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SMB Coming To WiiWare – Super Meat Boy

Edmund McMillen, co-creator of the popular independent PC game Gish, dropped us a line to let us know that he was making the jump to WiiWare with his latest, Super Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy is a classic platformer based on the the flash game Meat Boy, which you can still play over at Newgrounds.…

Eidos Shutters Manchester Studio

Yesterday it was Microsoft, Sony, EA Canada and Intel taking hits from the economy. Last night, apparently, it was Eidos, which closed its Rockpool Games Studio in Manchester. The news first leaked out when Bill Harbison, an artist at the Manchester studio, twittered that it was closing. Videogaming 247 than confirmed the news with Eidos.…

Japanese Baby Clothes Don’t Cause Choking Hazards. Apparently.

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Black Thursday It’s always nice to get things sent from America. We got a package from my parents a few weeks back. In it, they’d sent along baby clothes for Micro-Bash. Interesting to note: American baby clothes often use metal snaps — which I literally just learned (like while googling…

Don’t Expect A Mass Effect 2 Unveiling At GDC

Mass Effect 2 is going to be at GDC! It’s going to be the topic of a dry, academic discussion, but still…Mass Effect 2! We’ll learn all sorts of things from this discussion, right? Nope. EA reps have told VG247: This GDC event is an academic panel, but there won’t be any concrete information provided…

Hundreds Of Players Banned In Final Fantasy XI

From the folks who brought you the 18 hour boss fight, comes this: mass bannings! Square Enix has nixed a large number of players from online game Final Fantasy XI. According to Square Enix, the company “discovered an issue that allowed players to create multiple items for certain treasures and rewards in areas such as…

Japanese Stake In World Market Down 20 Percent

Who’s ready for more depressing news? This time it’s not more lay-offs, but the state of the Japanese gaming industry. So maybe this is only depressing for those in Japan’s gaming industry. With the rapid rise of Western game makers, Japan’s market share has been falling for the past three years. According to the latest…

Skate 2 DLC Tailor-Made For The Cashed-Up, Lazy Consumer

What is this, 2006? We thought the days of EA releasing cynical, lazy pieces of downloadable content were behind us. Silly us! This is, after all, EA we’re talking about. And as the publisher behind such classic pieces of DLC as “pay to unlock stuff you can get for free in the game” and “pay…

Are You Brave Enough For iDOLM@STER PSP Goods? Are You?

For those who play Namco Bandai’s pop idol sim THE iDOLM@STER SP with pride (and in public), Japanese peripheral maker Hori has products for you! There’s an iDOLM@STER clear case to protect your PSP-3000 from scratches, iDOLM@STER earphones and iDOLM@STER UMD cases. The entire will set you back ¥2,839 (US$32). But can you really put…

Sony Europe Boss: No Cuts For Us

Sony are swinging the axe. Jobs must go. And while “headcount reductions” are in store for the games division, Sony Europe boss David Reeves reckons it won’t affect his part of the PlayStation Kingdom. Speaking with GI.biz, a Sony spokesperson has said Reeves feels that the restructuring processes Sony will undertake will be mostly confined…

So, What’s Happening With FEZ?

At last year’s GDC, the trailer for indie title FEZ garnered much attention — and an IGF award. Well, that was last year, what about this year. The game’s developer Polytron has just launched its website with some FEZ screens and some very terse info about the game. That info is: Release: 2009 Platform: TBA…

Intel Are, Yes, Sacking A Bunch Of People

In keeping with today’s theme, Intel – manufacturers of processors that are probably in the machine you’re reading this on and maybe also in a machine you game on – announced some job cuts. The company are to close four of their manufacturing plants: two in Malaysia, one in the Philippines and one in the…

Hot Chicks *Love* Zombies

There’s a couple viral Onechanbara vids doing the internet rounds, and they’re, well, pretty much what you’d expect: zombies and bikinis. As we previously posted, D3Publisher has reaffirmed the release dates for Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers and Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad. They’ll be out in February with zombies and, yes, bikinis. Oh yeah, hot chicks…

Peggle…On iPhone!

Ah, Peggle. You either love it, or you’ve never played it. While the game’s just fine on PC, it’s always seemed more suitable for on-the-go gaming, much like Tetris was on the GameBoy. So it’s awesome to hear that developers PopCap will be bringing the game to the iPhone and iPod Touch “in the first…

Square Enix Bringing DS Puzzle Game To LIVE

Guess what? Another Square Enix title is making its way to Xbox LIVE in Japan. Let’s have a look. Puzzle DS title Yosumin will be hitting LIVE this spring. Previously, it was announced that iPhone title Crystal Defenders will be on LIVE this spring — as well as PSN and WiiWare. スクエニ、「Xbox LIVE」でカジュアルゲーム2作品を発売 [GPara]

Far Cry 2 Sells Well, But Is Prince Of Persia Really A Slow Starter?

Ubisoft released some sales figures today as part of their financial results reporting. Listed are the to-date numbers for Far Cry 2, Prince of Persia, Raving Rabbids TV Party & Shaun White Snowboarding. Shaun White enjoyed a surprisingly strong debut, selling 2.3 million copies worldwide and becoming the second-highest-selling sports title in the US behind…

Taiko no Tatsujin DS Series Surpasses 1 Million Shipped

That’s a lot of drumming — and all on Japanese DSes. Namco Bandai has announced that the Taiko no Tatsujin DS series has hit the million mark. The franchise has two DS tiles: Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touchi de Dokodon! and Taiko no Tatsujin: 7 Islands of Adventure. They went on sale July 24, 2007…

EVE Online Banker Robs From The Rich, Gives To Himself

EVE Online has banks. Run by EVE Online players. And EVE Online players are as susceptible to embezzling over 80 billion ISK (the game’s currency) then doing a runner as any of us. Having found himself in the position of investments manager for the in-game bank Dynasty Banking, player Xabier had massive amounts of in-game…

Forbes Writer Stands By Calling Rock Band A “Shameless Knockoff” Of Guitar Hero

Earlier this week, Forbes writer Peter C. Beller made a tit of himself when he swallowed some Activision PR and reprinted it in his article on Bobby Kotick. Today, surprisingly, he stands by it. To recap, in the original piece, Beller called Rock Band a “shameless knockoff” of Guitar Hero, seemingly oblivious of the fact…

Yahoo! Auctions Japan Issues R4 Warning

Yahoo! Auctions Japan has a warning for those sellers putting R4 carts on the online auction blocks. Citing the efforts of Nintendo and third party publishers under the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, Yahoo! points out the legality of these devices themselves has still yet been disclosed by the courts. From a Yahoo! posted notice: “As…

“Bulk Of” Microsoft’s 1400 Job Cuts To Strike Entertainment Division

According to sources speaking with ZDNet’s resident Microsoft blogger, Mary-Jo Foley, “the bulk of [Microsoft’s] immediate 1,400-person cuts” are going to fall on the Entertainment & Devices Group. Which includes the Xbox team. We were told the same thing earlier today, and when contacted Microsoft PR issued the following statement: “This is a company-wide action,…