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Square Enix Admit They Take Too Damn Long To Make Games
In an admission that will no doubt mean…something to frustrated Final Fantasy fans the world over, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has confessed that the company takes too long to make a game. Speaking with GI.biz about their recent buyout of British firm Eidos (publishers of Tomb Raider), Wada said “…we at Square…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
Some Dante’s Inferno PSP Screenshots
So, yeah, there will be a version of Dante’s Inferno on the PlayStation Portable. This is what it will look like. Electronic Arts’ classically-inspired brawler has obviously lost a bit of that ol’ current-gen sheen on the little handheld, but here’s hoping that – like the PSP version of God of War – they can…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
Fallout 3 DLC To Be Bundled, Sold At Retail
According to product listings on Amazon’s UK site, Fallout 3‘s “The Pitt” and “Operation Anchorage” will soon be packaged together and sold at retail. The packs will be available for both 360 and PC, and are currently slated to appear in late May. You will of course require a copy of Fallout 3 to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
Steve Wiebe Gets A Donkey Kong World Record
Steve Wiebe will be taking a crack at Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong world record during this year’s E3. To help him warm up, then, he just set a new world mark in Donkey Kong Jnr. Yes, no doubt spurred on by his recent defeat at the hands of a Mr. Owen Good, Wiebe set a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
Objection Overruled
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By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
If Only More Games Had Box Art Like This
While “classy” game covers have so far been 2009’s game cakes, some real games can have classy covers too. Like Another Code: R on the Wii. On the left, the European art, while on the right, the Japanese box. Love it. Publishers, take note! When scanning an endless desert of garishly-coloured game boxes, this is…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
Konami Pulls Controversial Iraqi War Game
Well, that didn’t take long. Following some heavy, initial criticism of their title “Six Days in Fallujah”, Japanese publishers Konami have decided not to release it. “After seeing the reaction to the videogame in the United States and hearing opinions sent through phone calls and e-mail, we decided several days ago not to sell it”…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009 -
You Want Your Dead Space Original Or Extra Crispy?
It’s been two weeks since we had anything to say about Dead Space: Extraction, so EA has seen fit to send out new screens to keep the Wii exclusive on the radar. In case you can’t be arsed to go back and read through the EA Spring Break Event impressions, here’s a couple of highlights:…
By AJ Glasser Published April 27, 2009 -
Mafia II Delivers Room Service
Mafia II is a “buddy story,” in the words of Producer Denby Grace – a tale of a mid-50s era mobster protecting his family and The Family in the face of organized crime. For the world’s first look at the game, 2K Games demoed a single mission about halfway through the game’s branching storyline. Vito…
By AJ Glasser Published April 27, 2009 -
Is This Battletoads?
To: Luke From: Owen Re: It’s Been a Year Already? No, it’s Doom III. But you should see these motherfuckers ride a jet ski. What you missed while you were gone: Kid Wanted DS, Got a Rock Director: “Microsoft/Xbox is the Most Dreadful, Non-Talent Friendly Company” Warcraft on an iPhone, but is It Coming to…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Week in Games: It’s Wolverine, Bub.
The five-platform splash of X-Men Origins: Hugh Jackman Wolverine is the highlight release of the coming week. Banjo-Tooie is on Xbox Live Marketplace; Stalin vs. Martians mmmmaybe comes out; Velvet Assassin is another one to mind. This week’s count: 10 for PC, six for Wii, four for 360, three for DS, two for PSP, one…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Magazine Covers That Don’t Exist, But Should
Visitors to The -Minus World haven’t seen any updates since being told “BRB” on April 11. Well, there’s one change – B Miggs and Agent B went to GameSpy, where they cooked up this feature. The premise – “Seven Game Magazine Covers We Wish Existed.” I guess that would mean anything on the cover of…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
DSiCade Takes Browser Games on the Go
If you’ve run through your DSiWare points budget and you’re still looking for something to do, point your browser over to DSiCade, a site for fan-made browser games. It’s only at a beta-stage so far, so you can choose among a Simon-style memory game (pictured) a Missile Command-type game (which I couldn’t get to work)…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Call of Juarez: There Will Be Blood
When the Union army burns your plantation and kills grammaw in her bed, some might consider that cause for revenge. But first the Confederates McCall head to Mexico to find the loot that’ll bankroll their blood debt. Along the way, they kill a U.S. marshal (demonstrating a showdown engine for the game?) and run into…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Euro Xboxers, Xtival is Back
Not sure what “free Gold membership for the weekend” means other than “free multiplayer” – and maybe taking advantage of the deal of the week. But all European gamers get it May 1-4. The annual event promises to offer gallons (sigh … Imperial gallons) of fun with all of your favourite Xbox multiplayer titles. In…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Kid Wanted DS, Got a Rock
This sounds like something my Dad would do, just to watch me lose my shit. However, it’s real. A 16-year-old unboxed his birthday present DS to find nothing but rocks and Chinese newspaper. Because she’s a cool mom, Jody Wykle, of Lake Wales, Fla., gave her son Guitar Hero: On Tour even though he didn’t…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Vesperia Bonus is Soundtrack: Volume 2
If you bought Tales of Vesperia‘s special edition and saved your secret code for eight whole freaking months, now you may finally have your “special bonus.” It is slightly above “underwhelming,” but not exactly “whelming.” Namco’s put up the redemption site where you can claim the prize. It appears to be volume 2 of the…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
The Rules for 360 Achievements (Partially) Explained
Microsoft’s only on-the-record guidance on how Achievements are approved came more than two years ago, and the maximums it set then have been easily surpassed. Xbox360Achievements.org says it’s learned of new policies on Gamerscore ceilings. X360A’s Alan Pettit noted that the new batch of Fallout 3 achievements broke, once again, the stated maximum of 1250…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Ubisoft Trademarks New Driver Game
What do you with a derivative IP in a saturated genre that has continually disappointed since its first sequel more than six years ago? Why trademark a fourth sequel, of course! Sorry, but this franchise hasn’t done anything particularly well since 1999, which was the original Driver: You are the Wheelman on PlayStation. That was…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009 -
Director: “Microsoft/Xbox is the Most Dreadful, Non-Talent Friendly Company”
James Gunn, one of the directors signed on to last year’s “Horror Does Comedy” original content series on XBox Live, says Microsoft rejected his first film and “cut the living shit” out of the second. To be fair, Gunn calls “Humanzee” the “most balls-out, fucked-up thing I’ve ever shot.” But he says the XBL folks…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009