Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - Page 2

The 50 Cent Game Has A Story. These Are The People Behind It.

We know. You’re sitting there, all smug, thinking the extent of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand’s story amounts to “WHEH MAH SKULL?”. Well, you’re wrong. There’s a rich tapestry at play here.


In Real Life

Wii-Mote Jackets Double As Kiddy Shoes

Those Wii-mote jackets? They’re good for more than cushiony shield protecting your TV (and face!) from flying Wii-motes.


News

That Mag For Sale On eBay Actually Found A Buyer

Let’s recap: at the same time Ziff Davis were offloading the 1UP Network, lesser-known magazine Hardcore Gamer also went up for sale. On… eBay. And not a collection of mags. The magazine itself.


News

Video Game Sales Bigger Than DVDs and Blu-ray Sales Last Year

Last year, video games trumped the global combined sales of DVD and Blu-ray. Congrats, video games!


News

Sony AU Boss Reads Angry Rant, Gives Angry Rant Back

Kotaku AU

The ever-quotable Michael Ephraim, head of Sony Computer Entertainment in Australia, is never afraid to speak his own mind. But what happens when he gets called up by a reporter from tech tabloid Smarthouse? His mind explodes.


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Square Enix Junk Mail Pisses Off Man, Man Files Lawsuit, Man Wins

An individual with no connection to Square Enix or Final Fantasy XI (he’s never played it supposedly!) was being heavily spammed with FFXI re-registration emails. This individual got annoyed and took legal action.


AU Diary: Trauma Centre Is Stressing Me Out

Kotaku AU

I thought Wii games were meant to be casual and accessible? Because, frankly, Trauma Centre: New Blood (out last week) is anything but. With a host of different surgical tools to use and even more medical conditions to encounter, remembering which does what is hard enough. But to do so while the patient’s vitals are dropping at an alarming rate puts me into a state of panic I’ve rarely experienced in a game.I’ll even admit the Normal difficulty was too much for me. After losing the same patient a dozen times in succession, I felt no shame in knocking it down to Easy. Even then it took another six or so attempts to proceed. Hardcore gamers bemoaning the lack of challenging titles on the Wii would do well to check this out.


News

Guitar Hero Metallica: There Will Be No Cliff Burton

The upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica will feature the band’s four current members. And just those four. Those hoping for a digital reincarnation of deceased former bassist Cliff Burton need to stop hoping.


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Star Ocean Producer ‘Really’ Wants To Make Erotic Games

Yoshinori Yamagishi, Square Enix’s Star Ocean series producer, has confessed his desire to make erotic games.


In Real Life

The Inevitable Left 4 Dead/Team Fortress 2 Crossover

Two Valve games, two cult followings, we’re amazed it’s taken you lot this long to whip something like this up. Called “Gravelpit”, it takes… well, you can see what it’s doing.