Friday, May 1, 2009
Media
Some Wet, Well-Lit CryEngine 3 Demo Footage
11:00PM Luke Plunkett
Crysis and Far Cry developers Crytek don’t just make games. They make game engines. And their latest engine is the CryEngine 3, which struts its stuff in the above video. More »
News
Nintendo’s Record Court Fine Reduced By Soft-Hearted Judge
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Back in 2002, Nintendo were busted by the European Union for price-fixing. Their punishment was a €149 million (USD$200 million) fine, which is still one of the biggest penalties ever handed out by the EU. More »
News
The Biggest Shmup Debut Of This Generation Is…
Rumours
Original Splatterhouse Devs Now Back On The Game
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | What go around. Come around. Despite Namco Bandai yanking development of Splatterhouse from developers Bottlerocket, the publisher has now hired many of those same developers to finish the game off. More »
News
Hey That Magna Carta 2 Sure Took A Long Time
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Development on recently announced role-playing-game Magna Carta 2 (which has nothing to do with the actual Magna Carta) first began about four years and eight months ago. What’s taken so long? More »
Culture
Lily Tomlin: Pac-Man Addict
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | You may know Lily Tomlin as the hard-faced mother from Nashville, or as that woman in Big Business who wasn’t Bette Middler. But today, meet the real Lily Tomlin: a Pac-Man fiend. More »
News
Street Fighter IV PC Dated For Japan
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | In April, Capcom announced that the release date announcement for the PC version of Street Fighter IV was coming May 1. Check your calenders, it’s May 1. More »
News
Midway: The Soap Opera Is Neither Bold Nor Beautiful
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | The story of Midway’s recent woes makes for grim reading if you read every story individually. But if you combine them into a single narrative and emphasise the characters, well, you’ve got a soap opera! More »
Culture
Koei Tecmo Donates To Italian Earthquake Relief Effort
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier last month, a deadly earthquake rocked Italy’s mountainous Abruzzo region, killing hundreds and leaving tens of thousands homeless. More »
Rumours
