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  Italian Cruise Line Equips Fleet With PlayStations

  Costa Cruises signed an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Italia to put PlayStation 2s and 3s aboard all of their ships by the end of 2009. Starting in June, Costa Cruise lines in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean will have an area called “PlayStation World” for passengers to play PS3s. There will also be PlayStations…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 4, 2009
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  Rumor: Battlefield 1943: Pacific Appearing At NY Comic Con

  Looks like EA may be bringing the Battlefield series back to World War II, as listings — and a supposed announcement — for Battlefield 1943: Pacific indicate a New York Comic Con showing. Talk of another Battlefield title due in 2009 has been swirling on the on the official EA forums, with users rooting out…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Onslaught Brings Online Co-op FPS To WiiWare

  Hudson Entertainment is giving WiiWare its first (brief pause) first-person shooter in Onslaught, which also happens to be the first online, 4-player cooperative first-person shooter on WiiWare. In other words, FIRST! Onslaught is pitched by Hudson as a futuristic sci-fi shooter, pitting a squad of up to four players in a battle against “mysterious creatures”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  More Sackings

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did Gmail Change The Location Of The Delete Button? Man, this year has been rough. This season has been rough. Did you see that THQ plans to layoff 600 people? I can’t imagine what it must be like in places central to game development right now, like San Francisco. It’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz

  Former Sonic Team head honcho Yuji Naka is a Dreamcast fanboy. And he was very much against Sega’s decision to bail on the hardware business, to kill off the Dreamcast, he says in a new interview. Naka, now at Sega funded start up Prope, tells Kikizo “until the very final moments, I was really against…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Man Arrested For Choking Girlfriend With Wii Controller

  Daniel Alvarez of Austin, Texas has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault after he attempted to strangle his girlfriend with a Wii controller cord, according to police. He’s also suspected of eating her cookies. Christina Alvarado, Alvarez’s girlfriend, told police that she was attacked by her boyfriend after a fight, one brought on for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Busta Rhymes Debuting New Song in Lost & Damned

  We’ve talked in detail about Grand Theft Auto IV’s upcoming downloadable episode, but the Associated Press breaks down the music the game will feature, including at least one debut. The Lost and Damned expansion pack will include new music along with the hours of new play, AP reports. Among the artists signed up to include…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  Steam Drops Major Audiosurf Update

  Audiosurf players are urged to log into the Steam service today, as a massive international patch is released, fixing bugs and adding new functionality to the popular indie music game. The new international update for Audiosurf is now available on Steam. Simply open up the Steam client, and watch it make patching magic. A slew…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009
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  THQ Loses Millions, Will Fire Hundreds

  Publisher THQ was hit hard during its third quarter, losing $191.8 million over the holidays. That loss, previously expected to be net profit, and more lowered expectations will translate to massive cuts to its workforce. THQ announced plans to layoff approximately 600 employees, a staggering 24% of its total workforce, as part of a plan…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Print Up A Fable II Albion Wall Map

  If you’re obsessed with Fable II and cartography, then you’re in luck. The fine folks at Lionhead Studios have whipped up a wall-hugging map of the land of Albion for you. The Albion map weighs in at 40 MB and, once printed at full size, measures 4,000 pixels by 4,000 pixels. Albion on the map

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  Auditorium Ready To Rhythmically Soothe Your Puzzle Itch

  Auditorium, the lovely, musical puzzle game described by its creators as a “process of discovery and play” and formerly featured as one of our Hot Flashes, has been officially, commercially released. The final version of Auditorium promises the same relaxed, creatively solved play, but now spread across 70 levels over the course of 15 acts.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Eduardo The Samurai Toaster In Action

  For those of you who though that Eduardo the Samurai Toaster coming to WiiWare was too good to be true, here’s the first official trailer to prove it. Semnat Studios is bringing Eduardo to WiiWare sometime this winter, and from the looks of it things are shaping up quite nicely. It comes across as a…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009
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  Xbox Murder Ringleader Seeks Retrial

  Troy Victorino, the ringleader behind the Florida Xbox murders, says that the trial that ended in a death sentence for him wasn’t fair. His attorney Tuesday told the Florida Superme Court that Victorino should have been tried separately from co-defendants, who blamed the now 32-year-old, for their involvement. Victorino was convicted in 2006 on six…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  PS3, Xbox 360 Getting Some Much Needed Pinball This Summer

  Crave’s excellent Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection will be getting a pair of high-definition ports this summer, apparently. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game just showed up at GameFly. And you know, to the best of my knowledge, that’s news. Good news, I’d think, because the Wii and PlayStation…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Chinatown Wars Playable At New York Comic Con

  Rockstar Games is hitting up the New York Comic Con this weekend, giving players a chance to get some early hands-on time with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. Fans eager to see how the Grand Theft Auto saga plays out across two tiny screens need look no further that this weekend’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009
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  Uncharted 2 Director Talks Drake

  Gametrailers sits down with Uncharted 2’s director, Bruce Straley, to talk about lead Nathan Drake‘s motivation in the latest action title. I was a HUGE fan of the first game, so I can’t wait to see what Naughty Dog with Uncharted this time round. More from Straley on Uncharted 2 in this second clip, where…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  StarCraft II Looks Good In LEGO

  The release of StarCraft II may be another umpteen months away, but hardcore LEGO fans aren’t missing out on any fun. Take this lovely looking Protoss Immortal unit, for example, rendered perfectly in plastic brick. It’s just one of many fantastic LEGO recreations of StarCraft II units that very few have played with, but are…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Luc Bernard’s iPhone Game Slightly Fahey-Inspired

  Indie game developer Luc Bernard will soon be expounding on the story of Eternity’s Child in a new iPhone strategy title Mecho Wars, which seems to have been inspired by…me? I maintained close communication with Luc Bernard throughout the development of his PC platformer Eternity’s Child, and when the game was released I gave it…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009
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  Imagining DuckTales Lyrics

  From the writer of the Mega Man 2 song lyrics, which forever changed the way gamers viewed the Capcom’s classic, comes the lyrics to the moon level from classic Disney platformer DuckTales. Brentalfloss had me at Mega Man 2, but I have fallen even deeper into the pit of bromance after seeing his take on…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009
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  Telltalle Debuts On XBLA With Wallace And Gromit

  The episodic adventure specialists at Telltale Games are making the jump to Xbox Live Arcade this spring, with the help of a bumbling inventor and his hyper-intelligent canine companion. Telltale’s latest episodic adventure title, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, is also a grad adventure for the developer, marking their first foray onto Xbox Live Arcade.…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009