Sunday, December 14, 2008
Fable II DLC Achievements Revealed
11:00AM Owen Good | Achievement mongers, you’ll have three more in Fable II, worth a combined 100 gamerscore points. The nature of these achievements seems to be a gentle prod to play multiplayer more. More »
Hey, You Got Your Mega Man in my Dutch Garden
10:00AM Owen Good | Capcom might want to get on the phone with Unilever, owner of the Knorr brand. Because, really, that’s Mega Man, albeit in green, encouraging Dutch children to eat more fruits and vegetables (I think.) More »
New Steam Beta Features In-Game Browser
9:00AM Owen Good | Remember in-game browser Rogue? Well, maybe not for long. Valve’s horning in on the action, which means browser overlays are officially all the rage. There’s one included in the new Steam Beta client. More »
Pa. Task Force Discourages Video Game Legislation
8:00AM Owen Good | After a year of study, Pennsylvania’s Task Force on Violent Interactive Video Games has strongly recommended that the state legislature there not enact any laws restricting or regulating games based on their content. More »
Final Fantasy: The Battleship Yamato of Gaming?
7:30AM Maggie Greene | When I saw this comparison between the Final Fantasy and the battleship Yamato (the largest battleship ever made), I was wondering how the comparison would be drawn: the spectacular demise, perhaps? Not quite. More »
Rumours
Rumour: EA Sending Need for Speed to Junkyard
7:00AM Owen Good | The Electric Playground’s show on Friday reported that Electronic Arts has cancelled development of new titles in its Need for Speed franchise. An EA spokesman gave a generic response that did not dispel the rumour. More »
Culture
Journalism Versus Criticism
6:30AM Maggie Greene | L.B. Jeffries over at Banana Pepper Martinis has apparently had it up to here with the ‘how to write reviews’ debate, and it sounds like the upcoming roundtable was maybe kinda the last straw. More »
VGA Giving Away Thousands of Downloadable Games
6:00AM Owen Good | Spike TV’s running a promo for tomorrow’s Video Game Awards, giving away 7,000 downloads of four A-list indie titles on XBLA, PSN, WiiWare and Steam. The promo requires you to submit an email address. More »
Minotaur China Shop Diary
5:30AM Maggie Greene | Played Minotaur China Shop yet? No? Missed the trailer we posted? Well, go look at that, then read the brilliantly funny Minotaur Diary at RPS, then try and resist the lure of the game. More »
