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Anyone For God Of War III Gameplay Footage?
God of War III has been at GDC in playable form. But with rules. People could see the game, but weren’t allowed to film it. Silly rules. This is the internet! Somebody has filmed some God of War III gameplay footage, and done us all a favour by uploading it to YouTube. Excuse the shaky…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Japan Doesn’t Like Dragonball Evolution Game
Japan loves Dragonball. Japan loves the PSP. Japan does not love PSP title Dragonball Evolution. The game is based on the Hollywood flick Dragonball Evolution, which is all kinds of stupid. Japan has turned its nose up at the PSP game. Dragonball games traditionally sell exactly well in Japan, the one movie inspired one hasn’t.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Yes, Microsoft Will Still Publish PC Games
Microsoft used to publish lots of PC games. Now, though, they mostly don’t. Sure, there’s Gears of War, and a three years late port of Halo 2, but aside from that? Not much. And it doesn’t look like there’ll be much in the foreseeable future, either. The company’s internal Flight Simulator team has been canned.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima Announces An Announcement
*tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Because game designer Hideo Kojima has something to announce. First and foremost, Kojima is best known for creating stealth series Metal Gear Solid. That doesn’t mean you should pigeonhole him as an action guy. In a GDC interview, he states: Well, to give you maybe a surprise, people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Take A Look At The New Resident Evil Comic
My, how things change. Last we heard about the Resident Evil 5 comic series, it would be revealing Chris Redfield’s “dark burden”. Now? It’s got nothing to do with Redfield. Or any other RE characters. Instead, this prequel to the events of the latest Resident Evil game introduces two new characters (both BSAA agents), in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Square Enix Has Future Plans For Final Fantasy VII Series
As Blu-ray movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete readies for release, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura talks about the film and the franchise. As has been previous announced, Square Enix has gone through and amped up Advent Children for this HD release. Fan favorite FFVII has been revisited multiple times with the Compilation of Final…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Expect Lots More Spaces For Home
The “spaces” that come with Home are…well, they’re fairly basic. The service’s real potential lies in spaces that can do more, like the Warhawk Command Centre. Thankfully, lots more new spaces are on their way. Sony’s US director of PlayStation Home, Jack Buser, says “you’ll see about three new spaces launched a month – I’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Empire: Total War Patch Hits Steam
Turned-based strategy computer game Empire: Total War has been beleaguered with issues since launch. There have been crashes to the desktop, or corruptions in your game that stop campaign progression. Loads of users on Valve’s content delivery system Steam have been having problems with the game, and Valve has been reticent on the issues. Until…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
There Will Be More Halo 3 Content From Bungie
Last month, Bungie said a teary farewell to Halo 3. Or so we thought. Instead, it was just a teary…something else, because Bungie have no intentions of leaving the best-selling game behind. Speaking with IGN at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Bungie’s Allen Murray has said “Halo 3 took two and a half…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima’s Keynote? Not A Game Announcement
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is giving a GDC keynote. According to the rumors, he’s announcing a new game. According to Kojima, he’s not. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he told website 1Up. “I’ll leave that for sometime later.” Though, Kojima said he would try to keep his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
The Best Board Game Trash Talker Wins A Sofa And Xbox 360
Contest time! We’re giving away a game couch and an Xbox 360. Want to win? Better start trashing talking. For the next 24 hours, the comments section in this post will be a trash talking smorgasbord. But not any trash talking smorgasboard, a board game trash talking smorgasboard. Woot. We’ll pick the ten best trash…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
New CryENGINE 3 Trailer, Screens
We got a quick look at Crytek’s new engine the other day, but it was small, and it was grainy. Didn’t really do the thing justice. So today, we’ll take another look. This extended clip makes the whole thing look a lot like Crytek’s last engine (the one Crysis ran on), doesn’t it? That’s because,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Konami Boob Shooter DLC Short On Boobs
Otomedius Gorgeous!, Konami’s cleavage-heavy entry in the Gradius spin-off series, gets something off its chest with new downloadable content. The Xbox 360 port of the arcade original features three-player coop, the ability to upload and download replay data via Xbox LIVE, and a versus mode that lets the Otomedius girls take on bosses from previous…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon)
The Xbox 360 went on sale in Japan in December 2005. The console was met by a largely indifferent Japanese game buying public. But, bit-by-bit and RPG-by-RPG, the console has started doing decent enough. According to online reports, the consoles current sales total in Japan is hovering dangerously close to the one million mark. During…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2 Dated For Nov. 10 In First Trailer
Activision and Infinity Ward capped off tonight’s Game Developers Conference Awards with the first trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Tim Schafer described it as the complete opposite of baby pictures. The trailer starts with the Infinity Ward logo, with background noise on a green waveform turning into a series of human shaped…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 -
Is There A New Mother (Earthbound) On The Horizon?
Roid is a “non-console” from developer Level 5, but rather, a web portal used by the dev to sell PC and mobile games. The new issue of Famitsu hints at what to expect. According to the article, “A surprise, big title is also slated to appear.” Below that is a picture of classic Japanese role-playing-game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009 -
Sony Want More Downloadable PSP Games On The PSN
The biggest problem with the PSP isn’t the handheld’s lack of quality games. It’s the handheld’s current reliance on making you buy, and use, those awful UMDs. But later this year, that will change. Sony’s John Koller says that, by the end of the year, Sony will be making a lot more PSP games available…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009 -
Game Developers Choice Awards Super Liveblog Of Waiting For Tim Schafer Jokes
The Game Developers Choice Awards are about to kick off, with Megan Scavio and Simon Carless warming up the crowd for a night full of Tim Schafer jokes. Should be a smashing time. While neither is as funny as Tim Schafer, we appreciate all their hard work in making GDC and the GDC Awards show…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 -
Bionic Commando Gets Firm US Release Date
The final Japanese release date for Bionic Commando was announced earlier. Now, the US one comes swinging in. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will ship to North American retailers on May 19. The PC version doesn’t have an announced release date yet, but will ship shortly thereafter. The game was originally expected to be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009