Monday, December 8, 2008
TIME Take A Stab At 2008’s Ten Best Games
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | It’s the end of the year. Know what that means? Time for lists! End of year lists! And know who loves lists more than anyone else? TIME magazine. Those guys are crazy for lists. More »
Microsoft Exec Wants Crackdown 2
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Microsoft Games published Crackdown selling 1.5 million copies pretty much guarantees a sequel. If that doesn’t, then two Microsoft execs talking about how they’d like Crackdown 2 should. More »
Home Out Within Ten Days, Apparently
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Britain’s The Times (Online) have a piece up on Home. The headline reads “PlayStation fiends finally get a second life”. To stave off the Second-Life-induced yawns, however, it offers something. More »
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Afro Samurai To ‘Surge’
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai Games America has announced Surge, a new studio and publishing label. While NBG’s parent company is based in Japan, its US arm hopes that Surge will strengthen its Western ties. More »
Microsoft, At Least, Are Throwing Down At E3
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Little bit loathe to post this, seeing as it’s mostly corporate chest-beating, but then, there’s value in this corporate chest-beating beyond the actual chest-beating. More »
Damn, The Xbox 360 Has Lots of Shmups
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We knew that there were a lot of shoot ‘em ups for the Xbox 360. We didn’t know exactly how many. At the recent “Xbox 360 Shooting Festa!” in Tokyo, Microsoft provided a breakdown: More »Dawn Of War II Trailer
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | New classes? Better graphics? We are pleased, Relic. Proceed. More »
There Are More Elderly Daily Gamers
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Who likes numbers? Well, lucky for you, we have numbers. Lots of numbers. Numbers about American gaming habits. Let’s dive in: More »
Voice Actors Leave Voice Mail
9:00AM Owen Good | A friend of mine once interviewed the late Don LaFontaine — the “Voice of God” for zillions of film trailers — and on request Don left him a splendid in-character voicemail. More »
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