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  See Bayonetta Played With One Hand

  Action title Bayonetta can be played with two hands or one. Convenient! In the clip below, the game’s character designer Mari Shimazaki tests out the one-button automatic mode. “Automatic can be used on Easy and Very Easy difficulties,” explains Bayonetta designer Hideki Kamiya, “and leaves the most complex controls up to the CPU.” Use only…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Manhunt 2, The Uncut Edition

  While Manhunt 2 was nowhere near as good as the first game, its cause wasn’t helped by the fact the game was edited by Rockstar to avoid an “Adults Only” rating. Now, two years after release, it seems Rockstar are willing to give the game one more chance, and release it uncut, as was originally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Tetris, The Haircut

  As seen on Walyou.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  A Smaller, Weirder Shadow Of The Colossus Figure

  This is a custom Shadow of the Colossus Munny. If you could actually buy it, it’d be perfect for those people either too late, or too cheap, to get hold of Kotobukiya’s larger, more official piece. It’s the attention to detail that’s key here; not only does it have little ledges for the little hero…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Level 5’s New Game Looks A Lot Like Mother 3

  Japanese developer/publisher Level 5 have unveiled a brand new title today. Called Fantasy Life, it’s a game for the DS that looks a little, well, familiar. Anyone who’s played Mother 3 will look at these screenshots, look at Mother 3 and say “oh my, they do look similar”. As well they might! Because Brownie Brown,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Nintendo’s Nutso Football Controller Patent

  I’m just about at my breaking point with these wacky controller patents, but this one’s so wacky – a football you stick your Wii Remote into – that it’s worth a closer look. It’s essentially a soft (rubber? foam?) football with holes in it, that you stick the Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk into. For…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Doubles Your Shooting Pleasure

  In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, players can use one gun at a time. Modern Warfare 2 is letting players wield two guns at a time. Two in two — geddit? Infinity Ward blogger FourZeroTwo showed off the feature at a GameCrazy convention, blogging: I was presenting a singleplayer mission at the GameCrazy show this…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Sega Iffy On Colonial Marines Release Date

  You’d think that with Gearbox working on it, and with it being based on one of the most popular sci-fi films of all-time, that Aliens: Colonial Marine would be top-billing on Sega’s release schedule. But it’s not. It’s not even top-billing on Sega’s Aliens tie-in release schedule! Sega’s Mike Hayes has told G4 that the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  The Last Major PS3 Firmware Update This Year Is….

  PS3 firmware 3.0, apparently. That’s what PlayStation Network operations director Eric Lempel said, and he should know. He is the PlayStation Network operations director. “You know, I wouldn’t say that or sure just yet because we are working on some things,” Lempel told G4. “But this is a big and significant update, so you would…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Diablo III: Some Versions Will Be Edited

  The world is a big place. And what’s cool for one part of it may not be so cool for another. Take Diablo III, for example, which will have its violent content edited when it’s released in certain markets. In Australia and Germany, two markets where classification authorities (for varying reasons) run a tight ship,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Resident Evil Movie Director Marries Resident Evil Actress

  British film director Paul W.S. Anderson first met 33-year-old actress Milla Jovovich during the filming of Resident Evil. A trilogy of RE films and one baby girl later, the duo have tied the knot. The director and Jovovich were wed at their Beverly Hills abode in an outdoor ceremony, attending by friends and family. This…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Final Fantasy Artist Doing ASCII Art

  Famous for his elegant Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D, artist Yoshitaka Amano will be drawing Japanese-style ASCII art. Folks will vote on which one of the four 2ch characters they want the famed illustrator to do his own interpretation of. The drawing will be shown live on Nico Nico Douga tomorrow from 8:00 to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Wii Sports Resort Sells A Million In Japan

  Nintendo has announced that Wii Sports Resort has reached the million seller milestone. The game launched on June 25 in The Land of The Rising Sun and was met with brisk sales. The second week was a sharp drop off, but as the chart below points out, the title has recently seen an upswing in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  Gran Turismo 5: Q4 2009?

  So says this pamphlet for the game, which was passed around last week at Gamescom. You don’t need to be a German (or Austrian!) to make out what “4. Quartal 2009” means. Before you ask, yes, it means Q4 2009. And before you ask, yes, it’s a real Sony pamphlet, not a work of Photoshop…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009
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  Why Sony Ditched The Spider-Man PS3 Font

  Since the console launched in 2006 until the official announcement of the new, slimmer machine, the PS3 has been written in the same font used for Sony’s Spider-Man 3 movie. What’s more, the official way to type out the name was in ALL CAPS. The new console iteration ditches both in favor of either the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009
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  PSN Going Down For More “Maintenance”

  Never mind the fact that last week, in the lead-up to Sony’s Gamescom press conference, the PlayStation Network went down for maintenance. This week, it’s going down again! At 2:15pm (PST) tomorrow, August 25 (which is 9:15pm GMT), and running for around four hours, nobody will be able to sign into the PlayStation Network to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2009
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  Will Final Fantasy XIII Be Playable At Tokyo Game Show?

  A playable demo for upcoming role-playing-game Final Fantasy XIII has already been released in Japan. Bundled with Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, it came out earlier this spring. And with the Japanese PS3 version being something like 90 percent finished, you’d think that the game would be in playable form at this year’s Tokyo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2009
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  Sony Losing Money on PS3 Slim

  The hardware business is not a profitable business. Don’t believe us, just ask Sony. When the original PS3 launched, Sony bled money on each PS3 sold. But the manufacturing process improved, and Sony was able to close the gap. Just as that started to happen, the company is now launching a new hardware iteration. New…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2009
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  EA Germany Exec Accuses Gov’t of Game Censorship

  Wracked by a mass shooting partially blamed on games, the government considering a ban on “killerspiele” and developer Crytek threatening to leave, Germany’s firsthand experience in the violent games debate is like no other country’s right now. Electronic Arts‘ top many in Germany, Gerhard Florin (pictured) says enough is enough. In an interview last week…

  By Owen Good Published August 24, 2009
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  Sony’s Motion Controller Will Be Out Spring 2010

  Sony’s motion controller has neither a name nor a finalised form. Which means, yeah, it’s still a work in progress. And that means it won’t be out until, oh, Spring 2010. PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai has told The Times “we are slating it for spring of next year”. “It” being the motion controller. “One of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2009