Friday, January 23, 2009

News

Don’t Expect A Mass Effect 2 Unveiling At GDC

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Mass Effect 2 is going to be at GDC! It’s going to be the topic of a dry, academic discussion, but still… Mass Effect 2! We’ll learn all sorts of things from this discussion, right? More »
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Hundreds Of Players Banned In Final Fantasy XI

10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | From the folks who brought you the 18 hour boss fight, comes this: mass bannings! Square Enix has nixed a large number of players from online game Final Fantasy XI. More »
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Japanese Stake In World Market Down 20 Percent

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Who’s ready for more depressing news? This time it’s not more lay-offs, but the state of the Japanese gaming industry. So maybe this is only depressing for those in Japan’s gaming industry. More »
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Skate 2 Cheat Tailor-Made For The Cashed-Up, Lazy Consumer

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | What is this, 2006? We thought the days of EA releasing cynical, lazy pieces of downloadable content were behind us. Silly us! This is, after all, EA we’re talking about. More »
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Are You Brave Enough For iDOLM@STER PSP Goods? Are You?

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | For those who play Namco Bandai’s pop idol sim THE iDOLM@STER SP with pride (and in public), Japanese peripheral maker Hori has products for you! More »
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Sony Europe Boss: No Cuts For Us

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sony are swinging the axe. Jobs must go. And while “headcount reductions” are in store for the games division, Sony Europe boss David Reeves reckons it won’t affect his part of the PlayStation Kingdom. More »
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So, What’s Happening With FEZ?

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | At last year’s GDC, the trailer for indie title FEZ garnered much attention — and an IGF award. Well, that was last year, what about this year. More »
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Intel Are, Yes, Sacking A Bunch Of People

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | In keeping with today’s theme, Intel – manufacturers of processors that are probably in the machine you’re reading this on and maybe also in a machine you game on – announced some job cuts. More »
Media

Hot Chicks *Love* Zombies

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s a couple of viral Onechanbara vids doing the internet rounds, and they’re, well, pretty much what you’d expect: zombies and bikinis. More »
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Peggle…On iPhone!

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Ah, Peggle. You either love it, or you’ve never played it. While the game’s just fine on PC, it’s always seemed more suitable for on-the-go gaming, much like Tetris was on the GameBoy. More »