Wednesday, April 22, 2009

News

Will Wright: Why Spore Wasn’t Released On 360, PS3

11:00PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

For such a big game, you’d have thought Spore would release on every platform under the sun. But it didn’t. Just PC, Mac, DS and iPhone. Here, Will Wright explains why. More »


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PS3 Attach Rate Overtakes Wii Attach Rate

10:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Matt Matthews, now at Gamasutra, is a graph fiend. If it’s displayed as bars and/or pies, he’s all over it. And he’s all over some new NPD data, showing an improvement in PS3 attach rates. More »


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Tomorrow, Eidos Is Square Enix’s

10:00PM April 22, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Square Enix inches closer to its take over of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos, and the takeover is expected to go into effect tomorrow morning. More »


New Gothic Lolita Shooter Trailer

9:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Cave’s fantastic fantasy shooter DeathSmiles is coming to the Xbox 360. Microsoft, understandably proud of this, showed a trailer for the port at yesterday’s press event in Tokyo. More »


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There Will Be Dante’s Inferno On The PSP As Well

8:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

We already knew that Dante’s Inferno was coming for the PC, 360 and PS3. We did not know that a PSP version was also in development. Do now. More »


News

Where Did The Idea For Mother 3 Come From?

8:00PM April 22, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Mother 3? Fantastic game. The game was released way back in 2006, but its creator Shigesato Itoi and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently talked about the title — like, what inspired it. More »


News

Sega Once Again Considering Changes To Business Operations

7:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

For the third time this decade, Sega have announced that they are considering making big changes to the way the company is structured. More »


Here Are Four Lost Planet 2 Screens

7:00PM April 22, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

More screens of forthcoming third-person-shooter Lost Planet 2 trades snowy landscapes of the first game for dusty jungles. Have a good look. That’s what they’re for, you know. More »


News

Amazon Now Selling WiiWare Games, Too

6:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Earlier in the month, Amazon began selling Xbox Live Arcade titles. Now they’re selling WiiWare games too. More »


In Real Life

The Life & Times Of Nintendo’s Game Boy

5:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Haven’t you heard? The Game Boy is 20! And to celebrate the occasion, Gizmodo artiste and Game Boy fetishist Jesus Diaz has whipped up this handy timeline, charting the machine’s highs and lows. More »