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Zombie Slashing Bikini Cowgirl Game Movie Gets Sequel
Last spring, a movie based on D3’s cowgirl-in-a-hat-killing-zombies game Onechanbara hit theaters. It was even localized as Chanbara Beauty for Western audiences. While pretty much panned universally, the cheesy low budget flick was good old fashioned mindless fun. Guess it was successful enough to warrant a sequel, which has just been announced. Dubbed Chanbara Beauty:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 -
Shenmue Creator Yu Suzuki “Retires” As Creative Officer At Sega
The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has “retired” from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn’t done with Yu Suzuki just yet. While Sega-Sammy notes that Suzuki has “retired” from his role as Creative Officer of the AM Plus R&D department, he’ll…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
The Mega 64 GDC Videos You Didn’t See*
*That is, unless you actually attended this year’s Game Developers Conference and the associate Independent Game Festival Awards, because these two skits aired during the ceremony. And they’re quite good. As good as Mega 64’s Metal Gear Solid spoof? That all depends on your point of view. Particularly if you’re a fan of indie gaming.…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Microsoft, Lionhead Settle Gay Discrimination Claim
Jamie Durrant, an ex-Lionhead employee suing Microsoft for £45,000 on the grounds he was harassed in the workplace for being gay, has settled the case out of court. Terms were agreed upon earlier this week in a court in London, but as is usually the case with these things, terms of the deal were not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
DSi Inspires Fiscal Responsibiity
My 7-year-old son, it seems, has suddenly learned fiscal responsibility. But it wasn’t the ailing economy, or thoughts of a car that started him on the road to saving, it was Nintendo. Two months ago, the day Nintendo announced when their DSi portable gaming system was coming to the U.S. for $170, Tristan said that…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
Bay Area Game Jam Rocks My Weekend
This weekend, Wild Pockets, Crispy Gamer and Microsoft are teaming up to host Bay Area Game Jam – a 24-hour game development competition at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California. Contestants have to use Wild Pockets’ 3D web-based game engine and the fine print on the contest rules specifies that this is…
By AJ Glasser Published April 3, 2009 -
Not As Shocking New G.I. Joe Screens
After the last batch of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screens, I was seriously hoping to see more of Cobra — specifically Destro and Baroness — doing their thing. But instead, we’ve got more “Yo, Joe!” shots of Snake Eyes, Duke and some random dudes blowing stuff up. Mind you, blowing stuff up is…
By AJ Glasser Published April 3, 2009 -
GameTrailers TV Gets Earlier, Much Earlier Time Slot
Spike TV‘s video game exclusive packed weekly video game show, GameTrailers TV, is getting a slightly more sane time slot and giving you some weekly Geoff Keighley face time an entire day earlier. The show is moving from “Friday nights at 1 AM”—which was technically early Saturday morning at 1 AM—to “Thursday nights at 12:30…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits Is Now Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
When Activision ships its “best of” Guitar Hero compilation this summer, it will be called Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, not Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, as previously announced. Why? You got me. Perhaps Activision is saving Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits for yet another installment, as it’s due to run out of Guitar Hero sequel and spin-off…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Chi Town
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: When Your Last Name Is First, Where Is Your Middle Name? I’m in Chicago for a long weekend. One of my many cousins is getting married here and we decided to fly in for an extended-family visit. So far I’ve managed to cram a stuffed pizza, some Chicago dogs, and…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
The Dishwasher Rewards You For Peter Moore-ing
This week’s Xbox Live Arcade addition The Dishwasher features a great shout out to EA Sports bossman Peter Moore, formerly of Microsoft and Rock Band flub infamy. How does one get “The Peter Moore Achievement”? Simply hit the Xbox 360 guide button “while playing a killer solo,” just like ol’ Pete did way back at…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
PlayStation 3 Outsells Wii In Japan For Second Month In A Row
Last year, the Wii made headlines for its trouncing of the PlayStation 3, when Nintendo’s console was outselling its current-gen competition from Sony in Japan. But 2009 has started to work out a little differently. For the past two months, Sony’s PlayStation 3 has outsold the Wii. It hasn’t outsold it by the impressive margins…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
This LEGO Nintendo DSi Could Crush You
Built from over 50,000 LEGO bricks and weighing at 250 pounds, this nearly seven foot wide Nintendo DSi could do some serious damage should gravity have its way with it. Built for the upcoming North American launch of Nintendo’s latest handheld—and installed at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City—the electric…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Atari Busts Hopes Of Ghostbusters For PSP
Normally, the ESRB is a great resource for leaked information, such as the unannounced PSP version of Atari’s Ghostbusters: The Videogame it rated the other day. Sometimes it’s not such a great resource. Case in point: Atari has denied that Ghostbusters: The Videogame is actually coming to the PSP and the Entertainment Software Ratings Board…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Alpha Protocol: Obsidian Evolves
The team at Obsidian talk about how they’ve evolved over the years leading up to the development of the real-world espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol. Looking at Alpha Protocol in action, it’s hard to imagine this is the same team that worked on classic role-playing games like Planescape: Torment. Despite their fine relatively performance working…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Mortal Kombat Team Looking To Split From Midway
Midway’s team of developers responsible for the 17-year-old Mortal Kombat franchise is currently in active talks with other publishers to leave the company and for its own studio, sources tell Kotaku. The MK team, which comprises about 50 developers, is said to be in discussions with a handful of unnamed publishers, with senior members of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Sweet Noby Noby Kicks Give Me Nightmares
Reader Tonks sends us a picture of this amazing Noby Noby Boy shoe he made. On the shoe you can see that Noby Noby boy has stretched himself through the eyelets of the shoe. Pretty amazing. But as much as I love shoes, and shoes featuring games, I don’t think I could ever wear these.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
Xbox Live’s April Deals Of Darkness
Microsoft has revealed the game and add-on discounts coming your way as part of the Xbox Live Deal of the Week program, and odds are you might find something worth spending points on. Heading up the deals for this month is Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, on sale next week for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Hands On With iPhone Multiplayer Shooter LiveFire
Ngmoco’s LiveFire, a multiplayer first-person shooter designed from the ground up for the iPhone, is a valiant attempt to bring the fast-paced genre to the portable, but still needs quite a bit of work. When Ngmoco founder Neil Young handed over a playable build of LiveFire to me during GDC, he was sure to point…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
BioShock 2 Isn’t Sea of Dreams Again
BioShock 2’s on again, off again love affair with the subtitle “Sea of Dreams” is finally officially off…or we hope so, for the sake of our sanity. Despite official word given to Eurogamer last month after the first time we discovered the subtitle wouldn’t stick, IGN now has the official official words, and they are…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009