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  Is SEGA Readying New Arcade Hardware?

  SEGA is famous for its arcade system boards like the LINDBERGH and the NAOMI. These are the computer systems that run arcade games. If SEGA’s latest trademark filings are indication, the company might be ready to roll out new arcade boards. Three trademarks popped up for use with video game software, arcade game boards, stand…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Sony Exec: “We Need To Suffer A Little” (Killzone 2 Racks Up 1.1 Million Pre-Orders)

  PS3 sales have dipped slightly. Sony as a whole is hurting. But don’t go counting Sony out. Sony’s a fighter. And more importantly, Sony’s Sony. “We simply have to suffer a little,” Sony Europe honcho David Reeves tells The Guardian, “go down in market share and mind-share. It’s like Ali vs. Foreman — go eight…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  What Dragon Quest Female Character Does Akihabara Want To…Ahem?

  A recent street survey polled Akihabara folks about which female Dragon Quest character they wanted to get very close with. It doesn’t get more scientific than this. Here are the results: 10. Queen of Isis (Dragon Quest 3) 9. Gerda, AKA “Red” in English (DQ8) 8. Female Warrior (Dragon Quest 3) 7. Flora (Dragon Quest…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  How To Build A Wii Remote For Children, Others Of Short Stature

  I like the feel of the Wii Remote. Not too big, not too small. But I’ve got man hands! If you’ve got smaller digits, you might want/need a smaller Wii Remote. Which is where the Mini-Mote comes in. Designed and built by DHREK – the same guy who made that hemp Remote & Nunchuk combo…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  Netflix LIVE App. Downloaded And Activated By A Million LIVE Users

  Netflix on Xbox 360 is big business. Today Microsoft announced that one million Xbox LIVE Gold members have downloaded and activated the Netflix LIVE application. This application was launched last November. Since then, 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV have been watched by LIVE members. “Netflix continues to provide its 9.4 million subscribers unprecedented…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  LittleBigPlanet Celebrates Valentines Day In “Style”

  As it appears we’ll see with every major (and minor) holiday the world over throughout 2009, Sony have announced that there will LittleBigPlanet downloadable content to help commemorate Valentine’s Day. On offer is a Valentines Day theme pack, which includes romantic stickers and decorations, and a Sackboy costume, unfortunately titled “McLovin Sackboy”. He’s a little…sparse,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  Capcom Posts Sluggish Console Game Sales

  Osaka based game company Capcom has released its financial statement for the nine month period ending December 31, 2008. So, how’s Capcom doing? Net sales dipped 8.6 percent to ¥47,223 million, and net income dropped 95 percent to ¥179 million. Capcom explains that the reason for this performance is that the company’s flagship titles like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  President Obama Clone Brings Chocolate Avatars To Street Fighter Online

  They can’t do this. Yes they can, apparently! The latest update for Daletto‘s computer fighter Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation brings a special Valentine update with DLC for sale. There are Valentine chocolate brown avatars (above, in the heart) available for purchase as well as a “Yes We Can!” avatar pack that includes, and we…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Bungie Says Goodbye To Halo 3

  There’s a map pack for Halo 3 coming soon, and after that, there’s a singleplayer expansion, but after that? Is there anything more planned? Probably not, as Bungie are saying “goodbye” to the game. Chatting with IGN, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard says: Overall though, we are viewing the ODST campaign and the included multiplayer maps as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  State of Texas Creates Video Game Day

  What were you doing on February 3rd? Let us tell you what you should have been doing, you should have been celebrating Entertainment Software Day. Oh yes. The State of Texas has dubbed the day to recognize the impact of video games on the Texas economy. This is the first time the gaming has been…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Warhammer Online Developers Talk Job Cuts

  EA own Mythic, the team behind Warhammer Online. EA are cutting 1100 jobs. How many of those are at Mythic? We don’t know. We do, however, know where Mythic are cutting jobs. Responding to persistent rumours concerning the scale of layoffs at the company, GM Mark Jacobs has posted on the game’s official site, confirming…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Expands To North America

  Atlus U.S.A. announced today that DS action RPG Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier will be release in North America on April 28. Packed with giant mechas and giant other things, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier with its customized turn and time-based attacks features characters features characters from other titles Xenosaga and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Lucasarts Classics Reborn As Lucasfilm Movie Posters

  Lucasfilm make movies. Lucasarts make games. Rarely do the two ever actually meet, but today, they meet in these fantastic mock-ups, showing what Lucasarts games would look like as movie posters. Some do little but stretch the game’s cover art out into movie poster dimensions. But others? These Day of the Tentacle and Fate of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Game Design Student Turned Model

  Contestant on TV’s America’s Next Top Model, Asperger’s sufferer and rock climber Heather Kuzmich didn’t go from modeling to game design, but, as she puts it, from game design to modeling. Kuzmich is currently enrolled at the Illinois Institute of Art, majoring in Video Game-Art design. “At first I wanted to get into costume design,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009
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  Champions Of Norrath Developers Bought By Warner Bros.

  Warner Bros. today continued their push into the video game market, buying Snowblind Studios, the development studio behind Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Kevin Tsujihara, Warner’s Home Entertainment boss, says of the move: This is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios. The arrangement broadens our portfolio with quality games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Up Close With SEGA’s New Portable Hardware

  Last fall, word first broke of the SEGA VISION, which was rumored to be a PSP rival and a re-entry into the portable hardware gaming sphere. That is, until SEGA shot down those rumors. A SEGA spokesperson stated last year, “The VISION is primarily an MP4 video player with some basic games functionality, and not…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009
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  Invincible Tiger Clawing Its Way To XBLA, PSN

  Oh, look. Namco Bandai has another kick and punch packed video game on the way, announcing Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network today. As Han Tao, you’ll attempt to reclaim the Star of Destiny from the ever-so-descriptively named Evil Overlord, kicking, punching and generally beating the stuffing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  New Tekken 6 Screens Just As Ridiculous As The Last Ones

  Namco Bandai hit us with a six-part combo of new Tekken 6 screen shots today, each more bear fight-filled and eye-laser packed than the last. Oh, it’s Tekken alright. Crazy, insane Tekken. We really ought to run caption contests for these things, as whatever justification you, the reader, can provide as to why Paul would…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  RIP “Free Radical” As Developers Get A Name Change

  Look, it’s great for the staff at Time Splitters developer Free Radical that the studio found a buyer. Nobody likes to be out of a job. But did they need a name change? A condition of the purchase is that, as they are assimilated into Crytek’s (the studio’s buyers) European mainframe, Free Radical will no…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Mom Blames Man, Media Blames Xbox For Teen’s Runaway Attempt

  The mother of a Michigan teen who went missing for three days visited Good Morning America today, saying her daughter was “lured” to Puerto Rico by a 26-year-old man she met on Xbox Live. “He would play a game and just come into the room,” said Stacey Rieberger. “If you have a Live account, then…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 4, 2009