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Michael Jackson Won’t Affect Beatles Rock Band
Michael Jackson has passed away, and lawyers are currently picking through his estate. Jackson owned 267 Beatles songs, the ownership of which is at risk. Rock Band developer Harmonix has stated that the situation regarding Michael Jackson’s estate will not effect the release of Rock Band Beatles. What’s more, the game’s track list will not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
No More Heroes Designer Wants Travis Touchdown In Next Smash Bros.
The last Smash Bros. game, like the one before that, was a smorgasboard of characters. There weren’t just Nintendo developed characters, but the likes of Sonic and Snake also made an appearance. No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda is already making off-handed remarks about his desire to see NMH hero Travis Touchdown in the next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
Classic German board game Carcassonne – which has already turned up on Xbox Live Arcade – will also soon be making the leap to the Nintendo DS, courtesy of Koch Media. This DS version will contain the original board game along with expansion “River”, but also expands upon this by introducing three new “worlds”, described…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Rhythm Heaven Producer: Hey Americans, You Have Rhythm!
By day, music producer Tsunku writes Morning Musume songs. By night, he sleeps. Sometime in between he creates Rhythm Heaven games. At a panel in Los Angeles, Tsunku talked about his music career and rhythm. “Rhythm is something that hasn’t really been valued in Japanese culture or in Japanese music,” he said. “I really wanted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Wii Remote + 15 Tonnes Of Metal Arm
These two industrial grapplers don’t just have cute names (one of them is called "Bender"). They’ve got a cute control method as well, as they can be jiggled, jaggled and, yes, waggled by a Wii Remote. These guys used a control system written in Python to replace the arm’s regular input (a joystick) with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
EA, Sega On iPhone 3G vs 3GS
As we’ve warned you about, one day soon, there will be games that will only run on the iPhone 3GS, which is bad news for the 40 million people in possession of an iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch (2nd gen). While that day isn’t imminent, you can tell from the following statements provided by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Man Arrested For Sharing Rape Game
The Kyoto Police’s High Tech Crime Unit has arrested 38-year-old Kawasaki City resident Hidetoshi Fukuzawa for illegally sharing an erotic game via the internet. “I downloaded it,” he stated. “but I didn’t leak this onto the internet.” File sharing is illegal in Japan. Using an online file sharing service called “Share”, the title was leaked…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
New Mechwarrior Game Confirmed, Will Reboot Series
Surprise, Mechwarrior fans! That teaser from yesterday was indeed for a new Mechwarrior title, which is in development at Piranha Games, who worked on the latest Transformers title. So at least you know they have experience with giant robots! Then again, it also means they have experience with making crummy games based on giant robots.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Kingdom Under Fire II Bringing Crusader Carnage To Xbox 360
Jeez, Kingdom Under Fire II just feels like it’s been in development forever, hasn’t it? Part-MMO, part-RTS, it’s not due until the second half of next year. But when it does come, at least we now know which platforms it’s coming for. Previously it had been listed as coming for PC and “consoles”, but that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Wii Fit Plus (And Other Nintendo Titles) Dated For Japan
Via Japanese Nintendo news website Rambling Man come a smattering of Nintendo release dates. Please keep in mind that these are unconfirmed at the moment. • August 6: Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip • September 17: Forever Blue 2: The Call of the Sea • September 3: Sloan and MacHale’s Mysterious Story 2 •…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Hey Pirates, Beware of Fake Dragon Quest IX Hentai Boobies!
The “leaked” version of Dragon Quest IX is malware. The ROM was dumped early on to Japanese bulletin board 2chan and is actually a hentai slideshow show called “DS Owata”. Maybe download “Dragon Quest IX JPN DSi Enchanced NDS iND” if you’d like a hentai slideshow? Oh, this bricks your DS. Buying it legally does…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Cooking Mama, Cooking Zelda, Cooking Samus…
This is the cover to the latest issue of French mag IG. It features Cooking Mama. And Cooking Faith. Cooking Peach. Cooking Chun-Li (they even got the thighs right!). And, best of all, Cooking Mai. With Cooking Mai boobs. It’s an awesome pic, but also a curse, as the rest of my week will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Kingdom Hearts Conceived With Chainsaws
That’s how Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura first pitched the game’s weapon to Disney. Square Enix wanted to make a game starring Mickey Mouse, he tells Japanese game mag Famitsu, and Disney wanted a game starring Donald Duck. “Meanwhile,” he says with a laugh, “I wanted neither.” What did Nomura want? “The first weapon I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Champions Online Open Beta Kicks Off Next Month
Attention, comic book nerds and MMO fans! Champions Online, which has been in closed beta for a while now, will next month move into open beta. Meaning anyone can play it. The open beta will commence on August 17, and will run 24/7 until it closes. For those already in the closed beta, your “opening…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 -
Tales of Vesperia PS3 Demo Dated
Sure, you might have already played Tales of Vesperia on the Xbox 360. Maybe you own it, maybe you don’t. We dunno! The demo for the PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia has been dated for Japan: July 13. The demo will be available on the PlayStation Store. No word whether new character, pirate girl…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 -
Hey, Resident Evil 5 Might Be Possible On Wii After All
Resident Evil 5, as we know it, just isn’t possible on the Wii. But that’s as we know it. Nothing stopping it turning up on the Wii in some other form. Capcom’s Masachika Kawata has told gamesTM: Hypothetically speaking, the Resident Evil 4 engine would work perfectly for replicating the gameplay but we would never…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2009 -
Report: 2 Million Dragon Quest IX Pre-Orders
Dragon Quest IX won’t go on sale until July 11, but it already looks poised to be a huge hit in its native Japan. According to the Nikkei Marketing Journal, various retailers are apparently reporting brisk pre-orders for the game — to the tune of 2 million total pre-orders. According to Media Create, however, DQIX…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2009 -
GameStop’s “Huge Sale” Does Indeed Seem Huge
As you know, GameStop have kicked off a big, big summer sale, with $100 Guitar Hero World Tour band kits just the start. Those looking for smaller boxes can also find a ton of great games, all for under $20. GameStop are advertising that there will be “thousands” of games for sale under $20, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2009 -
The 46-Foot Tall Paper Gundam Float
We’ve all seen the giant Gundam statue erected in Odaiba. It’s impressive! We’re impressed. Know what else is impressive? This paper Gundam float at the Tachi Neputa Festival. It’s nearly 46-feet tall and illuminated. To put things in perspective the 1/1 scale Gundam statue is 59-feet tall. See? Impressive! YouTuber RoninDave provides a nice introduction…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2009 -
Trials HD Looks Beautiful, Painful
Regrettably, I did not get to play RedLynx’s XBLA game Trials HD at E3 2009. But some of my close, E3-attending friends did, gushing about how addictive and exciting it was. They didn’t tell me how painful it looked. This Trials HD “Emotion” trailer helps to illustrate why I never ride my motorcycle near bombs,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2009