cosmos in the colors and placement of your choosing,” writes loudxmouse. Brilliant, simply brilliant. custom katamari painting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  King Of Kong Rematch Going Down At E3

  If you haven’t seen King of Kong, I won’t spoil it for you. Let’s just say that Steve Wiebe has a Donkey Kong record he’d like to claim. And at E3, he’s taking a crack. All the relevant authorities will be on-hand – including arcade score-keepers Twin Galaxies – as well as TV types G4,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  What’s The Next Nintendo Wii Game? It’s Takt of Magic

  Out May 21 in Japan, Takt of Magic was first announced by Nintendo last year and has players use the Wii-mote to draw magical runes. According to game site Siliconera, the Nintendo published title is being developed by Taito, who previously released a DS title called Lost Magic that looks similar to this. Nintendo’s Next…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  Your April Fool’s Day Roundup

  April Fool’s Day is ostensibly a day for fun and pranks, but for anyone looking for news on the internet, it’s a royal pain in the ass. So thank the maker it’s all over. Below, we’ve highlighted some of the best, worst and most painful attempts at humour on this international day of hijinx. The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  Tetsuya Nomura’s Final Fantasy VII: ACC Commercial Needs More Tetsuya Nomura

  The recent PS3 ads shine the spotlight on the creators behind famous titles. Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) designer Toshihiro Nagoshi, White Knight Chronicles dev Akihiro Hino and Gran Turismo mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi have all appeared in the TV spots. As expected, Square Enix‘s Tetsuya Nomura gets his own ad. As unexpected, he himself…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  DS Lite Timer Prevents Close Screen Staring

  Know what little kids love more than playing the Nintendo DS Lite? Playing the DS Lite for long periods of time and holding it close to their face. To prevent that, there this: the Health Control Game Timer. The ¥3,990 (US$40) doohickey has a timer with settings for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  And On The Third Day, FileFront Was Risen

  OK, it’s been a bit longer than three days. But with Easter around the corner, it’s somewhat apt, because just as everyone was done saying goodybe to FileFront, it’s now back from the dead. The popular PC file download service was closed late last month after its owners, Ziff Davis Media (who were trying to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  Atlus Leaves Sticker Picture Business

  In 1995, video game Atlus maker changed game centers forever when its first sticker picture (called “purikura” in Japanese) machine Print Club exploded onto the arcade scene. When Space Invaders hit big in Japan in 1978, both men and women played the game; however, by the 1990s, male-dominated fighting games were in vogue. Girls didn’t…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009
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  THQ: There Will Be More Red Faction, More…Darksiders

  Things aren’t looking so rosy at publishers THQ at the moment. But they shall persevere! And they shall do so by pushing original IP, pledging to release more Red Faction and Darksiders titles. By more, we don’t mean Red Faction 3. That one’s already coming. THQ are referring to another Red Faction, and a sequel…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009
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  A Game Magazine Outsells Time, Playboy & Sports Illustrated

  Most game magazines are dying a death. One, though, is not. It’s the one that’s owned by GameStop. Yes, it’s Game Informer, and more people read Game Informer than you probably thought. According to data released by BurrellesLuce, the mag has a monthly readership of 3,517,598. Which makes it the 12th most read magazine in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009
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  What Do You Notice About These DS Screenshots?

  Platinum Games, the developers behind Wii title MadWorld, has teamed up with Nude Maker, a developer with added erotic game experience, for upcoming Nintendo DS title Infinite Space. The dialogue heavy game features loads of 2D character chit-chat and multiple, branching storylines to go along with it. This new batch of screenshots so that the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009
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  Mass Effect 2 Has Shorter Elevator Rides

  Mass Effect was pretty great, wasn’t it? Oh, except for those elevator rides masquerading as load screens. Those weren’t great. Which is probably why Bioware have remembered to fix them for Mass Effect 2. Speaking with MTV, Bioware’s Ray Muzyka said: We have a completely new system to handle transitions between areas that speeds the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009
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  Devil May Cry 4 The Comic Book Now On Sale

  Devil May Cry 4 has been novelized! Starting today, Devil May Cry 4 -Deadly Fortune-1, the first of two volumes, goes on sale in Japan for ¥600 (US$6). The second volume hits retailers this summer on July 1. THORES Shibamoto is handling the book’s illustration. Devil May Cry -Deadly Fortune-1 is available at book retailers…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009
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  High or Low? Fantasy in Dragon Age

  Dragon Age: Origins Lead Writer David Gaider and BioWare heads Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have different ideas about what high and low fantasy is; which may foretell a genre crisis for the game. Ideally, Origins is supposed to be a “new” kind of fantasy that does away with Zeschuk’s dreaded “elves sashaying through the…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 1, 2009
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  New PS3 Firmware Adds 16-Person In-Game Chat, Video Back Up

  PlayStation 3 firmware version 2.70 is due to be released “soon”—which often translates to “within hours”—bringing with it new text chat functions that can be used in-game. But wait, there’s more! The new text chat supports up to 16 users in up to 3 chat rooms, both in-game and out-of-game, making it that much easier…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2009
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  Killzone Becomes, Of All Things, A Love Story

  Bravo, IGN. Bravo. Having set a high standard last April 1st with their Zelda movie trailer, this year, attention shifts to Killzone. And how it’s not a story about killing. It’s a story about love. More Videos at IGN.com

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009