Tuesday, May 26, 2009

News

British Sales Charts: Nintendo Gets Caught In The Octagon

11:00PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Get a load of this. New games on the British sales charts. New games everywhere. Pokemon, UFC, EA Sports Active… it’s like a breath of fresh air. More »


In Real Life

John Carmack: Criminal Mastermind (And Apple Fanboy)

10:30PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

They say you learn something new every day. For today? You learn that when he was only 14, id’s John Carmack broke into a school to steal some Apple II computers. Apple IIs! More »


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Evangelion Game Coming To PS3 (Does It Involve The Father Of PS?!)

10:00PM May 26, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

A Blu-ray disc version of mecha anime Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone includes a fold-in which what appears to be a new game announcement: an Evangelion title for the PS3. More »


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Now Square Enix Will Milk Eidos Properties To Death, Too!

9:30PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Square Enix are notorious for bleeding their intellectual properties dry. You like Final Fantasy? Here’s 119 Final Fantasy games, etc etc. And now that Square owns Eidos, things are only going to get worse. More »


News

David Jaffe: “We’re Not Showing Anything At E3″

9:00PM May 26, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

David Jaffe of developer Eat Sleep Play talks about the chances of him showing something at E3. And they are? More »


In Real Life

Someone Turned Those Classy Game Covers Into Classy Book Covers

8:30PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

To recap: few months back, members over at Something Awful came up with a glorious collection of game covers done in the style of classic novels. Now, someone has actually made them. More »


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PS3 “Soul Breeding” Game Gets Suggestive Pillow Case

8:00PM May 26, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

In two days, the sequel to “soul breeding” game Record of Agarest War ZERO is released in Japan. Let the merchandising begin! More »


News

Activision Bosses Dump $60 Million In Activision Stock

7:30PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Activision CEO Robert “What, Me Worry?” Kotick, and Activision co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly, last week sold off around $US60 million in Activision stocks. More »


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SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)

7:00PM May 26, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

This past April 1 was, like the year before it and the year before that, April Fool’s Day. Osaka-based game company SNK joined in the fun and launched a website for faux retro shooter Star Radish. More »


In Real Life

The Nintendo DS Can Also Draw Amazing Pictures Of Cars

6:30PM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Christian Pearce works at special effects workshop WETA (Lord of the Rings, King Kong). Christian Pearce also enjoys drawing cars, which he does on his Nintendo DS. More »