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Little Giant Robots End Japan’s PS3 Software Streak
For the past three weeks, PlayStation 3 software has topped the charts. But this week, the Nintendo DS strikes back, kicking previous bestseller Musou Orochi Z out of the top spot. This week’s winner? It’s Super Robot Taisen K, Banpresto’s robot battle-gasm for the DS, moving 117,000 copies last week. The Shoko Nakagawa television commercial…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 26, 2009 -
The Dead Space Team Talks Award-Winning Audio
Our own Adam Barenblat interviews the team from Dead Space after accepting their award for Best Sound at the 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Dead Space was one of four games that received an award last night that wasn’t Fallout 3 or LittleBigPlanet, and rightly so. The sound in EA’s space survival horror shooter…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
Kojima Stands And Delivers A Keynote
In case the text of our liveblog wasn’t enough for you, here’s some pictures direct from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima‘s GDC keynote session. Witness Hideo Kojima, recipient of the Game Developers Choice 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, as he dynamically discusses all things Metal Gear and Metal Gear related. See him standing, talking…standing AND talking…
By Adam Barenblat Published March 26, 2009 -
Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet Win Big At GDC Awards
LittleBigPlanet walked away with four awards, but Fallout 3 came out on top at last night’s 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. For those of you who missed the liveblog, here’s the rundown. Despite Fallout 3 taking home the awards for Best Writing and Game of the Year, last evening’s festivities were all about Media…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
The Cut Scene: Inside The Video Game Weapon Replica Business
Down the street from a Kroger shopping center and a Wal-Mart in Marietta, Georgia lies an arsenal. The Empire Swords shop looks unassuming enough from the outside, but once you step through the doors… Swords, axes, staves, and daggers line the walls. Racks filled with cruel-looking implements of destruction stand before giant sets of armor.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
Ratchet And Clank Go Back In Time This Fall
Ratchet and Clank triumphantly return to the PlayStation 3 this fall in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, the continuing saga of the robot and Lombax duo. Some of the franchise’s biggest questions will be answered in A Crack in Time, as Ratchet and Clank discover the truth behind their origins and their…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
The Hideo Kojima GDC 09 Keynote Liveblog
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is taking the stage at this year’s Game Developers Conference to discuss all things creative in his talk “Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible.” We’ll be there. We’ll be liveblogging Kojima’s talk, which we expect to focus a little more on the development of Metal Gear throughout the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 26, 2009 -
Rumor: What Sixaxis Controls Do You Want in Arkham Asylum?
What motion controls would you like to see in the Playstation 3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum? Because Sixaxis support will likely be in there. Warner Brothers Interactive wouldn’t comment on possible motion control in the game, actually blanching a little when asked. But we’re fairly certain that some form of motion control will be…
By Brian Crecente Published March 26, 2009 -
Level 5 Studio Ghibli Game Maybe 20% Done
The secret to Level 5‘s success, says CEO/President Akihiro Hino, is having a really awesome trailer with lots of visual images that target the game’s core audience. Said trailer’s gameplay footage is “not final.” In a Q&A session following his “Level-5’s Techniques to Producing a Hit Game,” Hino said that the in-game footage that appears…
By AJ Glasser Published March 26, 2009 -
God of War III Frame Rate Revealed
God of War III has a max sustained frame rate of 60 frames per second – but some scenes in the game might have to run at as low as 30 per second. This and many more inside baseball-y factoids were kicked around at the “Practical SPU Usage in God of War 3” panel. Programmer…
By AJ Glasser Published March 26, 2009 -
Awkward Moments At GDC: Neil Young Tuck in Your Shirt
It was, by most accounts, a grand success. Will Wright, Brian Fargo, David Perry, Neil Young, Rob Pardo and Warren Spector gathered together around a table talking deeply about gaming and the things they would do, could do, if only. Pardo even mentioned that he had spoken with Microsoft about the next Xbox. As the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 26, 2009 -
Cartman Plays Judas For Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Behold the glory of purposefully obvious fake product placement, as everyone’s favorite obnoxious little fat-ass betrays the savior for a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Last night’s new episode of South Park, “Margaritaville”, actually had a rather clever little plot, turning a commentary on the economic recession into a retelling of the story…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
With business failing and stores closing all over the country, GameStop reports record sales and earnings for 2008, and expects the trend to continue this year with plans to open 400 more stores. With 2008 sales rising 24.4% over last year to $8.8 billion dollars, GameStop laughs at our puny economic recession. In the fourth…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
One Billion Dollars Worth Of Rock Band Sold
MTV Games and Harmonix are likely overwhelmingly pleased to announce that North American sales of Rock Band have passed the $1 billion mark over the past 15 months, according to the NPD group. $1 billion is a very large number. It’s certainly large enough to put Rock Band at the top of the NPD’s games…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
Sex-Rated Xbox Community Game Not All That Sexy
Sex-rated Xbox 360 community game Break One Out is a serviceable Breakout clone that rewards you with censored pictures of a naked woman. Video included. It had to start somewhere…I just wish it wasn’t here. Break One Out, created by Kaos nyrb, is a 30-level Breakout clone, with the blocks concealing pictures of someone named…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
Utah Governor Smacks Down Thompson Bill
After passing through the Utah House and Senate with flying colors, Jack Thompson’s video game.movie bill has been vetoed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. HB 353 would have added stiffer fines to video game retailers and movie theaters that gave minors access to games or movies rated above their age level. After breezing through the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009 -
Whaddaya Make Of Nintendo’s Announcements?
To: Fahey, Crecente, Whomever From: Bashcraft So… What’d you think of Nintendo’s GDC announcements? What you missed last night Square Enix Has Future Plans For Final Fantasy VII Series Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Dated For Nov. 10 In First Trailer Is There…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Indiana Jones & The Staff Of Kings Gameplay Footage
Here’s a trailer for Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. Specifically, the Wii version. Were you excited before? Then don’t watch. Your excitement may be dampened somewhat. Clearly, Lucasarts are being paid by the waggle on this, because it looks as obnoxious an overuse of the Wii’s “unique” capabilities as you can get. Waggle…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Netflix Interested In The PS3
Sony may be (publicly) disinterested in Netflix. Petulantly so. But that doesn’t mean Netflix aren’t interested in the PS3, as this recent survey attests. If the above survey looks familiar, that’s because it’s identical to the Wii survey we saw the other day. Only they swapped out “Wii” and put “PlayStation 3” in there instead.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009