Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Culture

Zangief Statue Won’t Win Any Beauty Pageants

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | The latest in PopCultureShock’s line of Street Fighter statues is this Zangief piece, which is as angry, crazy and hairy as you’d expect/hope it to be. Oh, and also as expensive. More »
Rumours

Xbox 360 Pro Being Phased Out Pretty Soon

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | The staple Xbox 360 – the Xbox 360 Pro – looks set to march straight off retail shelves and into the history books, if new console packaging is anything to go by. More »
News

Crytek Threatens To Leave Germany

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | With titles like Far Cry and Crysis, developer Crytek is one of the biggest studios in Germany. That may change, though, because German interior ministers aim to outlaw the production of violent games. More »
News

EA Unveils FIFA 10 Box Art, Release Date

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Many Americans care deeply about who appears on the front cover of Madden. Many Europeans, on the other hand, do not. They instead care about who ends up on the front cover of FIFA. More »
News

Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese peripheral maker Hori has revamped its Xbox 360 dual joysticks. Again. More »
Culture

French Game Mag Needs An English Version

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | When it’s not perched too high upon its high horse, Britain’s Edge magazine is a good read. How many other mags do we read? Uh… none. We would, however, read Amusement. If we could. More »
News

Final Fantasy XIV Jobs, Races Revealed

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Final Fantasy XIV is different from Square Enix’s previous MMO Final Fantasy XI. In the upcoming game, FFXIV seems to have a skill-based system. More »
News

Koei Makes Subsidiary In Vietnam

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Best known for the hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors, Koei is setting up a Koei branch in Hanoi, Vietnam. More »
News

PC Sales Charts: Funny What A Sale Can Do For Sales

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Here’s a very good reason why Valve now base their Steam sales charts on revenue rather than sales: last week’s Relic sale, which saw Dawn of War, Dawn of War II and Company of Heroes going for a song. More »