There will come a day, maybe 10 years from now, where you’ll be sitting around a fire and playing Trivial Pursuit with your yuppy neighbors. And on that day, there will be a question in which because you love this site, you’ll know the answer. That question: Who’s brilliant idea was it to use the Spider-Man font for the Sony PlayStation 3? Your answer can now be a resounding, “Ken Kutaragi!...
It seems that in this business, review scores aren’t really all that important. Sure, they might influence a few sales, but some critically acclaimed works has failed to shift the units they deserve, while a load of real drek can make millions. Ubisoft knows this, and CFO Alain Martinez has claimed that areview score isn’t everything. “It’s not ratings that mean everything, but we think quality and innovation are the key,” claims Martinez....
Ubisoft has compared Kinect to the iPad in terms of how much you need to have it. While from most, sane, people, that would be considered an insult, Ubisoft’s North American president Laurent Detoc actually means it as acompliment. “It’s a piece of technology,” he said, surprising us all with such a revelation. “Why do people buy iPads? I have an iPad. My wife has an iPad. Why? You’ve gotta have it....
Amazing.Wii Fitis still, for some reason, at the top of the UK chart despite it being over a year old and despite the fact that surely everybody who wants one must already have one. I blame that idiot Wardrox, who purchased one last week like a mongoloid. This is allhisfault. Chronicles of Riddickdebuts at number two this week, with Vin Diesel unable to topple the mighty giant that is Nintendo’s interactive fitness video....
Okay, remember a few weeks ago whenI covered an upcomingWii game that sounded absolutely awesome,Zombie Massacre? Well, President of 1988 Games and producer ofZombie MassacreBenjamin Krotin has just emailed us with thanks for our coverage and an attached press release that contains some facepalming news — 1988 Games is teaming up Boll-KG Productions to create aZombie Massacremovie — and the game doesn’t even have a publisher yet. The widely disliked Uwe Boll hasalready claimedan unreleased game withLegend: Hand of Godbut this new game (whose concepts I raved about) is in such early development that we don’t even have screenshots yet....
Talking with Develop, Valve president Gabe Newell stated his belief that “We and other developers have to show we’re creating value to Sony for opening up its network. We have to show them it’s a smart business move.” “With the release of the firstPortal 2DLCpeople will really see the value of Sony allowing Steam to be released on their system. We can patch and update regularly, and I think not only us but other developers are benefiting from Sony’s approach....
For gamers, it’s easily to take the “waste of time” attack personally, and that’s why it was nice to see some of the very smart responses given to a post called“Couldn’t Care Less About Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3: Am I Really Missing Much?”by Lucy fromProduct-Reviews. In this post, Lucy says that she doesn’t get why people are so passionate about what console is the best, or why gamers will talk endlessly about what games are the best....
In arecent interviewwith Ultimania (helpfully translated by the folks over atKingdom Hearts Insider), Director Tetsuya Nomura stated that he has multiple ideas for the next Kingdom Hearts game, and that it’s likely that the next game he starts working on won’t be the hotly anticipatedKingdom Hearts 3. While discussing the upcomingBirth by Sleepand its connections to the originalKingdom Hearts(asBirth by Sleeptakes place before the original game), Nomura stated thatBbSwould contain a lot of unanswered questions....
With the popularity ofCooking Mama, it was only a matter of time before somebody came up with the “grand” idea of giving the most entertaining chef on television his own game to punish us with. Announced for sometime in 2008 by none other than “who the heck are we again?”Ludia, the game promises to tap into the trademark intensity that Gordon Ramsay is known for. On one hand, I find myself terribly excited by this news....
If there’s one thing Sony is good at, it’s crazy ad campaigns. However, if Sony is good attwothings, then releasing a whole host of SKUs to the point where I am confused and frightened has to be the second. Still, following thesales spikethat the 40GB PS3 caused in the UK, who can blame the company forbringing it StatesideASAP? SCEA President Jack ‘Mr. Charisma’ Tretton has confirmed the release of the 40GB PS3 in the US on November 2nd, retailing at $400....
That’s right, you can now see Al Roker attempt to play a Wii on the Today Show. I made some comments before about how Nintendo’s commercials are teaching non-gamers to make exaggerated movements instead of small, simple ones. Was I right or what? While Al Roker probably hasn’t seen any of these commercials yet, just look at him act like a fool! Do you think that the public will be the same way until they get acquainted with the console or are some people just stupid?...
First thing is first: Nintendo does what it wants, when it wants. No one tells Nintendo what to do. With that in mind, it’s finally making good on Capcom’s promise of releasingMega Man(NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)to the Virtual Console today. Not because Capcom wants it, or that even gamers want it. They released it because they feel like it, OK? Neo Turf Masters(NeoGeo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)joins the Blue Bomber on the Virtual Console today, as well....
It’s Nintendo’s first Wii Shop update of the new year, and it seems they’re being a bit stingy — it’s only two titles! First up,Sandy Beach(1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)is Konami’s sand castle building game. Yeah, I said it — you build sand castles in this game. It actually doesn’t sound too bad, when you take a close look. It looks like Konami is throwing some tower defense elements into the mix, as it’ll have you building cannons to defend your castle against invading crabs....
