Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Culture

Some People Were Given Uncharted 2

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last night, Sony held Uncharted 2: Among Thieves events at movie theatres in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Those that went got to play the game on the big screen, meet the devs and got something else entirely. More »
News

Batman Arkham Asylum Could Have Been Rhythm Action Game

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Over 2.5 million copies of Batman: Arkham Asylum have been shipped. The game’s really good. It might have been different. More »
News

Nintendo: “Millions” Waiting For Nintendo Wii

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Wii sales have been relatively sluggish this year. That’s changing as the Wii with its new price-cut heads into the holiday season. More »
Culture

Box Art For Fated Left 4 Dead Sequels Might Look Like…

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What we really want to see is Left 4 Dead 11. Above image, as seen on 2ch.
News

Nintendo Is The Best Company…IN THE WORLD

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | So says a ranking in business publication BusinessWeek. The top 40 companies were rated on 2008 sales and international sales percentage. More »
News

PSP Music Game Getting Arcade Sequel

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Project DIVA, SEGA’s PSP title featuring virtual idol Hatsune Miku, is getting a sequel with the tentative title Project DIVA Arcade. More »
Regulars

AU Diary: It’s All RPGs Today

5:00PM David Wildgoose | I’ve spent the afternoon at a Bioware/EA press event in Sydney, checking out Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins and having a chat with one of the good Bioware doctors. More »
Culture

Otaku Cars Galore!

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Over the weekend, the second annual ItaG Festival was held in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Something like 800 itasha were on display, sporting anime, manga and game characters. More »
Media

The Living World Of Dragon Age: Origins

4:30PM Owen Good | Bioware’s designers and writers wax earnestly about Ferelden and Orlais as though they comprise a familiar history — and for them, they do. They also inform the set and level design of Dragon Age: Origins. More »
News

Think You Can Negotiate With This Lady?

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s Ryoko Yonekura, big-time Japanese celebrity and actress. Later this month, she’s starring as an elite detective in TV drama The Negotiator 2. More »