What’s inside a Sackboy? Fluff, cotton and love? No. Try bones, organs and other squishy, icky things. Least, that’s what’s inside them according to these brilliant illustrations from NY artist and toy designer Jason Freeney, which in a continuation of his series of similar pics for Lego minifigs and Gummi Bears show terribly scientific cut-outs…
Whenever Nintendo hardware product launches, there’s usually chatter about shortages — because, well, usually it’s true. We’ve been hearing talk about DSi shortages, but this GameStop memo seems to indicate otherwise. While it does read that “many of you noticed that your initial allocation was low”, the employee memo adds, “the remainder of your product,…
Forget HD graphics. The one really new thing the 360 (and now the PS3) have brought to this generation of gaming is achievements. But how do you design them? What makes ’em tick? Gamasutra asked a number of prominent developers, from Infinity Ward (Call of Duty) to EA (Skate) through Naughty Dog (Uncharted), just that…
Sony has yet to announced its final results for PS3 and PSP sales during 2008. But that doesn’t mean the company won’t take educated guesses. According to Sony’s John Koller, “We’ve been very bullish on PSP,” said Koller. “We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we’d look to go about 10-15 percent…
Yeah, it’s April 2009. So what, things move slowly down here. Which is why we’re only just getting our hands on the list of the ten best-selling games in Australia for 2008. And, surprise surprise, it’s dominated by Nintendo titles. Five of the ten are published by Nintendo, and two more involve Nintendo characters and…
A mandatory update has just hit the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, “This update addresses interruption issues that some Xbox LIVE users may have experienced when playing a limited number of Xbox 360 games.” Meaning? “There are no other changes or enhancements in this update…in other words no new features.” Xbox 360 System…
GameTap has an all-new service! Completely redesigned, from the ground up. And while it stuttered, fell over and died for a little bit at launch, it’s now all good. Courtesy of a “technical outage”, users heading over to the site to check out the new digs last night were not greeted by a new GameTap.…
Artist loudxmouse is sprucing up junk thrift store paintings with his own hand-painted katamari from Namco Bandai’s Katamari Damacy. “I have a repurposed painting (not a print, original painting) waiting for the addition of the prince of the cosmos in the colors and placement of your choosing,” writes loudxmouse. Brilliant, simply brilliant. custom katamari painting…
If you haven’t seen King of Kong, I won’t spoil it for you. Let’s just say that Steve Wiebe has a Donkey Kong record he’d like to claim. And at E3, he’s taking a crack. All the relevant authorities will be on-hand – including arcade score-keepers Twin Galaxies – as well as TV types G4,…
Out May 21 in Japan, Takt of Magic was first announced by Nintendo last year and has players use the Wii-mote to draw magical runes. According to game site Siliconera, the Nintendo published title is being developed by Taito, who previously released a DS title called Lost Magic that looks similar to this. Nintendo’s Next…
April Fool’s Day is ostensibly a day for fun and pranks, but for anyone looking for news on the internet, it’s a royal pain in the ass. So thank the maker it’s all over. Below, we’ve highlighted some of the best, worst and most painful attempts at humour on this international day of hijinx. The…
The recent PS3 ads shine the spotlight on the creators behind famous titles. Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) designer Toshihiro Nagoshi, White Knight Chronicles dev Akihiro Hino and Gran Turismo mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi have all appeared in the TV spots. As expected, Square Enix‘s Tetsuya Nomura gets his own ad. As unexpected, he himself…
Know what little kids love more than playing the Nintendo DS Lite? Playing the DS Lite for long periods of time and holding it close to their face. To prevent that, there this: the Health Control Game Timer. The ¥3,990 (US$40) doohickey has a timer with settings for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes and…
OK, it’s been a bit longer than three days. But with Easter around the corner, it’s somewhat apt, because just as everyone was done saying goodybe to FileFront, it’s now back from the dead. The popular PC file download service was closed late last month after its owners, Ziff Davis Media (who were trying to…
In 1995, video game Atlus maker changed game centers forever when its first sticker picture (called “purikura” in Japanese) machine Print Club exploded onto the arcade scene. When Space Invaders hit big in Japan in 1978, both men and women played the game; however, by the 1990s, male-dominated fighting games were in vogue. Girls didn’t…
Things aren’t looking so rosy at publishers THQ at the moment. But they shall persevere! And they shall do so by pushing original IP, pledging to release more Red Faction and Darksiders titles. By more, we don’t mean Red Faction 3. That one’s already coming. THQ are referring to another Red Faction, and a sequel…
Most game magazines are dying a death. One, though, is not. It’s the one that’s owned by GameStop. Yes, it’s Game Informer, and more people read Game Informer than you probably thought. According to data released by BurrellesLuce, the mag has a monthly readership of 3,517,598. Which makes it the 12th most read magazine in…
Platinum Games, the developers behind Wii title MadWorld, has teamed up with Nude Maker, a developer with added erotic game experience, for upcoming Nintendo DS title Infinite Space. The dialogue heavy game features loads of 2D character chit-chat and multiple, branching storylines to go along with it. This new batch of screenshots so that the…
Mass Effect was pretty great, wasn’t it? Oh, except for those elevator rides masquerading as load screens. Those weren’t great. Which is probably why Bioware have remembered to fix them for Mass Effect 2. Speaking with MTV, Bioware’s Ray Muzyka said: We have a completely new system to handle transitions between areas that speeds the…
Devil May Cry 4 has been novelized! Starting today, Devil May Cry 4 -Deadly Fortune-1, the first of two volumes, goes on sale in Japan for ¥600 (US$6). The second volume hits retailers this summer on July 1. THORES Shibamoto is handling the book’s illustration. Devil May Cry -Deadly Fortune-1 is available at book retailers…
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