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Episode 111 is up for your listening pleasure

18-07-10

China bans vulgar marketing of online games

What would you like to see in a new Persona game?

Why does Japan love Dragon Quest?

Is Devil Hunter a new Shin Megami Tensei spinoff?

Nier Developer are disbanded and the staff are absorbed into AQ Interactive

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes Producer talks about how to make action games for Women

 

Special mentions

Monkepaw Games plan to release Blockids and Magical Drop F on the Playstation Network in North America.  Blockids is an Arkanoid style game done in 3D.  That might be a little strange at first but it may work.

Enslaved: Odyssey will be released in North America on October the 5th 

Ikue Otani, voice actor of 'Pickachu', has sadly passed away at the young age of 44

The Western version of Dragon Quest IX will include a wild Pokemon

Namco Bandai's expanded version of God Eater, called God Eater Burst, will include new characters, scenarios and Aragami

Atelier Rorona on the Playstation 3 will have 30 endings

Capcom are working on a Hello Kitty game.  Hello Kitty Paradise Parachute will be released this summer

Great news for people like me who never played the original Shin Megami Tensei games and Persona games, which were released on the Playstation 1

Cave are working on a new shooter for arcade released, called Red Katana

 

Episode 110 is up for your listening pleasure

04-07-10

Fan-made King’s Quest sequel is still coming

Will Front Mission ever return to its Strategy RPG roots?

Game Republic loves the Master Roshi scenes in Dragon Ball Origins

NIS America’s president talks about Anime, crossovers, Sakura Wars and much more

The next Taiko No Tatsujin game will have RPG-Like adventure mode

Vanquish visuals was inspired by Casshern

 

Special mentions

Three Sly Cooper games will be released on the Playstation 3. 

Monster Hunter Frontier Online may be in a unique position.  It won't matter whether you play the game on an Xbox 360 or a PC, you will be playing in the same world.  I wonder how the makers of the game will balance it so that PC user who can use hot-keys won't have a distinct advantage.

Final Fantasy XIV do not have summoners but will will have monsters that can be summoned.

Sony is set to release White Knight Chronicles on PSP.

Not satisfied with just having a cute puppy in Okamiden, Capcom have decided to release a plush toy based on Chibiterasu and will will be available around a month after the games release. 

Sega has opened up a web site for the makers of Yakuza's new Project

If you go to this years Anime Expo in America, you will be able to play Natsume’s E3 line-up. 

The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show,  CESA (Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association), want to introduce Cosplay this year. 

Idea Factory's new game for the Xbox 360 is called My Wife.

Otomedius Excellent is as Gradius style game but where 'Vic Viper' has been replaced with cute women.

 

Episode 109 is up for your listening pleasure

20-06-10

Soraya Saga on Xenogears and Xenosaga

'Non-Existent youth bill' gets pushed back for revision

Cave talks about developing games for the Japanese and Overseas markets

Square Enix has acquired the Dungeon Siege license from Gas power Games

Live-Action version of Akira gets a new writer

Secret of Mana and War of the Lions are coming to the iPhone

 

Special mentions

Nippon Ichi’s next Strategy rpg will be Blue Roses on the PSP

Studio Gonzo have produced a four part anime, based on Crackdown 2 or Riot Act 2 as it's known in Japan. 

Retro Studios are allegedly working on a new Donkey Kong game. 

Ubisoft are working on a new Michael Jackson game. 

Konami's girlfriend simulator Love Plus has won the Romance Award from Japan’s Romance Society. 

God Eater has been delayed again

Time Crisis: Razing Storm will be released on the Playstation 3

 

Episode 108 is up for your listening pleasure

06-06-10

You are the star of the next Fire Emblem Game

Epic Mickey receiving artistic overhaul

Get your Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype codes here

Studio 4°C to produce new ThunderCats show

Manga artist discusses creative differences between the East and the West

 

Special mentions

Digital Foundry have been doing some research into whether ICO and Shadow of the Colossus could be done in high definition.

