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High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle EcoGamer’s Anthony has once again sent us a great tip for those looking to pick up Soul Calibur IV on the cheap. We’ve previously posted prices for a bunch of popular stores, but if you’re willing to do a bit of leg work, you can shave $50 off the RRP.
I could paraphrase Anthony’s tip, but bless him, he’s done an excellent job of summing up the details:
If anyone missed out or thought SCIV was too expensive, using a combination of deals you can pick it up for just $49.90. Even less with an EB Games EDGE card (10% discount).
EB Games started their ‘Buy 2 preowned games’ sale this week, and you can pick up Gears of War, Fight Night Round 3 and Bomberman: Act Zero which are currently not on JB Hi-Fi’s trade in exclusion list. Then simply walk into JB Hi-Fi and trade in all three to get Soul Calibur 4. This is also a good opportunity to get Ninja Gaiden 2, DBZ Bust Limit and GRID amongst others for $50. These trade in deals end on the 10th and it is not known yet which ones will be carried into the next catalogue.
EB Games Preowned Sale – Cheap SCIV [EcoGamer, thanks Anthony]
Id Software’s John Carmack spends his free time playing Nintendo games with his son. They’re currently making their way through Super Paper Mario. And when not playing that, they have a go at Mario Kart DS. So does that mean Carmack is keen on, say, Wii development? According to Carmack:
The Wii is one of those markets where Nintendo owns both the hardware and the software, but part of that is because they make such damn good products. So it’s the toughest platform for third party developers. We don’t have a software or content base ideally suited for it. So it doesn’t really play to our strengths and we’re pretty busy with other stuff right now. I’m thrilled that Nintendo has had this kind of success because they took some risky bets, and it’s always nice some bold thinking pay off for them. But I don’t think we’ll be on the platform.
At least he’s honest!
Carmack on Doom, Rage, EA and More [Tom's Games via Go Nintendo]
What’s better than playing Guitar Hero? Eating one of the game’s controllers in cake form! The tasty treat above is the physical manifestation of this very idea, and it’s a glorious one at that. The creator even went to the trouble of including a tutorial, and a bunch of images of the process.
FYI, the cake was actually made in November of last year, going by the dates on the photos. Thanks to reader Pete for letting everyone else know about it!
Bringing back the past – Cake Tutorial [I'm not charming, thanks Pete] Guitar Hero II Cake [Flickr]
Well. This one well and truly slipped by us during E3. Seems that while everyone was busy devouring the gaming news coming out of LA, in China the wraps were being taken off Company of Heroes Online, THQ’s attempt at pushing the RTS game onto the Asian online markets. While THQ have spoken briefly about the project before (which is being launched in conjunction with Shanda), this is the first time we’ve seen any real details on the game, which will take the core CoH experience (minus the Opposing Fronts content) and tailor it towards online gaming.
There will be Nazis, but no Hilter. As previously announced, id Software is back at work on another Wolfenstein, which is due out “when it’s done”. And the game won’t feature Adolf Hitler. Id’s lead artist Kevin Cloud explains:
No, he’s [Hitler's]not in our game. We’ve got to save something for future Wolfensteins. We can’t do him in yet! …That’s one of the cool things again about the Wolfenstein universe: we go back and we pull some of these things from real history and spin this what-if story for some of it, and some of it just kind of blows out… So like the Kreisau Circle originally is more of a group of aristocrats working behind the scenes in hopes to overthrow Hitler. Here, they’re gun-toting resistance forces fighting on the streets. But it’s kind of nice to take those elements, have a framework of reality, and build it out.
Well, Hitler wasn’t in the last Wolfenstein. He can’t be in every game, you know.
No Hitler in new Wolfenstein [Eurogamer]
Amazon.com has announced an exclusive Gears of War 2 Lancer. Yours for a mere $US 139.99! Out November 7th, the life-sized replica of course doesn’t work, but hey, don’t let that stop Dude Huge from pretending it does. Look how much fun he’s having! If that is not a blast, will someone please tell us what one is?
If you pre-order the Lancer, you even get the standard edition of Gears of War 2, free of charge. And that’s not a bad deal at all.
Activision are intent on luring as many “big name” rock stars to the Guitar Hero brand as possible. Ozzy Osbourne, failing mind aside, is a big name rock star, and a Guitar Hero veteran to boot, providing perhaps the series’ finest moment with Bark At The Moon. So it should be little surprise to hear that the ex-Sabbath frontman has been signed to appear in the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour, alongside long-time guitarist Zakk Wylde, where they’ll be playing Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley in a recreation of an Ozzfest venue. Which is all well and good, but really, it’s no Bark At The Moon.
Ozzy Osbourne dishes on ‘Guitar Hero’ and technology [USA Today]
LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule has announced it’s launched a LittleBigPlanet.com News Site. Think of it as LBP Dojo!! According to the announcement:
With October right around the corner, we wanted to let you know we’ve launched the LittleBigPlanet News Site on LittleBigPlanet.com.
Bookmark us and get the latest word on LittleBigPlanet goodness direct from Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment, or the fans. If you’re in the mood to join the discussion, register and make yourself heard and be the first to hear what lies ahead with daily updates including announcements, developer interviews, video trailers, and artwork exclusive only on LittleBigPlanet.com.
Click over to the game’s official site for more details.
LittleBigPlanet News [Official Site Thanks, Gene!]
Here are some new (and small) Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII screens from the latest issue of Shonen Jump. Not must new info here, save for the FFXIII demo will be in the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Blu-ray. But we already knew that.
Final Fantasy XIII / Versus XIII ???? [VideogamerX via PS3Hyper]
It’s an ages-old argument levelled against Nintendo platforms: they’re driven by the success of Nintendo titles, and third-party publishers have a rough time of it. An argument Nintendo are having none of! Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Corporate Affairs Denise Kaigler has told GameDaily:
There is an assumption out there that just simply isn’t true… We’re setting the record straight. This is fact. We are selling third-party games and they are doing very well, and better than our competitors.
In between the “this is fact” and the “we are selling” bits, she points to a chart she was carrying (pictured), with data supplied by the NPD Group. Which…doesn’t prove her point at all, showing only the Wii’s total software sales in the first 19 months since launch, not a breakdown of first-party v third-party sales. And while the sales are very impressive, it’s a bit of a stretch to somehow say that’s “fact”.
Nintendo: Third-Party Games Not Selling on Wii is a False Assumption [GameDaily]
