To recap: few months back, members over at Something Awful came up with a glorious collection of game covers done in the style of classic novels. Now, someone has actually made them. At the Pixel Hail exhibition in Brighton, England last week, there was a gallery on-hand, part of which showcased some of the best…
In two days, the sequel to “soul breeding” game Record of Agarest War ZERO is released in Japan. Let the merchandising begin! Priced at ¥12,600 (US$133), this is a lycra Record of Agarest War ZERO “hug pillow” cover. Huge pillow covers are nothing new for anime or manga characters, but are largely lacking for PS3…
Activision CEO Robert “What, Me Worry?” Kotick, and Activision co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly, last week sold off around $60 million in Activision stocks. Of that 60, Kelly sold $42 million worth, while Kotick “only” made $17 million from ditching some of his stocks. Stocks in the company he, and Kelly, run. Now, there…
This past April 1 was, like the year before it and the year before that, April Fool’s Day. Osaka-based game company joined in the fun and launched a website for faux retro shooter Star Radish. The game really exists. Well, as an in-game game, that is. The game will be making an appearance in upcoming…
Blur, the upcoming combat racer from Bizarre Creations, features licensed automobiles. How’d the Project Gotham Racing developer snag them? According to Bizarre, it’s choice of vehicles helped — meaning, there aren’t Ferraris or Lamborghinis. “If someone doesn’t want to do what we want to do then we just won’t put it in the game,” says…
San Diego Comic Con is just around the corner. There will be loads of toys there, and in 2009, that means loads of video game toys. Here’s a few of them. Toy company NECA will be offering a few video game figures that’ll be exclusive to attendees of the show (or savvy online purchasers). One…
And the carrot-roping continues! The new issue of Famitsu‘s PlayStation imprint hints at the upcoming game announcement from Kojima Productions. The text reads, “The latest work from Metal Gear franchise maker Kojima Productions approaches.” But what is that latest work? Metal Gear Solid 5 or Zone of the Enders 3? Add your two cents in…
He’s 10cm-tall, has screws for eyes, a plug coming out of his butt and is so ready to please you. That’s right, he’s Chibi-Robo! The tiny bot first asked players to plug into adventure back in 2005 — but ended up plugging into our hearts while he scrubbed the house clean. Chibi-Robo is a service…
So, we’ve had S.T.A.L.K.E.R., we’ve had S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, and now we’ve got S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat. Won’t running around the same palce for a third time seem a little, well, boring? Course it would. Which is why developers GSC have included a “complete set of new locations” for the upcoming expansion. GSC’s Oleg Yavorsky…
Hey! Did you hear? Spike Jonez, director of Being John Malkovich, made a movie based on the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. And it looks amazing. And hey! Did you hear? They’re making a video game based on Where the Wild Things Are. And it looks… We don’t know how it looks.…
Of all the things people like to bitch and moan about the Wii, its lack of storage is right up there. This easy-to-follow tutorial, however, may render that argument a moot point. Using the Wii’s Homebrew Channel, a USB 2.0 hard drive and a few files, anyone feeling mildly adventurous (really, this doesn’t sound that…
Dream C Club from D3 Publisher is a hostess game that lets players get drunk in-game and watch dancing girls. Here is one of those dancing girls. So far, the game has only been announced for Japan, and it’s recently been given a release date: August 27. As we previously pointed out, Dream C Club…
Tony Hawk: Ride is coming with an enormous plastic skateboard peripheral. If you were worried that would make it cost a bit more, you should know that it might make it cost a lot more. The game is now available for preorder on GameStop’s website, and while none of this information is 100% confirmed (including…
You do? Well, okay then! Here’s a run down of the monster variation. It’s not all concept art, as there are some early builds as well.
Conduit developers High Voltage mustn’t have got the memo. E3 is next week, not this week. Regardless, they’ve chosen today to announce their latest project, Gladiator AD. Described as a “hybrid between 3D Fighting games like Bushido Blade and Boxing games like Fight Night”, Gladiator is a 1v1 fighting game set in ancient Rome, where…
Thai courts have order the closure of online gaming and gambling websites after a 12-year-old boy jumped to his death from a sixth-floor balcony after being banned from gaming by his father. Pongsathorn Wattanabenjasopha, a sixth grader student at the Sri Witthaya Paknam School, committed suicide on Thursday. According to The Bangkok Post, several factors…
Despite the inherent goodness of their previous games, Q-Games’ upcoming PixelJunk 1-4 was never going to sell with a name that sounded like a Mario Stage. So it’s been changed to something more marketable. And that name is PixelJunk Shooter. The title was settled upon after users were allowed to nominate their own ideas for…
Last we heard, Studio Ghibli were taking their sweet time providing the art and animation for Level 5’s RPG Ninokuni. One look at these new screens will have you understanding why. The stuff the anime maestros are coming up with for the game is real top-shelf stuff, and unless Level 5 completely drop the ball…
Infectious makes skins for everything from iPods to cars, but what interests me most over on their site right now is this slick iPhone skin. Monochrome is a set of stickers that makes your iPhone look like an old school handheld, perhaps even a Gameboy. The front features fake little red buttons and a D-pad…
The build-up has been immense. These games have been years in the making. That’s right, Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy XIII But we’re expecting Dragon Quest IX this summer in Japan and later this year in North America. We’re expecting FFXIII in Japan this winter and in America next year. What is Square Enix…
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