Wednesday, October 7, 2009

News

Now U2 Wants To Be In A Video Game

11:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

With the music business falling apart, musicians are hoping to get their cut of the music game pie — even The Beatles have their own Rock Band title! Now, it looks like Irish rockers U2 want in, too. More »

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Curt Schilling’s Studio Making PS3 Game?

10:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his Massachusetts-based game company 38 Studios have been working on a MMO code-named Copernicus. What platform will it be coming to? More »

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Sony On Microsoft And Nintendo

8:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

In an interview with Forbes, Sony Computer Entertainment of America honcho Jack Tretton was asked what he thinks of the competition. His reply? More »

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Yay! A Witch’s Tale Just In Time For Halloween

7:30PM October 7, 2009 | AJ Glasser

I’ve been waiting for NIS America to release A Witch’s Tale for about two years. Now, as of October 6, I can finally own it and realise all my stylus spell casting ambitions. More »

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Atlus Looking For PS3/Xbox 360 Programmers

7:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Atlus, the game developer of all things Atlus, hasn’t really make the jump into high definition game development. That may change. More »

In Real Life

How Different Dating Games Are In Different Cultures

7:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

That’s a dating sim from Thailand called Re Angel, which has recently gotten a Japanese release. Cross culture exchange! But how different are these types of games in difficult countries. More »

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Nancy Drew Game Gets A “Twitter Soap Opera”

6:30PM October 7, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Oh, Nancy Drew. Can you forgive me for not playing your PC games after that Emma Roberts film? I promise to catch up on all your mystery, drama and evolving social attitudes on Twitter. More »

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New Prince Of Persia Trademark Pops Up

6:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

On September 29, a trademark for “Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands” was filed by Jordan Mechner. Who’s Jordan Mechner? More »

Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers Preview: Show Me, Don’t Tell Me

5:30PM October 7, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Serious Games Interactive’s newest 3D role-playing game touches on the tough topic of Child Soldiers in African countries. More »

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NieR Developer Calls The Wii’s Graphics “Harsh”, Wants HD Wii

5:00PM October 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Taro Yoko from Tokyo-based developer Cavia is hard at work on upcoming Square Enix published title NieR Gestalt and NieR Replicant. More »