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One Thousand Plus Famicom Cartridges For You To Buy

Open your wallets, retro gaming collectors! Has Akihabara retailer Mandarake have a deal for you — a “complete” set of Famicom cartridges. And yes, this comes at a cost. The “complete set” of 1051 Famicom cartridges is yours for a mere ¥650,000 (US$7,300). Mandrake’s prices tend to be on the high side — especially for…

Sony Expected To Post First Loss In 14 Years

According to Nikkei, Sony’s expected to announce an operating loss of US$1.1 billion (¥100 billion) for 2007-2008 — the first loss in 14 years and second since company was founded in 1958. Loses could even be double the expected number, Nikkei reported. This comes as the PS3 and Bravia TV maker said it would have…

AionGuard Is A New Game From The Makers Of Just Cause

Just Cause was fun! Fun in parts, anyway. Also had its fair share of problems. Rather than doing the old “we’ll fix em for the sequel” thing, though, the developers are trying something different. Avalanche are taking the genre they worked with on Just Cause, and scrapping the rest. No more islands, no more slick-back…

Dead or Alive Actress So Against Piracy, Bought Pirated Goods

Actress, singer, whatever Holly Valance was Christie in the Dead or Alive movie, DOA: Dead or Alive. The 2006 movie was filmed in Asia, and Vance now calls it “an amazing experience,” but tough. How tough? It was the toughest experience of her life says the actress. The shoot was hard, and the kung-fu training…

So Who Won That Sony v Microsoft v Capcom Street Fighter Battle?

Most exciting thing about CES wasn’t the games on show. Wasn’t the TVs, wasn’t the phones, wasn’t even the virtual sex…thing. No, it was the epic Microsoft v Sony v Capcom Street Fighter IV battle! Well, the dust has settled on the fanboy apocalypse, and a clear winner has emerged. And that winner is… Capcom!…

Short Behind The Scenes Final Fantasy XIII Development Footage

And by short, we mean short. FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase sits at a desk with a PS3 controller, looks at a monitor and talks about making games for a worldwide audience. Thrilling. However! There is some FFXIII footage that should hold you over. What’s more, the clip is in HD over at YouTube. Check it…

Here Are Your Writers Guild Video Game Award Nominees

The Writers Guild of America know video games can have good writing. And last year handed out their first video game writing awards. This month, it’s time to hand out their second awards. Up for nomination this year are the following: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (EA). Writer: Haris Orkin. Story Producer: Mical Pedriana.…

Killzone 2 Not Just Grey, Has Other Colours Too

Killzone 2 looks pretty great! Also, however, looks pretty grey. And grey = bleak. Which is why director Mathijs de Jonge promises that the final game won’t be as drab as early screens suggest. Speaking with CVG, de Jonge says: The first images that we released were just from one level that was still in…

Left 4 Dead Patch “Out This Week”

You had any problems with Left 4 Dead on PC? I haven’t. Sure some of you have, though, so you’ll be heartened to hear that a patch for the game will be out this week. That’s according to developer Chet Faliszek, at any rate, who’s been posting on the game’s forums. Seems “this patch got…

CES 09: Finally, A Wii Zapper That Looks Like A Crossbow

When I Link cosplay at home during play sessions of Link’s Crossbow Training for the Wii, I always feel a bit silly. But only because my crossbow is historically inaccurate, design-wise. But the best part of CTA Digital’s cleverly named Crossbow for Wii is that it comes with a laser sight, for maximum crossbow accuracy.…

AJ’s Datebook: Battlestations, Street Fighter, Spore & D3

Now that the holiday rush has officially died down, it’s time to get back to business – the business of game showcases. This week, I’m off to a Battlestations: Pacific multiplayer event on the USS Hornet anchored in Alameda, CA. The game is an action RTS for the PC and 360, featuring “28 major battles,…

Wii Remote Briefly Sends Family Dog To The Other Side

The mysteries of the afterlife are now clear to Michigan-based miniature Sheltie Ozzy, a five-month old puppy that has come face to face with death, thanks to a near fatal Wii Remote toss. Fortunately, Ozzy’s brush with eternal rest was only temporary, knowing Death’s belly rub for no more than a few minutes. After the…

How Seriously Should We Take Game Addiction?

A Chinese gamer swallows razor blades in a suicide attempt, Daniel Petric shoots his mom and Brandon Crisp runs away from home – anyone see a pattern here? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not game addiction. It’s media coverage. That’s not to say that 17-year-olds have been committing matricide since time immemorial. Or that…

CES 09: Hands On With The Wii… Err, Eee Stick

ASUS hears your cries, PC gamers. They know you’re not content with keyboard and mouse controls, that you’re desperate to get your hands on a faux Wii-remote to control the seven games that support it. They realize that you want motion control, but that you want it to be far less functional than the standard…

All A Twitter

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: And So, The Twittering Begins I didn’t last very long on Twitter. I stopped using it right after Facebook came out with robust support for the iPhone, giving it up to update my Facebook status instead. But now that all of these people have added my Twitter I sort of…

The Godfather II: Build Your Custom Crews

If you missed the option of rollin’ with your homies in Grand Theft Auto IV, EA wants to appeal to your crew-building, thug-managing side with The Godfather II. The class-based options sound clever alright, but we’re not sure that this is enough to get us fired up for another Godfather adventure. After all, I think…

Sex, Drugs And Galaga: Alec Baldwin’s Addictions

Did Galaga save the life of actor Alec Baldwin? Moments of Clarity, a new book about addiction, points to Baldwin’s own struggles with substance abuse, bouts of which he came down from with arcade games. Baldwin writes in his own testimonial “I would play video games from, like, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and I…

Here is Your X-Men Origins Wolverine in 3D

Who needs screen shots when you have 3D SCREENSHOTS! X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is apparently so cool it can’t fit into just two Ds, so Activision dropped this interactive screenshot on us. Super-cool 3D effect aside, this really doesn’t give me much to see in the way of the game.

CES 09: Your Source For Wii Knock-offs

There’s a reason the Gaming Showcase at CES doesn’t light the gaming world on fire. It’s packed to its borders with subwoofer-filled seating designed for games and lame Chinese knock-offs, like the iSports. Wii imitators, each of which is loaded with minimal effort games, aren’t hard to come by at the Consumer Electronics Show. Typically,…

F.E.A.R. 2 Mech Combat Is Such A Tease

The folks at Monolith once again tease us mercilessly with F.E.A.R. 2 mech-combat goodness, knowing full well they should be diligently working on Shogo 2 already. Here we see what looks to be a commercial for one of the precursors to the Armacham Ordog Advanced Series 7 mobile combat armor from Shogo, which comes with…