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EA Stalks The Streets Of London With Jack The Ripper

Two new trademark applications point towards EA studio Visceral Games journeying back to the 19th century to visit London’s original serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Superannuation has dug up two trademark applications filed by EA on the 30th of August for “The Ripper,” both indicating the trademark is in regards to “Computer game software; Computer…

Eat McDonald’s Get High Cholesterol, Maybe Win a 360

McDonald’s’ annual Monopoly contest kicked off this week, giving burger-eating, fry-loving fatties everywhere a chance to win cash by collecting Monopoly pieces from their fast food purchases. Among the list of goodies you can win is an Xbox 360 Arcade Entertainment System. The official site for McDonald’s Monopoly says there are thousands of the systems…

The PSN Is Down

The PlayStation Network has been brought down for maintenance. Sony apologizes for the inconvenience. Please try again later. Attempting to log into the PlayStation Network through your PlayStation 3, PSP, or the website itself right now brings up a message very similar to the one we received trying to log in at PlayStation.com: Site Maintenance…

Wii Tony Hawk Rides With Your Mii

The Wii version of Tony Hawk Ride might not have the stunning graphics and online multiplayer of the HD versions, but who cares about all that when you can skate with your Mii? IGN spills the beans on this new feature unique (obviously) to the Nintendo version of the game. Wii owners will be able…

Super Meat Boy: The Comic! The Activity Book!!

Team Meat, makers of upcoming PC and Wii game Super Meat Boy, want you to know all about their game. So they sent along this comic and activity book to try and spread the word. Buried inside its shiny pages, along with papercraft and lots of pictures of meat, are details of the upcoming “tough…

Nexon America Throws A BlockParty

Over the next several months, Nexon America is transforming into BlockParty.com, a social networking website where fans can keep track of their games and stalk their friends to their heart’s content. The games will stay the same, but the way you experience them and share them with friends while not playing will change drastically once…

Matt Hazard On Getting Back Into The Game

Matt Hazard returns this winter on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network with Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, and the hero is keen to help other lapsed game characters return to the fold. Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard might not have been the most competent game on the shelves, but the…

Eight Minutes With Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

G4’s look at this new section of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories shows just how disorienting and unnerving the Wii game can be. In Shattered Memory you’ll be running around in the dark, your only light source a flashlight you aim with the remote. The mechanic does a great job of immersing you in the gameplay.

EyePet Delay Ruins Christmas

Holiday dreams shatter like delicate crystal unicorns across North America, as Sony confirms that the adorable little EyePet won’t be making it home in time for Christmas. If you were among the PlayStation 3 owners looking forward to a lazy holiday season spent playing with your fuzzy new EyePet friend, prepare to be terribly disappointed.…

Tony Hawk: Ride: The Soundtrack

It must be music list day at Activision. First they sent out their full set list for DJ Hero and then they drop the full soundtrack for Tony Hawk: RIDE. The game, due to hit shelves for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on Nov. 17, includes 50 tracks and here they are: Adam Tensta…

All 93 of Dj Hero’s Mash-ups

From the late DJ AM to Grandmaster Flash, from 2Pac to Wild Cherry, the full track set list for upcoming rhythm game DJ Hero is packed with unique mash-ups from the world’s best DJs. Activision today finally spilled the beans on all 93 mash-ups, featuring 100 songs. DJ Hero hits stores for the PS2, PS3,…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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So I Started Listening To CDs Again

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Frankenleg GROSS PHOTO. THANKS FOR SHARING. CDs? Remember them? Recently came into possession of a fairly nice stereo system. Until now, all of my music listening has been via Mac. Well, that’s true — when I first came to Japan, I used to listen to CDs. Everyone did at that…

Some People Were Given Uncharted 2

Last night, Sony held Uncharted 2: Among Thieves events at movie theaters in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Those that went got to play the game on the big screen, meet the devs and got something else entirely. Besides the standard t-shirt and neato bag, all those lucky enough to attend got a…

Batman Arkham Asylum Could Have Been Rhythm Action Game

Over 2.5 million copies of Batman: Arkham Asylum have been shipped. The game’s really good. It might have been different. According to GameInformer, the combat went through several variations: “The first one being a full rhythm action game! The second one was prototyped in 2D, which popped up whenever you got into a fight, and…

Nintendo: “Millions” Waiting For Nintendo Wii

Wii sales have been relatively sluggish this year. That’s changing as the Wii with its new price-cut heads into the holiday season. Nintendo dropped the price in North America from US$250 to $200 — similar price-cuts were announced for Japan and Europe. “There are literally millions of consumers out there who want a Wii and…

Box Art For Inevitable Left 4 Dead Sequels Might Look Like…

What we really want to see is Left 4 Dead 11. Above image, as seen on 2ch.

Nintendo Is The Best Company… IN THE WORLD

So says a ranking in business publication BusinessWeek. The top forty companies were rated on 2008 sales and international sales percentage. Consulting firm A.T. Kearney picked the best of the best from 2,500 companies worldwide. According to BusinessWeek, “Kearney then only considers those companies with 2008 sales greater than $10 billion, with at least 25%…

PSP Music Game Getting Arcade Sequel

Project DIVA, SEGA’s PSP title featuring virtual idol Hatsune Miku, is getting a sequel with the tentative title Project DIVA Arcade. To kick things off, a competition for original unreleased Miku tunes for the game will kick off October 15 and wrap up on October 31. A location test for the arcade game is expected…

Otaku Cars Galore!

Over the weekend, the second annual ItaG Festival was held in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Something like 800 itasha were on display, sporting anime, manga and game characters. More in the links below. その痛さは世界に羽ばたく 『第２回　痛Gふぇすた in お台場』 [常時リソース不足 via Danny Choo]