Taiwanese arcade game Star Ball has players lob balls at a screen. It’s like a light gun game, but with balls.
Square Enix have a big MMO. It’s called Final Fantasy XI. But FFXI is getting a little long in the tooth, so it’s no surprise to hear Square Enix are still working on a successor.
Yesterday, it was Star Ocean 4 designer Yoshinori Yamagishi going on about how video game storytelling could exceed books or film. Today, it’s Mad Max director George Miller. Tomorrow? Who knows.
Somewhat understandably, given the fact he’s Jewish, Rabbi Micah Kelber has always had a few issues with Nazis. Until, that is, he played Call of Duty: World at War.
Today is Mardi Gras day in Sydney. It’s all happening just up the road from my house. You can feel the party atmosphere in the air. I figure I’d celebrate the occasion by… playing videogames.
Jerry Frissen’s Lucha Libre comic series is already a line of collector’s toys by Muttpop; but toymaker Bob Silva says it was almost a multiplayer game made by The Behemoth.
After the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits and Guitar Hero: Modern Hits, Activision has plans to release an additional five games in the series, including one based on Van Halen.
Capcom’s Keiji Inafune and Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51) will speak at the sixth annual Nordic Game 2009 conference this May, should you happen to find yourself there.
Stumped for something to play this weekend? Play World of Goo! The 2D Boy developed puzzler is the current Steam Weekend Deal, marked down a ludicrous 75%. That means a paltry US$5 to you.
Microsoft may be putting the Xbox 360 Elite out to pasture, letting stock of its high-end version of the console slowly deplete, saving the hardware configuration for limited edition releases only.
