Saturday, April 4, 2009

In Real Life

Like Muppet Babies, Only For Street Fighter

3:30PM April 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

There was a key hook for classic TV series Muppet Babies. They were Muppets, but they were babies. Can the same formula work for Street Fighter?

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News

Galaga, Now On Your iPhone

2:30PM April 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Namco Bandai should, over the next few days, be releasing an iPhone version of classic shooter Galaga. Hurray?

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In Real Life

Behold, Starcraft 2′s Terratron

1:30PM April 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 April Fool’s joke was never going to be confined to just a few screenshots. This is Blizzard we’re talking about. Blizzard don’t do things by halves.

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News

Pornstar Tera Patrick Will Ride Shotgun With You

1:00PM April 4, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Tera Patrick joined Saints Row 2 as a “special producer” giving hot developer “commentary“. Now, she’ll appear in game as part of new downloadable content.

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EA: Wii MotionPlus So Accurate It Can Be *Too* Accurate

12:30PM April 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Hoping the new MotionPlus tech for the Wii will bring some added realism to console’s controls? You’ll like hearing what EA’s Grand Slam Tennis team have to say, then.

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In Real Life

Zombie Slashing Bikini Cowgirl Game Movie Gets Sequel

12:00PM April 4, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Last spring autumn, a movie based on D3′s cowgirl-in-a-hat-killing-zombies game Onechanbara hit theatres. It was even localised as Chanbara Beauty for Western audiences.

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News

Shenmue Creator Yu Suzuki ‘Retires’ From Sega

11:40AM April 4, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has retired from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn’t done with Yu Suzuki just yet.

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The Mega 64 GDC Videos You Didn’t See*

11:20AM April 4, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

*That is, unless you actually attended this year’s Game Developers Conference and the associate Independent Game Festival Awards, because these two skits aired during the ceremony. And they’re quite good.

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In Real Life

Microsoft, Lionhead Settle Gay Discrimination Claim

11:00AM April 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Jamie Durrant, an ex-Lionhead employee suing Microsoft for £45,000 on the grounds he was harassed in the workplace for being gay, has settled the case out of court.

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DSi Inspires Fiscal Responsibiity

10:40AM April 4, 2009 | Brian Crecente

My 7-year-old son, it seems, has suddenly learned fiscal responsibility. But it wasn’t the ailing economy, or thoughts of a car that started him on the road to saving, it was Nintendo.

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