Jamie King and Gary Formeman, who founded Rockstar Games with three others, are teaming up with former Image Metrics and NBC execs to create a new video game studio. 4mm Games is developing “online worlds that will define social gaming”, according to the company’s website. The studio is teaming with CEA Autumn Games in a…
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To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Swine Flue Two Hope Tristan is feeling better… Previously, I got a speeding ticket for speeding. It was a trap, a set-up so to speak. And for one reason or another, I didn’t pay it by the deadline the cops had set. _> Anyway! The police sent me a new…
Hmm, let’s see. The PSP is doing OK, but not great. The iPhone, now, it’s doing great. So what can the PSP do to be more like the iPhone? Get itself a music store! According to sources speaking with CNET, Sony have already been in talks with several major record labels over the possibility of…
Ninokuni is a dream collaboration between Japanese developers Level 5 and anime craftsmen Studio Ghibli. And, because they are craftsmen, Ghibli are taking their sweet time on the game. With around 15 minutes of animation to be included on the cart, and the game due in Japan later this year, Ghibli’s work should have been…
If there are Pokémon planes, Pokémon X-ray machines and Pokémon beverages, then damn skippy there should be camping goods. There are. Later next month, a line “Pikanicamp” outdoor goods go on sale. There are Pokémon Diamond/Pearl themed camping gear that includes chairs, mini-tables, flashlights, sunshades and leisure seats. 『ポケモン』がアウトドアグッズになった [GPara]
It can be argued that many of Punch-Out’s characters are big Nintendo names in their own right. Buuuuttt, eeehhh…they don’t have the pulling power of, say, one of Nintendo’s other characters. Punch-Out!! – more footage of that secret character [Go Nintendo]
What better way than to pay Capcom a compliment for its hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise than ripping it off? Chinese game developers bring the world this: Hunter Blade. You can watch game footage and marvel at the ballsiness of the game — and font, even. It’s not Monster Hunter. Oh, no. This is different.…
As an avid PC gamer, and a dedicated Steam user, few things grind my gears like delayed Steam releases. You know the kind. Game comes out on console, then PC, then Steam, weeks later. There are many publishers that, for some reason, do things this way. Even when it’s just a PC game, the Steam…
An online survey from market research firm TNS Interactive quizzed folks not only about game purchasing habits, but also a proposed PSP rental service with subscription option. So… Who’s up for renting PSP games via download service? Thanks NoBullet for the tip!
The first episodic Watchmen game was awful. Which is probably why we’ve heard little of the second. Still, the game’s publishers are soldiering on, and will be releasing the pair on a retail disc. Deadline Games director Søren Lund has told 1UP that both “The End is Nigh” and the second title will be released…
The always delightful Otaku USA has hooked up with Japanese game mag Famitsu in hopes of finding out what is going on in your nerdy, foreigner head. Oh goodie. Otaku USA bossman Patrick Macias blogs, “We want all foreign otaku to rise forth and fill out our ‘Foreign Otaku’ survey below. The results will be…
On the off chance he hasn’t entirely worn out his welcome in your heart of hearts, Sega have quietly released a version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog. As with most iPhone ports these days, the game just kind of…turned up, and as with most iPhone ports these days, control is handled by a touch-sensitive…
Pokémon has been around for a while now — since 1996. Maybe it’s time to spice up the franchise with a little more action to the hugely successful role-playing-game franchise. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl game director Junichi Masuda is very keen on trying out new elements. “This is just an idea but…as you know, Pokémon…
Not the first time this has been done, granted, but Komodo’s Retro Adapter is certainly the most elegant way of using all your old Nintendo pads on the Wii. Due to come in at around $20 when it ships in July, the Retro Adapter works like a controller hub, allowing you to use NES, SNES…
The recent Western crackdown on the legally-released-three-years-ago game Rapelay has inspired Japanese politicians swoop onto the bandwagon. Surprised? The New Komeito Party is fingering erotic games as a negative influence on the rate of Japanese sex crimes. As website Sankaku Complex points out, Japan has an extremely low sex crime rate: UN Rape Rates per…
Several Japanese game companies have restricted employee travel to the United States for this year’s E3. For Osaka-based game maker Capcom, the basis for this decision was “travel restrictions”. The cause: H1N1 Influenza 09, aka Swine Flu. “Our Capcom guys are not coming to E3 because of the Japanese government restrictions,” said Capcom’s Chris Kramer,…
Say what you will about Saints Row 2, you can’t say Volition aren’t supporting the game post-release. They’ve just announced a second DLC pack for the game, called “Corporate Warfare”. Due on May 28, it’ll introduce a new set of missions where you have to take on the Ultor Corporation, along with other stuff like…
When Kojima Productions launched a web teaser, many noticed “April 2007” written at the bottom of the page. People wondered what it referred to and if it was code for something. It’s not. That date, Konami now confirms, was an accident. “April 2007” referred to the release date for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse.…
If you own the PS3 or 360 versions of Terminator Salvation, you’re fine. If you own the PC version, however…well, you probably already know the thing doesn’t work. Users have been complaining about serious install errors all week, to the point where the game has had to be recalled from North American retail shelves. A…
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