Happy days, PAL users. Happy days. Not only do you get Age of Booty, and the surprisingly enjoyable GTI Club + demo, and the Syndicate Wars re-release, but you get LocoRoco 2.
SEGA has dated yakuza adventure Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, the fourth entry in the franchise known as Yakuza abroad. It will be out February 26 for ¥7,980 ($128).
Having matchmaking issues with Gears of 2? Epic’s got your back. A patch has been released that (should) fix the agonising wait times encountered during matchmaking, as well as a few other bits and pieces.
In our day, we’ve seen some pretty bad PSP loading times, and add Higurashi Daybreak Portable to the worst list. Ported by developer Cavia (the Bullet Witch people), the game apparently has nearly 40 second load times for battle sequences. Check the above clip from around the 1:18 mark. Then wait.
The 360′s latest – and safest – chipset is codenamed “Jasper”. And has been on our radar for a while now. Well, if posters on xbox-scene are to be believed, Jasper 360s have finally gone on sale.
Jaws dropped at E3 2008 when Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIII was going multi-platform. While the game still is a PS3 exclusive in Japan, it will be hitting the Xbox 360 abroad.
Recent modder trend: Cramming game machines in other game machines. It’s shoehorning for shits and giggles. Case in point, this project, an Atari 2600 in a SEGA Game Gear.
UK Nintendo magazine NRevolution has called it a day. The final issue’ll be released December 11. Besides suffering from “an identity crisis” and competition, the increasing difficulties of game print contributed to its demise.