Friday, October 30, 2009

News

Nintendo President: “There Was A Miscalculation”

11:30PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Today at an investors’ event in Tokyo, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was once again frank, admitting a “miscalculation” was made about the game market. More »


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Katamari Designer Has An FPS Idea (It’s Kooky!)

10:30PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Keita Takahashi, the guy behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, is a wacky guy — he makes wacky games! But he has plans for more wacky games he hasn’t even started making yet. There’s this FPS he’s got… More »


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Record Sales For Scary Games, Reuters Dates Dead Space 2

10:00PM October 30, 2009 | AJ Glasser

News source Reuters says scary video games are having “a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-sawing wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making video games the new home of horror for some”. More »


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So, Shigeru Miyamoto Now Has A Cat

9:30PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Remember when Shigeru Miyamoto started weighing himself everyday? We got Wii Fit. And before that, he had a dog. We got Nintendogs. And even before that, he took up gardening. We got Pikmin. Now, Miyamoto has a cat. More »


In Real Life

Saucy Shower Poster, So Revealing! [NSFW]

9:00PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

For those of you who take showers with characters from erotic PC games, listen up! More »


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Dennis Hopper Has Cancer

8:30PM October 30, 2009 | AJ Glasser

The actor who voiced Steve Scott in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and played King Koopa in that ill-conceived Super Mario Bros. movie has prostate cancer, the Associated Press reports. More »


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PS3 Sales Up, PSP/PS2 Sales Down

8:00PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Sony’s Networked Products & Services Division (the PlayStation and VAIO businesses) is reporting a 24.2 per cent decrease in sales during the financial period ending September 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008. More »


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Wii And DS Games From Non-Nintendo Companies

7:30PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Third parties! You know, those companies that don’t hold the hardware platform. Well, Nintendo has announced the upcoming releases from third party developers for Japan, the US and Europe. More »


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Have We Seen This Mysterious GTA Ad Before?

7:00PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Yes, yes we have. Reader Bo (thanks Bo!) alerted us to this image on page 17 of the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, wondering if it was a hint for GTA 5′s location. More »


In Real Life

Xbox LIVE Features Kratos Head, It Seems

6:30PM October 30, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

In the Halloween episode of Xbox LIVE’s Inside Xbox, there are heads on the wall — one of which looks like Kratos from Sony’s PlayStation franchise. But what could it mean? More »