Saturday, June 27, 2009

Rumours

Nikkei: Sony To Build Gaming Phone

5:00PM Luke Plunkett | According to Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Sony will next month begin the process of designing a “cellphone-game gear hybrid” which it’s hoped will give Apple’s iPhone a run for its money. More »
Culture

Sexy Ladies Do Street Fighter For… Department Store Ads

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | This is as unexpected as it is brilliant; the ad firm running a campaign for posh British department store Harvey Nichols have decided to sell the sale using sexy ladies in a 2D fighting game. More »
News

Some Facts, Figures On Music Game Players

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Ever wonder how many Americans played a music game during the month of April? Well, we can tell you. 25 million Americans played a music game during the month of April. More »
Media

Madden 10 Screens Go West, Life Is Peaceful There

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | EA Sports today released a ton of new Madden 10 screenshots, focusing on the teams from the NFC West. And here they are. More »
Rumours

Further Confirmation That Spielberg’s LMNO Is D.O.A.

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Way back in October, we brought word that Spielberg’s “ultra-real” game, code-named LMNO Project, had been shelved — a rumour EA said was “incorrect”. More »
News

BioWare Boss On Future Mythic Collaboration

12:30PM Luke Plunkett | So, EA decided to roll both their big RPG houses – BioWare and Mythic – together under the one command structure. It only took about 30 seconds before people started wondering: could the two ever work together on a game? More »
Culture

Hey, Who’s Going To Supanova Today?

12:00PM David Wildgoose | Because if you are, take some photos and send them to us. We’ll publish everything we receive. More »
Culture

World Of Warcraft Freak Out Kid: The Japanese Remix

12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Now, we’re hardly convinced that the original is real, we are convinced that this Japanese remix is UTTERLY AMAZING. More phony freak-outs for brilliant remixes, please! More »
News

Maybe That Toshinden Wii-boot Won’t Be So Bad

11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Takara Tomy’s been pretty quiet on the rebooted Toshinden that it announced last October. We don’t know that much about the 3D Wii brawler, but at least we know now who is developing it. More »
News

Next Hitman Game Due “Late 2010″, Movie Sequel Will Tie In

11:00AM Luke Plunkett | The sequel to the Hitman movie, which is still in its early stages, won’t be just a sequel to a pretty crummy movie. It’ll also be a marketing tie-in for the next Hitman game, which is due out next year. More »