Monday, February 2, 2009
News
These Five Games Were The Biggest-Selling In The World For 2008
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | No more breaking it down into individual markets. Combined sales data released this morning from GfK, ChartTrack, Enterbrain and the NPD Group shows us the five biggest-selling games in the world for 2008. More »
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SEGA Keeping Eye On Second-Hand Market
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Used games are big business. Big business for retailers, but not for developers or publishers who are cut out entirely. While many company are very much against it, SEGA Europe president and COO Mike Hayes is diplomatic. More »
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Japanese People Swarm Star Ocean 4 Kiosks, Kiosks Show New Faceplate
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | This past Sunday from noon to 5pm, eight Xbox 360 demo kiosks playing Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope were rolled out at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera. More »
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Street Fighter IV Arcade In The US? No. But Australia, Singapore? Maybe!
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Street Fighter IV won’t be officially released in US arcades. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be released anywhere outside Japan. Take Australia, for example. Or Korea, or Singapore. It might come out there! More »
Media
Coke’s Super Bowl Ad Brings Out The Avatar In, Well, Everyone
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Here’s a Coke ad from yesterday’s Super Bowl. And it’s about… no, not football, but online avatars. Everyone’s got ‘em! Even inattentive mothers and attractive young models sipping Coke at a bar. More »
Culture
What Do Nintendo Consoles Look Like After A House Fire?
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Time to find out. Go Nintendo reader PsyduckWarrior owned a Game Boy Advance and a Wii. Or, he did, until a house fire took away the bulk of his and his family’s material possessions. More »
Culture
Dreamcast Mourning Time… Again!
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It’s been ten years, and the Dreamcast is dead. I know it, you know it and damn skippy SEGA knows it. That didn’t stop game site Eurogamer from doing a forensic catalogue on the console’s demise. More »
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New Studio To Release Six MS Flight Sim Expansions
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sure, Microsoft have killed off the primary developers of the Flight Simulator series, but that doesn’t mean the end of the series. For one, Microsoft are committed to future releases. Then there’s these guys. More »
Media
A Closer Look At Ryu Ga Gotoku 3’s Hostesses
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Sure, in upcoming PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, players can mold their own bar hostesses. But they can also do other things with them.
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