Friday, May 15, 2009

News

Excitebots Sells, Uh, 13,000 Copies

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Excitebots is a sequel (of sorts) to Excite Truck, itself a sequel (of sorts) to Excitebike. It was published by Nintendo, on the dominant Nintendo platform. And it had SUPER SANDWICHES. So what happened? More »
News

Original Wolfenstein 3D To Shoot Mechanised Hitlers On Xbox Live Arcade

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | The silliest, the biggest, the baddest Wolfenstein of them all, the original Wolfenstein 3D, is due for a release over Xbox Live Arcade, a product page on the service’s website has revealed. More »
News

From Software Joins The Teaser Website Club

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Best known for giant robot Armored Core and stealth Tenchu games, Japanese developer is following the heard of developers launching teaser sites that announce an announcement. More »
Culture

Noby Noby GIRL Reaches Not For Mars, But For Your Oven

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Mmm mmmhhmmm. Who doesn’t fresh-baked love cookies? Nobody, that’s who, especially when they’re giant cookies baked in a perfect representation of Noby Noby Boy’s space-faring Noby Noby GIRL. More »
News

“Video Games Are Not Toasters”

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | An EU proposal is calling for a two year guarantee on video games. That means games would be expected to be “near perfect” (no bugs, no glitches, etc). More »
News

MX Vs. ATV: Reflex Races This Holiday

8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Rev your engines! This holiday, the latest entry in THQ’s off-road racer MX vs. ATV, MX vs. ATV: Reflex, will spew mud onto consoles. More »
News

Xbox 360 Gets Crackdown Theme

8:00PM Luke Plunkett | If your Xbox 360 is looking a little drab – and you’re not adverse to spending money on tarting it up – then hey, this new Crackdown theme might be just the thing you’re into. More »
News

Nintendo Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | As we’ve seen, while they tried to put a brave face on, April was fairly forgettable for Microsoft and Sony. But Nintendo? Well, Nintendo have something to crow about. More »
Media

Splinter Cell: Conviction The Gameplay-Free Teaser Trailer

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft
The teaser website for Splinter Cell: Conviction has broken cover for a teaser trailer — only a few grizzled weeks before E3. More »
News

Microsoft Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | April 2009 was down on April 2008, across the board. Cause for concern, yes? Not if you’re Microsoft, who are just pumped at the Xbox 360’s “rate of growth” and “resilience”. More »