Thursday, April 2, 2009

In Real Life

Which Would You Prefer: New Games Or Sex?

11:15PM April 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Silly science alert! British online store PS3PriceCompare (so, no, not exactly Nielsen) has polled 1,130 “men in relationships”, asking about games and sex. Their answers? As depressing as they are expected.

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News

Nintendo Announces DSiWare Titles

11:00PM April 2, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

On April 5, the Nintendo DSi launches in North America. It is the third iteration of Nintendo’s DS platform. The handheld will offer players DSiWare games when the DSi Shop launches:

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Japanese Game Industry Sales Dropped Last Year

10:45PM April 2, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Comparing 2007 to 2008, the Japanese game market is shrinking. Enterbrain, publisher of game magazine Famitsu, has released the hard data for last year’s domestic sales.

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In Real Life

The Anatomy Of A Sackboy

10:30PM April 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

What’s inside a Sackboy? Fluff, cotton and love? No. Try bones, organs and other squishy, icky things.

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GameStop: ‘Keep Reserving DSi!’

10:00PM April 2, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Whenever Nintendo hardware product launches, there’s usually chatter about shortages — because, well, usually it’s true.

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In Real Life

Getting Those Achievements *Just* Right

9:30PM April 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Forget HD graphics. The one really new thing the 360 (and now the PS3) have brought to this generation of gaming is achievements. But how do you design them? What makes ‘em tick?

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News

Sony Expects 10-15 Percent Rise In PS3/PSP Sale Worldwide

9:00PM April 2, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Sony has yet to announced its final results for PS3 and PSP sales during 2008. But that doesn’t mean the company won’t take educated guesses.

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And The Top-Selling Games In Australia For 2008 Were…

8:30PM April 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Yeah, it’s April 2009. So what, things move slowly down here. Which is why we’re only just getting our hands on the list of the ten best-selling games in Australia for 2008.

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Xbox 360 Update Offers ‘No New Features’

8:00PM April 2, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

A mandatory update has just hit the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, “This update addresses interruption issues that some Xbox LIVE users may have experienced when playing a limited number of Xbox 360 games.”

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GameTap Launches Redesigned Service

7:30PM April 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

GameTap has an all-new service! Completely redesigned, from the ground up. And while it stuttered, fell over and died for a little bit at launch, it’s now all good.

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