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Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending The PC version of Mass Effect gets shinier graphics, better load times, less pop-up and a fancy new HUD. It’s got the 360 one beat, hands down. Oh, except for “Bring Down The Sky”. That won’t be shipping with the PC version. Before you stab madly at the “publish comment” button, though, bear in mind that BioWare’s Matt Atwood says in the interview with IGN that an announcement regarding additional PC content – ie something like Bring Down The Sky, but free – will be made “soon”. Mass Effect PC: What to Expect [IGN]
Just look! That’s some seriously Japanese girl DS bling. Up top is a &4,830 ($US 47.45) custom flower DS jacket. Below? That’s a ¥12,810 ($US 125.85) “love dot” decoration job. Both are featured in the current issue of Koakuma ageha. You can learn all about it here, sparkles and all! DS Lites in ageha [Patrick Macias]
Poor Lair. Looked gorgeous, but, yeah. You know. Controls. Sucky. Well, the rumour that was so good it turned up twice in February has been confirmed by Sony, with a Lair patch due in Japan on April 17 adding the option of analogue controls for the much-maligned shooter. I know what you’re going to say next. “Who gives a rat’s arse? It’s too late”. And sure, on one hand, you may be right. On the other, though…this might bump the game from a C to a B- on your ratings scale. Which would mean picking it up on the cheap (and pretty soon, it’s gonna be cheap) wouldn’t be the stupidest thing you did this year. Analog Controls Coming to Lair [IGN]
Joystick penis joke alert! Joystick penis joke alert! Above is a clip from a 2005 Hustler piece that featured a pantsu-less woman in a Ms. Pac-Man costume. The article includes lines like:
Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
So clever. Hit the jump for the full version. It’s from Hustler, so NSFW should be a given. That is, unless you work at Hustler, then it’s TOTALLY SAFE.
Since Street Fighter IV was announced, there’s been a ton of reminiscing about Street Fighter II. And all of it’s positive! How good it was, how great it was, how it brought your estranged parents back together, how it ended the war in Bosnia…all valid points, but you can’t just remember the good. You need to get some perspective on the matter. Remember the bad. You need to remember this promo song for the SFII live-action movie, which features not only MC Hammer and Jean-Claude Van Damme, but true renaissance man Deion Sanders as well. [via Capcom]
Judge Flavio Rabello has barred the sale of Bully in Brazil, following requests for its banning from a youth centre in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. State prosecutor Alcindo Bastos says the reason for the game’s banning stems from the fact “the aggravating factor is that everything in the game takes place inside a school”, which is apparently “not acceptable” considering how much fisticuffs feature in the game. Distributors and retailers have 30 days to comply with the order. Brazil judge bans ‘Bully’ [globeandmail]
For all the hate and bile often thrown at gaming, EA’s Peter Moore says they’re going to change the world. Make us happy, the world better, EA richer. Peter Moore believes in games. Taking a page from the Nintendo handbook, he says: Games have a key role to play in health and wellness. People will be able to do things with games in their own houses that they just can’t do at the gym. And it’s not just about making yourself stronger and healthier but also smarter and happier.
Games have the power to make people happy and to make the world a better place. And I do mean the world, because we are now opening up massive new markets like China and India that will bring billions of gamers And billions of dollars for EA. Games Will Change The World [MVUK][Pic]
Courtesy of SCE Japan, here’s a few more shots of what the new PlayStation Store will look like when it goes live next Tuesday (April 15). Well, what it’ll look like for Japan. The rest of you/us, go right ahead and in your mind’s eye substitute those indecipherable lines into something like “Latest Demos”, it’ll be a little more helpful.
Check out Develop 100. Have a look for Tantalus. Cool, isn’t it? I’m not sure about you, but it’s nice to see an Australian studio ranked with the best in the world, besides the local branch of 2K Boston/2K Australia (which is marked as US anyway).
True, it’s placed 96th on the list, but still worthy of a hearty pat on the back, considering the likes of Relic and Altus aren’t far ahead.
There’s a short statement from the developer about the news, after the jump.
Which handheld is the most popular in Japan? Which one is most popular with men? With women? Questions! Endless!! Net Asia Co., Ltd. polled 401 mobile phone users ranging from 15 to 29 years old. Here’s the breakdown by sex:
