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This Year’s Nintendo E3 Press Conference Is “About The Games”

Last year, Nintendo’s E3 press conference was a train wreck. Nintendo marketing exec Cammie Dunaway is upbeat about this year’s though, giving reasons why we should be excited about this year’s presser. “Well, because, I’m going to be up on stage presenting, something that your fans ought to love,” Dunaway told IGN. “But I’m not…

The Pro Evolution Soccer Carousel Spins Around To 2010

There was a Pro Evolution Soccer in 2008. 2007, too. And 2006. And so on, and so on. So it will be again in 2009, with the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. Last year’s edition was a crushing disappointment. For the first time in recent memory, the series yielded its crown as the…

Don’t Get Your Wii Price Cut Hopes Up Just Yet…

Hey! Wii’s manufacturing costs are apparently down by 45 percent. Time for Nintendo to pass on those savings to you with a price cut, no? Nope, the UK got a price hike. “Regardless of the cost price of manufacture, the decision to raise the [Wii’s trade] price to retailers in the UK was taken due…

Tart Up Your Xbox Media Centre With Some Skins

Despite dying off as a viable games machine a few years back, the Xbox is still good for something: the Xbox Media Centre. Problem is, the thing looks really boring. Lucky for any of you using the setup, there are ways to spruce things up a bit. Make the Media Centre a little easier on…

Eagerly Awaited Koei PS3 Title Still In Development

Koei’s Ni-Oh is based on an unearthed script from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Rashomon ) and has been M.I.A. for a while. Good news, Koei is still hard at work on it. Ni-Oh traces the journey of a half-Japanese blonde-haired samurai in 16th century Japan. When asked about the game, Koei apologized…

Tecmo: Nintendo Holding Back Fatal Frame

When asked about when Mother 3 would be coming to the States, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that wasn’t his decision. Japan makes those decisions. If so, what’s up with Wii title Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse? When asked about the game, Tecmo replied, “Nintendo holds the publishing rights to ‘Fatal…

Kick The Crap Out Of A Vending Machine

I haven’t done one of these in a while. So I’ll make amends with Adult Swim’s “Ultimate Vending Machine Challenge“, which tasks you with, well, kicking the crap out of a vending machine. Just to get some snacks. I like it because I like the idea of a pro vending machine league, I like it…

Arr! Director Chooses BioShock Over Pirates

Next year, the fourth installment in the US$2.6 billion grossing Pirates of the Caribbean franchise goes into production. After spending the past years on the series, director Gore Verbinski is moving on. Instead of directing the fourth Pirates, which is once again starring Johnny Depp, Verbinski has told producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he has opted…

First Peek At Tales Of Vesperia Anime

As previously announced, Xbox 360 title Tales of Vesperia is getting a PS3 version and a big screen anime. The animated feature, due in theaters this year, is set before the game. Titled Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~, the anime is being produced by Production I.G., the studio being Ghost in the…

PC Sales Charts: All Over The Place

The beauty of PC sales charts is that, as often as they’re depressingly repetitive, other times they’re an explosion of strangeness and absurdity. Like this latest batch, where we have three very different games atop the three major sales charts. Lich King at #1 on the retail charts, we’d expect that. Left 4 Dead, surging…

Banana Eating Cat Ear PS3 Game Not Expressive

PS3 soul breeding role-playing-game Agarest Senki ZERO once again has players battle monsters and chat up girls. This time around, the fair maiden’s facial expressions change based on the options you select while talking them up. Check out the gallery below. Their outfits can also change as well — and sometimes there are banana-eating cat-ear-wearing…

So, How Many Wii Games Are Any Good?

Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the Wii section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one? Let’s find out! Just like they did for both Xbox 360 and PS3 games, market research firm EEDAR have rounded out the…

When Game Sales Do Matter…

Yesterday, Brütal Legend and Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer told us not to worry our pretty little heads about game sales. Today, he clarifies: I think games sales matter a lot. I just think that the people who should worry about sales are the people who have vested financial interest in a game. If your money…

This Is The New Multi-Platform tri-Ace RPG

As teased last week, developer tri-Ace’s new role-playing-game is End of Eternity, a collaboration between tri-Ace and SEGA. Set in futuristic towering megapolis Bazel, EoE‘s main characters are 17-year-old Private Military Firm (PMF) mercenary Zefa, 26-year-old ex-solider Vashron and 19-year-old young woman Test Subject No. 20. She’s escaped from a research facility where she was…

One Of These Men May Appear On The Cover Of Madden 2010

Many sports games make a fuss over their respective cover athletes, but really, the only one people give a damn about is the guy who turns up on the front cover of Madden. Partly because it’s one of the biggest-selling games in the world. Partly because some people have attached a ridiculous belief structure to…

Rumor: Resident Evil 5’s Versus Mode Was, Yes, On The Disc All Along

Capcom caught more than a little flak for charging extra for Resident Evil 5’s VS mode. Their excuse? That it was “beyond the initial scope of Resident Evil 5”. Seems Capcom may have a strange way of defining what was in the “initial scope” because, as anyone who has downloaded the add-on will have found,…

Tales Of Vesperia RAGE!!

Imagine that you don’t own an Xbox 360. Maybe, you don’t even want one. But then a game comes out on it, a game you really want, and it’s an exclusive. To play it, well, you’d probably buy the console, take your “Only On Xbox 360” game home and play the crap outta it. Then…

Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! Officially Announced For PSP

NIS America has made an honest game of Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? announcing the PSP game for a July release, confirming what we reported last week. Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? (or HIOPB!WDIDTDT? to be brief) is the English-language release…

Patch This Game: Far Cry 2

It’s been almost seven months since Far Cry 2 hit the shelves, scoring all kinds of crazy-good reviews, but according to GamesRadar, the game is still crazy-broken. The four page article “Warning” Far Cry 2 is still a broken game” details the chronology of the game’s issues from the first reports of crashes to the…

Nielsen: People May Buy Wiis, But Do They Use Them?

Entertainment research firm Nielsen have released a fresh set of usage statistics, giving us an insight into not how many consoles are out there, but how long they’re actually being used. There are all kinds of charts and colourful graphs contained within the report, but the key findings were: – That the PS2 is still…