Hironobu Sakaguchi, producer of The Last Story, has announced that the game is in extended production, or that it's been delayed

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has been confirmed for a 2010 release.

In the town of Shizuoka, Japan, some people are building a 18 metre Gundam robot.  It will be erected near JR Higashishizuoka Station to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Gundam series

Gamestop and Amazon have reduced the price of Demon’s Souls to $29.99

Square Enix has released the E3 trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution

 

Episode 107 is up for your listening pleasure

31-05-10

Make a date with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Dreamy Theater

Another Square Enix RPG game is teased over Twitter

Front Mission Evolved will be in Stereoscopic 3D but only on PC

Insomniac enter a multiplatform publishing agreement with EA

Square Enix are preparing iPad versions of iPhone games

Fist Of The North Star: Ken’s Rage is now scheduled for Europe in the Autumn

The Final Fantasy XIII karaoke room

 

Special mentions

Namco Bandai hired Production I.G. for another Tales game.  They produced the animations for Tales of Graces and Tales of Vesperia

Namco Bandai has just announced Knights Contract for the Xbox 360

Eroge publisher Max Factory has announced that se.kirara would be free to download.  The idea is to encourage as many fans to download the game and hope that they purchase other titles based on the franchise

Dragon magazine said that Visual Novel game Steins;Gate will be turned into an actual novel 

Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype will be released next week on the Playstation Network

Nintendo confirmed that Pokemon Black and Pokemon White will be released in North America in spring 2011

 

Episode 106 is up for your listening pleasure

16-05-10

Arcades are still in decline despite Capcom’s revitalization efforts

Japanese book publishers express concerns over digitization

Sony expects to sell even more PS3s this year but less PSPs

Bayonetta, Aliens and Mario help Sega turn a profit

Why do Japanese gamers not like 3D Mario?

 

Special mentions

Namco Bandai have announced the top ten selling games for the last fiscal year and it's not a surprise that Tekken is their top seller.

Lost Planet 2 will require a mandatory install on the Playstation 3.  It uses 4.61 GBs of space

Final Fantasy IX has been given a date for its release in Japan, on the Playstation Network.  You will be able to enjoy the game from May the 20th

Final Fantasy is being released in Europe on the Nintendo Wii.  Who cares about this old game?

Wolfire Games are hosting what they call the “Humble Indie Bundle,” which includes World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD and Penumbra Overture.  You pay what you think is a fair price

Metal Slug XX will be released on Xbox 360 on May the 19th

A new trailer for Neptune has been released and has turned Nippon Ichi, Idea Factory, Gust, and even developer Compile Heart into a Moe character

A demo of Nier will soon be available on the Xbox 360

 

Episode 105 is up for your listening pleasure

25-04-10

The Last Story blends real-time and command combat

Piracy is responsible for a fifty percent drop in sales of DS software

Legend Of The Xenoblade

Harvest Moon: Twin’s Village is only a few moons away

Visual novel publisher Minori objects to a ‘Fan-Translation’ of one of their projects

Yoshio Sakamoto talks about telling a story with no more words than needed

 

Special mentions

Square Enix are promoting Nier  with a comic

Capcom has been working on Marvel vs. Capcom 3 since 2008

Lunar: Silver Star Harmon' soundtrack is now available to buy from Amazon for $27.47

Square Enix has trademarked Chocobo’s Crystal Tower.  Apparently this game does not have a name trademark in Japan which is weird

No More Heroes sold more on HD consoles than the Wii

Not satisfied with Metal Slug 7, SNK are working on Metal Slug XX for the Xbox 360

Metroid: Other M has been delayed until August the 30th.  Sin & Punishment: Star Successor has also been delayed until June the 27th

 

Episode 104 is up for your listening pleasure

11-04-10

Square Enix: “This Week, We’re Preparing A Little Surprise”

No More Heroes 3 Is Just Like Diarrhea, According To Suda51

Marvelous President Comments On Nintendo 3DS Announcement

Square Enix Storytelling Effect And Supreme Commander 2

Yoshitaka Amano Directing His First Film

 

Special mentions

The Japanese have a comic series for boys who like to dress up as girls

A release date for Record of Agarest War has been announced.  It will be released on April the 27th.  Another RPG with a teenager who thinks the world against them.  Adults also suffer from being arseholes too you know!

