Saturday, July 11, 2009

News

Giant Gundam Statue, Now In PlayStation Home

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | You know that amazing giant statue of Gundam now standing guard over Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park? It’ll soon be standing guard over PlayStation Home as well. More »
Culture

Crummy Wii Accessories Finally Triple-Jump The Shark

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Get a load of this. It’s a Wii accessory kit that contains an incredible 38 pieces. 38! Enough to form a shitty white plastic Voltron, Devastator and Predaking, with enough left over to scrape together a Defensor while you’re at it. More »
News

Take A Look At That New Killzone 2 DLC

2:00PM Luke Plunkett | That new Killzone 2 DLC we told you about yesterday has now been officially announced, and will go by the name of “Napalm & Cordite”. More »
News

How About Scribblenauts On Other Platforms, Eh?

12:30PM Luke Plunkett | Scribblenauts looks awesome. Awesome, that is, if you’ve got a Nintendo DS. But what if you don’t? More »
News

New Michael Jackson Game In The Works

12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There have been rumours swirling that Michael Jackson was at work on a new video game before he passed away. Those rumours appear confirmed. More »
News

Warner Bros. Now Owns Midway, Mortal Kombat

11:30AM Michael McWhertor | Mortal Kombat, This Is Vegas and the Midway trademark, as of today, are owned by Warner Bros., with the media conglomerate having completed the purchase of “substantially all of the assets” of the Chicago headquartered company. More »
Culture

Look! People Lining Up For DQIX

11:00AM Brian Ashcraft | With 2 million pre-orders and a rumoured 3 million copies shipping, we honestly didn’t expect folks to line-up for Dragon Quest IX. Sleep in! Square Enix hasn’t created a shortage. More »
News

New Game Informer Unleashes Rage

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | id Software hasn’t shown much of its id Tech 5 powered Rage, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter-slash-racer it announced almost two years ago. That’s about to change, thanks to the newest issue of Game Informer. More »
Hands On

Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback

10:00AM AJ Glasser | Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a 1982 choose-your-own-adventure book written by now-game developers Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Now it’s a 2009 DS action role-playing game. More »
Hands On

Kodu Game Lab Micro-Review: Baby’s First Game Development Kit

10:00AM AJ Glasser | Who says you have to go to college for an expensive game developer’s education? Microsoft Research’s Kodu puts the power of a dev kit right in your hand for a mere $US5. More »