Tuesday, April 1, 2008
News
BBFC Clears GTAIV For Release
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Crisis. Averted. The BBFC, Britain’s classification board, have cleared Grand Theft Auto IV for release, awarding it an adults-only “18″ rating. Bad news for 12 year-olds the country over, but good news for Rockstar, who after a pretty hairy release list of late (ie Bully & Manhunt 2) have managed to get the latest GTA title past three of the toughest classification boards (in Britain, Germany & Australia) in the Western world. Bravo. GTA IV gets BBFC go-ahead [CVG] More »
Overclocked Trailer Has Rain and Noise
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ah, yes. Here’s the exclusive trailer for the upcoming pc title Overclocked: A History of Violence. It’s an adventure game that has players take on the role of psychiatrist as he explores the memories of six patients. There’s noisy music too, apparently. We wish there wasn’t. Our ears are oh so delicate. More »
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British Sales Charts
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sony weren’t messing around when they let us know in advance that GT5 Prologue was going to sell. Even taking into account the fact the game’s online launch was hit with a delay, it still debuted atop the charts, the first PS3 title to do so for a long time. Sorry the rest can’t be as exciting, however, as it’s business as usual, with the standard Bran Training, Mario & Sonic, Wii Play, etc taking up their regular positions. More »
The PlayStation…Faucet
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | This is one of swish bathroom stuff manufacturer Jado’s luxury faucets, designed by renowned designer type Jean Nouvel. Relevance to you? It forgos all taps, levers and blue/red colour schemes in favour of a more well-known control scheme: a PlayStation button layout. O turns the water on, X turns the water off, triangle turns the temperature up, triangle turns the temperature down, and square…oh, there’s no square. Probably to keep the lawyers away. No rumble, either, but then for designer prices you wouldn’t expect last-gen bathroom features, would you? Jado Products [Jado, via Giz] More »
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Pop Idols Sim Mated With The Matrix
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Total. Nerd. Meltdown. Here’s Bandai Namco’s idol singer sim THE iDOLM@STER mixed with The Matrix Reloaded for this viral-type iDOLM@STER promo. What’s this imagery mash-up called? Yep, THE iM@TRIX. More »
Ikarium Is Like Civ, But Free
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | What’d I do today? I was meant to do some work. That didn’t really happen. Instead, I ended up hovering around Ikarium all day. It’s a free, web-based strategy game that’s basically Civilization, except it’s web-based, and it’s free. And entirely multiplayer. Alliances, diplomacy, war, trade, the works. What’s best is that build routines are done in real-time, so you can open it up first thing in the morning, set some orders then just let it run over the course of the day, only requiring you to check in every now and again to keep things ticking along. Just like a good web-based (ie office-friendly) game should be. Ikarium [Gameforge, via TIGS] More »
Wii Fit Socks (Yes, Socks)
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Sure, these are just promo items. But not real promo items — casual promo items. Like, you can kinda just pick them up and put them on. Whenever. WiiFit Calcetines [Revogamers via Go Nintendo] More »
