As it stands, we’re getting new 360 avatars every, what, week or two? But soon, say Rare, we’ll be getting them with specific games, “just like achievements”.
As we’ve explained, Slayer’s contribution to Guitar Hero: Metallica is War Ensemble off Seasons of the Abyss. Slayer fans can probably imagine the song is difficult. Non-Slayer fans will need some video proof.
Time to pat yourself on the back, UK game industry. The country’s Advertising Standard Authority states that over 99 percent of games are advertised responsibly.
Wardevil’s been on our radar since, what, 2005? For most of that time, we were under the impression that Wardevil was just a game. Now, though, it’s more than a game.
Looking for a break from the Nintendopoly? Look elsewhere, as last week, the first four spots on the charts were occupied by games published by Nintendo. And the fifth? Ubisoft’s My Fitness Coach.
While penguin-playable game Let’s Tap didn’t exactly set the Japanese sales charts ablaze, that doesn’t mean it, um, won’t set American sales charts on fire.
Pole’s Big Adventure, a tongue-planted-firmly in cheek send-up of retro side-scrolling Famicom games, brings long overdue mushroom dick jokes to the Nintendo Wii.
Brett Sperry was one of the co-founders of Westwood, developers of Dune II and Command & Conquer. Westwood, later bought by EA then disbanded, are no more. But Sperry is, and has founded a new studio.
What’s better than a pirate? A Haruhi Suzumiya pirate! SEGA’s upcoming Wii title The Parallel of Haruhi Suzumiya is getting its own limited edition “heroine collection.”
It’s strange. For a series that’s sold over a gagillion zillion copies, there have never been Grand Theft Auto figures. So if you want some, you’re going to have to make them.
