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Dragon's Dogma: The Kotaku Review Fox’s Family Guy is headed to Xbox Live. The first two seasons will be available for purchase for 160 Microsoft points (about USD$2) per episode. The series has yet to hit rival VOD Apple’s iTunes. According to 20th Century Fox exec Jamie McCabe: This is our first one (VOD for XBL)… We hope to have other content on there, but right now with the launch of ‘Halo 3′ and the launch of the new season of Family Guy coming out, the timing really worked well for this one.
The PS3 version of LocoRoco, or Oiedeyo LocoRoco!! Boo Boo Cocoreccho! as nobody outside Japan will call it, has been given a release date: 21 September. That’s for Japan, but a western release can’t be more than a month or two behind. Also announced are some details on how the game will play. Instead of just tilting the levels like the PSP version, you take control of a butterfly, which can awaken the sleeping LocoRoco that litter a level and then lead them to the exit. Like Lemmings, then, but with incessant childish chirping. LocoRoco PS3 Dated [IGN]
What better way to introduce consumers to your game than by frightening the shit outta them! Since most South Koreans don’t know Halo, Microsoft Korea thought it would be HILARIOUS to have a guy in a Master Chief costume spook innocent bystanders and film it Candid Camera-style and use cheesy circus music. Goofy!
Yeah. Only. While it took the PS2 49 weeks to sell a million, and it took the 360 60 weeks, the Wii has accomplished the feat in just 38 weeks, making it the fastest-selling console in all of recorded British history (this carefully hand-picked statistic was brought to you by ChartTrack). I may (note: MAY) need to reconsider my gross generalisation that Britain is the heartland of Sony’s global gaming fanbase. May. We’ll see where things are at after Christmas before I go trotting out on that precarious limb. Nintendo’s Wii beats PlayStation and Xbox [The Telegraph, via Game|Life. Cheers to Andy for the pic!]
There’s been a dry spell. After bam-bam-bam four Silent Hill games in five years, fans have had to wait for the fifth entry in the series. The next issue (out September 4th) of game mag EGM has details about the still-in-development Silent Hill 5. The game is populated with new characters, but takes place in the same world. The game follows a young war vet who believes his brother is in danger and returns home. According to EGM, the game’s combat system is getting reworked, but it will not be an action game. While originally developed in Japan, American studio The Collective is bringing the new title to life. Series composer Akira Yamaoka finds the switcheroo ironic as SH was Konami’s stab “at making classic American horror through a Japanese filter,” but with Silent Hill 5 “it’s an American take on a Japanese-filter American horror.” Woah. Heavy. I think I need to lie down, take a break. Back in five! SH5 Details [1Up]
Amaterasu is mother to us all. Which would make this quilt mother to…all quilts. All gaming quilts, at least. This is Ian’s new spread, which his mother made for him after he sulked and sobbed and stamped his feet upon seeing the badass Wind Waker quilt she made for his brother. Hopefully this particular family fued is now settled. She loves you both, OK?
More puzzles and pretty pictures! At a recent symposium, Japanese developer Level5 announced Professor Layton and the Devil’s Box, the second entry into its popular Professor Layton puzzle series and out November 29th. With a theme song is by Japanese songstress Salyu, the game has players try to find Satan’s box and solve riddles. Doesn’t sound like a drastic departure from the first game. Here’s the surprising bit:
Besides a new Professor Layton game, Level5 also announced a soccer RPG calledd Inazuma Eleven. The game centres around a junior high school team that has gotten an exchange student from Australia. Original teams can be created and exchanged with friends via Wi-Fi. Players use the touch pen to draw lines for passing and tap the touch screen to shoot. There are a thousand-plus characters as well! The game features comical, unrealistic soccer moves like the “God Hand” in which a huge hand blocks the goal. The music is being done by Yasunori Mitsuda, who worked on Chrono Trigger before getting ulcers. While the release date hasn’t been announced, TGS attendees have an opportunity to snag a demo cartridge that not only features Inazuma Eleven but also an original mini story Professor Layton and the London Holiday. Called “Level5 Premium Silver,” expect this limited edition cart to be snapped up FAST! Level5′s Soccer Game [Famitsu]
Bit hard not to get excited over Project O. Yasuhiro Wada (Harvest Moon), Yoshiro Kimura (HM & Chulip), Youichi Kawaguchi (Dragon Quest VIII) AND Hideo Minaba (art design for FF XII)? Oh my. My knees, they’re trembling. Anyways, the game’s coming along nicely, and even has a real name now! King’s Story. Which fits, since you play the King, whose job is to roam the land giving jobs/orders to people, who will then just go off and do them. Think Black & White, but more cuddly, more adorable. Project-O Officially Named King’s Story [1UP]
Australian sales charts for the week ending August 26 are in. If you had money on BioShock missing out on the top spot, you’re a SUCKER. It cruised right on in there, the 360 version at #1 and the PC at a none-too-shabby #4. And that’s with the game only having been out for 2 days.
1) BioShock (360) 2) SingStar 90s 3) SingStar 90s Bundle 4) BioShock (PC) 5) Pokemon Diamond 6) Brain Training 7) Mario Party 8 8) Guitar Hero 2 Bundle (PS2) 9) Pokemon Pearl 10) WoW
Note: GfK sales charts do not include sales from EB Games. [charts courtesy of GfK]
