Tuesday, January 13, 2009

British Console Sales Figures: Wii > 360 > PS3

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | In a rare act of charity, British sales outfit ChartTrack have teamed up with retailer GAME to provide total lifetime sales figures (ie all sales, not just GAME sales) for this generation of hardware. More »

What The Hell Did Dead Rising Wii Do To Isabella’s Face?

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s the Isabella in the original Xbox 360 version of Dead Rising — the one we know and love. The Isabella in the upcoming Wii version looks different. Want to see? Drumroll please… More »

British Sales Charts

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Nintendo games at the top. So let’s move on. Get a look at the bottom of the charts! Halo 3! Call of Duty 4! Let’s party like it’s 2007, Britain. More »
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Mold Some Lady Into A Sweat Mopping Bar Hostess

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | As with the previous titles, one of the key backdrops in Yakuza 3 is the night life — namely, hostess bars. More »

EA Sports Gets Into The Sneaker Business

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Game sneakers? Old news! But it’s new news for EA Sports and the Skate series, with skate company Etnies unveiling a new sneaker designed to cash in on the impending launch of Skate 2. More »

Nintendo Once Again Reminds Us Why It’s So Successful

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Did you hear? The global economy is in the crapper. Don’t tell Nintendo! Nintendo is making oodles of money. In the time it took you to read this, Nintendo made a gajillion dollars. More »

Stream Whatever’s On Your PC To Your PS3

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Golden Signals know you have a problem. You have an extensive porn digital movie collection, want to watch them in the living room but don’t have a PC connected to your TV. What to do? More »

Oh Look, Here’s Valkyria Chronicles!

7:08PM David Wildgoose | Quick update to this morning’s story about the lack of the PS3’s best game on the retail shelves of Australia. I’ve just heard from Sega that a new shipment is due to land January 23. The only slight catch is it’ll only be making its way into GAME, EB and JB Hi-Fi stores. But still, hurrah! More »

What Game Characters Are On These UNIQLO Shirts?

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Budget Japanese clothing retailer UNIQLO is previewing its upcoming collaboration: Shirts with SEGA, Capcom, Taito, Hudson, Namco Bandai and Sony Computer Entertainment. No word what the designs will look like — we’ve got hints. More »

Yakuza 3 Will Punch, Kick, Punch You In The Face

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Look at him go! Punch, kick, punch, Hulk Hogan leg drop…we may not be able to understand a word of Yakuza 3’s trailers, but combat like this speaks a universal language. More »