Thursday, January 8, 2009

News

The Men, And Women, Of Video Game Voice Work

11:00PM January 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

There’s a neat feature up on Gameplayer at the moment. It’s pulling back the veil on the voice actors behind 70 of gaming’s greatest characters (though they cheat on some, and others aren’t so great).

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There Are 25 Million Copies Of Halo In The Wild

10:30PM January 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Yup, more from Robbie Bach’s supporting role during yesterday’s Microsoft CES keynote. While rappin’, he announced that since the release of the first Halo, over 25 million games in the series have been sold.

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This Is A New Prototype Clip

10:30PM January 8, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Shape-shifting sandbox title Prototype is ready to morph onto consoles this summer. It’s got superhero strength, stealth and even parkour. Something for the whole family!

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‘How Do I Change The Colour Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?’

9:00PM January 8, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colours for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Due Before July

8:30PM January 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Bit hard not to be excited about Gearbox’s new Aliens shooter. But how can we plan our excitement schedule if we don’t know when the game’s coming out?

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Asia Getting New PSP Colours

8:00PM January 8, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

What better way to celebrate the New Year than with new PSP colours. Sony Computer Entertainment Asia is doing just that with not one, but two new PSP shades.

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Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together

7:30PM January 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn’t it? Does to Sony.

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Kodu CES Presentation Clip

6:30PM January 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Kodu is Microsoft’s crack at this whole user-generated content thing. Technically, it looks promising! But my Lord, XNA title or not, those visuals need some work.

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Free Gears of War 2 Flashback Map Pack Now For Sale

6:00PM January 8, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

That Gears of War 2 Flashback Map Pack is now available on Xbox LIVE Markeplace. Remember that? The five maps are 400 Microsoft Points (US$5/AU$6.60). Not a bad deal.

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Nintendo DS Sales Dropped 82 Percent Last Year

6:00PM January 8, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Nintendo has a massive year with the DS in 2006 in Japan. 2007? Less massive, but huge. And last year? Not huge, but very, very big.

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