First Banjo shots hit 'net - looking good and beary
Awesome Gears of War 2 gameplay footage released
WiiWare launches in US tomorrow - details
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Atari, Trade | 5 Comments »
According to this, Atari's new CEO is ex-Disney boss Jim Wilson. From that piece: Atari, Inc. has announced the appointment of Jim Wilson as its CEO and president, effective immediately, assuming ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, Arcade, Ubisoft, Wii | 4 Comments »
Ubisoft announced Wii-exclusive Emergency Heroes today, a game set to allow "young rescuers can jump into 16 different variations of next-generation rescue vehicles as a police officer, firefighter or EMT ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in DS, Wii | 2 Comments »
According to this, a Guinness Book of World Records game is to be released on Wii and DS. The title has a scheduled release date of October 30 and is yet ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in America, EA, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
"Still Alive", the song from the end of Portal, is going to be available for play on Rock Band tomorrow in the US. We still don't know when the game's ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | No Comments »
Following this afternoon's confirmation that the PlayStation Store is to be overhauled in Europe in mid-April, SCEA's confirmed the move for the States as well. The new Store will dump the ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | No Comments »
Says so here. It also says in that piece that the update - announced today for a mid-April launch - will require everyone to update to firmware 2.30. SCEE hasn't ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in CCP, Development, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to RPS, EVE Online creator Reynir Harðarson is to move to CCP's studio in Atlanta to work full time on the upcoming World of Darkness MMO. "Yes, I’m helping with ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Namco Bandai, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Microsoft's confirmed that Mr Driller Online will be available for download from Live Arcade from Wednesday onwards. The Namco puzzler update features four-way multiplay and will cost 800 MS Points. Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Shooter, Trade, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Ubisoft has raised guidance for the current financial year from €875 million to €920 million for the full financial year, and announced that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has sold 2 ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Shooter, Sony | No Comments »
SCEE's officially announced SOCOM: Confrontation, the PS3 update to PlayStation's in-house squad shooter. Here's what you're going to get when it releases later this year: Intense online combat experience with up ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Europe, Norway, Retail, Trade | 2 Comments »
The latest move in its game of videogames retail Risk, US firm Gamestop has acquired 49 shops in Norway: Purchasing 100 percent of the outstanding share capital of local chain Free ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Sega, Simulation, Sports, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
According to this, there's a demo for Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2008 on Live now. The taster allows you to play half a season in 14 countries. If you like ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, UK, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
As if there was ever any doubt. The BBFC green-lit GTA IV for UK release today, giving the game an 18 certificate. The title releases for 360 and PS3 on ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »
According to this, Infinity Ward reckons that 1.3 million people play Call of Duty 4 on Live every day. "That's just 360," said producer Mark Rubin. :There's even more on the ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Australia, Europe, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | 4 Comments »
SCEE has officially announced a revamp for the PlayStation Store for mid-April in the PAL territories. "The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 23 Comments »
Rockstar won't be happy. You can see the first ever screens of the GTA IV HUD here (thanks, Blerk). They're part of a Zoo article from Australia, photos taken of ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 22 Comments »
Here. This is fucking epic, frankly. There are more words in this Dan Houser interview related to Grand Theft Auto than you could possibly ever need. A quick cut and ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in EA, PC, Simulation | 1 Comment »
Speaking here, Sims Studio creative director Rod Humble reckons there'll be enough in the Sims 3 to keep the "gamer" crowd happy. “I think there is a lot more ‘gamer-ness’ ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Korea, Sega, Trade | No Comments »
According to this, Sega Sammy is to close Sega Korea. Sega has said the Korean dissolution will have no impact on the company's operating results and the move is necessary to ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Crime, Journalism, UK | 5 Comments »
This is fantastic. As you can see here, an unnamed British newspaper is offering "hundreds of pounds" to people who can provide them with a good enough story of how ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Politics, That was the news, UK | 6 Comments »
The Byron Report – a study commissioned by the UK Government to investigate games and internet use among the young in the UK – was delivered last week, saying almost ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, DS, Rockstar, Rumour | 5 Comments »
According to this, it seems as though GTA IV will be released on the DS on June 15 this year. This isn't as unlikely as it sounds: remember, both the Game ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Development, Trade, UK | 8 Comments »
According to this, Realtime Worlds has raised $50 million to finish off APB and buy Ferraris. Maybe just the former. Montgomery & Co - the firm that previously assisted on the ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Mobile, PS2, PS3, Racing, Trade, Wii, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
Capcom's acquired the full rights to the MotoGP license, a deal spanning five years. The publisher previously owned rights to only publish games based on the IP on PS2, with only ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in DS, Japan, PS2, PS3, PSP, Retail, Wii | 30 Comments »
