Monday, July 20, 2009

News

New Dashboard Commercials Bring Ad Breaks To Your 360

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | As many of you have no doubt probably seen by now if you’ve been connected to Xbox Live, Microsoft’s new dashboard advertisements have begun appearing for Xbox 360 owners. More »
News

Streets Of Rage, Now On IPhone

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Open up. Time for your weekly dose of “let’s port a game to the iPhone for a quick buck”, this time featuring Sega, and a re-release of Streets of Rage. More »
Culture

BioShock Meets Warhammer In Tremendous Fansplosion

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Guy by the name of Robert Sakaluk has re-written the books when it comes to magical cultural pairings, taking some Warhammer miniatures and turning them into BioShock miniatures. More »
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Steam Launches “Family” Section, Please Don’t Roll Your Eyes

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Valve announced on Friday the launch of the “Family Gaming” genre on their online store Steam, an entire new wing of the digital shopfront dedicated solely to games your mum, dad or gran might enjoy. More »
Media

These Screenshots Are Different, We Think

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When Famitsu announced computer tactical role-playing-game Moe Moe Niji Taisen Deluxe, the Japanese game site showed a rather revealing screenshot of a female in a ripped outfit. More »
News

Valve Predicts Fan-Funded Game Development Future

6:00PM David Wildgoose | Valve Software disrupted the traditional retail model with Steam. Now they plan to disrupt the traditional funding model for game development… thanks to you. More »
News

Hinting At Western Release Of Tales Of Vesperia PS3

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Former Xbox 360 exclusive Tales of Vesperia is coming to the PS3 in Japan later this year. But it might be coming to the English speaking world, too. More »
Culture

Splinter Cell Mission Briefings, 8-Bit Style

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | One area in which the latest Splinter Cell game differs from previous outings is that mission briefings are being integrated into the game world itself. As in, “KILL SOME GUY” will be written on the side of an in-game building. More »