Wednesday, November 26, 2008

News

F.E.A.R. 2 Is So Banned (In Australia)

11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Surprise, Australia! A game featuring horror elements and a bit of the ol’ tomato sauce has been “refused classification” in Australia, which is as good as a ban. More »
News

Here’s What The MGO Patch Patched

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Konami’s Metal Gear Online has gotten itself all patched up. Things have changed, and things have been fixed. According to Konami, the patch updates include: More »

Left 4 Dead Stats Show…

10:20PM Luke Plunkett | …that you’re all a bit shit. More »

PS2/PSP Sales ‘Healthy.’ PS3 Sales? Still Waiting To Take Off…

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s Atindriya Bose, country manager of PlayStation India. He’s here to tell us all about India, a growth region Sony has been supporting full force. More »

Xbox Japan’s Shoot ‘Em Up Festa Fires Away This December

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Chances are, if you like shoot ‘em ups, you like the Xbox 360. Makes sense as tons of Japanese arcade shooters have been getting Xbox 360 ports.Which is why Microsoft is holding a “festa.” More »

Some New Street Fighter IV Screens

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Here are some new, direct-feed screens of Street Fighter IV. No airbrushed edges here, these are all-gameplay. And all-woman-punching. Seriously, Fei Long, pick on someone your own size. Screens on the link. More »

SEGA Wii Game Gets Perfect Famitsu Score

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese publication Famitsu has given another coveted perfect scores. The latest perfecto is 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ a visual novel for the Wii from Chunsoft and SEGA, the second Wii game to receive it. More »

Vice City: The High School Sketchbook

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | I looked through my old schoolbooks last year, at the behest of a curious girlfriend. My first grade-maths book? Back half was full of Robotech drawings. My eleventh-grade science book? Full Throttle drawings. My high school years ended before the release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but if they hadn’t, I’d like to think my twelfth-grade history book would have looked something like this. Art’s by Benjamin Marra, and is just wonderful. [via Offworld]

The Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter Pie In The Sky

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Fighter Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is an interesting tie-in. On one hand, you’ve got MK and on the other DC Comics. Interesting! But MK creator Ed Boon has even bigger dreams. More »

Square Enix Expecting 360 To Improve In Japan

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | The Xbox 360’s been doing great in Japan in recent months. So great, in fact, that even traditional, cranky old Square Enix are on the Microsoft bandwagon. More »