Wednesday, March 4, 2009

News

N’Gai Croal Leaves Newsweek and Game Journalism

11:10PM Brian Crecente | Friday will be popular gaming pundit N’Gai Croal’s last day at Newsweek. The well-known game journalist took a buyout from the magazine publisher and plans to move more toward the development side of gaming.
Media

Let’s Take A Look At Battlefield Online

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | In June of last year, we heard that there was a new Battlefield game in development for the Korean market. This is it. It’s called Battlefield Online, and will be out later this year. More »
News

Capcom Based Business On Movie Studios, Not Game Studios

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Few years back, Capcom underwent some pretty radical changes, and ended up restructuring as a company. But when time came to make the changes, they didn’t model the new Capcom on an existing model. More »
News

Three French Teens Arrested In Akihabara For Stealing Games And Consoles

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Police have arrested three sixteen year-old French males for suspected larceny. The teens, who attend an international school in Japan, are accused of stealing games and consoles from Akihabara retailer Sofmap. More »
Culture

Gut This TF2 Crossword Like A Cornish Hen

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Reader Aeon – who was kind enough to whip us up that Half-Life crossword – has continued his love for both Valve and words by crafting another one. This time, it’s about Team Fortress 2. More »
News

Resident Evil: Degeneration Shipped Over 1.5 Million

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Full-length CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration has shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The total includes DVD, Blu-ray and UMD versions of the flick. More »
News

Netflix Outside Of The US? Yeah, Probably Not…

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Is Netflix on 360 any good? Not being American, I wouldn’t know! One day, though, I’d like to see the service offered outside of North America. But that doesn’t sound likely. More »
Culture

Call Him Pikachoo Man

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | For better or worse, inflatable leather fetish goods maker Obsidian Design bring us this: Pikachoo. More »
News

EA Rooting For The Ol’ PS3

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | A lot of EA’s recent success has been tied to the success of Sony consoles. The more PS1’s and PS2’s there were, the more people could buy Madden and FIFA. More »
News

Will Wii MotionPlus Be Out Before June 18?

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there’s a blurb about Nintendo’s new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: More »