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PC Sales Charts

Holidays are over, so on the NPD charts, we’re back to the Maxis/Blizzard duopoly. Meanwhile, on Steam, Rockstar’s 30% off sale (and a new patch) over the weekend gave GTAIV sales a healthy boost. NPD Sales Charts January 18-24 1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 2. WoW: Wrath of the Lich King 3. Spore 4.…

You’ve Got Street Fighter And Resident Evil 5 In My PlayStation Home

While SFIV and RE5 are both multi-platform, Capcom has joined up with Sony for some PlayStation Home specific content. There’s Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 player matching via Home for online play. This will be possible with Resident Evil 5 at launch, but SFIV will be updated after it goes on sale to…

PSP To Be Used As Console Game Recording Device?

At E3 2006, Sony brass Kaz Hirai showed F1 Championship Edition running off a PSP as a rearview mirror that could be placed next to your PS3 set-up. Gimmicky, sure, but one of many ways Sony has been trying to link portable and home console. There are other ways Sony seems interested in linking the…

SingStar Queen Tracklist Will Tie Your Fat-Bottomed Mother Down

Although ten tracks are already available on the PS3 SingStore, the world cares little. Why? Because the world waits patiently for SingStar Queen. Which, turns out, will be out in March, and contains the following. There’ll be 25 tracks on the PS3 edition, while on PS2, there’ll only be 20. Blame Blu-Ray. Anyway, SCE Australia…

Have A Gander At Star Trek Online

Cryptic Studios has recently released a batch of new Star Trek Online screens. Here they are, you can look at them. The screens are of a warp core, an asteroid field, USS Miranda zooming away from a planetoid and an asteroid colony. So, go ahead, look. MMORPG Star Trek Online is slated for PC and…

There Will Be No DLC For Prince Of Persia On PC

I played Prince of Persia, I loved Prince of Persia, warts-n-all. But now, there’s a problem. I’ve got it on PC. Which is the only platform that won’t be getting any DLC. While Prince Of Persia Epilogue will be available for 360 and PS3 on February 26, Ubisoft have confirmed that the three hours of…

You Can Get YOUR Custom Game Shoes

Etsy seller SceeneShoes is offering custom slip-ons with custom artwork. The pictured shoes are not for sell and are examples of previous works. Remember! These are custom shoes. You’ll need to tell ’em which shoes you want, because these are their custom shoes and you want your custom shoes. The keyword here is “custom.” We…

The Resident Evil 5 Demo Has Proved Somewhat Popular With 1.8 Million People

Those wondering how much anticipation there is for Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 need look no further than the following statistic: the Resident Evil 5 demo on Xbox Live has been downloaded 1.8 million times. Microsoft reckon that places it “among the top demo launches on the service”, though don’t elaborate on which/how many demos it…

SEGA Keeping Eye On Second-Hand Market

Used games are big business. Big business for retailers, but not for developers or publishers who are cut out entirely. While many company are very much against it, SEGA Europe president and COO Mike Hayes is diplomatic. Trying to kill the second-hand market, Hayes explains, is bad PR. “Of course, commercially, do I support it?…

Snow Day Spoils New Battlefield, Army Of Two Sequel Announcements

Seems Electronic Arts were due to hold a big press event in the UK today. Show off some new (including unannounced) games. Only problem is, there’s record snowfall in the UK at the moment. Yup, a snow day! Which means the event was called off. That didn’t stop word leaking out about which games were…

X-Blade Underwear Differences Explained

Japan is getting two versions of X-Blades: the PS3 version has panties, and the Xbox 360 version has less so. But…why? The Topware developed game is being put out by different publishers abroad, and each publisher reacts to the needs of its respective market. In Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment requested a more tasteful image of…

Phantasy Star Portable Release Telepiped Forward In Time

Do they still use telepipes in Phantasy Star? Well if they do, Sega just selected one from its inventory, bumping up the release date of Phantasy Star Portable in North America. The PlayStation Portable action role-playing game will be invading our shores on March 3rd, weeks in advance of its previously scheduled release date. Somewhat…

The Resident Evil 5 PS3 Demo Is Live

You might have missed it what with the first review being in and the Killzone 2 demo coming out this week – but just as a reminder, the Resident Evil 5 demo dropped on PSN today. I wasn’t a huge fan of the demo back when I tried it out at the Capcom holiday event…

The History Of The Halo MMO, And Ensemble’s Other Cancelled Projects

While Ensemble Studios – recently shuttered by owners Microsoft – were busy stowing their gear and shutting down operations, Gamasutra thought it’d be an idea to go ask a few more questions about the Halo MMO. What they found was that the game has a long, long history. Indeed, it began before Halo, as a…

Evo 2009 Returns To Vegas In July, Bring Shorts

Curl your mustaches and iron your Knicks jerseys, because the Evolution Championship Series will be hitting Las Vegas this July, pitting the world’s best of the best digital fighters in bloodless mortal combat. Evo 2009 is scheduled to throw down at the Rio hotel and casino July 17th through the 19th, featuring some of the…

Bubble Bobble Wii-visited For WiiWare

Bub and Bob will emit bubbles and bobble about in 2009 with a new, but retro take on classic Bubble Bobble gameplay. Famitsu spilled details on the WiiWare-bound game, which looks to go global. Bobble Bobble Wii will pack in 400 old school-style stages in a WiiWare release that includes the original Bubble Bobble levels…

Ian Bogost On iPhone Games: Penis Pumps, Bras and Airport Security

Ty Colfax at G4TV has an interview up with Persuasive Games founding partner Ian Bogost who documents the agony of getting his iPhone game, Jetset: A Game for Airports, through Apple’s approvals process. “Their first gripe was about what they claimed was offensive sexual content in the game, which amounted to a couple things that…

Kung Fu Panda Had The Best Video Game Animation Of 2008. Conversation Over.

Kung Fu Panda? Says who? Says the International Animated Film Society, that’s who. The video game based on Dreamworks Animation’s movie of the same name just scored an Annie, beating out Dead Space and Wall·E. The 36th Annual Annie Awards threw down this past weekend, honoring the best that animated things have to offer, whether…

Microsoft Finally Fixes NXE HDMI SNAFU

The Xbox 360‘s “New Xbox Experience” wasn’t filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing. Following the NXE roll out in November 2008, a segment of the Xbox 360 population found their previously working audio cutting…

We Don’t Kill Trees

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: “Now The Hell Will Start” We published K, our monthly features magazine, on Saturday. The reaction seemed to be mostly positive, though some people did seem a little confused about it. We’re never going to print or sell the thing, that would be crazy. First off it would cost too…