Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Culture
It’s April 1: Be Prepared! (Your April Fool’s Roundup)
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Today is April 1. April Fool’s Day. Ostensibly a day for fun and pranks, but for anyone looking for news on the internet, it’s a royal pain in the arse. So kids: be cautious.
Rumours
Big Layoffs At Big Huge Games
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Rise of Nations developers Big Huge Games. First they were threatened with closure. Now, according to Develop, there have been a “huge number of layoffs”. More »
News
Red Faction: Guerilla Destructs Itself A Release Date
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Red Faction: Guerilla is an interesting title. Ditching “destructible” FPS corridors in favour of a sandbox world isn’t something a series does every day, so at the least it’s got something new to check out. More »
Culture
With This Atari, I Thee Wed
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | I’m getting married later this year. Need a wedding ring. Funny, then, that at this precise time in history, I come upon this gold ring, made out of the heart of an Atari. More »
Culture
Microsoft Announces Alpine Legend For Xbox 360
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Just in time for April 1! If only more games were played in lederhosen. If only this was real. If only. More »
News
British Sales Charts: We Call ‘Em Twitchers
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | So long, Resident Evil 5! You couldn’t hang about feasting on the flesh of the living forever. And, when you finally fell, bullet in the head, of course it was Wii Fit pulling the trigger. More »
Culture
Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Book Getting Revision
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete isn’t the only FFVII product that is getting a revised release. Book Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega is, too. More »
News
The Video Game Audio Awards
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Games have long preferred visual innovation to audio. I mean, they’re called video games, not video and audio games. But that’s not to say game audio doesn’t deserve recognition! More »
Culture
Donkey Kong Monster Truck Has A New Play Control Scheme
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | And it’s called “driving on 2.5 wheels after crashing”, after the Donkey Kong monster truck – and its bow-tied driver – did a few too many big jumps at the Monster Jam World Finals. More »
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