Monday, June 15, 2009
News
British Sales Charts: On, On You Most Noble…Sims
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Poor ol’ Prototype. You’d think June would be a good month to launch a solid piece of new IP and, with Activision’s backing, see it take the top spot. More »
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Don’t Expect Much Story From Mario Galaxy 2
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | There were two big surprises to be found with Mario Galaxy: firstly, that it had a substantive story, and secondly, that the story was good. Pity, then, the sequel won’t be doing anything of the sort. More »
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Peter Molyneux Wants To Help Rare “Get Well Known”
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What is developer Rare best known for? Doing games for Nintendo in the 1990s? Making Banjo Kazooie? Battletoads? Viva Piñata? More »
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9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 trades the snowy landscape of the first game for the firey landscape of the second. This makes us wonder what’s in store for the third game. Rain, we hope rain. More »
Here Are Some New Lost Planet 2 Screens
9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 trades the snowy landscape of the first game for the firey landscape of the second. This makes us wonder what’s in store for the third game. Rain, we hope rain. More »
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Erotic Game Makers Give Games “Cleaner” Titles
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | With “rape games” officially banned in Japan and politicians cracking down, the country’s erotic game makers are feeling the heat. More »
Culture
Prison Bans PS3 Consoles Over Escape Fears
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | We’ve heard how the PS3’s Cell processor can be used for not just games, but other things like cancer research. But prison breaks? That, we hadn’t heard. Until now. More »
Culture
Nintendo And McDonalds Japan Serve Up DS Service
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Following on the test program Nintendo launched in Tokyo last spring, the Kyoto-based game company and the fast food giant announce “Mac de DS”. More »
Media
ArmA II Looks, Well, Incredible
7:30PM Luke Plunkett
The original Operation Flashpoint did a good job of making you feel like you were part of not just a mission, but a war. ArmA II, from the same developers, looks set to do an incredible job. More »
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Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Japanese Pre-Orders Include…
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Anyone pre-ordering Pokémon: Heart Gold or Soul Silver? Good news — pre-orders start July 4th, and there are pre-order goodies. More »
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