Demon’s Souls has only just come out in Europe, after an agonising delay. If you thought the wait would mean most of the target audience would have imported and passed on the local release, though, you’re dead wrong. It seems people were willing to wait (or were convinced to buy it a second time because…
At Wonder Festival 2010 Summer in Japan next month, there’ll be countless custom action figures going on sale. Like these Mega Man ones! Available in strictly limited quantities, they’re selling for around USD$56 per set. And there’s two sets available: one has Mega Man and Date, the other, Tron & Kobun. The last Wonder Fest…
Alongside the new PS3 firmware update, the PSP has been updated as well. And it looks like this one brought with it a nice little surprise. Reader Ryan sends us this pic, showing what the games folder on his PSPgo looks like after downloading the 6.30 update. Alongside his regular PlayStation-branded titles, there were now…
Despite the fact it’s played by millions of normal people around the globe, World of Warcraft players still get a bad rap sometimes. Peripherals like this don’t help. It’s the official World of Warcraft “Tap Chat”, which is a one-button pedal. Which you can use to play World of Warcraft. Tap to chat! Tap to…
Transformers: War For Cybertron is good enough to deserve a sequel, but that doesn’t mean the next non-movie game will be another shooter. BotCon, the world’s biggest Transformers fans convention, was held over the weekend, and part of the festivities was a Q&A session between fans and Matt Tieger (High Moon Studios) and Aaron Archer…
Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, may be semi-retired these days, but he still likes to dabble in a bit of game design from time to time. At the moment, for example, he’s working on multiplayer Tetris. “We are working on multiplayer versions for more than 10 years — I’ve been trying to design it. I…
Stephen Gillett was at one time the youngest chief information officer on the Fortune 500. How’d he get there? Playing a ton of World of Warcraft, of course. It’s not the grinding that got him there, nor the neglect of a personal life outside of the game. No, Gillett says it’s the leadership skills developed…
Polycount, an online resource for video game artists, has been running a Team Fortress 2 competition, asking users to submit their ideas for new weapons and items for the game. The winners end up actually in the game. While some of them are a little odd, look stupid or would wreck the balance of the…
We’d always thought Project Milo, Lionhead’s Kinect tech demo from E3 2009, was an actual game. Or at least an actual something. Turns out it’s not, and will probably never be released to market. While Microsoft told us that “Project Milo is something that is in ongoing development at Lionhead Studios” following its no-show at…
Nathan Kuruna has been driving across America – racking up hundreds of hours of interview footage – all in the name of his one-man documentary, Everything, By Everyone. About Newgrounds. And flash gaming. Newgrounds has long been one of the internet’s top destinations for time-killing, being a hub for a host of weird and wonderful…
Because, y’know, things break. Thanks Tim!
Hey, it’s another Disney attraction recreated in Half-Life 2! Last time it was the Tower of Terror, this time it’s the sadly now-closed Adventurer’s Club at Disney World. Video games as a virtual archive for shuttered theme park rides (or, in this case, nightclubs). It’s not the most expected role for the medium, but I…
Just like we asked for/hoped for, it appears Sony will be releasing more classic PS2 games on the PlayStation 3, featuring things like updated high definition graphics. Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida told IGN “we are looking to continue to do these HD conversions” following on from recent God of War and…
Mike Chrzanowski, who used to work for PC developers Looking Glass, sent us these videos over the weekend that show the final hours of one of the greatest studios this industry has ever seen. Looking Glass was a PC developer from the 1990s that was not only responsible for such classics as System Shock and…
Capcom’s zombie paradise action title Dead Rising 2 was supposed to be out on August 31 in North America and September 3 in Europe. It’ll now miss both those dates. The Japanese publisher just let us know that the game will now be out on September 28 in the US and Canada, while Europeans have…
Patrick Boivin only ever wanted two things when he was a kid: a puppy, and an AT-AT walker toy. In this video, he gets both, and we get smiles. I always wanted one of these too, but there was a Star Wars toy I wanted more: the Emperor’s shuttle. I never got it. I wonder…
According to trade site Develop, “one of the biggest game companies in the world” has “sabotaged” plans to provide tax breaks for UK developers. That’s one juicy scandal. The British government had pledged to provide the breaks, aimed at propping up a decline in the number of UK developers. That was until, Develop says, a…
Final Fantasy XIV is definitely coming to the PS3 and PC, but Square Enix has previously been coy on an Xbox 360 version. There’s a reason for that. While a publisher will rarely, if ever say that a game is definitely not coming to another platform, it doesn’t look like Final Fantasy XIV will ever…
Ni no Kuni, a collaboration between Japanese developer Level 5 and animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, wowed us yesterday with the PS3 version’s glorious trailer. Don’t forget, though, that the game is also coming to the DS. It was originally revealed for Nintendo’s hadnheld nearly two years ago, and while many of you will no doubt…
If only more cosplay involved characters and a user interface. As seen on DeviantArt. Thanks Alexis!
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