Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Media

Rock Band Unplugged Trailer Shows How Easy Love Can Be

11:40PM Mike Fahey | Harmonix lays out the ABCs of Rock Band Unplugged in this first official trailer for the PSP take on the popular rhythm game.
News

Prototype Ships on June 9

10:57PM Brian Crecente | Prototype, Activision’s open-world action game, will ship on June 5 in Europe and June 9 in North America, the publisher confirmed this morning. More »
News

Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 Incoming?

10:21PM Brian Crecente | Amazon today launched the Amazon Xbox Live Store which allows people to purchase Xbox Live digital games through the online store. Rumours have it that similar stores may soon be arriving for Sony and Nintendo. More »
News

Game Suing Movie Studio Over Name

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | TimeGate are working on a game called Section 8. Paramount Pictures announced a web series called Section 8 only three days after cancelling a meeting with TimeGate about, yes, Section 8. Co-incidence? Hardly. More »
News

Rock Band Unplugged Dated

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Rock Band Unplugged, the Harmonix co-developed PSP take on Rock Band, is coming to PSPs this summer winter. It’s trading pricey plastic peripherals for free ones: your hands. More »
News

Cheap Bastards Can Play Final Fantasy XIII Too

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu has an interview with Final Fantasy XIII director and scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. More »
Culture

Madworld Jack: The Action Figure

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | No, there are no plans for MadWorld action figures. But if there were, surely they’d look a bit like this custom figure, whipped up by ebooze. More »
News

The Pro Evolution Soccer Carousel Spins Around To 2010

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | There was a Pro Evolution Soccer in 2008. 2007, too. And 2006. And so on, and so on. So it will be again in 2009, with the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. More »
News

Don’t Get Your Wii Pricecut Hopes Up Just Yet…

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hey! Wii’s manufacturing costs are apparently down by 45 percent. Time for Nintendo to pass on those savings to you with a pricecut, no? Nope, the UK got a price hike. More »