Monday, August 10, 2009
News
British Sales Charts: 1-1, Baby
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | The #1 game in the UK last week was a Nintendo title. No surprises there. But numbers two through four were not. Nor were they EA games, or even Activision titles. They were Codemasters games. Codemasters! More »
News
Iwata Explains The Pitch For An Early Wii Vitality Sensor “Game”
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | You’ve had your laughs at the Wii Vitality Sensor, at least in part thanks to Nintendo’s utter inability to explain what the thing is actually for. Well, during a Q&A with analysts, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata has shed a little light. More »
News
Ever Wonder How Much Activision Honcho Made Last Year?
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last year, Activision had a good year. Activision boss Bobby Kotick had a very good year. More »
Culture
Gran Turismo Car Vs Real Car
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | While we can debate the merits of Gran Turismo as a game ’til the cows come home, nobody is going to argue against the fact it’s an excellent reference/shrine for car lovers. But just how good are Polyphony’s artists? More »
Culture
Silent Hill, The Haunted House. For Real.
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It’s the dead of summer winter. Halloween is months away. The folks behind the official Saw haunted attraction are planning to scare the bejeezus out of you with a new one based on Silent Hill. More »
News
Konami Re-Issuing Classic PS2 Titles (Metal Gear, ZOE, Etc)
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | With no announcement and no fanfare, Konami Europe have begun slipping brand new copies of some of the company’s finest PS2 games back onto shelves in the United Kingdom More »
Media
A Better Look: No More Heroes 2 New Dual Beam Katana
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Publisher Marvelous Entertainment has sent out “new” No More Heroes 2 screenshots. “New” because most of them showed up in a May issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu. More »
Rumours
Six Days In Fallujah Devs Closing Down
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | When Konami said nothankyou to its publishing deal for controversial title Six Days In Fallujah, it placed not just the future of the game, but future of the game’s develpment studio—Atomic Games—in jeopardy. More »
News
More Tales Of Vesperia Anime Images
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Popular Japanese role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is coming to the big screen on October 3 as Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~. More »
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