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British Sales Charts: Wii Stages A Fightback
Britain looks set to party like it’s 2008 this Christmas, with the weekly sales charts headed by Wii games after what seems like an eternity of 360/PS3 domination. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is at #1, followed by Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus, as Britons gear up for the Christmas season stocking up…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
World of Warcraft 3.3 Patch Is Live
World of Warcraft 3.3 patch has gone live on North American servers. This “Fall of the Lich King” patch will be the last big patch before next year’s expansion pack, Cataclysm. The 750MB patch adds three new 5-man dungeons and one new 10/25-man raid to Icecrown Citadel, a new built-in quest tracker and a new…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Mirror’s Edge iPhone Trailer Slides Into The Second Dimension
As a game, it looks like it’s missing the point of Mirror’s Edge entirely. But as a trinket for Mirror’s Edge fans, who just want to hear that music and see those blue skies again, it looks great.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
Report: Japanese Kids Don’t Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
According to a survey on TV Tokyo’s news, the least popular present this Christmas are video game consoles. Japanese children up to the age of 12 were asked what they wanted for Christmas. Here are the results… …drum roll please… …from most popular to less so: 1. Video game software (over 450 kids said this)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
EVE Touches Down With Dust 514
Dust 514, the shooter spinoff of popular MMO EVE Online, certainly looks great, but how does it play? Turns out it plays a little like a first-person game of Magic: The Gathering. Edge’s webiste has posted the big feature on the game that formed the cornerstone of the mag’s latest issue, which gives us our…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
2009: The Year The Xbox 360 Practically Vanished In Japan
Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh. This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads その地 means “Other”.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Merry Christmas Zombies, Dinosaurs And Gourds!
As seen on Tiny Cartridge.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
Why Valkyria Chronicles 2 Is On The PSP
SEGA decided to bring Valkyria Chronicles 2 to the PSP — not the PS3 like the first game. Why? According to producer Shuntaro Tanaka, it would take the team three years to make another PS3 game, and that’s considering the fact that SEGA already has assets that can be used in the game as well…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Next Team Fortress 2 Update To Get Friendly?
Watch this video. Listen to the lengthy looping of audio files reportedly dug up from the depths of TF2’s latest update, dated December 7. Then try and make heads or tails of what it all means. It seems to be suggesting that a new game mode is on the way for Team Fortress 2, one…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
Being A Video Game Hero Is Hard, Ask Master Higgins
In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, it’s good to know not all gaming heroes are dogs. Take Hudson’s Master Higgins, aka Takahashi Meijin, star of the Adventure Island series. During the 1980’s Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) boom in Japan, Takahashi Meijin became the idol of Japanese kids for his ability to press buttons…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Nintendo Reminds Us Why The Wii Sells At Christmas
It may have had a disappointing year by its own lofty standards, but the Wii should still do well this Christmas. Why? Because Nintendo know its target audience like the back of this commercial. Families, accessibility, paunches, sweaters, grandpa, a snarky daughter…yup, they’ve got this down pat. Nintendo’s Wii holiday commercial [Go Nintendo]
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
You May Own This Devil May Cry Sword
Capcom US’s online store is selling this Devil May Cry 4 Red Queen sword. It’s 42 inches long with a red leather-wrapped grip and a stainless steel blade. Each sword has its own serial number and can cut you. Comes with a hanging plaque. Yours for US$229.95. Capcom US [Capcom vis Capcom Unity]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Voltron Gets Served, Skulks Off To iPhone
It’s a Voltron game! Yeeessssssss. And it’s for the iPhone! Hrm. Published by Sony, Voltron: Defender of the Universe will be out later this month, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the series. It’s based on the original Voltron (am I the only person in the world who preferred the one with the vehicles?), with…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
Will New Resident Evil Movie Be Delayed?
Upcoming Hollywood flick Resident Evil: Afterlife has been announced for release on August 27, 2010, but reports have surfaced that the movie will be pushed back to January 14, 2011. Afterlife is the first film in the series to be filmed in 3D, and the rumored delay is due to the extra time needed to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Tim Schafer On Brutal Legend DLC, Patches
Brutal Legend turned out OK, but it wasn’t without its problems, so creator Tim Schafer has announced that his team wants to do some “tuning patches”, as well as add some more DLC. “We definitely want to do more DLC for both single-player and multiplayer”, Schafer told GamePro, “as well as some tuning patches.” So…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 -
Please, Someone, Burn This Pikachu With Fire
As seen on UK:Resistance.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
Viewtiful Joe Designer Would Like To Make More Viewtiful Joe
Once upon a time, game designer Hideki Kamiya worked at Capcom and made games like Viewtiful Joe and Okami. Now he works at new start-up Platinum Games and makes games like Bayonetta. But does he want to make sequels to those old titles? “I don’t have the rights to any of the IPs that I’ve…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 -
“Cultural Differences” Mean Capcom Developer And West Can’t Collaborate
Capcom have been big on Western collaborations lately. Two Bionic Commando games, Dark Void, Dead Rising 2, all have been handled by Western teams. But not everybody at Capcom’s Japanese HQ is as keen as management to “go west”. In an internal interview for Capcom’s investor relations site, Jun Takeuchi – of Lost Planet and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2009 -
Alone in the Dark II Finally Getting U.S. Release
The last we heard about the second Alone in the Dark movie, Alone in the Dark II, was way back in 2007 when it was announced that actors Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo would be appearing in the flick. While the straight-to-DVD has already gotten a release in Europe and Australia, the flick never got…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2009