Friday, February 6, 2009
News
Nintendo Boss Says Japanese Market ‘Least Robust’ In The World
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | In Japan, the DS and PSP are wildly popular. But what about home consoles? Despite being the home ground for two of this generation’s three machines, things aren’t looking as rosy. More »
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2008 Australian Console Sales Figures
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Let’s take a moment to visit a peripheral theatre in the great global tussle for console supremacy, and see how each of the three machines is faring in the Australian market. More »
Culture
The Star Ocean… Elevator
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When you think of ways to promote Star Ocean 4, escalators probably don’t jump to mind. For shame, because escalators are great. Even better than escalators? More »
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Home Updated To 1.10
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Remember, everyone, Home is not finished. It’s still in “beta”. So there’s plenty of room for improvements! Some of which have just been made, with the updating of the service to version 1.10. More »
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PAL PlayStation Store Update: Killzone 2
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yup, that’s about all you need to know. Unlike the US store, the PAL PlayStation shopfront has a free demo (no preorder required) for Guerilla’s Killzone 2. I’m enjoying it right now. Kotaku AU Note: As several commenters have noted elsewhere, it’s a hefty 1 gig file for maybe five minutes of gameplay. Hmm. More »
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PS3 Exclusive Demon Souls Is Selling Out
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | From Software’s exclusive PS3 role-playing-game Demon’s Souls isn’t exactly getting stellar reviews. It doesn’t matter. The game is flying off selected Japanese store shelves.
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Hi, Inevitable Winter Olympics Game
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yes, as a major sporting competition, there was always going to be an accompanying video game, but there are formalities with these things we have to go through. Like finding out who’s behind it! More »
Culture
Golden Brown Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 Earns Best Cross Promotion Of The Year
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Toshihiro Nagoshi, designer of Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, is very brown. It’s like he spends all his free time in a tanning salon or something. The game’s latest promotional tie-up should be no surprise: More »
Hands On
Hands-On With Prototype
6:30PM Jim Reilly | What’s that? You say you wanted more sandbox-style games? Activision has you covered with the release of Protoype on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this summer winter.
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