The chaps over at Neogaf have posted some rather interesting stats comparing Japanese sales to date of Wii and PS3. Did you know that after 71 weeks at retail, PS3 is ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
A new video has been released showing one of the upcoming Call of Duty 4 Variety Pack multiplayer maps. Infinity Wards' Rob Bowling said the DLC had been sent to MS ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in America, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
According to this, Hollywood producer Peter Safran is to make shows for exclusive distribution via Xbox Live. Safran said that he expected the shows to be around ten minutes long, to ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Says to here. Producer Matt Turner's confirmed new maps for the co-op shooter aren't too far away. "There is one new multiplayer map arriving as well as two new campaign maps ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Sega, Wii, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the link. Iron Man's releasing in May, the Hulk in June, both for every platform imaginable, both to coincide with movie releases. We're saying nothing, apart from "hmm". Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Eidos, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Here. Listed for the upcoming MMO's competitive side are the following mini-games: Capture the Skull You will join one of two teams with the goal of ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Stuff | No Comments »
This has to be seen to be believed. Someone's put an entire NES game collection up for sale on eBay, and currently has a bid of $6,100. The 739-game lot ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in DS, Japan, Nintendo, Retail | 4 Comments »
Figures for the week ending March 23. We don't know how Microsoft has the strength to carry on, frankly. DS Lite: 65,055 Wii: 62,404 PSP: 59,833 PS3: 12,874 PS2: 9,930 Xbox 360: 1,744 Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Capcom, Trade | 7 Comments »
Capcom has announced that its wholly acquired K2 Studios via a simple exchange of stock which is expected to be completed on May 1. "K2 has a proven record as ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Internet, Journalism, Legalities | No Comments »
This is what you can do when you're not reliant on games publisher ad revenue. Sega America, having successfully removed last week's leaked Sonic Unleashed media from Destructoid and Exophase ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, PS3, PSN, Sony | 2 Comments »
According to this, the Portable Copy feature rumoured for the last PS3 firmware update will arrive "later this year", the quote coming from an SCEA rep. Portable Copy is the ability ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »
Says so here. According to the film's producer Wyck Godfrey, "We've got our script on and a director we're about to attach. We'll hopefully make that early next year for ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in EA, Mac, PC, Simulation, Strategy | 6 Comments »
Here. Will Wright's latest releases on September 7. We're still not feeling it, to be honest. But we have to play it. Because it's Spore. Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Rockstar, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
It had to happen. You can see all of GTA IV's Xbox 360 Achievements here, should you feel the need. The list isn't confirmed (obviously) but looks reasonable. It's not ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in America, Internet, Journalism, Legalities, Nintendo | 4 Comments »
According to this, Nintendo has made a legal effort to make US fansite Friendcodes.com drop its logo and domain. According to the site: Basically Nintendo is "asking" us to remove the ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Home, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Here. The UK mag speculates that GTA IV will "heavily support" Home with a sponsored space and DLC in the form of character clothes and the like. We'd be fairly ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
Here. Visiting the official Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter site brings up a Flash teaser for what appears to be the next game in the GRAW series (thanks daniel-plainview). No real ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in America, PSN, PSP, RPG, Square Enix | No Comments »
Square Enix has released a Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII PSP theme on the US Playstation Store. It's a XrossMediaBar affair with a customized background and icons featuring characters from the ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
According to a Geoff Keighley blog post, the next episode of GameTrailers TV is going to be a special one for Star Wars fans. I also want to give you faithful ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in America, Nintendo, Trade, Wii | 2 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has pinned America's Wii shortage on the weak US dollar, it says here. Pachter reckons Nintendo's been keeping US shipments down to take advantage of stronger currencies ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »
As of today you can now download the third installment of the Too Human development video diary from Xbox Live. With featured commentary from Silicon Knights president Dennis Dyack and director ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in PS3, PSN, Racing, Sony | 5 Comments »
According to this, if you downloaded GT5: Prologue from PSN yesterday you may find that you can only play it if you're connected to the service. As in, you can't ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to this, Prototype, Vivendi's promising action outing, has had its multiplayer component removed. From the interview: Why was multiplayer cut from Prototype? Executive producer Tim Bennison: From its inception Prototype was ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
We weren't entirely convinced when Gearbox announced it'd partnered with Double Fusion to provide in-game ads for WWII shooter Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway, but the developer has shown off ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in PS3, PSN, Sony | 7 Comments »
According to this, the next big releases for PSN are being lined up as follows: PixelJunk Monsters: Encore - late April Echochrome - May Elefunk - May WipEout HD - May/June This list follows a ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Fighter, Midway | No Comments »
According to this, a next-gen Mortal Kombat site popped up yesterday, right here. As you can see, it's now been taken down and replaced with the following: Our web hosting company ... Read more..
