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Amazon Entering Used Game Biz

Following on the heels of Toys R Us, Amazon.com is the latest to retailer to get in the used game business. Amazon’s program is still in beta, but as part of its service launch campaign, the online seller is offering a 10 percent discount on future single game or accessory purchases to those who trade…

Another, Better Halo Transformer

Yes, we’ve seen one of these before. It was an admirable job, but lacking in its vehicle mode. This one is a big improvement, as it’s a Master Chief transforming into a Warthog. It is, of course, a custom job, cobbled together with parts from a McFarlane Master Chief and Actionclix Warthog then built atop…

PS3 Breaks 2 Million, PSP Breaks 3 Million

Months before its second anniversary and in a crap world economy, Sony’s PLAYSTATION 3 console has sold 2 million units in the United Kingdom. “It’s a premium product, so therefore it costs a premium price, and that does give us issues in terms of the expected sell-through that analysts and the media want,” explains Sony…

Keep Your Cat Busy With These Kitty Control Pads

I must say, I’m more of a dog man myself, but this is one instance where cats come out trumps. A dog would probably try and eat these adorable controllers, where a cat just…cuddles. It cuddles the guitar, at least. Which is what it’s supposed to do. These are gadgets for cats, after all. The…

Royal Air Force Prefers Gamers To Pilots

There’s an economic crisis going on, and times are tough all over. Even at Britain’s Royal Air Force, which is looking to save a penny or two by replacing some combat pilots with…gamers. Thankfully, we’re not talking about real fighters here, so rest easy, people of Britain. You won’t have some snotty-nosed kid crashing a…

Resident Evil CGI Movie On PlayStation Network

Starting today, CGI flick Resident Evil: Degeneration is available via the PS3’s PlayStation Network. This comes as Capcom announced the title has shipped over 1.5 million copies. Resident Evil: Degeneration takes places a year after RE4 and features characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The movie was distributed by Sony Pictures and debuted last…

A DSi Fit For Mickey Mouse And Square Enix

Game maker Square Enix has announced a Japanese release date for its upcoming action role-playing DS titleKINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days: May 30. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is the latest entry in the Disney-meets-Square-Enix series of RPGs. A special KINGDOM HEARTS DSi (pictured) will also go on sale when 358/2 launches.

Resident Evil 5 On Sale In Japan Right Now

Multi-platform title Resident Evil 5 went on sale in Japan. Big game on sale in Japan means one thing: Lines of Japanese people. At the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, sales were healthy. Japanese game site Famitsu reports that the PS3 version sold at a pace of 100 copies in the hour after the shop’s doors…

Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) Sells 372,000 Copies

Toshihiro Nagoshi, designer of SEGA’s Ryu Ga Gotoku, hinted that the game sold 300,000 copies. It’s sold more, way more. Just released official numbers put it at 372,000 copies sold. The game’s success also meant a huge PS3 spike. During the Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 debut week, sales of the PLAYSTATION 3 jumped 225 percent…

New Sega RTS Will Only Work With DirectX 10, Vista

Stormrise, a new RTS from Creative Assembly, is coming to consoles. No problems there. But it’s also coming to the PC, and when it does, you better hope you’re not still rocking Windows XP. Why? Because the game will only run under DirectX 10, which will only run under Windows Vista. Lead designer Artem Kulakov…

Iroha, Cammy, Poison, Oh My

More game girl figurines — endless! At the recent a recent hobby show in Japan, plasticized versions of Iroha, Cammy and Poison all put in sculpted appearances. Iroha, from SNK’s fighting game Samurai Shodown, is miniaturized into 1/6 scale. This is a prototype, hence the lack of color, but a finalized version is slated for…

New Company Of Heroes: One Tank Army

There’s a new Company of Heroes expansion on the way, one that will continue Relic’s move towards a more “intimate” strategy game by giving you control over a single tank. One of the expansion’s three new campaigns – in which you take command of an SS tank at the Battle of Villers-Bocage – sees you…

Put On Racing Stripes, Win Race Pro

A contest ends, another one begins. We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars go faster. Face it, they do. Just look at Race Pro‘s box art. Here’s the contest: Put racing stripes on something — anything! Racing stripes on a phone? It goes faster. Racing stripes…

March 16 Shall Now Officially Be Known As “Sony Online Entertainment Day”

There are plenty of commemorative days across the globe. Some honour great men/women, some honour great events, some even get you the day off work. But granting a day to a games developer? That’s exactly what San Diego City Council are doing. Next Tuesday (the 10th), city council member Carl DeMaio will formally proclaim March…

PS3 Title Derby Time Online Now Offline

Sony Computer Entertainment developed horse-racing PS3 title Derby Time Online went on sale November 13, 2008. This summer, the game’s online service will cease this June. No online service is not a good thing for an online game. According to the game’s official site: “Be warned that from June 3, 2009, it will not be…

The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory

Most people are more than happy with the improvements the New Xbox Experience brought to the Xbox 360‘s user interface. Those unhappy, well, tough: it’s about to become compulsory. Up til now, those who didn’t like the looks of the NXE could, in theory, keep their consoles off Xbox Live and keep rockin’ the blades…

Why Did Only Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 Go On Sale First?

The above picture was taken at major Japanese retailer Bic Camera on March 4. Resident Evil 5 does not go on sale on March 4 in Japan, but on March 5. While street dates are commonly broken in North America or places like Dubai, it much less common in Japan. What is bothering some Japanese…

A Boy And His Blob Looks Swell In Motion Too

Scans and screen shots may not get the job done, especially when it comes to hand-animated games like the newly announced A Boy And His Blob. Thank goodness new video of the Wii game exists. IGN also has the first interview with the developers of A Boy And His Blob, a quintet of reps from…

Fallout 3 Patch Makes Radroaches Shinier

The latest patch for the Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3 fixes specular lighting problems, giving the game a significant graphics boost. Don’t feel bad – I had to Google “specular reflection” too. The new fix makes things appear shinier and highlights textures on environments so you can actually make out ridges on radroaches or…

Unreal Tournament 3 “Titan Pack” Won’t Be Hitting PS3 Tomorrow

Epic Games has some bad news for Unreal Tournament 3 fans looking forward to new content on their PlayStation 3s. That “Titan Pack” expansion planned to hit the PC and PS3 tomorrow… won’t. Originally timed for tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update, adding new maps, units, vehicles, characters and more, Epic cites unforeseen certification problems. Instead, it…