Friday, April 18, 2008
Konami ID Dojo: Site Down, Fix It Time
11:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Smash Bros Dojo is dead. Face it. To fill the void, there’s this: the Konami ID Dojo. Bringing you all the latest ID clusterfuck news, today’s update is quite exciting. No, it’s very exciting. So many people are trying to access the portal site, that Konami’s servers are buckling. The Metal Gear Online teaser site posts this message: More »
Resident Evil Zero Dated For Japan (And Only Japan)
11:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Japan-only Wii version of Resident Evil Zero has been dated for, well, Japan. The GameCube port will hit The Land of the Rising Sun July 10th and will retail ¥4,190 (US $TK). You know, one good thing about these Wii ports is that they’re pretty cheap. Even though it’s Japan-only at the moment, if it sells, you can bet your arse Capcom will release it elsewhere. Maybe in your town, too! Biohazard Zero Dated [Famitsu] More »
Rock Band’s First Album Announced, Our Harmonix Q&A
11:00PM Mark Wilson | Today, Harmonix has officially announced the first album that will hit the Rock Band store: Judas Priest’s Screaming For Vengeance. Arriving April 22/24 on Xbox 360/PS3, this10-track album will cost $US 14.99 with individual tracks being offered for $US 1.99 apiece. Then in May, The Cars’ self-titled record will become the second full-album release from Rock Band. The Pixies’ Doolittle will follow in June. While this is precisely the news that all Rock Band fans have been waiting to hear, it raises a ton of new questions. Is $US 14.99 the new standard album price? And how often can we expect new albums? Luckily, we had the chance to discuss the announcement with Harmonix’s CEO Alex Rigopulos, who was more than happy to answer all of our fanboy questions. We posted an abridged, cleaned (sans-Mark’s-question-stuttering-and-boring-parts) Q&A after the jump. More »
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EA Extends Take-Two Tender Offer
10:30PM Mike Fahey | Following last night’s Take-Two shareholder meeting, which Leigh was kind enough to cover, Electronic Arts has announced that they are extending the deadline on their tender offer to May 16th, 2008. The offer was originally extended from its original April 11th deadline to today in response to Take-Two’s rescheduling of the annual shareholder meeting. More »Siren Trailer Creeps The Hell Out Of My PS3
10:20PM Luke Plunkett | You know what? I hate Silent Hill. But loved the first Siren (or as it’s known down here, Forbidden Siren). Don’t know why. Critics may tell you otherwise, but you know better than to listen to critics. So, yeah, after watching this, am I excited about the prospect of a third time around (going straight past the much less-awesome second game), with the same old siren and blood but nice new graphics and sound? You bet I am. More »
Coining The Coin Plane
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last day! Panic time! Reader painey sends long this: More »
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*This* Is Good Games PR
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Hey, PR types: CGI trailers are misleading. Screens can be, too. Fact sheets are boring, community Q&As never really tell us anything and for God’s sake, no more developer diaries, OK? If you want to get reader’s attention, do what Vivendi just did to start drumming up attention for their Ghostbusters game, and give the people they want. They want to see some cool shit. Like this fully-restored Ectomobile, which made an appearance at a Minnesota Best Buy solely to promote the new Ghostbusters game. Well, that and fulfil the fantasies of hundreds of grown men, all of whom wish they could have stepped right in, got down to the point and cleaned up the town. Oh yeah. Restoration Project Finished [GB Fans, via Boing-Boing] More »
Weezer Dude Recommends Real Guitar Over Fake Guitar
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Musicians make music. Non-musicians stand in their living room, drinking beer in their socks, strumming on a piece of plastic. So what does Rob Zombie and that Weezer guy Rivers Cuomo think? While Zombie offered, “I don’t play them, but I think it’s awesome,” Cuomo was a tad more critical: I’ve never played it. I don’t get those games at all. I mean, I haven’t tried them. But they must be fun because people love them. But, to me, it seems like if you’re going to put that much effort into playing something, you should just play a real instrument. [laughs] Real instruments don’t raise your Gamertag Score, dude. Rob Zombie, Weezer Hate Guitar Hero [Joystick Division] More »
No Gaming BAFTAs For 2008, Life Goes On
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced that there won’t be a 2008 BAFTA awards night for games. Apparently the organisers have woken up to the fact that holding the awards in October excludes most of the Christmas lineup, which makes the whole thing a little pointless. Or at least, more pointless than the awards already were. Who can forget Wii Sports taking home the Strategy and Simulation award from last year? Well, most of you, actually. And I can’t really blame you. The awards will instead be held in March 2009, by which time they’ve hopefully got their act together.. No BAFTA Games Awards for 2008 [MCV] More »
