Saturday, January 24, 2009 - Page 2
News

L.A. Noire Developer Hiring Some Folks To Help Actually Finish The Thing

Remember L.A. Noire, the “interactive detective story” set in the late 1940s, set to be published by Rockstar Games? Apparently, so does the developer, Team Bondi, who are staffing up to maybe actually finish it.


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Animal Crossing: Wild World Tops 5 Million Sold In Japan

We’re calling it: Animal Crossing: Wild World is a hit with the Japanese. A pretty bold claim, we know, but with five million copies under its belt in Japan alone, we’re feeling pretty confident.


Raw Thrill’s H2Overdrive In VideOH MY GOD!!! Action

Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills’ sequel to Hydro Thunder in everything but name looks good in stills. But the powerboat arcade racer H2Overdrive looks amazing in motion. Let’s watch some videos!


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WipEout Stylists The Designers Republic Shuts Down

The UK design studio largely responsible for the identifiable visual style of Psygnosis’ WipEout series, The Designers Republic has shut its doors after more than two decades in business. Why? Money problems.


Well Played: Don’t Blame the Recession, Blame the Developers

News of game developers slashing thousands of jobs this week and shutting down studios, seems to dispute the notion of a recession-proof video game industry.


What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

I’ll be giving my brand new Wii a good workout today, starting with Mario Galaxy. Later though – despite my utter abhorrence of needles, let alone the fact I can’t bear the sight of any sort of surgical procedure – I plan to check out Trauma Centre: New Blood, which was released on Thursday. Hey, it looks tame enough, and the nurses are pretty cute.


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More Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracks Revealed By ESRB

The slow drip of song reveals from Guitar Hero: Metallica continues, thanks not to Activision or the media, but the ESRB. We’ll know the full tracklisting next week, reportedly, but here are three more songs.


House of the Dead Overkill – Terror, Horror, Flesh, And Ice Cream

Sega’s House of the Dead: Overkill isn’t just another House of the Dead game. It’s a House of the Dead game with one hell of a nice trailer.


In Real Life

Hands All Over Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fight Stick

I know what I’m going to be doing this week. Mad Catz just sent me one of their choice Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fight Sticks to review for the Xbox 360.


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Second Hit Of Grateful Dead Coming To Rock Band

The downloadable content for Rock Band keeps on truckin’, with a second bowl full of Grateful Dead tracks due to hit the game’s music store starting January 27th. What can Dead Heads look forward to?