And not just a Pokémon x-ray machine, but a mobile Pokémon x-ray machine. In Japan, Pokémon is branded for products that range from instant noodles to sickness masks. This Pokémon x-ray machine from Shimadzu Corporation is directed not just at kids in the hospital, but kids in the hospital that are bed-ridden and unable to…
This is not real. Well, not real in the sense that you can buy it. But it is real in the sense some people built it, off the back of GH: Aerosmith. YouTube user CosmoKramer took the standalone title (specifically, the Wii version), installed a Megadeth intro, then dropped 42 playable Megadeth tracks (“written” in…
Well, he didn’t go there to hang out, eat freeze dried ice cream and float his rat tail. Garriott, son of astronaut Owen Garriott and designer of the Ultima franchise, went to space to work. “I took saliva, urine and blood samples, kept logs of my sleep and used special instruments to measure my inner…
As the US economy tightens, and business gets tougher, more and more companies are turning to second-hand goods sales to help pad their bottom lines. Which is why Radio Shack will now accept console trade-ins. Yes, the venerable old chain announced today that the pre-owned trade-in program it’s been trialling on its online store will…
George Broussard, co-founder of Duke Nukem Forever 3D Realms, emerges to twitter something about hitting a milestone: Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday. And ends in 2025. Duke Nukem Forever was first announced back in 1998…
Trip Hawkins founded EA. He also did the 3DO, and is slightly mad, so you have to take everything he says with a grain of salt. Regardless, this is interesting. Speaking with VentureBeat, Hawkins – who now heads a mobile gaming company – says: Between the iPod Touch and the iPhone, I think the platform…
Remember Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Entertainment System? Sure you do. So does Late Night host Jimmy Fallon. The upcoming Wii version is not Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, it’s different. Sure it’s got traditional button pushing, but it also has Wii motion controls. When G4 presenter Morgan Webb appeared on the show (along with Ice-T…
Faced with a red-ringed 360, a user is left with a few options. They could brave Microsoft customer support and send it back. Or…they could make a fighting stick out of it. We like the second option better, if only because it shows a little more of that good old pioneering spirit. The kind of…
Square Enix has released a new trailer for PSP role-playing game Final Fantasy Agito XIII. The game, currently not dated and way, way off, is set in a magic school against the backdrop of an invading military nation. Twelve students band together to defend their homeland. Originally planned for mobile phones, Square Enix moved the…
Market researchers The NPD Group – yes, the sales charts guys – have found that when it comes to games, most Americans don’t give a damn about the recession. Polling a sample group of around 10,000 consumers, 65% of respondants said that in 2009, rather than cutting back, they’d be spending at least the same,…
Originally released on the PlayStation 2 in 2002, mecha video game Armored Core 3 is getting a PSP port. As with most PSP ports, it will feature ad-hoc wireless play as well as customization options. Paint your mecha pink! You know you want to. Thanks cacophanus for the tip!
Yesterday, those around at the time got the chance to see some lucky sod play through the Final Fantasy XIII demo. If you weren’t around at the time, here’s the footage. Our thoughts? More games need burly men with baby birds in their hair.
Ooohh, we endorse this. Drinks inspired by games. And not fruity, healthy drinks to heal or soothe you. Stern, adult drinks, to punish and harm you. This one’s called “The Triforce”. While it appears to have both courage and power, courtesy of its combination of rum, banana liqueur and goldshlager, it may – for the…
One word: Daigo. Yes, that Daigo. He’s such a great Street Fighter player that another player has created a Daigo fan site. As Capcom’s Seth Killian points out, “It’s not just a fan site, it’s a really good fan site, even if you can’t read a word of Japanese.” The “collate data site” is packed…
I loved Dawn of War II, but I’ll also be the first to admit, it’s an acquired taste. Might not be for everyone. So it’s handy that Relic have released a demo of the game! It’ll let players still on the fence about the whole thing get a feel for the sweeping changes made to…
You know what we don’t do enough of? Give you high-res art assets that we easily have access to. That’s changing with a batch of “new” Tekken 6 character artwork, so you can do… whatever. Namco Bandai has so far released character renders for 20 of Tekken 6‘s fighters for us to use, less than…
According to a 10-K financial report filed earlier today, it appears that Interplay – who were supposed to have been developing a Fallout MMO – might instead lose the Fallout rights for the game. The looming action (which has not yet been made official, but is still likely enough to warrant Interplay filing about it)…
To mark the Koei Tecmo merger, staff from both Koei and Tecmo had a shindig at the Tokyo Imperial Hotel. There was eating, drinking and corporate naming. There was grandstanding as well with execs saying things like “Let’s aim for being the number one company!” with the thousand Koei Tecmo workers in attendance applauding. Koei…
According to the May issue of game mag Game Informer, rumor has it that The Beatles: Rock Band will support vocal harmonizing. Makes sense! The Beatles music features vocal harmonizing. The publications gossip section rumormongers that the game even makes it possible for multiple singers to belt out Beatles tunes, each with different mics. If…
At last year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix screened an in-game Final Fantasy Versus XIII cut scene in its Closed Mega Theater. Now, everyone can see that footage. Final Fantasy Versus XIII, not to be confused with Final Fantasy XIII, was first shown at E3 2006. The game features different characters, a different look and…
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