Wednesday, January 14, 2009
GAME To Offer Rentals As Well As New Games
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | GAME, GameStop/EB’s biggest competitor in both Europe and Australasia, currently sell new games. And sell used games. But soon, they’ll be offering a third way of getting hold of a game. More »
How Is The iPhone Different From The DS & PSP?
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Easy. It’s a phone. But hey, like I said, that’s easy. For a more complicated answer, why don’t we see what VP of iPod and iPhone product marketing Greg Joswiak has to say. More »
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Watchman Artist Says Watchman Game Is ‘Completely Canon’
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Watchmen: The End is Nigh is a video game tie-in for the movie version of the Watchman graphic novel. No, don’t leave yet! Keep reading. More »
A Control Pad For Those Who Roll Twenties
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Or have “Magic Happens” stickers on their bumper. Either or. I have neither, but might still pick one of these up, if only to scare small children and sensitive house guests with. More »
Is Nintendo Making A Motion Sensing DS Card?
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Maybe! A Nintendo trademark that’s appeared on the Japanese trademark database indicates such. More »
Your Geometry Wars Megamix Is Here
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s a late happy new years from Bizarre, with the release of a 13-minute long track entitled “46860 Choices” going out to all the Geometry Wars fans in the house. More »
‘Wii Is Driven By Girls And Women’
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hey! Girls play video games. I know that, you know that, and even Tim Curry knows that. But what’s more, publisher Ubisoft says, females drive the Nintendo Wii. More »
Sony Sue Over Hacker-Friendly PSP Battery
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Datel – makers of the Wii’s Freeloader, amongst other things – were working on a third-party PSP battery that would have made it easier to hack the PSP-3000. That is, until Sony sued. More »
News
7:27PM David Wildgoose | In a post on his personal blog, former Pandemic programmer Tony Albrecht confirms he has been laid off from the studio’s Brisbane office. I think this pretty much verifies the rumours floating around today. All the best for the future, Tony, and if there are any Australian developers looking to hire right now, drop him a line.
[Thanks Logan!] More »
Update: Ex-Pandemic Coder Confirms Lay-off At Brisbane Studio
7:27PM David Wildgoose | In a post on his personal blog, former Pandemic programmer Tony Albrecht confirms he has been laid off from the studio’s Brisbane office. I think this pretty much verifies the rumours floating around today. All the best for the future, Tony, and if there are any Australian developers looking to hire right now, drop him a line.
[Thanks Logan!] More » 