Apparently EspGaluda II is too fast for some versions of the iPhone

KiraKira Curtain Call And Higurashi Chapter 6 have be given release dates.  KiraKira Curtain Call (see trailer below) will be released on April the 30th and will cost 19.95 Euros. (approximately $31)  It will be available directly off MangaGamer's website.  Chapter 6 of Higurashi will be available on April the 15th

Just when you thought you've seen everything, PlatinumGames produces an April fools joke based on Bayonetta

Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade, has been given a release date on June the 10th

Engineous Games Sketch Nation Shooter is a 2D shoot-em-up designing package for the iPhone

Hideki Kamiya, director of Bayonetta played the game in 3D and thought it was "cool."

Nintendo has formally announced Pokemon Black and Pokemon White for North America

Konami has revived the classic game Rush'n'Attack or Green Berret as it was called in Europe.  It will be released on the Xbox 360 Live service

 

Episode 103 is up for your listening pleasure

04-04-10

Square Enix’s Playstation 3 action RPG is revealed

Would you buy Final Fantasy VII on an iPhone?

Keiji Inafune on Capcom being a global organization

Final Fantasy IX is coming to PlayStation Network

 

Special mentions

According to the European PlayStation blog, the next firmware update for the Playstation 3 will prevent users from installing other OS's on it

The Kindergarten Bus takes children to school in the Osaka region

The Xbox 360 version of After Burner Climax will be released on April the 21st.  The Playstation 3 version will be unlocked one day later.  It will cost 800 Microsoft Points ($10) or $9.99 on PSN

Fate/Extra has been rescheduled to July the 22nd

Cave is developing an iPhone version of EspGaluda II and apparently it's not an April fools joke

 

Episode 102 is up for your listening pleasure

21-03-10

Rumor: Xbox 360 gains USB storage via a firmware update

Why does Itagaki always wear sunglasses?

Final Fantasy XIII director talks about the future of the Final Fantasy franchise

Rumour: Nintendo DS2 Screens are Closer Together

Demon’s Souls puts Atlus into the black

Yakuza director is already working on another Yakuza game

Final Fantasy XIII director answers Final Fantasy XIII questions

 

Special mentions

Telltale Games has officially announced Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse for PlayStation 3.  The first part will be released on April the 15th, on the Playstation Network

Sony has given the green light to bundle a green PSP-3000 bundle with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Capcom and Sony will be giving away a code for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite to every purchaser of the PSPgo in Japan

Taito will be releasing Darius burst on the PSP in Europe.  Taito Corporation has been listed as the publisher of the game

Square Enix And Wildstorm will be publishing a digital comic based on Nier.  There will be three issues that will be published on the game’s website, via Xbox Live or  PSN

Capcom has given a date for Final Fight: Double Impact.  It will be released on April the 14th on Xbox Live and April the 15th on Playstation Network

 

Episode 101 is up for your listening pleasure

14-03-10

The Last Story To Have Realtime Battle System

First Details And Artwork For The Last Story’s Setting

Square Enix CEO Explains How Final Fantasy XIII Got On The Xbox 360

Video game incursion into Hollywood could continue with Space Invaders

Cing File For Bankruptcy

The Shoot ‘Em Up You Play With A Wii Remote And Brain Waves

 

Special mentions

Mega Man 3 will be arriving on the Playstation Network in Japan sometime in April

Namco Bandai will be remaking Tales of Phantasia and will also include Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon for PSP

imageepoch’s Arc Rise Fantasia, will be dubbed in English when it's released in North America

The Untold Stories DLC bundle for Resident Evil 5 has been discounted.  The DLC includes “Lost in Nightmares" and “Desperate Escape.”

