That’s Hideo Kojima. He makes Metal Gear Solid games and really likes movies — that last part is hard to believe, we know. Kojima has teamed up with video rental shop Tsutaya and wants to recommend 15 flicks that influenced the Metal Gear Solid series. The campaign is taking place at Tsutayas in Tokyo, Osaka,…
Sure, their cover was blown the other week when those Crackdown 2 rumours popped up, but that was an unofficial unveiling. Tonight, Ruffian Games have officially unveiled themselves. Hello, Ruffian Games! Fronted by Gaz Liddon and made up of devs who have worked on games like Crackdown, Fable II and Project Gotham Racing, Ruffian are…
…GameCube. Website VentureBeat crunched the NPD numbers and has turned up the following results: • Based on the console’s first 26 months of availability, the Wii is on its way to become the best-selling console of all time — a title currently held by the PS2. (The Wii has been outselling the PS2.) • During…
Like we’ve told you, A-1 Pictures are doing the smart thing and are making a Valkyria Chronicles anime. Until now, we’ve only heard about the project, so today, let’s take a look at it. These are some pieces of character art for the show. The costumes check out, and look great, but the faces? Little…
Some guy in Wasilla is selling an Xbox 360. He’s selling it for $250. That’s a steep price at the best of times, but when you read his pitch, it reads a little steeper. Aim high, Wasilla Xbox Craigslist seller [Boing Boing]
It’s 2006 all over again! Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai smacktalks the Xbox 360, but not the Nintendo Wii. Let’s cut to the chase, here’s Kaz talking to the Official PlayStation Magazine: It’s difficult to talk about Nintendo because we don’t look at their console as being competitors. They’re a different world and we…
The 1/23 issue of Famitsu rings in 2009 with interviews with 21 developers who are slated to shake things up this year. The meatiest stuff comes from Yoshinori Ono about the FFXIII demo. Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase hopes to ramp up FFXIII production and that the PS3 gains more ground. The PS3, Kitase…
Definitely a mixed bag in this week’s edition of the PC sales charts. Lich King sits atop the NPD charts, while on both Steam and Direct2Drive, EA games are punching above their weight. Example: Mirror’s Edge, which came in third on Steam (and second on D2D), and LotR Conquest, which tops the Direct2Drive charts. Mirror’s…
Sales are abound during the New Years holidays in Japan. Here’s a list of the most popular items purchased — including game hardware. On January 4 of this year, a little over 1,200 members of RealWorld RealResearch were polled about their New Years shopping. Here’s the sample breakdown: 59.1 percent were male, 8.7 percent were…
It’s time for the last of 2008’s significant awards to be handed out. This time, it’s Mod DB doing the handing out, naming what they believe to be the 100 best mods for the year. From that 100, readers will have until February 28 to vote for the winners, who aside from INTERNET FAME will…
The Wii’s ratio of hardcore games to casual titles is low. SEGA doesn’t see that as a bad thing, but rather, an opportunity. SEGA Europe’s Alan Pritchard explains cites the success of both Resident Evil 4 and Red Steel on the Wii. “But since then, many publishers have migrated towards the more mass-market family titles,”…
Jaleco Holdings is leaving the industry. As of January 15, 2009, the company transferred 100 percent of ownership in subsidiary Jaleco, best known for Bases Loaded, to an online game company GAME YAROU. Jaleco has been struggling for the past decade, and Jaleco Holdings was created in 2006 with Jaleco spun off into a separate…
Most gaming shirts are awful (though not all!). Most riffs on the classic “John Paul Ringo George” shirt are awful (though not all!). This shirt is both of those, but is not awful. Designed by bigdukesix over at Zazzle, and lemon colour scheme aside, it’s pretty neat. It’ll also be gone by the time you…
The latest PSP firmware update, v5.03, is hitting. According to Sony, it’s a small update that improves system software stability during the use of some features. What exactly those feature are, Sony’s PlayStation.Blog would not say. So here’s a picture of Tim Curry. PSP 5.03 Update [PlayStation.Blog]
Well, do you? We’re curious. Because Naughty Dog’s Bruce Straley thinks the Uncharted star already is, and is a little taken aback that you don’t all think the same. When asked by CVG whether he thought Nathan Drake could ever challenge Lara Croft in the popularity stakes, Straley responds: Why do you think he’s not…
Everything has switched to title-only quicklinks from the Day Note and up. Don’t Panic! Tech is working on a fix, and hopefully we’ll be back to (front page) business as usual. Until then, sit tight and drink hot chocolate. Update: And we’re baaaack! Still, we recommend hot chocolate. Cute robots go well with hot chocolate.…
We already knew that Dead Rising: Chop ‘Til You Drop is lacking in the brain-eating-walking-dead department. But it’s missing more than just zombies — some of it good, some of it very bad. According to the latest Nintendo Power (via Capcom-Unity), there are the differences in Dead Rising: Chop ‘Til You Drop You ready? Cause…
While we don’t yet have a release date for the Gears 2 patch Chocolate Rein promised the other day, we do have a little more information, in the form of seven new achievements. They’ve recently turned up on Xbox.com, and appear certain to go live once the patch is released to the public. In all,…
Last we heard, Relics’ second swing at a Warhammer 40K strategy game was due on February 27. Since then, however, things have changed, and the release has been bumped up a few days. Yes, up. Not delayed. Pushed up. Brilliant. The game “went gold” earlier this week, and instead of hitting shelves on February 27,…
Square Enix has launched a SaGa 2 (aka Final Fantasy Legend II) site. It’s bare bones. The story, character info and trailer aren’t yet online — but the website does have a 20th Anniversary trailer and a staff credits list. The team has worked on past SaGa titles. The site is playing the game’s theme…
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