Tuesday, February 17, 2009

News

British Sales Charts

11:00PM February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | 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 »


In Real Life

Check Out More Valkyria Chronicles Anime Parts

8:30PM February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Four words: High. Speed. Bobsled. Racing. This March, SEGA’s Joypolis amusement theme park are getting just that.

More »


This Might Be Why We Don’t We Have EarthBound On Virtual Console Yet

7:30PM February 17, 2009 | 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 February 17, 2009 | 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 »


Let’s All Look At BioShock Running On A Mobile Phone

6:30PM February 17, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Been almost a year to the day since we first heard BioShock was making the jump to mobile phones. And we haven’t heard squat from it since. So let’s catch up with some footage.

More »