 

Episode 100 is up for your listening pleasure

07-03-10

Final Fantasy XIII Producer Had A Hard Time Hunting Mission Monsters

ASSASSIN'S CREED 2DATE ADDED

Guess Which RPG Has This Quote

Square Enix Disband Inhouse Music Team

Amazon Slashes Prices On Blu-Ray Anime Box Sets

Valhalla Developing “Super Dreadnought Class Project For HD Home Consoles”

 

Special mentions

Neo Geo games like Alpha Mission II, Baseball Stars Professional, League Bowling and Super Sidekicks will be soon released on the Playstation Network

In a strange twist of fate, SNK will be resuming repairs to their Neo Geo machines to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.

Freecol v0.9.1 is a Colonization style game but is completely free.  If you are interested, you can get the Windows, Linux and Mac versions of the game here

A brand new Gradius game is a reason to celebrate.  Konami has trademarked Gradius Arc

Rumours of a script about 'Ghost in the Shell' has started to circulate but it may be directed by Steven Spielberg

If you understand Japanese, you will love this website.  It's called the Microsoft Mission Department and looks like a parody of 'Mission Impossible.'

I wish companies in the west were this generous.  Square Enix will be giving away iPod touches to members of their program.  The site hasn't got much up yet but here's the link anyway

Project E:st, uses the Crytek 3 engine and was rumoured to be an mmorpg

Capcom are producing 'Megaman' themed sweets

 

Episode 99 is up for your listening pleasure

21-02-10

Staff highlight additions they wanted in Super Street Fighter IV, the like Juri

The next Final Fantasy Versus XIII Reveal may be delayed due to world map changes

Kingdom Hearts spin-off series is in the works

Xenoblade takes place on the corpses of rival gods

Europe has an English Yakuza 3 demo

 

Special mentions

Gamershell has Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun + Firestorm to download for free.  It's 1.24 GB is size

Sega has trademarked Drama Engine in North America and Europe

Nintendo has re-registered the term Eternal Darkness in North America

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype for the Playstation 3, has now got a challenge mode added to the game

A collection of old Data East games are coming to the Wii, under the imaginative title of Data East Arcade Collection

Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the Nintendo DS may soon be published by Rising Star Games

Metal Gear Arcade is a reworked version of Metal Gear Online

Nippon Ichi has made a flash based tie-in game for Classic Dungeon

Namco Bandai has released a demo of God Eater for the Playstation 3.  The demo is 140 MB in size and doesn't require a Japanese account to access it

Namco Bandai has opened their website for Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day on the PSP

An Xbox 360 indie game, seems to be paying a homage to ICO.  The game is called Yaruhara no Omochi

3D Dot Game Heroes will be receiving a patch to enhance this game for the North American release

 

Episode 98 is up for your listening pleasure

14-02-10

Capcom’s Comments On 3D Gaming

Have You Heard Of Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

Level 5 Working On A Time Machine Story

Why Was Star Ocean: The Last Hope On Xbox 360 First?

Kitase “Interested” In Stereoscopic 3D Final Fantasy XIII

Satoru Iwata On The Importance Of Creating Social Phenomena

 

Special mentions

Nippon Ichi have announced their financial results for the last nine months and it's not good.  The profits dropped by 97.5%

Sunsoft have just announced Blaster Master Overdrive for WiiWare.  It is meant to be a re-imagining of the game

Level 5, creators of Professor Layton, will be opening a North American office

Microsoft will be bundling Final Fantasy XIII with the Xbox 360.  It comes with a 250 GB hard drive, headset and two wireless controllers for $399

When Yakuza 3 is released in Europe, it will include 4 DLCs in the premium edition

Okamiden, the sequel to Okami will be released in Europe some time this year

NIS America will be releasing Persona -Trinity Soul the anime series

The Tetris company is releasing a Tetris ring but the ring will start at $329.00

Obsidian Entertainment will be releasing games based on Robert Jordon’s 'The Wheel of Time'

 

Episode 97 is up for your listening pleasure

07-02-10

I'm using my old mixer, so the quality should back to normal.

