Thursday, September 4, 2008
How To Make Your Wii A Little More Versatile (And A Lot LOUDER)
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Do this, and you’ll never have to complain about your Wii having no games to play ever again. Course, you’ll also have voided your warranty. Actually, you’ll have voided your entire Wii, since it’s now nothing but a case for a loud VERY LOUD PC, but hey, some people will go to great lengths to make a point about the Wii and its supposedly limited uses. Pic of the guts after the jump if you’re keen. More »
King of Fighters ‘98 Getting Xbox LIVE Arcade Release
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A Tokyo Game Show 2008 list of games leaks that The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match will be released as an Xbox LIVE Arcade game. The game was originally released in arcades and SNK’s Neo Geo and later ported to the Dreamcast and Playstation. There’s no date for the title, but SNK recently released KOF ‘98 Ulimate Match for the PS2 earlier this summer. The game even got a Japanese arcade re-release this year, running on Taito’s TypeX hardware. No word on pricing for the XBLA version or a release date. The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match is coming to XBLA [Siliconera via Dtoid] More »
Multiverse Launching Buffy, Titanic, Second Life-ish Titles
10:40PM Luke Plunkett | Multiverse were working on a Firefly MMO. We say “were”, because as of today, that project’s been “delayed”, which in light of the following sounds a lot more like “cancelled”: the company have announced they’re working on a Buffy title, a Titanic title and a Second Life clone. The Buffy one sounds like the fleshiest of the three, promising to be an MMO, albeit a messy one, since they say it can be played “either as a fully immersive 3D environment or as a Flash-based 2D game”. They’re also working on a free Titanic “title” (ie not a game), based on Jim Cameron’s movie, that lets you explore the ship and-zzzzzzzzzzzzz…………….urk, sorry. Lastly, they announced Multiverse Places, which is basically Second Life, just made by a different company. Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO announced, Firefly MMO ‘delayed’ [Massively] More »
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Lucasarts Explain Sucky Star Wars Games
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Once was a day where if you saw the words “Lucasarts” and “Star Wars” on a game box, it’d be an instant purchase. X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Super Star Wars, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight…all solid gold. But then something happened. They started putting out more Star Wars games. And they started to stink up the joint. Sure, a cynic might say that’s because, as the dash for Star Wars cash intensified, quality control standards slipped, but Lucasarts have a different answer. They say that because it’s “such a great licence”, it’s “really easy to get excited about that and not set the bar high enough”. Whatever lets you sleep at night, guys. That quote’s part of an interview with Force Unleashed’s Cameron Suey, who swears that FU won’t suffer the same fate, but then, that’s something we’ve heard more than once from Lucasarts before. Lack of ambition to blame for previous Star Wars flops, admits LucasArts [Eurogamer] [Image] More »
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Japan Gets New Bionic Commando Trailer
9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Here’s the new Bionic Commando trailer Capcom unveiled in Tokyo earlier this week. Game looks like it’s coming together nicely — here’s hoping Capcom and Grin have fixed the control issues! Media: New Japanese Bionic Commando “Lookout” Trailer [Kombo] More »
GTAIV DLC Due In November, Two Ten-Hour ‘Episodes’
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | According to “sources close to Rockstar North”, GTA IV’s 360 DLC is still on-track for a Fall release. Specifically, it’s on-track for a late November release, which backs up earlier rumours. But wait, there’s more! The sources, speaking to Eurogamer, disclose what the DLC will actually be. They say it’ll take the form of two ten-hour episodes, both of which will feature new achievements. Could be real, could be not real, if it really is November guess we won’t have long to wait to find out. GTA IV DLC on track for November [Eurogamer] More »
Force Unleashed: The Book Tops NY Times Best-Sellers List
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Early reviews are in for Force Unleashed (the game), and at this (early!) stage things aren’t looking as good as Lucasarts would have hoped. If that scoring trend continues, the game will sell a few copies (if only for the branding), yeah, but it won’t set the world on fire like the company were probably banking on. Ah well. Least the book’s doing well! Force Unleashed the novel topped the New York Times best-sellers list for hardcover fiction over the weekend. So, are Star Wars novels taken more seriously by their creators than Star Wars games? Or are SW book lovers just suckers? Who knows! Could be all of the above. Star Wars Book Tops NY Times Bestsellers List [GameDaily] More »
Catch These Dead or Alive Figures!
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Yes, you too can pick up Dead or Alive gals. WITH CLAWS. Sega’s announced its U.F.O Catcher crane machines will be featuring Dead or Alive Xtreme figures of Kasumi and Ayane in Japan. They’re about 18cm tall, designed by Shunya Yamashita and apparently sculpted by zenko. Not bad! DEAD OR ALIVEエクストラサマービーチフィギュアfeat.山下しゅんや [SEGA via yuuwakuwaku] More »
