Longtime silent champion/nitpicker of the British gaming press, The RAM Raider, has a post on their blog highlighting Eidos’ latest alleged public relations faux pas, this time involving review scores and cover placement for the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum. Yes, this is the same Eidos behind the Kane & Lynch fiasco with GameSpot. Behind voting…
In an industry driven by creativity there sure are a lot of very similar titles for video games out there. Game Daily points out 20 words that show up way too often attached to the name of a game. The list includes everything from the innocuous (age, legend) to adjectives (darkness, eternal) to a simple…
No witticism today. But please read this important update about our new comments system and how it will affect TAY. We’re still working out the kinks of the new comments system (we know there are bugs, bear with us). But here are the key ways that I believe TAY conversation will be affected: -The new…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Gold Star For the French version of Arcade Mania, we had to switch out a couple of the purikura (sticker pics) photos. So in their place, we needed pictures of girls posing in print club photos, and we needed them pronto. Mrs. Bashcraft (above) graciously agreed to stand-in and…
LittleBigPlanet came out last year, and while it was fun, didn’t immediately sell as many units as its advertising and profile would have suggested. But that’s OK. Because it’s a slow burner. As witnessed by its impending 2009 re-release. The LittleBigPlanet “Game of the Year” edition will see the original game packaged alongside “much” of…
Game & Watch, the handheld games created by Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, are coming to Japanese DSi Ware. The series was recently released as a Club Nintendo DS cartridge dubbed Game & Watch Collection. Each game is priced at 200 Points. Titles and Japan release dates as follows: • Ball July 15 • Flagman…
Some good stuff on offer for Europeans and Australasians this weekend, with both Battlefield 1943 and a Ghostbusters demo sure to keep your mind off England’s impending Ashes defeat. If busting ghosts or tropical bloodbaths aren’t your thing, you could always try some of DLC available this week, which includes add-ons for Skate 2, MotorStorm…
Cyber Diver is described as an “original” take on the FPS genre with 5-on-5 networked play and a new game system that displays in-game battle damage. From July 17 to July 20, the arcade game is getting a location test at a trio of locations: G-Port Las Vegas, Taito Station Akihabara and Taito Station Machida.…
Square Enix don’t just make games. They make action figures, too. Sometimes for their own games, sometimes for other people’s games. These new figures are a bit of both. Part of the company’s August toy catalogue, we can see a range of new stuff, from new Final Fantasy “Creatures” mini-statues to new Trading Arts mini-figures…
Tomorrow in Japan, Dragon Quest IX is going on sale. But there is already at least one player who has conquered the game — by cheating. This character is a Level 99 with max HP and MP, and it has 9999999 Experience and 9999999 G, making it way more impressive than Koichi Sugiyama‘s Level 97…
It’s a netbook. Well, a netbook inside a netbook cover. The NES was great, but never that cuddly. This compact case is made to keep your small-scale laptop safe and secure, but as adorable as it is, we’re getting slightly sick of all the love for the NES pad. What’s wrong with a Master System…
Picking up right where the newly released Uncharted 2 cut scene left off are these new Uncharted 2 cut scenes. The game is scheduled to hit North America this November, and Japan in “early fall”. SCEJ、PS3「アンチャーテッド 黄金刀と消えた船団」 [Game Watch Impress via VG247]
If you have $20 lying around, and are a fan of Mother/Earthbound, you should definitely pick up the Mother 3 Handbook. If you’re a fan of the game and don’t have $20…well, lucky you. Because you can browse and download the book for free. While the luxurious book costs $20, and a hi-res .pdf file…
Japanese game maker Jaleco invited the internet to submit monsters for upcoming role-playing-game WIZmans World. The creation with the most votes will be included in the game. The submissions were — well, yeah. Just have a look at them. The most popular submission has been chosen, and sadly it is not red scribble monster, but…
Here’s a new developer diary for Mass Effect 2. Wait, don’t go! The developers are talking over 4 minutes of non-stop Mass Effect 2 footage, so this one’s worth watching. Worth watching, that is, if you don’t mind the odd minor spoiler or two. So BE WARNED!
This isn’t game play footage, but a cinematic that helps set up Uncharted 2. It also helps set up everyone’s excitement for the game. A two-for-one deal!
When Japanese peripheral maker Hori revealed its ¥30,000 (US$323) dual joysticks for $15 Xbox LIVE Arcade game Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, fans of the game were not happy. Pissed, even. The beef? The layout was all wrong. Hori has re-modeled the grip and layout. As game site Insert Credit points out, “The sticks are now…
We’ve heard about Dragon Quest IX‘s local only co-op play. Now, let’s finally watch famous Japanese celebrities play it. For those who want to get right to the action, gameplay starts at about 3 minutes in. According to this episode of Tsuruno Takeshi’s new show Joudeki!! Geinoujin Kodawari Ou Kouza Iketaku, this is also the…
Because there’s a new Mechwarrior game on the horizon, people will for the first time in years have Mechwarrior on the brain. To help you get your fix, then, Mechwarrior 4 is going to be re-released. For free. Yup, all you have to do is wait a bit (it’s not out yet), head over to…
Further blurring the lines between just where music games sit in the video gaming industry, the British Official Charts Company have said that they’re looking to include downloads for music games in the actual music sales charts. So every time a Briton downloaded a single in Rock Band, Guitar Hero, SingStar or the like, that…
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