Toriyama explains the reasons for Final Fantasy XIII linearity

New iPhone, Xbox Natal to be made in same factory

Linked In resume says “Final Fantasy XIV for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360″

Final Fantasy XIII will be squeezed onto three DVDs for the Xbox 360 version of the game

Namco Bandai will be cutting 630 jobs after suffering huge losses

 

Special mentions

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 teaser trailer was released this week

Microsoft will be selling the 250 GB hard drive separately in Japan.  It will be sold from March the 11th and will cost 15,540 yen. ($173)

Monster Hunter Tri for the Nintendo Wii will be compatible with Wii Speak.  Unlike the Japanese release, you will be able to chat live with the western version of the game

Gamestop is selling Half-Minute Hero on the PSP, for $19.99, instead of $29.99

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie has sold 909,981 units in its first week, which isn't bad for a remake

Strider, the arcade version, is coming to mobile phone in Japan

Tecmo has been working on a shoot-em-up for DSiWare, called Reverse Shooting

The 120GB Hard drive for the Xbox 360, has been reduced to €129.99 / £79.99 in Europe

Namco Bandai will be releasing a cute looking game on the Nintendo DS, called Ivy the Kiwi

Bayonetta has sold over one million units worldwide

Final Fantasy XIII will be the first Square Enix game that is translated into traditional Chinese

 

Episode 96 is up for your listening pleasure

31-01-10

Nomura talks about the possibility of  Final Fantasy VII being Remade: “I Don’t Believe This Will Happen For The Time Being”

Tales of Vesperia’s Keroro costume DLC, made Namco Bandai a fortune

Monster Hunter Frontier Online fees will be Included in Xbox Live Gold Membership

Quantum Theory is to Become Tecmo’s “Third Pillar”

Bayonetta Update gives Playstation 3 owners the option to Install the game

Gears of War characters are to appear in Lost Planet 2 X

The Last Story is a Wii RPG from Mistwalker

 

Special mentions

Xseed will now be publishing Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, the prequel to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, will be released on Virtual Console soon

Marvelous Entertainment, has sold a fifty percent stake in their European publishing house, Rising Star Games to Intergrow

Arc System Works has announced that BlazBlue: Battle x Battle for DSiWare, will be available on January the 27th to download

Square Enix will be releasing Supreme Commander 2 in March, for the Xbox 360

 

Episode 95 is up for your listening pleasure

17-01-10

Siliconera sounds off: Why some visual novels never get localised

Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed again and won’t make its March release

Torne will turn you Playstation 3 into a Digital Recorder

Rockman Zero Collection Z-Busts to be released on the Nintendo DS

The Shoot And Wonderbook; are these names for the Playstation 3 Motion Controller games

Level 5 are set to open a Tokyo office for “Overseas Business”

 

Special mentions

Square Enix is set to create Ludia’s bar in the real world.  Square Enix has partnered with a local karaoke bar in Roppongi, Tokyo

EA chief, John Riccitiello, has said to expect Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2 "at full margins", within the company's 2011 fiscal year

Capcom are working on a shoot-em-up, using their Tatsunoko vs. Capcom franchise

Dragon Quest IX is to be re-released on Square Enix’s Ultimate Hits collection

From Software has announced that Armored Core 5 will be coming to the PSP

Namco will be releasing an update for Tekken 6.  The update will include online play to the brawler mode and tweaks Mokujin will be ready on Monday, January the 18th

Sega has announced DLC for Valkyria Chronicles 2

When the Nintendo DSi XL is launched in Europe on March the 5th, we will also be getting Picross 3D. (A.K.A. Rittai Picross)

I love hamsters and any excuse to talk about them is fine by me.  Game Atelier is working on a PSP title, called The Flying Hamster.  It looks like a 2d shoot-em-up with a stylised feel to the game

The Xbox 360 version of Deathsmiles will be coming to the west finally

 

Episode 94 is up for your listening pleasure

10-01-10

Hi Definition Nintendo DS successor with motion sensor in the works

The Xbox 360 Gaming Room coming soon

Sony Japan confirms retail leaks

US company sues China for Green Dam 'code theft'

Greenpeace: Nintendo most eco-unfriendly

 

