Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Edge’s GOTY Awards Surprise (OK, Not Really)
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Respectable British print mag Edge have, in their latest issue, published their list of what they believe were 2008’s best games and studios. You may be surprised with the results. More »
British Sales Charts
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | While LittleBigPlanet’s sales have been disappointing in the US, things might be on the up in Ol’ Blighty! The game has surged from 21st to 6th on the charts as of last week. More »
Culture
In Which Zelda Papercraft Reaches New Heights
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yes. That’s papercraft. A papercraft hat. A papercraft Zelda hat, complete with floppy green bit, moppish blonde hair and polygonal stylings. And it’s wearable. More »
Rumours
PSP2 Games Already In Development, PSP-4000 Due In 2009
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | According to “publisher sources”, Eurogamer are reporting that games for a true successor to the PlayStation Portable – a PSP2, if you will – are already in development. More »
Square Enix: 360 Easier To Program For Than PS3
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Square Enix used to make games for Nintendo consoles. Then Sony consoles. Now they make games for all consoles. Which begs the question: which one’s easiest to program for? More »
F.E.A.R. 2 Now O.K. After All
8:21PM David Wildgoose | The Classification Board today advised that F.E.A.R. 2 has been unbanned following an appeal by publisher Warner Bros to the Classification Review Board. In an impressive about-face, the Review Board has decided that Monolith’s horror-themed FPS isn’t quite as violent and gory as first thought and will now see release – in unedited form – in Australia in February. More » 
Mercenaries 2 DLC Is Too Late To Cash In On Palinmania
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Poor Mercenaries 2. All those explosions, all those moustaches, and nobody cared! Well, maybe you’ll care now, with the release of the game’s first major downloadable content. More »
Watch a Wii Remote Destroy An LCD TV
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Let’s party like it’s 2006, as this Eastern European gent plays Wii Sports, then breaks his LCD TV, then…breaks down and sobs for his mother. More »
PS2 Backwards Compatibility Comes To The PS3 Via SingStar
5:00PM Luke Plunkett | The fact that a lot of PS3 owners own PS3s that can’t play PS2 games sucks. Stupid move on Sony’s part. But if the only PS2 game you wanted to play was Singstar, read on! More »
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