Wednesday, January 21, 2009

News

Gears of War 2 Update Arrives With Mountain of Fixes and Tweaks

11:31PM January 21, 2009 | Brian Crecente

Gears of War 2 updated last night with a patch that includes quite a number of fixes for multiplayer and balancing issues as well as some new features.

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In Real Life

Governor-General Visits Afghanistan To Drop Off A Wii

11:00PM January 21, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Background info: Australia has a Governor-General. Read up on that here. Anyway, she was in Afghanistan today, paying a surprise visit to Australian troops stationed there. Troops who were bored.

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Five Ways Game Sites Can Improve

10:30PM January 21, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Been to a game’s official site lately? You probably have. Probably noticed while there that it was a bit crap, full of useless flash pages and 320×240 “screenshots”. Here’s five ways to fix that.

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Only One Xbox 360 Game Made Top 100 Sellers of 2008

10:00PM January 21, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Crunching the sales data from game publication Famitsu, we have a breakdown by platform of the 100 biggest selling games of last year in Japan.

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Different Ways To Play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

9:30PM January 21, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Actress Airi Taira isn’t only starring in the live adaption of manga 20th Century Boys, but also these new Square Enix ads. Lucky her!

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SEGA Staff Cuts Confirmed

9:00PM January 21, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

The rumour that SEGA of America made thirty of its employees redundant is not a rumour.

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Aaron Greenberg Disagrees With Kaz Hirai, Bites Him In Face

8:30PM January 21, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Gotta love this harsh economic climate. It’s dragging executive shit-talking back to its 2006-07 heyday. Latest example? Aaron Greenberg’s response to Kaz Hirai’s “console leadership” quips to the Official PlayStation Magazine.

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Peter Moore Thinks World of Goo Devs Can Teach EA Stuff (Like Leave EA?)

7:00PM January 21, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Back when Peter Moore went all “WTF” to Eurogamer, the EA Sports exec was baffled about World of Goo making the Top 50 games of 2008.

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Because Halo 3 Always Needed A Little More Fallout 3

6:30PM January 21, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

The Halo series is, when it comes to shooters, up there with the best of the best. Only problem is, it’s so old. I mean, the last game came out in, when, 2007? That’s ancient!

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In Real Life

Left 4 Dead Brings 2 Lovers Together

5:30PM January 21, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Valve’s Left 4 Dead is useful as both a chilling simulation of the zombie apocalypse and as a tool for encouraging cooperative play in an online shooter. Those and…weddings.

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