Special mentions

Atlus are now going to be publishing SNK games in North America

Adrenaline is a freeware multiplayer top-down shooter created with the Game Maker engine, featuring a wide variety of weapons to use, four different game modes and support for user-created maps in addition to the official maps that comes with the download

PAL versions of BlazeBlue, will get unlimited versions of every BlazBlue character, plus extra colours for customization

Atlus and SNK will be releasing Metal Slug XX in North America, on February the 23rd, on the PSP

Final Fantasy Xiii the collector’s edition, will cost €71.99, ($103)

Gran Turismo 5 has youTube video replays as one of its functions, along with PSP connectivity as well

If you have a Valkyria Chronicles save file on your PlayStation 3, you will be able to unlock Isara immediately when you play Valkyria Chronicles 2, for the PSP

In the Ar Tonelico III trailer, (see below) the costumes aren't just cosmetic, they may affect the battle performance of Reyvateils

Konami is now publishing Ninety-Nine Nights II and is scheduled for released sometime in spring, 2010, in Japan

Pac-Mac has turned thirty

Konami is releasing Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3, this month

 

Episode 93 is up for your listening pleasure

03-01-10

The state of the Japanese Eroge market

Ultraman Fighting game is coming to the Wii

A Next-Gen version of Guilty Gear is in the rorks

Record of Agarest War Director talks about the On Soul Breed System and its inspiration

 

Special mentions

You will soon be able to watch classic Nicktoons, like Rocko’s Modern Life on the Xbox 360

Star Ocean: The Last Hope International will use anime artwork to sell the game in North America

A budget version of BlazBlue with the ASW Best Selection label, is set for release in Japan on March the 4th, 2010

Ogre Battle 64 will soon be released on Virtual Console in Japan

3D Dot Game Heroes holiday patch has been delayed until January

Tomy's next Naruto for the Nintendo DS will have four players at once

 

Episode 92 is up for your listening pleasure

20-12-09

Lords blast "buck-passing" BT and broadband firms

Cyber Driver, Japan’s first person shooter for arcades

Quantum Theory to be released in March

Final Fantasy VIII packed in one 1.78GB download

PSP-4000 ad was a "mistake"

Mass Effect 3 to finish story arc

Final Fantasy XIII on the Playstation 3 Includes Final Fantasy XIV Beta Application

 

Special mentions

Star Ocean: The Last Hope International will have more Japanese voices and anime portraits

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love is likely to be the last rpg coming out on the Playstation 2

Microsoft and the European Union have finally settled their long running dispute over the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows

Nintendo Power announced that Mega Man 10 will be a multi-platform title.  the game will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, as well as the Nintendo Wii

Hong Kong updated their PlayStation Store and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Demo-Ops is now available to download

Would you like to beta tester for Final Fantasy XIIII

Imagine what Final Fantasy XIIII would look like if you could play the game in 3D.  A special 3D sterioscopic screen trailer will be appearing before Avatar

Gunbird 2 Remix will be coming to the Playstation Portable.  This version of the game has been updated with hybrid 3D/2D graphics.  It has been given a date somewhere around February, 2010.

The PAL territories will be able to play Vagrant Story on December 22nd, for €5.99 ($8.75)

 

Episode 91 is up for your listening pleasure

13-12-09

The Secret Of Dragon Quest IX’s Success

Mega Man 10 Brings Sheep Man To WiiWare

Let’s See What Retro Games Gulti Has In Their Possession

Xbox 360 Game Wants To Help You Talk To Women

Switch Characters On The Fly In Estpolis

 

Special mentions

Square Enix has some screen shots for Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

SNK will be releasing the following games on XBLA next year:  NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, The King of Fighters 2002: Ultimate Match, KOF Sky Stage, and Metal Slug XX

Gundemonium Collection is a localised collection of PC shumps and will be available to buy on May 18th, 2010

THQ's game Darksiders, is being advertised as a TV ad that parodies infomercials

The creator of Sonic the Hedgehog is working on another mascot based platformer

NIS America will be releasing Sakura Wars: So Long My Love, on the Wii and PlayStation 2 in February 2010.  The premium version will contain a Japanese and English voice acted version of the game

