Tuesday, May 5, 2009

News

So, How Long Until Final Fantasy XIII Is Out In Europe?

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | As we’ve pointed out with numbers, few Japanese publishers are as tardy with their European releases as Square Enix. So how’s the Final Fantasy XIII localisation coming along, then? More »
News

PC Broken Steel Error Is A Games For Windows Live Problem

10:40PM Mike Fahey | The Broken Steel update for the PC version of Fallout 3 has been taken down for repair. Bethesda explains why. More »
Culture

Make Your Own Modded Console Handhelds

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Console modder Ben Heckendorn has made quite a name for himself chopping machines apart and making them smaller, sleeker, more portable. Now you can do as he does. More »
News

Surprise, Fallout 3’s New DLC Is Broken

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Seems that Fallout 3’s latest piece of trouble-plagued downloadable content, Broken Steel, has launched broken. Least, it is on PC. Shocking, I know. More »
Culture

Earthbound Fans Are Crazy, Yo

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Somehow a fresh, unopened copy of Earthbound turned up on eBay the other day. Bidding was fierce. And at the auction’s closing bell, the winner had parted with, oh, over US$1000. More »
News

Activision Gets A New Chairman

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s been announced overnight that Activision Blizzard’s chairman, who is due to retire later this year, is to be replaced by the Chief Executive of partners Vivendi. More »
News

50 Cent Wants To Make A Game (That Doesn’t Feature 50 Cent)

8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Former “rapper” now “multimedia personality” Curtis James Jackson III has already been the star of two video games. But he wants to be involved in more! Just, not ones where he’s the star. More »
Culture

French Kid Beats 500,000 To Claim World FIFA Title

7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Madden is… serious, kinda, but EA Sports’ other tentpole sports game, FIFA, is really serious. Take the game’s “World Cup”, which saw an amazing 500,000 gamers enter for $US20,000 cash and a new car. More »