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  Micro-Bash Stood Up By Himself Today

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Never Gonna Give You Up… Next up, WALKING. What you missed last night Five New PSP Bundles For Japan Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records KFC Madden NFL Box Unboxing and Review GameStop: PS3, Borderlands & Scribblenauts Sales Are “Strong” Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Madden Gets A Card Game

  EA Sports have announced that “Ultimate Team”, a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year’s FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10. Functionally, it’ll operate in much the same way as FIFA’s system. Players will start the game mode with a random pack of cards. The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo

  The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game’s signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! Modder Saul has whipped up a little plugin that allows you to play as the zombies in an online match…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Super Street Fighter IV’s Juri Could Have Been Ice Skater

  Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like this… Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Splatterhouse Figure Won’t Bring Jennifer Back

  It will, however, look great in your office, custom toysmith Jin Saotome’s latest piece capturing Splatterhouse’s Rick in all his barbaric, denim-clad glory. A reminder: this is a one-off custom figure, not something you’ll find clipped to an aisle in your local Toys R’ ‘Us. If you want one (or something like it), take it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  So How Many Boss Fights Will Prince of Persia Have?

  Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label. You can see from the trailer just how much of that “action/adventure” thrust comes from what…

  By AJ Glasser Published November 4, 2009
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  Street Fighter II HD’s Intro Lived Too Fast And Died Too Young

  Much like the game itself, this short clip (by serial SF artists and SFIIHD contributors Udon) strikes the perfect balance between contemporary style and old-school sensibilities. It’s just a shame it had to be cut to squeeze the game online. Udon’s Unused Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Intro

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  My Girlfriend Is The President Erotic Game Trailer Features Amazing Voice Over

  Back in July, we brought word of PC eroge My Girlfriend Is The President. Now, feel free to watch the game’s trailer, complete with amazing English language movie guy voice over. My Boyfriend is Obama [Japan Probe]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Fable III’s New Concept Art Needs More Chimney Sweeps

  Lionhead have tonight released some new artwork for the upcoming Fable III, showing that, as promised, Albion is moving on from a stylised renaissance and is, Dickens novels in hand, marching straight into a stylised industrial revolution. This is Bowerstone, circa Fable III. Little late to catch the steampunk bandwagon, sure, but clock-powered bad guys…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Ready To Smash Up Cars In Super Street Fighter IV?

  The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. The latest issue of Famitsu confirms the car wrecking bonus stages in Super Street Fighter IV. There’s also a barrel bonus stage, too. Other details about the game include info about online play: • Team Battle is from 2-on-2 up…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  For Thirty Four Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas

  Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past forty years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. The list provides only the single, top-selling, must-have item for the year. No room for second place here. And it shows that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Booze Tastes Better At Kobe’s Gundam Toy Bar

  Drinks named after Gundam characters and over 300 models as seen on Alafista.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Kojima Has Warning For Game Industry

  Don’t sound the alarm bells just yet. Hideo Kojima talks with Japanese magazine Famitsu about what it was like working on adventure game Snatcher during the late 1980s. Times were different then, Kojima says. “Games development these days is completely compartmentalized; you have people who do nothing but make the logo for a game,” he…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  New Puzzle Game Features Moby, Proceeds Go To Charity

  Founded in 2007, publishers OneBigGame have this week unveiled their first game: a puzzler featuring big-name music acts, with proceeds from the title’s sales going towards some big-name charity groups. The game’s called Chime (out “soon” for 360 and PC), and was developed by British studio Zoe Mode. Lumines fans should feel right at home…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack CD Dated For Japan

  On January 27, Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack in Japan — one limited edition, and the other not. The 5-disc limited edition is priced at ¥5,250 (US$58) includes a bonus “drama CD” called FINAL FANTASY XIII Episode Zero -Promise- Story01 -ENCOUNTER and written by FFXIII scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Sci-Fi Author Writing Not One, Not Two, But Three Games For Electronic Arts

  Acclaimed British science fiction author Richard K. Morgan has announced that he’s teaming up with EA to help pen the stories for three of the publisher’s upcoming titles. Writing on his site, Morgan – best known for his novels Altered Carbon and Black Man/Thirteen – says he was approached last year by EA’s John Miles…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Five New PSP Bundles For Japan

  This December, Japan is getting not one, but five, count ’em five, PSP-3000 bundles. Four of them are “Value Pack” bundles that include the PSP-3000 and accessories for ¥19,800 (US$219.50). Colors include Vibrant Blue, Piano Black, Pearl White and Radiant Red. The other bundle is a Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G dealio with fewer accessories,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Shooting A Nintendo DS Through A Wall

  Throwing a controller/handheld to the ground in frustration is for wussies. You really want to vent some steam, you load the offending peripheral or console into a gun and you shoot it through a wall. That’s what Amusement – the greatest gaming mag to never be published in English – did for their latest issue,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience

  The first Modern Warfare was truly a multi-platform release, appearing on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC/Mac and a Nintendo Wii port. Its sequel, Modern Warfare 2, isn’t getting a Wii port just yet. Whether Activision has a studio like Treyarch do a Wii port of Modern Warfare 2 remains to be seen, but developer Infinity…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records

  The game that has sent the competition scurrying into 2010 looks set to break all kinds of sales records when it’s released next week, with Modern Warfare 2 setting a new mark for pre-orders at GameStop. Speaking with USA Today, the chain’s executive vice president for merchandising and marketing, Tony Bartel, has revealed “As of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009