Sunsoft has acquired Nihon Telenet’s entire catalogue, and includes Cosmic Fantasy, Valis and Exile

 

Episode 90 is up for your listening pleasure

06-12-09

Final Fantasy XIII is 50 to 60 Hours Long

New Medal of Honor promises 'most authentic modern war experience'

Nintendo Scales Back Wii Production

Namco Bandai Celebrates 30 Years Of Gundam With Gundam Game Reprints

How Big Is Downloadable Record of Agarest War?

Europe Gets Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker In May

Dynasty Warriors Online Brings 24 Player Battles To PS3

 

Special mentions

Iron Man 2 pencilled in for a released date next May, on the 7th

Konami's dating sim, Tokimeki Memorial 4, for the PSP, will include rpg elements.

Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, will be fully localised in English

Nintendo will be releasing Glory of Hercules on  the 18th of January, for the Nintendo DS.

D3 Publisher learned from The Idolm@ster, that selling costumes is a big money maker.

Zack Fair, from Final Fantasy VII and Crisis Core, will make an appearance in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey will be rated M for mature and is one of a very small group of DS games to have this distinction.

Absolute Hero Modding Project is a dungeon crawler, with a customisable hero.

Ace Combat is coming to the iPhone and iPod touch.

Hideo Kojima has been working on the Playstation for fifteen years, which just had its fifteenth anniversary this week as well and Sony released a special logo.

 

Episode 89 is up for your listening pleasure

22-11-09

Square Enix's 'first global game' made in Montreal

CNET UK's games console reliability survey: 60 per cent of Xbox 360s have broken

Nintendo Planning Book, Music, And Manga Wii Channels

Ars interviews Square-Enix CEO Yoichi Wada

Marvelous Lost Money On Wii, Made Money With PSP

 

Special mentions

Resonance of Fate will feature a level up for your gun

Microsoft and Enterbrain, are holding a contest for new games.  The winner XNA developers will receive  3,600,000 yen ($40,000) in cash prizes

The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy will be coming to WiiWare, on the 15th of December and will cost 900 Wii Points ($9)

No More Heroes, may be released in the near future on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

Taito has a new game called Estpolis: The Land Cursed by the Gods.  It's a new game from the Lufia series

Sony intend to introduce 3D functionality to TVs, blu-ray players / recorders and the PlayStation 3 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011

Sega are releasing the Sonic collection again but this time for the Nintendo DS

The motion controller made by Sony has undergone a few revisions.  The new model now has six buttons.  You have the usual fours button plus the home button, and a big button on the wand

Gamershell has some campaigns packs of MechCommander 2

 

Episode 88 is up for your listening pleasure

15-11-09

No, (Sorry!) Tales of Vesperia Isn’t Coming To Wii

Square Enix Prepares Modern Warfare 2 Bundle For Japan

SNK Arcade Classics 0 Retrofitted For PSP And PS2

Aksys Explains Why Record of Agarest War Was Delayed

Final Fantasy XIII Arrives In North America On March 9

 

Special mentions

The Marionette is a full-length 2D adventure game viewed from a first-person perspective

Visual Impact, will be putting the DSi camera to work, with their game called System Flaw

Merubyiusu is a 2D horizontal shooter that features four different weapons to use, three distinct stages and an obligatory boss encounter waiting at the end of each area.

Vagrant Story will be coming to the PSN Network in Europe soon

Konami are releasing Tokimeki Memorial Forever With You as a downloadable game, on the Japanese PSN Network

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a success. 

