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EVE Expansion Breeds Tougher Enemies

EVE Online players had better start gearing up for battle now, as the Apocrypha expansion unleashes a whole new breed of tougher non-player character enemies upon the universe. Combat versus NPCs in EVE Online has generally been a rather simple affair, requiring the player merely target the enemy, start firing, and wait for them to…

MadWorld Paints the Wii Red: Hands-On Impressions

My moments spent playing MadWorld earlier this week had me recalling cult faves like Killer 7 and No More Heroes. This Platinum Games title brings way-over-the top violence and stylized visuals to the Mii-making masses and backs them with intuitive controls and tight camera work. Despite the red-heavy screens we’ve all been looking at since…

Tonight, I Went On A Date

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Reviewing Flawed Code For the first time since Mrs. Bashcraft delivered the new squirt, we went out to eat…with the two kids, Mini and Micro-Bash. It was at a kid-friendly buffet that had all you can eat (and drink, hey, hey) — and incidentally was near we Mrs. Bashcraft’s father…

Faith And A .45 Development Comes To A Halt

First announced early last year, Deadline Games‘ Faith And A .45 looked promising! It had biplanes, tommy guns and a sexy, ginger-haired lady. Basically, it made the Great Depression look fun! So it’s with a heavy heart that we hear tonight the game’s been put on pause. Why? Because despite featuring biplanes, tommy guns and…

When The RZA Wants To Game, He Is Supplied With A Dev Kit

The RZA is in Wu-Tang. And the Wu-Tang Clan ain’t, if you must be reminded, nothin’ to fuck with. So when the RZA needs a 360 to game on, he doesn’t game on no 60GB. No, Bobby Digital is given, as you can hear on this clip, a dev kit. Just so the dude can…

DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA Dated

Finally! After being delayed from its original Christmas Day delay, the Xbox 360 port of Cave’s arcade shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA has a release date. According to 5pb, the game will be out in Japan on February 19 for ¥7,140 (US$79).

Just To Clear, No, That DS Game Did Not Feature An Islamic Chucky Doll

Hick news channel WTNH’s bleeding edge report on Crave’s Baby Pals for the DS had a few holes in it. One of the biggest was the fact the channel didn’t bother contacting the game’s publisher. Oops. GamePolitics, however, did, and asked Crave to deny (or confirm!) whether the bathtime baby in their kids DS game…

Any New Info About Those Philip K Dick Games?

Swedish developer Grin might be working with media company Halcyon, who own the rights to the Terminator franchise, on games based on Philip K Dick‘s works. We don’t know though — Grin’s tight lipped. When asked about the Philip K Dick Halcyon games, Grin co-founder Ulf Andersson diplomatically replied, “I really don’t have a comment…

PAL PlayStation Store Update

Is Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix available this week on the PAL PlayStation Store? Let’s check! Hmm…no, no Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix that I can see. Again. Which leaves the PAL Store update looking a little worse for wear. Oh, except for Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. That’s probably worth looking…

Xbox 360 Lolita Arcade Shmup Gets Release Date

Xbox 360 port of Cave’s Lolita arcade shooter has finally gotten a release date. It is April 23. Hooray! As we previously posted, there’s also a limited edition of the game (priced at ¥9,240 — US$103) besides the regular edition. The limited edition version also includes a soundtrack CD as well. Amazon Japan is offering…

EA Hit The Reset Button On Need For Speed Franchise, 3 New Games Coming

It’s official: the sheen has well and truly worn off the Need for Speed franchise. Once a guaranteed smash, recent titles have under-performed badly, leading EA to announce a total reboot for the series. Speaking with Eurogamer, EA have revealed that there’ll be three new NFS games released in 2009, the idea being to seperate…

Microsoft Talks Future of Halo Wars And Ensemble Studios

Just because Ensemble Studios is dead that does not mean the studios’ Halo Wars are gone. The game will live on! As Jason Pace, Halo Wars lead producer and MGS Halo franchise overseer, points out, Ensemble is forming a new company and will help support the game with bug patches and whatnot. When asked about…

Is The iPhone Getting A New “Premium” Games Store?

There are hundreds of games on the iPhone at the moment. Problem is, most of them are awful, little more than rubbish flash games with a $0.99 price tag. According to a report on PocketGamer, however, Apple may be looking at a way to get around this, by dividing the App Store‘s games into two…

PlatinumGames Launches Website, Promises To “Get It”

MadWorld developer PlatinumGames sends its new English language website into orbit today. The site’s first post lays out the site’s M.O. Japanese game companies are notorious for not “getting it”. They are thought of as slow moving, orthodox, and out of touch. One of the places where Japanese companies seem to not “get it” is…

Let’s Break Down Nintendo’s Biggest Selling Wii Games (Let’s!)

You’ve seen us break down Nintendo’s DS sales. Now let’s look at the Wii sales! Since this includes the Christmas quarter, sales are looking good, in both Japan and The West. These are the sales numbers for the period April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, and include not just total Wii game sales, but…

Nintendo’s 2009 Launch Schedule Includes Punch Out

Nintendo announced its “Launch Schedule of Primary NINTENDO Products by Region (Jan. 2009～)” for Japan, The United States and Europe. There’s hardware, there’s software, there’s Nintendo, and there’s Giant Reggie Face. Japan • Nintendo DS DS Uranai Seikatsu 2009/1/15 Mario and Luigi RPG 3!!! 2009/2/11 Rittai Picross 2009/3/12 Tomodachi Collection(Temp.) 2009 Famicom Wars DS2(Temp.) 2009…

Let’s Break Down Nintendo’s Biggest Selling DS Games (Let’s!)

Nintendo has released the financial findings for its Nintendo DS games sold last year. Included are the numbers for the April 1 – December 31, 2008 financial period as well as the breakdown for Japan and overseas. What’s more, there are new life-to-date totals for the games. Here’s the breakdown: Brain Age: Train Your Brain…

Survey: 47% Of PC Game Purchases Are Digital

Getting sales data for the PC market is hard. The NPD Group try, but they don’t cover digital downloads, so there are big holes in their data. Enter Rock Paper Shotgun’s ginormous reader survey. In an effort to try and get a sense of how many PC purchases are of the digital variety, the PC-focused…

Bruce Shelly And Ensemble Studios Say “Goodbye and Thanks”

Ensemble Studios is being shuttered. The studio’s Bruce Shelly leaves us with one last (and bittersweet) blog post. He writes: “My expectation is that this is the final ES blog that I will write. I have enjoyed pulling it together for the past several years and sharing with you what I could about the inside…

This Is The New Xbox Experience That Could Have Been

Design firm Grid/plane worked with Microsoft on early design ideas for the New Xbox Experience. While the NXE we ended up with is a different beast, it’s interesting looking at what could have been. While Grid/plane’s ideas obviously centred around a new menu system, they also “dreamt up an immersive 3D environment for users to…