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ESRB: Bayonetta Has Jiggling, Gyrating, And Torture Attacks
Entertainment Software Ratings Board description’s are a welcome recent addition, clinically telling us about all the naughty, neat things that transpire in our Mature-rated video games. Take the ESRB’s recent rating of Bayonetta, for example. The Platinum Games developed title gets extra clarification for its “torture attacks,” the enemy-finishing moves that relieve Angels of their…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
Pokémon Tops Japanese Charts, Software Sales Stuck In Dungeon
With the exception of the newly released Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai, it was a relatively slow week of video game buying in Japan, with low sales of new software. Even though it topped this week’s chart, the latest Pokémon spin-off title didn’t sell on par with its predecessors (two games that eventually…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
Epic Boss Responds To Exploitative Working Condition Claims
Epic Games president Michael Capps speaks extensively with Joystiq regarding accusations of employee exploitation that have recently been causing a bit of a stir. The uproar began when industry critic Greg Costikyan called out Capps for comments made during an Independent Game Developers Association panel last year. During the talk he indicated that working 60…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Microsoft Has $13.65B Quarter, Sells 1.7 Million Xbox 360s
Software giant Microsoft announced its quarterly earnings today, boasting $13.65 billion in revenue, with $1.57 billion of that from the division responsible for the Xbox 360. That means some bad, some good. Revenue was down across the company by six percent on lowered software sales, but Microsoft’s net income for the quarter (roughly, the company’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
PAX 2009 Programming Details Emerge
The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo slowly begins to coalesce into an actual event, as organizers deliver details on some of the exhibitors and musical talent attending this year’s show. While many of us would attend the Penny Arcade Expo 2009 even if it were one guy in an auditorium playing Metroid music on a harmonica,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
PopCap Heard You Liked Peggle, So It Put It In World of Warcraft
You thought the addition of Bejeweled to World of Warcraft was a potentially potent potable? That’s nothing compared to the deadly cocktail that is PopCap’s Peggle, also available to play in Blizzard’s ultra-popular MMO. WoW Insider has first details on the addition of the peg-smashing game, which has already begun raiding its way into World…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
Wolverine Behind-The-Scenes Teases Secrets
The latest developer diary video for X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a dirty, no-good secret snikt-tease. Developer Raven hasn’t so much created levels for the game as they have crafted environments for players to romp about it. Forest environments; jungle environments; snowy forest environments – they’re all represented here. It’s all very interesting, until they get…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Sony Promises “Electrifying” Announcement On April 27th
The official U.S. PlayStation web site is teasing “an electrifying announcement” will hit next week, one that’s related to both inFamous and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the PlayStation 3. While we’re privy to details on new developments related to Uncharted 2—which we’ll discuss further on Monday—we did not attend this week’s hands-on opportunity with…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
Help Me Spend 1000 Club Nintendo Coins
After a few weeks’ worth of registering Nintendo products at the recently launched U.S. version of Club Nintendo, I’ve amassed a healthy 1000 coins to spend. But what clutter-adding trinkets to spend them on? Long, drawn out decisions have never been my strong point, particularly when it comes to the more trivial. Being a Platinum…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009 -
Play As The Joker In Arkham Asylum PS3
A new advertisement appearing earlier than expected in Sony’s PlayStation Home reveals the ability to play as The Joker in PlayStation 3 exclusive challenge levels for Batman: Arkham Asylum. Several readers sent us in blurry photos of the new sign, which has appeared in various spots throughout the Home service today, featuring a grinning Joker…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Star Trek D-A-C Boldly Goes Official
Paramount Digital Entertainment officially announced Star Trek D-A-C for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC today, delivering new screenshots of the movie-themed space shooter to the masses. The official announcement for Star Trek D-A-C doesn’t really offer anything new in the way of game information. From McWhertor’s report at GDC we learned that…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Fable II Adds 250 Achievement Points In The Future
The upcoming See the Future downloadable content for Fable II could add up to 250 gamerpoints to your Xbox 360 gamerscore, if you get lucky. I say if you get lucky, because one of the thirteen new achievements requires that the player “make love” twenty-five times, which for some of us represents many more times…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
EA Sports Complex Races Onto PlayStation Home
EA has launched the first phase of their EA Sports Complex in PlayStation Home, delivering new things to see and do in Sony’s virtual world. The EA Sports Complex is a massive new area to explore in PlayStation Home, with trailers to watch, teasers to view, and a couple of mini-games to whet your appetite…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
The Chronicles Of Spellborn Is Now Open For Business
Acclaim Games officially launches their massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Chronicles of Spellborn in North America today, with free two-week subscriptions on offer for all newly registered players. The Chronicles of Spellborn is an online role-playing game that takes place in a unique, otherworldly post-apocalyptic setting. It features a very interesting action-based combat system,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Fuel Tells Players Where To Go
Magical floating sky arrows replace the standard GPS system in the post-apocalyptic world of Codemasters’ Fuel. I’m not exactly sure what Codemasters’ marketing folks were thinking when they decided to create a trailer that compared modern-day car navigation systems with red arrows flying through the sky in the direction you are supposed to be heading.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
TimeGate And Paramount Reach Section 8 Agreement
TimeGate Studios once again successfully defends the name of their game, reaching an agreement with Paramount in the lawsuit over the name Section 8. TimeGate filed the lawsuit earlier this month, after Paramount sent out a press release announcing an interactive web series called Section 8, days after cancelling a meeting with TimeGate regarding their…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Battlefield 1943 Drops In June
DICE advances World War II by a year in June, announcing the release month and pricing details for their downloadable online multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943. A small slice of World War II is coming to the PlayStation network and Xbox Live Arcade in June in DICE’s Frostbyte-driven update to Battlefield 1942. It’s the US Marines…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
Red Faction: Guerrilla Demo Now Available For Everyone
The dark days of pre-order exclusivity have passed, and the demo for Red: Faction Guerrilla is now available to all that would venture onto Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network to find it. In a show of supreme confidence in their game, THQ releases the single player demo for the next game in the Red…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2009 -
The Biggest Non-Gaming News In Japan Today Involves A Naked Man
To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: How To Gift New Neighbors In My Neighborhood I’ve already Twittered and Facebooked this, so apologies to those who’ve already seen it there! Last night at 3am in Tokyo Midtown, SMAP‘s Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was drunk and making a racket, screaming and whatnot…totally naked. (Read more here.) Like, the guy wasn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009 -
There’s Prinny In My PlayStation Home
This month sees an update for PlayStation Home. That update sees new things, like this Disgaea lounge where folks can play mini-games like a Disgaea test, a card game and a block game. There are other things, too: Street Fighter IV avatar items and the ability to start-up SFIV games with folks you’ve met in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009