Tuesday, March 3, 2009

News

Why Capcom Bet 360, And Not PS3 Or Wii

11:00PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Sure, these days Capcom are true multiplatform developers, but for a while they, they were leaning 360. Dead Rising, Lost Planet, both were originally 360-only. So why did a Japanese developer make that call?

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British Sales Charts

10:30PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Two big first-party titles faced off last week in Britain: Killzone 2 and Halo Wars. Only one of them could come out victorious, and it wasn’t going to be Halo Wars.

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Nintendo UK: Buy Your DSi Christmas Presents Now

10:00PM March 3, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

In early April, the Nintendo DSi will go on sale in North America, Europe and Australia. It may be spring autumn, but it’s not to early for Christmas DSi shopping.

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EVE Online Scandals Are Good For Business

9:30PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Massively-multiplayer game EVE Online has had its fair share of scandals and controversies. That’s what happens when you let the gamers run themselves. But they’ve hardly been a deterrent to subscriptions.

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Cute Fighting Game Getting Cute Fighting Stick

9:00PM March 3, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

The sequel to moe arcade fighting game Arcana Heart, Arcana Heart 2, got a PS2 port. That port is getting an arcade fighting stick.

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Midway To Keep Paying Mortal Kombat Creator To Make New Mortal Kombat

8:30PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

History lesson: despite decreasing sales and quality standards of late, Mortal Kombat is without a doubt Midway’s most important remaining asset. And Ed Boon created Mortal Kombat. So he’s important to Midway.

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In Real Life

Porn Star Reviews Xbox 360 ‘Rumble Massage’

8:00PM March 3, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Adult video actress Stoya reviews Rumble Massage, an Xbox LIVE Marketplace title created by a member of the Xbox Community. She also name drops Sid Meier and Steve Jobs.

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David Perry Throws Down, Swears Next PSP Won’t Have UMD

7:30PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Look, on the one hand, we don’t want to be encouraging this kind of behaviour. But on the other… watching David Perry engage in a bit of tit-for-tat with Sony is too good to pass up.

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In Real Life

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Packaged With New Anime

7:00PM March 3, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Square Enix has released more information about upcoming Blu-ray movie release Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.

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Nintendo: We Have ‘No Plans’ To Release Classic Controller Pro In America

6:30PM March 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Like the looks of that Classic Controller Pro Nintendo unveiled the other day? Might want to pay your import retailer of choice a visit, then, because Nintendo don’t sound keen on releasing it in America.

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