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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…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 -
MAG Site Launches With Little Signal, Lots Of Noise
The official web site for Sony’s MAG, the “massive action game” for the PlayStation 3 from SOCOM developers Zipper Interactive, has gone live. Don’t expect to absorb too much, other than some radio chatter. The official Massive Action Game site features little more than some carefully camouflaged screen shots of the game and a preview…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Iwata: Wii Video Download Service May Transfer To DS
Nintendo’s video on demand service, planned to launch in Japan sometime this year, might not just be limited to the Wii. According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, it may also come to the Nintendo DS. Iwata tells the Wall Street Journal that the advertising-based video service—currently announced for availability in Japan this year, but reportedly…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Spice Up Your Rock Band Skills With A NES Emulator
If you’re not digging SpongeBob Squarepants and Nirvana updates, this nifty NES emulator program might be just the fix for Rock Band/Guitar Hero fatigue. 8BITar Hero takes audio generated from a NES game run on an emulator and runs it into a “Rock-Band game” with up to four separate music tracks. If that isn’t straightforward…
By AJ Glasser Published April 7, 2009 -
Halo Encyclopedia Shoots For Bookshelves This Fall
Halo fans with a thirst for referential material will be queuing up for the Barnes & Noble midnight launch of the Halo Encyclopedia, which has been announced for a fourth quarter release at book stores. DK Publishing, fine reference book publisher of things all things useful, historical, mundane and incredibly nerdy, will pack 350-plus pages…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Time Warner Bandwidth Caps, Gaming And You
Broadband internet provider Time Warner Cable is making good on its plans to charge its subscribers for the amount of bandwidth they consume, a decision that could have a serious impact on your cable bill. It could also have an impact on your video game buying habits, as Gamers With Jobs explores in a new…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
That’s Lunch
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Moving is Hard Spent the day writing. Not writing, writing, but mostly blogging. Still, I managed to avoid doing much administrative crap today, which makes me exceedingly happy. My stomach bug has mostly passed, though my lunch of two egg sandwiches was probably, in retrospect, not such a hot idea.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 -
Meet The Lovely Ladies Of Dream C Club
We’re not quite sure why the Xbox 360 has become the lonely Japanese otaku voyeur’s console of choice, but D3Publisher’s Dream C Club is only going to further entrench the console as perv-worthy. Dream C Club‘s premise, if you aren’t familiar, is to recreate the visual wonders of a Japanese hostess bar, letting the player…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Shadow of the Colossus Getting Big Screen Adaptation, All Hope Lost
Sony’s brilliant PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus is becoming grist for the Hollywood blockbuster mill, in what appears to not, unfortunately, be a horrible, horrible joke. Might want to pour a stiff drink. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog, Sony Pictures will be tackling Shadow of the Colossus for a movie…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Character Customization In Rag Doll Kung Fu
Rag Doll Kung Fu’s Mattias Nygren hung out at the Playstation Lounge during GDC last month to talk up the character customization mode of Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic. The video shows you some unlockables and how you can make new awesome fighting puppets. The game is due out on the Playstation Network…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 -
A Visit To id Software Circa 1993
John Romero takes us back to the early formative days of id Software, way back to November 1993, about a month before the release of the original Doom. It was a time of mullets, when CRT monitors dominated, when Shiny’s Aladdin for the Sega Genesis and Bram Stoker’s Dracula for MS-DOS captured the imaginations of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Ys Online Plays The Race Cards
While North Americans keep themselves occupied with Atlus’ recent re-release of Ys Books I & II on the Nintendo DS, over in Europe they’re trying to figure out which race to be in Ys Online. In order to help out, European game operator Key to Play has issued a set of cards featuring the male…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 -
No Green Hornet Game Coming
While talking with Entertainment Weekly, Seth Rogan says that there won’t be a video game based on the upcoming Green Hornet flick because the rights were too tied up. It’s something we wanted to do with The Green Hornet but the rights were tied up in a complicated way and we weren’t able to get…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 -
Sega Looking Into Virtual On Twinsticks For Xbox 360?
The dream of playing Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram for the Xbox 360 as it was intended, with arcade-style twin sticks, may become a reality. While it still sounds unlikely, someone at Sega is exploring it. That’s according to a post from the developers of the Xbox Live Arcade version of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, by…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Robocalypse Applies Beaver Defense To WiiWare
The one thing missing from last year’s Nintendo DS strategy title Robocalpyse had to be an evil beaver. Developer Vogster rectifies this oversight with Robocalpyse: Beaver Defense, a tower defense title coming to WiiWare. While the gameplay was okay, the truly unique humor of the title made it stand out, and the franchise’s WiiWare outing…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 -
You’re good, but are you good enough to design the game?
Our unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist and designer in the multi-billion-dollar game design industry. Details after the jump. You’ll learn how to create characters, design game play and background and their environments, and apply your knowledge of video and computer games to evaluate products. You will also learn to plan…
By Chrissie Lamond Published April 7, 2009 -
Mafia Wars Hits iPhone
Mafia Wars, already popular on Facebook and MySpace, just hit the iPhone. The iPhone version of the virtual organized crime game comes with new weapons and jobs. In the game you commit crimes to build up your organization and cash, which gives you access to new weapons and such. The mobile version includes a slick…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 -
Blockbuster May Be Going Bust
The folks at Blockbuster would really appreciate it if you’d pay your overdue late fees, renters. The company has warned it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern. Yes, Blockbuster, the 24-year-old chain that rents “more video games than any other company, store-based or online, in the nation,” is in…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Breaking Apart The Nintendo DSi
While we know full well what the Nintendo DSi looks like from the outside, the handy folks over at iFixit have torn one apart to expose its steaming innards. Not that you’d have any real cause to strip your new Nintendo DSi down to the component level, but just in case the urge strikes you,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 -
What Ware Did You Buy For Your DSi?
Nintendo launched the DSi here in North America this weekend, and with it a batch of free DSi Store points for people to use to pick up a free game or two. Personally, I haven’t been all that impressed with the so-far small selection of games currently available for download, though the free web browser…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009