First Banjo shots hit 'net - looking good and beary
Awesome Gears of War 2 gameplay footage released
WiiWare launches in US tomorrow - details
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in DS, Microsoft, Simulation, Strategy | 1 Comment »
Rare has updated its Scribes mailbag to reveal that Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise for DS is complete. The developer also talks about how Diddy Kong Racing is "highly unlikely" to appear ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in PS3, RPG, Rumour, Sega, Wii | No Comments »
According to German site Sega-magazin.de, Skies of Arcadia 2 will be announced by Sega this year. No specifics have been given other than that the game will be made for Wii, ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PS3, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
On Destructoid. Very nice stuff. If Faith isn't the gaming "intelligentsia" darling of 2008, we're Dutch. And we're not. Go have a look. Mirror's Edge releases on PC, 360 and PS3 ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Platform holders | 9 Comments »
So much for the embargo. The first shots of next-gen Banjo have appeared online, and it's all looking rosy. You can see them after the break. The game's going to ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, Mac, PC | No Comments »
Following news that Mass Effect will now no longer use SecuRom's automatic ten-day authentication system, EA's confirmed that Spore's to ditch the unpopular measure as well. Press release after the link. ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in America, Hot, Nintendo, Wii, WiiWare | 4 Comments »
Nintendo's launching Wii download service WiiWare in America tomorrow, and has now put up its official website. Launch titles have now been confirmed as: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in EA, Fighter, PS3, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Couple of new movies of EA Sports cartoon boxer Facebreaker after the link, and it's starting to look a lot more Street Fighter than Fight Night. Steve the ninja and ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Zune | 1 Comment »
According to this Electronicista report, Microsoft's Zune has now passed the 2 million sales mark globally. The report says Microsoft now owns 4 percent of the mobile music player market in ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Hot, JoWood, PC, RPG | No Comments »
Tiscali Games has them, and they're not scans. They're all environment screens, but very pretty, all the same. The Spellbound Entertainment-developer RPG's without a release date as yet. Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Hot, PC, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, UK, Wii, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
According to the best sellers list from Play.com, Gameplay, Gamestop and Amazon.com, GTA IV 360 is outselling the game on PS3. In fact, in three out of the four websites, GTA ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Codemasters, Hot, Journalism, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Gametrailers is experiencing something of a meltdown over a comparison trailer showing GRID's physics - in the opinion of the masses - as superior in the game's 360 version. Unfortunately for ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PC, Racing | No Comments »
It's on the downloads page on Criterion's site. The game was announced for PC only yesterday. Check out these enormous screenshots while you're at it. Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in America, Gamecock, Trade | No Comments »
Gamecock chief Mike Wilson is standing for the ESA presidency, apparently. The publisher issued a press release last night saying Wilson would attempt to take control of the organisation in an ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Kotaku's posted a shot of an advert in GTA IV offering flights to Los Santos for $299. Earlier this week, an image of an air ticket from Liberty City to ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Charts, Japan, Retail | 1 Comment »
PSP can do no wrong in Japan, it would seem, with the latest Media Create figures showing the handheld at over 100,000 units a week. Here's the last chart. Stats ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, Charts, Germany, Hot, India, PS3, Spain, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
As surprising as the moon coming up at night, but there we are. According to this MCV piece, GTA IV is top of the charts in Germany, Spain and Sweden ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PC, RPG | 2 Comments »
Following a beserk reaction to some fairly stringent anti-piracy measures planned for the PC version of Mass Effect, BioWare's "done a Moore" and volte-faced on several of the decision. Players will ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3 | 2 Comments »
EA Sports boss Peter Moore has told PSU the unthinkable: he isn't made up of Xboxes. "I absolutely love the PlayStation," the ex-Microsoft exec told the site at the EA Sports ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA's secured a $1 billion credit line to aid it with its proposed $2 billion takeover. The cash is being fronted by Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and The Bank of Nova ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in EA, Sports, Wii | No Comments »
IGN is reporting that EA has developed a skateboard game for the Wii Balance Board called Skate It. It's not quite the the fitness game that our old chum Peter Moore ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 13 Comments »
It's here, and we have to say this is probably the most excited we've been before 8am on a Saturday morning. The video shows new weapons, using locusts as body ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Shooter, Sony | No Comments »
On Kotaku. This is starting to look much nicer now, showing massive city environments an plenty more detail than earlier screens. It's down for a November launch. Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Movies | 3 Comments »
They're on CVG. The images aren't the most exciting thing in the world, but there we are. Mark Wahlberg's playing Payne, and he's still looking a bit... dumpy. The film's ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Microsoft's announced that the first footage of Gears of War 2 will be on Xbox Live tomorrow morning at 7am. The trailer will be shown half an hour earlier on 1UP, ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PS3, PSN | 10 Comments »
