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Hey That Magna Carta 2 Sure Took A Long Time

Development on recently announced role-playing-game Magna Carta 2 (which has nothing to do with the actual Magna Carta) first began about four years and eight months ago. What’s taken so long? The first title in the series, Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche, was released in 2001, and the second game, Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata,…

Lily Tomlin: Pac-Man Addict

You may know Lily Tomlin as the hard-faced mother from Nashville, or as that woman in Big Business who wasn’t Bette Middler. But today, meet the real Lily Tomlin: a Pac-Man fiend. [via GayGamer]

Street Fighter IV PC Dated For Japan

In April, Capcom announced that the release date announcement for the PC version of Street Fighter IV was coming May 1. Check your calenders, it’s May 1. The fighting game has already been released in arcades and on home consoles. The PC version will be released on July 2 in Japan. It will be released…

Midway: The Soap Opera Is Neither Bold Nor Beautiful

The story of Midway’s recent woes makes for grim reading if you read every story individually. But if you combine them into a single narrative and emphasise the characters, well, you’ve got a soap opera! Kris Graft over at Gamasutra has done just that, weaving the whole sorry tale into a drama starring “the old…

Koei Tecmo Donates To Italian Earthquake Relief Effort

Earlier last month, a deadly earthquake rocked Italy’s mountainous Abruzzo region, killing hundreds and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Koei Tecmo Holdings, makers of Dynasty Warriors and Dead or Alive, and connected company staffers have pitched in and donated ¥3,470,000 (US$35,205) to the earthquake’s relief effort. Every bit helps. コーエーテクモ、イタリア大地震に約300万円を寄付 [Yahoo! Japan]

Batman: Arkham Asylum Delayed?

According to “sources close to the game”, the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum has been pushed back from its planned June release date to sometime later in the year. Speaking with Game Informer, the sources reckon the game will instead ship in the “fourth quarter of 2009”. Apparently neither of the game’s co-publishers, Eidos or Warner…

Red Faction In 400 Tamales (And Red Tape)

So spicy! So Red. Reader Nick sends this photo, writing: This may not have the most red in it but it does have a lot of meaning behind it, but hey when you have 400+ hot tamales, strawberries, a horn, some Van Halen and a leninade then you better be ready for a revolution. Viva…

Could Brutal Legend Look Any Better?

Hrm, don’t think so. I mean, first Lemmy, and now this? In one day? We’re into it. Heck, even the movie voice-over guy is into it.

Update On Final Fantasy XIII And Final Fantasy Versus XIII

In a recent Famitsu article on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura talks FFVII: ACC. We know about that, tell us about those unreleased Final Fantasy games! Nomura told Famitsu that the voice recording for FFXIII is in its final stages. Versus-wise, Nomura says that the game’s costume designer has…

Why Won’t Japanese Gamers Buy The Xbox 360?

Enterbrain, publisher of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu, has polled its readers as to why they don’t buy the Xbox 360. You know, the reasons why. Here is the breakdown: • Worried about its future 35.71 percent • Price is high 7.14 percent • No games I want to play 3.57 percent • Another reason 53.57…

Some Guy Gets A Blizzard-Only WoW Item, Goes On WoW Rampage

A World of Warcraft subscriber has accidentally been given a powerful in-game item normally reserved for internal testing. And what’d he do with it? Why, he used it. Yes, instead of doing the right thing and returning the item (“Martin Fury”, an in-game shirt), he kept it and went out on a bit of a…

White Knight Chronicles Could Be Getting Voice Chat

Face it, when you’re playing on a console with a controller, typing is tough. Japanese PS3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles has players do just that. The American version may not. Tsubasa Inaba, who’s producing the US version of White Knight Chronicles, tells the PlayStation.Blog: “We realize the necessity of voice chat. We’re trying to get…

A Free Sackboy Residents Of The British Isles

LittleBigPlanet developers Media Molecule must have a lot of knitted Sackboy plushies lying around the office, because they’ve just announced a deal where anyone living in Britain can get one for free. Yes, if your postal address is anywhere in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, all…

Major Minor’s Majestic March Sold 600 Copies In First Two Days

New Wii rhythm game seems to have the all the ingredients for a music game hit: The reuniting of PaRappa The Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura and PaRappa artist Rodney Greenblat. The duo also worked on the groundbreaking PlayStation title UmJammer Lammy. Their latest offering, marching title Major Minor’s Majestic March, was released April 24. The…

Left 4 Dead Can Track Your Statistics From Beyond The Grave

Valve have implemented a great new feature within Left 4 Dead that, courtesy of Steam’s obsession with cataloguing data, is able to track and display your game stats. This new stats page can track you performance (kills, deaths, survival time, etc) over time, and show stuff like how often you use each weapon and play…

Square Enix Teases Unannounced “NEW GAME”

Sirens. Breaking glass. Gun shots. Square Enix has launched a new website for a “NEW GAME”. It features a cityscape, a cacophony of sound and a quote from John Kennedy. The Kennedy quote reads: “The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human…

Report: Sony To Debut New Motion-Sensing Controller

According to several sources, The Cut Scene is reporting that Sony are set to unveil a new motion-sensing controller, perhaps as soon as E3 next month. The controller – which reportedly uses “small LEDs” and a “small webcam” to track the players’ movement – is apparently similar in function to the Wii Remote, though because…

Nintendo: 87 Percent of Wiis In Living Room

Starting May 1 in Japan, the Nintendo Wii is getting a new video service channel called “Wii no Ma” (Wii Room). Nintendo president Satoru Iwata introduces it in a new video. Nintendo is partnering with Japanese ad agency Dentsu for the endeavor, which is for the Wii and the DS. Instead of offering existing movies…

The Munchables Preview: Eat It!

It’s tough trying to trick kids into eating vegetables. Namco Bandai helps out—and cashes in on the Wii’s target audience—with The Munchables, a game where you eat what’s bad to do good. At the start of the game, Don Onion and his brigade of space pirates take over a planet on which live two of…

The Sordid Story Of The Gizmondo May Come To Movie Theaters

Tiger Telematics’ spectacularly failed Gizmondo portable game machine may be the most exciting industry misfires of all time. Someone thinks it’s potentially exciting enough to be brought to the silver screen. Of course, one of the most interesting characters attached to the drama that was the Gizmondo is Swedish businessman Bo Stefan Eriksson. He’s probably…