Tuesday, September 1, 2009

In Real Life

Gears Of War’s Imulsion Canned, Available On Earth

11:00PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Imulsion, the glowy resource at the heart of all things Gears of War, has been canned, laced with sugar and preservatives, and put on sale in the United States for $US2.99 a pop. More »


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Meet Your New Galaga World Record-Holder

10:30PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Galaga may be nearly two decades old, but its previous world record score could only last two years, with Andrew Laidlaw’s 2007 mark broken over the weekend by Phil Day. More »


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Wii Internet Channel Is Free, Free, Free

10:00PM September 1, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Nintendo has announced that starting today the Opera-powered Wii Internet Channel is available free of charge. More »


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A Good Look At Monkey Island Creator’s New Game

9:30PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Ron Gilbert’s latest game, Deathspank, isn’t new. We’ve known about it for ages. But all this info and screenshots, well, they’re very new. More »


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Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Price Cut For Japan Tomorrow

9:00PM September 1, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

While the Xbox 360 has already gotten a price reduction in the States, it hasn’t yet in Japan. That will changed tomorrow when the company shaves the console’s price tag for the region. More »


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Wii Games Are Getting Better

8:30PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Like last generation’s dominant console, the PS2, the Wii has come in for a bit of criticism over the amount of shovelware available for the system. But are things really as bad as they seem? More »


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How Hard Will It Be To Get A PS3 Slim In Japan At Launch?

8:00PM September 1, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Who knows! That didn’t stop me from calling five Japanese retailers to find out. More »


Sakura Note’s First Trailer

7:30PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Marvelous’ Sakura Note is going about this the right way. It’s nice to see a trailer that sets a tone through music and feeling (followed by tons of gameplay footage), rather than pompous cinematic sequences.


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Blizzard’s Next MMO Will Be “Significantly Different”

7:00PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Blizzard can’t work on World of Warcraft forever. Eventually, they’ll release a new MMO. And when they do, apparently it’ll be “significantly different” to their current world-destroying cash machine. More »


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Gran Turismo 5 (Probably) Getting Simultaneous Worldwide Release

6:30PM September 1, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that, if the stars align and the moon is in the seventh house, Gran Turismo 5 will be given a simultaneous worldwide release. More »