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  LEGO Universe Won’t Arrive This Year

  Online multiplayer game LEGO Universe won’t be coming out this year as planned, the LEGO Group told Kotaku this morning. “Within the company we have made a strategic decision within LEGO to make a delay of LEGO Universe. It will not be coming out in 2009,” said Mark Hansen, director of business development for the…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009
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  Midway Gets the Greenlight

  Despite the protests of quite a long list of debt collectors, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is letting Midway spend money to keep their doors open. The ruling Monday allows Midway to spend its cash to continue paying salary and expenses and to pay off certain critical vendors. “Approval of these motions is an important first…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009
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  Dragonball: The Movie: The Game: The Trailer

  IF you thought the screenshots of the PSP video game based on the live-action catastrophe Dragonball Evolution were bad, wait until you see the game in motion. Now to be completely fair, Namco Bandai didn’t have a whole lot to work with when tasked with coming up with a video game based on the live-action…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2009
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  Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars Priced To Move

  Now that we know that the Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars are being released this Thursday, it’s time we learned how much we have to pay for a slice of 80’s automotive history. So how much will you have to pay in order to tool around Paradise City in a reasonable facsimile of K.I.T.T. from Knight…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2009
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  Fallout 3 Tops GameFly’s 2008 Most Wanted List

  Fallout 3 won Game of the Year and Xbox 360 Game of the Year in online video game renter GameFly’s annual Q Awards. The Q Awards look at GameFly members’ GameQ, a list of games that members want to rent and in what order. More than 100,000 votes were submitted between mid January and early…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2009
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  There Is No Tooth Fairy In Japan

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The Thing About Little Dogs Another of Mini-Bash’s baby teeth has fallen out. He’s five, and the only kid in his class who’s lost two of his teeth. (I think five is normal? He’s going to be six in a couple months, so he might be a few months older…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  British Sales Charts

  You may be forgiven for thinking these are last week’s British sales charts reprinted for the sake of convenience. They are not. It’s just looks that way, what with the top five games barely moving. See for yourself. Same games, give or take a couple. The only breaths of fresh air to be found are…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  Run A Nuclear War On Your Desktop…Literally

  Introversion, developers behind nuclear war party game Defcon, are no strangers to monkeying around with game code. This, we know. So don’t be surprised to see them working on Defcon for your desktop. By desktop, we don’t mean your desktop PC. We mean – courtesy of the wonders of the webcam/custom specs – running literally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  Crap Economy Will Affect Microsoft

  Times are hard. For you, for me and especially major international corporations like Xbox 360 maker Microsoft. While at a trade show in Barcelona, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Reuters, “Revenues in our industry, and in our company, will be affected by the economic conditions.” Will be? What was last January? A lark? To…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  E3 Boss Promises “Glamour & Sizzle” In 2009

  E3 is back. Gone are hotel rooms and discrete encounters, back is the cavernous showroom floor and bright lights. But will there be glamour? Will there be sizzle? The ESA (E3’s organisers) say yes. Speaking to GI.biz, the ESA’s senior director of communications Dan Hewitt has said: In response to the glamour and sizzle of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  Rare “Restructuring”, Job Losses A Possibility

  In January, Microsoft started “reviewing” a few things. Cut some jobs, that sort of stuff. That “review” now shines its light on Rare, where belts are to be tightened, and jobs might be lost. In comments released to the British press today, the company stated a number of aims going forward that seemed a tad…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  Check Out More Valkyria Chronicles Anime Parts

  In April, a Valkyria Chronicles anime is hitting Japanese television. We’ve previously taken a look at the character art. It was so good, let’s take another. That’s superhuman Selvaria Bles in anime form above. She’s a loyal servant of prince Maximilian (below). Last, but not least, Isara Gunther — little sister of the game’s hero,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  Hooray For SEGA Bobsledding

  Four words: High. Speed. Bobsled. Racing. This March, SEGA’s Joypolis amusement theme park are getting just that. Dubbed Storm-G, this super deluxe cabinet set-up hurls riders at speeds reaching 300km/hr (185mph). Each sled is two-per-person and outfitted with twin joysticks. Pressing the buttons on the sticks causes the sled to rotate 360 degrees and increase…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  This Might Be Why We Don’t We Have EarthBound On Virtual Console Yet

  A rumour popped up today on Starmen.net claiming that Earthbound would never, ever be released on Nintendo’s Virtual Console. Made vague mention of potential lawsuits. But lawsuits from whom? Let’s take a look. Earthbound Central last week threw up a post outlining how many of the game’s tunes are catchy little homages to actual, real-world…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  Dragon Quest IX Delay Impacts Japanese Game Publishing

  It wasn’t only Square Enix‘s stock prices that took a hit when Dragon Quest IX was delayed from March 28 to July 11. Game magazine Famitsu also took a hit. The day following the announcement, Famitsu released an emergency discount promotion for advertising in their magazines. Most likely, Square Enix was planning a slew of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  Let’s All Look At BioShock Running On A Mobile Phone

  Been almost a year to the day since we first heard BioShock was making the jump to mobile phones. And we haven’t heard squat from it since. So let’s catch up with some footage. This was taken from the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, and shows what the 3D version of the game will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  GTAIV: The Lost And The Damned Is Out

  Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damned is up, ready for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. And it’s brought a flaccid penis with it. The 1.78GB download is available via “Featured Downloads”, “All Downloads” and then “Title.” It doesn’t seem to be available in all regions just yet — so sit tight. Thanks…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009
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  Mario: The Board Game

  Ever wondered what Mario would have looked like had Nintendo stuck to their background in making games out of paper and cardboard instead of going all electronic? Wonder. No. More. This is “Mushroom Kingdom”, by Ashley Buerkett. And no, it’s not really a game. It’s just an incredibly delicate, wonderful piece of papercraft. So you…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  These Guys Have Sold Two Million Atari Cartridges From A Cave

  In 1990, Atari (the original Atari) were in bad shape. So they sold off their inventory of old cartridges. O’Shea Ltd bought them. All 3 million of them. They bought them so they could sell them on to you, the public. And where do they keep these millions of Atari cartridges? Why, in a 20,000-square…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009
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  The 100 Best Selling Games In Japan Last Year

  Enterbrain, publisher of game mag Famitsu, has complied its game software sales data for last year in Japan. Which game was the biggest seller? Which games bombed? All that, and more. (By “more,” we mean those in-between games that did okay. Hooray for them!) Here’s the crunched numbers: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Sales:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2009