With the chance to ask Capcom serious, important business questions following the company’s recent financial earnings forecast, one Japanese analyst took it upon himself to…complain about Resident Evil 5’s control scheme. Yup, no probing questions about profits and yen valuations and business plans. Instead, he kicks his question-o-tron all the way up to “whine” mode,…
This week’s British sales charts are interesting reading, because Nintendo have been booted off of top spot. And second spot, now you mention it. And spots 4, 8, 9 & 10 as well. Yes, seems a revolution took place last week in the UK, which not only saw Street Fighter IV take the top two…
Red Cliff, the latest from Hong Kong action director John Woo (Hard Boiled, The Killer), is coming to DVD in Japan this March. What’s that got to do with gaming? Buy either Red Cliff Part I Standard Edition or Red Cliff Part I Collector’s Edition and get a bundled Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi-Raid (Dynasty Warriors:…
You may have seen today a retail listing for a PSP game called San Andreas Stories. It’s even got box art. Pity, then, it’s all the result of the result of some wishful thinking. The listing in question was spotted on the website of British retailer HMV. As you can see right here, it says…
The great thing about Japanese arcades isn’t only all the cool games you can play, but also the cool things you can get in crane games. At Japanese arcade industry show AOU, SEGA and Taito showed off the prize goodies appearing in their crane games. The keywords here are “plush toys.” Go on, have a…
The first trailer for EA’s take on Dante’s Inferno didn’t show much. Looked a little, well, “conceptual”. This second clip is much more useful, and should look particularly familiar to God of War fans. The more obvious visual similarities aside, it’s a fairly unique (and chompy) version of hell EA have come up with. Dare…
Back in 2006, a splurge of pornography appeared on Sony’s UMD format for the PSP. Several years have passed, and new ways of delivering adult PSP content have come. Screw UMD! Japanese adult contents site DMM.com is now trying to take advantage of the free pornography already playing on discerning PSPs by selling full length…
Killzone 2 looks set to be the biggest, loudest thing to yet land on the PS3. But did you know it’s so big, and so loud, that Amsterdam’s power supply couldn’t cope with its development? Yup. As the game’s production drew to a close, developers Guerrilla – who are based in the Dutch capital –…
Upcoming black, white and red Wii title MadWorld is a unique looking game. It runs, however, in 480i and not the more HD-kosher 480p. Surprised? IGN’s Matt Casamassina noticed the game was running in 480i while capturing MadWorld videos. “Usually, lack of 480p support can be credited to developer laziness,” writes Casamassina. “No way such…
Microsoft has released pictures of the Exclusive Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition Console, which was confirmed earlier tonight and mentioned officially by Microsoft earlier this month. The Xbox 360 Elite console is bundled with a red wireless controller, black Xbox 360 headset, 120GB hard drive, via-LIVE-downloadable-Resident-Evil-theme, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix…
Square Enix role-playing-game Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope has given Japanese companies another glimmer of hope for the Xbox 360. While the Xbox 360 has been successful abroad, the console traditionally has had difficulty cracking the Japanese market. Recently, Microsoft has made in-roads with consumers in The Land of the Rising Sun thanks to…
While the appearance of the red Xbox 360 on Xbox Live doesn’t confirm the machine’s existence – we took care of that a while ago – it does end the wait for official pics. As you’d expect, the machine’s colour matches that of the existing red Xbox 360 controllers. As for what else comes in…
Last night was the Academy Awards. Actors, directors, writers and producers were honored for their work in films — as was a World of Warcraft player. By day, Steve Preeg is a big time Hollywood visual effects artist, working on films like Lord of the Rings and I, Robot. By night, Steve Preeg is also…
Rockstar aren’t the humble types. So when Rockstar VP Jeronimo Barrera gets talking about the quality of Lost & Damned‘s script, you know he’s not going to say “oh, it’s better than Everybody Loves Raymond”. That’s not to say that it’s not. It, and everything else created on Earth, is. But it’s an easy target.…
Due to “an inadvertent administrative error,” some of the 1,400 individuals Microsoft laid off recently received overpayments in their severance packages. That is, until Microsoft asked for them back. Twenty-five of the 1,400 people let go received checks that were off about US$4,000 to $5,000. Microsoft sent out a letter to those who accidentally received…
Could Left 4 Dead’s star be finally on the wane? If you look at the retail sales charts for the week ending February 14, you’d say “yes”, the game finally dropping from the top 10. But that’s precisely why we don’t just look at the retail charts. While the game made way on NPD’s charts…
Those in Japan who actually go see Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li in theaters and stay for the entire movie, get a special treat. Think of it as a reward. After the Chun-Li film ends, a Street Fighter anime starring schoolgirl Sakura will be screened. Animation house Studio 4C, who’s responsible for the Street…
Ever use a Nintendo DS as a web browser? It’s awful. But with a larger, brighter DS on the way, could things be looking up for Nintendo’s portable web-browsing credentials? Short answer: yes. The new Nintendo DSi not only has a larger screen, enabling a clearer viewing experience, but it loads faster and looks cleaner.…
God of War III, the latest entry in Sony’s hack-and-slash franchise, is a big game. Big games need lots of game developers to make them. The God of War III developers at Sony’s Santa Monica studio have roped in a little help. According to French magazine PSM3, developers Naughty Dog (Uncharted) and Insomniac (Resistance) are…
Resident Evil 5 is the first new (core) RE game in four years. It’s also the first to launch simultaneously on multiple platforms. So interest in the title was always going to be high. But how high, exactly? Well, as of writing, the demo – out for a few weeks now – has been downloaded…
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