Thursday, February 28, 2008
Mario Kart Wheel To Be Sold Separately
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | No no no, Nintendo, you’ve got this around the wrong way. I don’t want to buy Wii Wheels separately. I want to be able to buy the game separately, so I can use the GameCube controls and forget the wheel ever existed. Ah well. For anyone who simply must have two or more Wii Wheels, however (I don’t know…maybe your dog needs a new chew-toy), know that Nintendo will be selling them in Japan for ¥1200 ($US 11), and will probably be selling them everywhere else as well. Mario Kart Wii Wheels also sold separately [Siliconera] More »
Europe Gets Two PS3 Bundles (Neither Of Them For MGS4)
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | You could almost hear it the instant news of the US MGS4 bundle hit: “what about Europe?” Well, sorry, Europe, you’re not getting it. Instead, you’re getting two bundles of your own. The first has been cobbled together to cash in on Blu-Rays recent Format Wars victory, as it offers the home theatre connoisseur a 40GB console and three Blu-Ray movies (Casino Royale, Spiderman 3 & 300). It’ll be available on March 19. The other bundle has been cobbled together for the racing fan, and will include a 40GB unit and a copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. It’ll be out on March 28. Both will cost €399, which is alright, but both will also include a single Sixaxis controller, which is not alright. More »
GTA IV Cleared For German Release
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Germany, it’s OK. Despite the USK banning games like they were going out of style throughout 2007, they’ve managed to see fit to OK Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV for release. Sure, it’s got itself a retail-unfriendly 18+ rating, but a release is a release. With Australia and now Germany – the West’s two toughest nations when it comes to classification – having signed off on the game, Rockstar must be breathing one deep, raspy sigh of relief. GTA IV given an 18 rating in Germany [VG247] More »
Finally, A Master Chief For Your Master Chief
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | These are edible, chocolate…party hats. You wear them when, well…you and your little buddy want to party. As you can see, they’re already available in two versions: the viking, and the cowboy. But soon, there’ll be a third version: UNSC Spartan John-117. Not the most official piece of Halo merchandise, then, but it’s probably the naughtiest. Chocolate Relations [thanks Mdawg!] More »
Metal Gear Solid Re-Release Is A PS2 “Port”
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Just a little tidying-up work for those interested in the upcoming Metal Gear compendium: the version of Metal Gear Solid that’s included will be on a PS2 disc, rather than the original 2 PS1 discs, saving you the headache of both disc-swapping and of trying to dig up an old PS1 memory card. Everything, else, though, is completely unchanged, so don’t expect bonus content or updated textures or anything. Smart move, but then, if they’re going to go changing one game’s media, wouldn’t including all three previous games on a single Blu-Ray disc have been even smarter? Metal Gear Solid Confirmed As PS2 Port [GameAlmighty] More »
Activision Didn’t Buy Take-Two Because They Thought They Were Rubbish
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Think EA were the only big publishers interested in snapping up Take-Two? Nunh-unh. Activision thought about it too. They mulled it over, clicked their tongues, asked a few friends what they thought, then decided against it. Why? Because they eventually decided Take-Two just weren’t worth buying. Activision boss Bobby Kotick: I think we’ve had – as we’ve said for a very long time, now – well-stated criteria for what we’re interested in in an acquisition. More »
More (Tiny) MGS4 Box Art
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | They’re small, but you can still make out enough of them to go pop an excitement vessel or seven. Anyway, this is the Japanese Special Edition of Metal Gear Solid 4. In the centre is the box art for the game itself, which of course you can see in better detail here. To the left, the big box the whole lot comes in, and on the right the bonus disc, which has a making-of featurette and some HD trailers. [Dengeki PlayStation mag, thanks T-801!] More »
Where In The World Is Phil Harrison?
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Phil Harrison’s gone. Up and left Sony. Which has us all very, very sad! We loved Phil. Some may say a little too much, but what do they know about love? Nothing. Exactly. So it hurts that since announcing his departure, we haven’t heard from Phil. Not a “hi”. Not a “hey guys, I’m OK”. Nothing. Where are you, Phil? What are you up to? Is everything OK? Because when J left us, we knew where he was going. When Peter left us, we knew where he was going. But you…we don’t know. Look, we’re just worried about you, OK? Worried about you and the legion of Mini-Phils we cooked up last year. All they do these days is slink around the house, looking mopey, complaining about how Wii Sports stole SingStar’s thunder. We need to hear from you, Phil. They need to hear from you. [Pic] More »
1995 Sega Marketing Video Is Simply Amazing
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | I don’t know whether this is meant to train marketers on how to sell Sega to kids, or just to train kids to buy Sega via a “documentary”, but I so do not care. This is breathtaking stuff. So make tea, get a biscuit, settle in. Part one’s above, the thrilling conclusion after the jump. More »
