Archive for April, 2009

Gran Turismo Cafe Opens in Japan, Prologue Playable

Tweet Polyphony Digital is not just in the game-making industry anymore; now they’re in the restaurant business. At the Twin Ring Motegi race circuit in Japan, they’ve opened the Gran Turismo Cafe. The cafe opened last week, with staff being equipped with the image of Gran Tursimo. Other than food, they have PlayStation 3 play [...]

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Is Metallica the Winner or the Loser of the Week?

Tweet Every week, on CD 101 Columbus, Ohio’s premier Alternative Rock station, I pick which new game release people should buy, and which one they should stay the heck away from. Guitar Hero Metallica is on the show today, but is it the Winner of the Week or the Loser? Click the link to find [...]

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PAL Virtual Console gets Majora’s Mask

Tweet Nintendo have thrown us PAL customers a bone today, releasing The Ledgend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the Virtual Console Wii service. with a price of 1000 Wii Points, about €10. It’s a good price for what is widely considered as the hidden gem of the Zelda series. It’s one of the few Zelda [...]

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Next TF2 class update ‘largest yet’, will focus on the Sniper

Tweet The TF2 blog reports that Valve are working on the Sniper update for Team Fortress 2, in an update billed as “the largest TF2 update yet, “include some new content for all classes”, and will release before the Sniper update. The blog also mentions the status of the 360 version update: it’s in the [...]

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Interactive Killzone 2 “Behind The Bullet” Commercial Now Available on PS3

Tweet You’ve probably already seen the Killzone 2 commercial, whether it’s on the internet or on TV, where the course of a bullet is followed closely throughout a warzone. If you haven’t, you can see it after the jump. Guerilla Games released a brand new trailer for the game on the PSN that allows you [...]

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The Anatomy of a Sackboy

Tweet LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy has become the unnofficial mascot for the PS3 in a way, and kids, adults, and even teenagers everywhere love the little fellas. They’re cute, cuddly, and jubilant- which is why it’s a bit unnerving (but also impressive) that someone managed to depict the anatomy of a Sackboy. New York artist & toy [...]

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E.Y.E. Announced for PC, Combines FPS and RPG

Tweet Streum On Studio has announced an interesting new title for the PC today. E.Y.E. combines the elements of the first-person shooter and role-playing game into a single-game (think Fallout 3) that puts players in the boots of a Secreta Secretorum worker. Secreta Secretorum is a powerful organization that is ready to undermine the head-strong [...]

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Killzone 2 Romantic Comedy Trailer?

Tweet Black20 is known for making great movie trailer spoofs for games like Tetris and Contra by pointing out film cliche’s that we all know and love. Their newest romantic comedy based on Killzone 2 is hilarious and oddly…heartwarming?

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Leaked THQ slide shows Saints Row 3, Red Faction 4, Warhammer 40,000 MMO in the works

Tweet The above slide, noticed by GameSpot, was displayed by THQ at an investor’s meeting in February. As you can see, it makes mention of sequels in plenty of franchises, notably Saints Row 3 and Red Faction 4, as well as info on the release of a Warhammer 40,000 MMO in fiscal 2012 (April 1, [...]

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Bayonetta director on why he chose a female lead, and how he hopes the game will be “sadistically hard”

Tweet Hideki Kamiya, the director of the upcoming Bayonetta, has mentioned in a blog post that “we want to be completely upfront with what we are making so there are no hard feelings or misunderstandings. For instance, with Bayonetta, we would hate for someone to think it is a heartwarming tale and then buy the [...]

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DSi-ware launch titles announced

Tweet Shacknews reports that Nintendo have published a list of the games that the DSi store will feature at the console’s launch on April 3rd and 5th in Europe and America respectively. You can buy them with DSi points, 1000 of which you will get for free if you buy a DSi within six months [...]

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PS3 firmware update 2.70 released, proper in-game text chat added

Tweet The 2.70 update for the PS3 is now available, and includes a host of new features. The update features in-game text chat for up to 16 people at one time, and allows three text chat boxes per PS3, for use with the wireless keypad, the on-screen keyboard, or any keyboard peripheral you might have [...]

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Valve extends Left 4 Dead PC matchmaking system

Tweet Despite being posted on April the first, it appears that this Left 4 Dead blog post is accurate: Valve are to update the matchmaking system for PC users of Left 4 Dead. The extension adds support for third-party campaign servers (custom maps) and support for a party system. this will allow you and three [...]

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Explodemon! Coming to WiiWare, PSN, and PC This Year

Tweet I often lay awake at night, wishing that some independent developer would make a HD 3D platformer with a main character that looks like a mix between Mega Man, Astroboy, and Viewtiful Joe, and also explodes.True story. Thanks to Curve Studios’s Explodemon!, I’ll be able to get those 8 hours of sleep a day [...]

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Rumor: Brütal Legend Coming To The Wii?

Tweet Everything we’ve heard about Brütal Legend has pointed to a Xbox 360/PS3 release coming this Fall, but according to 1UP, that might not be the case anymore. When 1UP questioned Double Fine’s Tim Schafer about a pulled GoNintendo article announcing Brütal Legend for the Wii, he hesitated a bit- and then asked his handler [...]

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