Friday, February 20, 2009

News

Sony: Unique Controllers Are Great For Business

11:00PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Americans may not be fully up to speed on the details, but know that nearly half of all PlayStation 2 consoles sold have been sold in Europe.

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In Real Life

David Hayter Back On Metal Gear Movie?

10:30PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Yeah, David Hayter is the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid, but his day job is Hollywood script writer. You’d think, then, that he’d be a lock to write the Metal Gear Movie.

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News

PlayStation Expands To Latin America

10:00PM February 20, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Check off another region on the globe that Sony has infiltrated. The company is officially bringing the PlayStation to Latin America.

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News

So, Why Did Ensemble Studios Close Up?

9:30PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Bruce Shelley is an industry legend. Helped Sid Meier make Civilization, created Age of Empires, then joined Ensemble. Now, though, Ensemble are gone. And Shelley is trying to explain why that happened.

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In Real Life

Jay Mohr Tells Jokes About The Game Industry

9:00PM February 20, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Jay Mohr is a comedian. Comedians tell jokes. As host of the 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Mohr did just that.

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News

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Enter A New Challenger

8:30PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

This week, Europe and Australia finally got Super Street Fighter II HD. Shame, really, since with Street Fighter IV also with us this week, it misses much of the point.

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News

Gothic Lolita Shooter Goes Christmas

8:00PM February 20, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Here’s more reason for ghoulish smiles. At this year’s arcade show AOU, the sequel for Lolita maniac shooter DeathSmiles has been unveiled today. It’s all Christmasy.

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News

Okami Creator Says Western Developers Are Superior

7:30PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi spoke today about the “rise” of Western gaming. But former Capcom man Atsushi Inaba, well, he goes a little further, saying that, overall, “Western developers are superior to those in Japan”.

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Suggestive Star Ocean 4 Screenshots

7:00PM February 20, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Star Ocean producer Yoshinori Yamagishi really wants to make erotic games. Square Enix has already nixed that idea, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped Yamagishi from spicing up Star Ocean.


In Real Life

Noby Noby Boy T-Shirts: Classy

6:30PM February 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

You may remember Panic from their line of Katamari Damacy t-shirts. They were great. Now that Katamari creator Keita Takahashi has a new game out, Panic are doing shirts for it too.

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