Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Culture

British Kid Sets Street Fighter World Record

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Britain’s Zak Bennett entered the record books last week, setting a Guinness World Records… record for most consecutive wins in Street Fighter IV. And it sounds like it took him all day to do it. More »
News

Check The Specs Of Sega’s New Arcade Hardware

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | At Japan’s AOU arcade expo held last week, Sega unveiled a couple of new arcade boards for use in upcoming games. One of which is the amazing-looking Border Break. So what are the specs? More »
News

Even Analysts Are Worried About Res 5’s Controls

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | With the chance to ask Capcom serious, important business questions following the company’s recent financial earnings forecast, one Japanese analyst took it upon himself to… complain about Resident Evil 5’s control scheme. More »
News

British Sales Charts

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | This week’s British sales charts are interesting reading, because Nintendo have been booted off of top spot. And second spot, now you mention it. And spots 4, 8, 9 & 10 as well. More »
Culture

Buy John Woo Movie, Get Video Game Armour

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Red Cliff, the latest from Hong Kong action director John Woo (Hard Boiled, The Killer), is coming to DVD in Japan this March. What’s that got to do with gaming? More »
Rumours

San Andreas PSP Listing The Result Of Retailer Daydreaming

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | You may have seen today a retail listing for a PSP game called San Andreas Stories. It’s even got box art. Pity, then, it’s all the result of the result of some wishful thinking. More »
Media

Dante’s Inferno Trailer

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | The first trailer for EA’s take on Dante’s Inferno didn’t show much. Looked a little, well, “conceptual”. This second clip is much more useful, and should look particularly familiar to God of War fans. More »
News

Japanese Adult Website Selling Pornography Downloads For PSP

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back in 2006, a splurge of pornography appeared on Sony’s UMD format for the PSP. Several years have passed, and new ways of delivering adult PSP content have come. More »
News

Making Killzone 2 Proved Too Much For Amsterdam’s Power Supply

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Killzone 2 looks set to be the biggest, loudest thing to yet land on the PS3. But did you know it’s so big, and so loud, that Amsterdam’s power supply couldn’t cope with its development? More »
News

Something About MadWorld That May Make Selected Wii Owners Sad

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Upcoming black, white and red Wii title MadWorld is a unique looking game. It runs, however, in 480i and not the more HD-kosher 480p. More »