Tuesday, February 17, 2009
News
British Sales Charts
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | You may be forgiven for thinking these are last week’s British sales charts reprinted for the sake of convenience. They are not. It just looks that way, what with the top five games barely moving. More »
News
Run A Nuclear War On Your Desktop…Literally
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Introversion, developers behind nuclear war party game Defcon, are no strangers to monkeying around with game code. This, we know. So don’t be surprised to see them working on Defcon for your desktop. More »
News
Crap Economy Will Affect Microsoft
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Times are hard. For you, for me and especially major international corporations like Xbox 360 maker Microsoft. More »
News
E3 Boss Promises ‘Glamour & Sizzle’ In 2009
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | E3 is back. Gone are hotel rooms and discrete encounters, back is the cavernous showroom floor and bright lights. But will there be glamour? Will there be sizzle? The ESA (E3’s organisers) say yes. More »
News
Rare ‘Restructuring’, Job Losses A Possibility
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | In January, Microsoft started “reviewing” a few things. Cut some jobs, that sort of stuff. That “review” now shines its light on Rare, where belts are to be tightened, and jobs might be lost. More »
Culture
Check Out More Valkyria Chronicles Anime Parts
8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | In April, a Valkyria Chronicles anime is hitting Japanese television. We’ve previously taken a look at the character art. It was so good, let’s take another. More »
News
Hooray For SEGA Bobsledding
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Four words: High. Speed. Bobsled. Racing. This March, SEGA’s Joypolis amusement theme park are getting just that. More »
Rumours
This Might Be Why We Don’t We Have EarthBound On Virtual Console Yet
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | A rumour popped up today on Starmen.net claiming that Earthbound would never, ever be released on Nintendo’s Virtual Console. Made vague mention of potential lawsuits. But lawsuits from whom? Let’s take a look. More »
News
Dragon Quest IX Delay Impacts Japanese Game Publishing
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It wasn’t only Square Enix’s stock prices that took a hit when Dragon Quest IX was delayed from March 28 to July 11. Game magazine Famitsu also took a hit. More »
Media