Yesterday we posted that Games Warehouse may be in trouble after their website had all but been taken down.
Overnight we received an email from a former employee confirming our initial fears: Games Warehouse as we know it is out of commission. More »
The folks behind Space Invaders have whipped up three slick new iPhone cases featuring the titular bad guys. More »
Another dose of Rock Band news, though this is of the awesome type. Well, the type that doesn’t involve delays or pushed release dates.
Kyle over at Canned Geek has put together a comprehensive guide on how to import Rock Band, if you can’t be arsed waiting for September (or October, if you live in NZ). According to the article, you can pick up the Rock Band bundle, including a second guitar, for $440.
As a bonus, the article includes info on how to fix the instruments (read: the crappy guitars) and steps to set up a US credit card to buy the extra songs from overseas.
Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett scribed a mini-guide for PAL residents looking to import the game back in February. Check it out for additional reading.
Your Guide To Importing Rock Band 2.0 [Canned Geek] More »
The PSP has been very, very good to fans of Japanese RPGs new and old. At this point if you are a JRPG fan and don’t own a PSP you are missing out on an amazing crop of games. This is the debut trailer for Star Ocean: Second Evolution, the PSP remake of Star Ocean: The Second Story for the PS1, due out April 2nd in Japan. It features tons of new voice work, artwork, and some lovely fully animated cutscenes, as you can plainly see here. I want, badly. I played enough of the original that an import might be in order. I’m sure Ashcraft won’t mind me bugging him constantly for translation help. He lives for that sort of thing. More »
The Wii Update that his overnight seemed like a good idea. And mostly is. Except for one thing. It’s broken my Freeloader. And not just mine, loads of peoples. You pop it in, you whir it up, and where you should get your Freeloader disc-swapping message you instead get this error message. What gives, Nintendo? Freeloaders have been around for years, legally, and have been of great comfort to both importers of Japanese titles and PAL users fucked over by a dawdling release schedule. If this breakage was accidental, fix it. If it was not accidental, this is not cool. Fix it. More »
If you don’t have faith in Nintendo of America’s ability to satisfy Western demand for traditional role-playing games starring effete middle-aged men in gut-hugging unitards, then you’ll want to put your pre-order in for the Euro version of Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland now.
NCSX is currently soliciting the Nintendo DS game for $49.90 American. Obviously, this includes an English language option for easy American-style reading. In fact, it includes multiple language options, as European releases are wont to do. The game ships to our across the pond pals on September 13th, so don’t sleep on this one.
