Thursday, February 5, 2009
News
Phil Harrison Originally Wanted To Found His Own Company
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Phil Harrison, the game industry’s gentlest, most sharply-dressed giant, worked at Sony for 15 years. Then he left. While he ended up joining Atari, turns out the original plan was to start his own company. More »
News
Iwata: Wii Music Didn’t Reach Potential
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Wii Music didn’t become the breakout hit Nintendo was hoping for. It was a sales disappointment of sorts. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata thinks the software elicits one of two reactions. More »
News
Don’t Like The Resistance 2 Cover? Print Your Own
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Last August, Sony asked you to vote for your favourite Resistance 2 cover. One option was the classy European cover, the other two, they looked like PS1 games. The classy one didn’t win. More »
News
The Telegraph, Brought To You By Nintendo DS Flash Carts
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Interesting example of “different horses, different courses” at work here. While companies in Japan are trying to erase the very thought of the R4 flash cart, in Britain, the R4 can advertise on the Telegraph! More »
News
Go Get Your Halo Wars Demo
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | It’s a Halo game without Bungie! It’s a real-time strategy game on a console! Halo Wars is all kinds of unexpected. So with a demo now out, feel to try before you buy/vomit opinions. More »
News
Metal Gear And Pro Evolution Soccer Power Konami’s Sales
8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Even as the global economy craters, Konami is recording strong revenues during the nine month period ending December 31, 2008. More »
Rumours
Is SEGA Readying New Arcade Hardware?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | SEGA is famous for its arcade system boards like the LINDBERGH and the NAOMI. These are the computer systems that runs arcade games. More »
News
Sony Exec: ‘We Need To Suffer A Little’ (Killzone 2 Racks Up 1.1 Million Pre-Orders)
7:30PM Brian Ashcraft | PS3 sales have dipped slightly. Sony as a whole is hurting. But don’t go counting Sony out. Sony’s a fighter. And more importantly, Sony’s Sony. More »
Culture
What Dragon Quest Female Character Does Akihabara Want To…Ahem?
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A recent street survey polled Akihabara folks about which female Dragon Quest character they wanted to get very close with. More »
Culture
