I was pretty surprised to hear about Tecmo and Koei’s merger plans. Seems like everyone wants to merge these days. I wonder what the new name would have been. SquareEnixTecmo? Squenixmo?
HAWP is back, Tecmo and Koei merge,Dead Space’srelease date gets pushed forward,Kefka and Sephiroth have returned, and plenty more happened on Thursday.
Thursday regulars:RetroforceGO! records episode 58 tonight: Post-PAX 2008Scraps: Science must be stopped at all costs (23-06-2025)
Originals:Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’s triumphant return…at GameTrailers!How to not look like an idiot inCastle Crashersarena mode
Destructoid review:Viva Pinata: Pocket ParadiseMario Super Sluggers
News:Dynasty Gaiden! Tecmo and Koei merge into one entity of samurai and breastsThe Dishwasherdev gives own game 1/10King of Fighters ’98hitting Xbox Live ArcadeWill Wright needs a DS to wake up withCrane claws + big titties = Happy pervoids indeedPS3 will outlive Blu-ray, claims SamsungPUREdemo up on Xbox Live now: Crash something before you go to workLittleBigBeta forLittleBigPlanetthis monthPlayStation Network collection packs coming to UMDCall of Duty World at Warmultiplayer beta incoming! (Update)European politicians worried about sexism in gamesExtra Hyper Game Music Event 2008 in JapanTraveller’s Tales won’t ‘take the piss’ with its LEGO franchiseFancy features forResident Evil: DegenerationBlu-ray release revealedShining Forceseries comes to the DSLOL HAI GUYZ THIS IS HOW YOU GET UR GIRLFRIEND INTO GAMING LOLEA wants more Japanese-developed titles to publishRock Banddisc export update is now live, kind of useless … for now (Update)Force Unleasheddev explains whyStar Warsgames are less than stellarValhalla Knights 2goes gold, releases in OctoberTheX-COMseries comes to Steam on the cheapUbisoft’s exclusive Rabbids will soon be available for public consumption‘Experimental’ game by co-creator ofGishreleasedBlizzard hits iTunes, only 10% of world left untouched byWorld of WarcraftPlayStation Store update: tons o’ videos and a full game editionGTA: Chinatown Warsby Feb ’09? Also, GTA IV shifts 10 millionDead Spacerelease date pushed up again, outright banned in three countriesShocker: No Xbox 360 price drop in the UKSquare Enix says ‘wtf?’ to Koei/Tecmo mergerPlay videogames or study for the SAT, now you can do bothNokori: Greatest Hits edition already?FIFA 08, Need for Speed Pro Street, and theSimscoming to the Genesis … kinda
Galleries:D3 announcesCradle of Romefor Nintendo DSThese newNinja Bladescreens, let me show you themLuminous Arc 2DS beams a few new screens2K Sports’MLB Superstarsbrings baseball into ‘a totally new realm’
Videos:Kefka and Sephiroth inDissidia: Here they are, fap-cannon GO!ThisMax Paynemovie trailer will leave you scratching your head (Update)NSFW: Ada Wong wears a bikini, fights phallic ‘zombies’ inResident Evil 4modMeet the next Gods of Rock: Tetris BrosBecause someone had to do it: PC crammed into a WiiTecmo’s RPGWind of Nostalgiotrailer makes me nostalgicSkate 2trailer shows that there will be at least one new featureGodfather IIteaser reveals the sordid underbelly of virtual organized crime