According to a Sierra press release, the PAL PSN Demo of The Bourne Conspiracy will first be available from May 22. Also, contrary to reports from Major Nelson, the PAL ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, Retail, UK, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to a Sierra press release, those of you that pre-order the 360 version of The Bourne Conspiracy at UK retailer GAME will received a three-level demo disc for your ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
The Futures-Past multiplayer map pack for the 360 version of Timeshift is now available to download for free. "The map pack features five new multiplayer maps for players to unravel while ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Journalism, UK | No Comments »
Skipped this earlier, for some reason. The chaps from now defunct Gamer TV have announced a new Bravo games show, titled Playr. The show's in a similar vein to Gamer TV, ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in EA, PC, Racing | 1 Comment »
After the link. The images are at a giant 2400p resolution. Knockout. The game was announced for PC earlier today. Take a look. Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, Financials, Trade | No Comments »
Acitvision's shares are up 8.3 percent so far today after the company issued megaton financials for fiscal 2008. The stock is currently trading at $29.99, a breakthrough after the announcement of ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC | No Comments »
On Gaming Today. There are nine big movies there, including an interview with designer J Kaplan & Producer J Allen Brack, loads of vehicle combat, 70+ instances and more. Wrath of ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
After the link. Plenty of WWII going on there. The game's based on the doomed Operation Market Garden at the end of the War and will probably be pretty good. ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Retail, UK, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft's announced that the first 39,000 people to order Ninja Gaiden II from select - as yet unnamed - UK retailers will get a Ryu costume. We're really not sure ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Europe, PSP, Sony | No Comments »
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz earlier this week, SCEE president David Reeves has admitted that the firm would like the PSP games roster to be larger. "Hand on heart, would we like more ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Trade, Xbox 360 | 21 Comments »
Microsoft product manager Aaron Greenberg has launched an unprecedented attack on Sony in an interview with Destructoid, assaulting virtually every aspect of the PS3 business and claiming the company has ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in EA, PSN, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
EA's confirmed that a Battlefield: Bad Company demo will be released for both Live and PSN on June 5. You can gain early access to the shooter freebie by pre-ordering the ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in EA, PC, Racing | 2 Comments »
EA's confirmed that Burnout Paradise is to release on PC. Apparently, the new version will be "customized with expanded multiplayer, enhanced online features, and community driven content." Criterion's webcast today at 4pm ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in EA, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this GI piece, EA Mythic's Josh Drescher reckons there's five year's worth of content and growth space in upcoming MMO Warhammer Online. "All the under-the-hood numbers all actually scale ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Development, Nordic, Nordic Game 2008, Sweden, Trade | No Comments »
The GamesIndustry.biz Network will debut at next week's Nordic Game, the site's announced. The Scandinavian event will host the launch of the Network’s event section, where delegates will be able to ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Microsoft UK has just confirmed that its Gamer's Day assets will be released on Tuesday, May 13 at 8am PST, or 5pm BST if you're in the UK. While the firm ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Fighter, Midway, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Following fears that fatalities would be removed from Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, series creator Ed Boon has set the record straight on the issue. Basically, they're in there, but ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in PS2, PS3, PSN, Racing, Sony | No Comments »
Sony's just announced that the Gran Turismo franchise has shipped 50 million units worldwide. "Initially, Gran Turismo was an 'alternative' racing game, kind of an outsider in the genre," said Polyphony ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 24 Comments »
Someone over at the GTA Forums has noticed that on the Rockstar Social club site there's an image of a plane ticket for a Mr Niko Bellic - with the ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Development, Nintendo, Wii | 4 Comments »
Kombo's got what is claimed to be some concept art from the upcoming Kid Icarus game for Wii. Apparently the images are part of a 2008 pitch process to Nintendo from ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Codemasters, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Codemasters has acquired the F1 license, with the first game based on the franchise shipping for 360 and PS3 in the new year. “Formula One is ambitious in expanding its reach ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, PS3, Rockstar, UK, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
British "newspaper" the Daily Mail - famed for the now-removed Anne Diamond anti-games review piece - has awarded GTA IV a five-out-of-five score. "Whether you believe that this represents a new ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision publishing CEO Mike Griffith said that we're not going to see more racing from Bizarre until ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in America, Atari, Trade | No Comments »
Whoops. Nasdaq's confirmed that Atari has been delisted from the US exchange and that all trading in its shares will be suspended as of this morning. See after the link, courtesy ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in America, PSP, Sony | No Comments »
According to Engadget, the Skype PSP headset has now released in the US. It costs $30, despite an original price being set at $20. Them's the breaks. More through the ... Read more..Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Update: We've just had it confirmed that assets from the event will be released at 5pm BST on May 13. See here. Kotaku's filed this under "rumour" but, in easy terms, ... Read more..
