Monday, March 30, 2009

PS2 To Go $99

11:11PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

A friendly tipster has passed on this shot of Kmart’s retail database. To translate, it shows the PlayStation 2, and it shows that next week the console will be reduced to US$99.

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A Handful Of Alan Wake Details

11:00PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Here we are, years on from the first unveiling of Alan Wake, and what do we know? Almost nothing! So while these new details are hardly major, their rarity makes them satisfying nonetheless.

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In Real Life

Man Dies While Playing Wii Fit

10:00PM March 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Tim Eves, 25, died on March 4 in front of his girlfriend while playing Wii Fit reports UK newspaper Telegraph.

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Dead Rising 2 Has Multiplayer, Hundreds Of Different Zombies

9:30PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

More details have surfaced with regards to that “6000 zombies” claim that came out of a Dead Rising 2 talk at the Game Developers Conference last week.

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Xbox 360 Brings Japanese Lingerie Lady Back To Life

9:00PM March 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

This Xbox 360 ad for Hong Kong has a Japanese lady in lingerie talking about what sounds like almost dying.

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In Real Life

Mega Man Sneakers Are Mega Blue

8:30PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

More. Video game. Sneakers. Little different this time around, though, because they’re not Nikes. Not covered in any obvious logos or colour schemes, either. Then again, they don’t need to be.

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In Real Life

The Top Spelunker Player In Japan Is A Pin-Up Model

8:00PM March 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

…though, calling idol Haruna Anno simply a “pin-up model” isn’t entirely accurate. She’s a gaming idol and not by accident.

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Operation Flashpoint 2 Gameplay Footage

7:30PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Previous press for Operation Flashpoint 2 has been a little unrealistic. Lots of suspect-looking screenshots. But there’s no fibbing in this video, showing naught but the real thing.

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Former Troubled Tecmo Exec Can Find Work (Can You?)

7:00PM March 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Last summer, we broke that former Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda was at the centre of not one Tecmo employee brouhaha, but two. The president eventually resigned, but he’s found another job. Good for him.

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Dante’s Inferno Getting Animated Movie

6:30PM March 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Like Dead Space before it, EA are serious enough about this “new intellectual property” thing with Dante’s Inferno to go making cartoons.

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