 

Episode 87 is up for your listening pleasure

08-11-09

Sin & Punishment 2: Creator’s Voice – Parts 1 & 2

There Is Hope: A Relationship Love Plus Didn’t Destroy

Namco Bandai Hopes To Kick Lag Out Of Tekken 6 With Patch

Sega’s Four Point Arcade Revitalization Plan

The Gamestop survival guide

 

Special mentions

Zombie Driver is a top-down driving affair which reminds me of the early GTA

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey has a date pencilled sometime in March

Super Street Fighter IV will be coming with the bonus stage from Street Fighter 2

Sony have recently patented something that mixes Netflix Party and Mystery Science Theatre 3000

Microsoft have announced that Konami will publish Ninety-Nine Nights II in North America

Squaresoft was thinking of calling Final Fantasy, The Great Warrior Saga

Arc System Works will be brining BlazBlue to the PSP handheld

40,000 Lego bricks were used to create Mario

If you buy Zelda: Spirit Tracks on the first day of release, you'll get a free clear feather stylus

Space Invaders Extreme Z has been released in Japan on DSiware

Phoenix Wright may soon be released on the Nintendo Wii

 

Episode 86 is up for your listening pleasure

01-11-09

Sega Dates Bayonetta And Promises Pre-Order Bonuses For Patient Fans

Atlus Has A Halloween Treat For Demon’s Souls Players

Large Screen Nintendo DSi Launches In November

Casting Call Tips Off Final Fantasy XIII Release Date Reveal Presentation

Shattered Memories Is A Re-Imagining Of Silent Hill And The Survival Horror Genre

What’s Preloaded On A Japanese PSP Go?

 

Special mentions

Free Champions Online weekend this weekend

A demo of Torchlight has been released on Steam

3D Dot Game Heroes is definitely coming out on the Playstation 3

 

Episode 85 is up for your listening pleasure

25-10-09

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: A Strange, But Not Unwelcome Journey

Muramasa publisher: UK retailers avoiding original IP

Nippon Ichi Wants To Make Games Other Than Disgaea That Sell Just As Well

Why Would A Publisher Want To Release A GameStop Exclusive Game

Sakaguchi Putting Finishing Touches On New Mistwalker Project

Datel "disappointed" with 360 memory lock-out

More Demon’s Souls Spreading To Retailers

Celebrate Hello Kitty’s Birthday With Hello Kitty Online

Konami Changes Gradius ReBirth’s Core With Upgrade Patch

Xseed Comments On Arc Rise Fantasia Publisher Change

 

Special mentions

USB adaptor has been released that allows you to play Super Nintendo games on your PC.

Enterbrain is working on a version the the famous RPG Maker series and intends to release it for the Nintendo DS

Hideo Kojima promises that a Zone of Enders 3 will be coming soon

Konami are working on releasing Monster Finder Stateside

Ace Combat 6 and Lost Planet: Colonies will be bundled with the XBOX 360 in Japan for the holiday period.  Both games are relatively good and offer great value at  29,980 yen. ($329)

Nintendo will be releasing a special Black Wii bundle for the holiday period in Europe

One hundred million Need for speed games have been sold

World of Goo's developer are so pleased with the performance of letting the customer pick their own price, that they're going to extend the offer

Sega has delayed End of Eternity, aka Resonance of Fate.  Tri-Ace have given a Japanese date of January 28th, 2010

 

Episode 84 is up for your listening pleasure

18-10-09

Two years of Dragon Age DLC planned; expansion packs considered

Bon Jovi Rockin’ Out For… A Final Fantasy Commercial

So, Koei Was Teasing Hokuto Musou

Reyvateils Return, Ar Tonelico III Announced

Q4 release schedule 'most sensible in 20 years'

Visit Persona 4’s Town In Persona 3 Portable

Plush Pig Packaged With Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands Pre-Orders

 

Special mentions

Final Fight 2 will be released on Virtual Console soon and will be 800 Wii points

Citigroup analyst Soichiro Fukuda believes that a new hand held from Nintendo will be released next year

EA: Russia lists Mass Effect 2 for the Playstation 3

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is coming to the iPhone sometime this month

World of Goo will be coming out soon on the iPhone

Dragon Age Origin's character creation software has been uploaded to Bigdownload's website

File Planet has a free roll playing game about a Super market.  Wait a minute, that's a different Asda

Siliconera are giving away Demon's Souls

Hydorah is the new freeware Gradius-style horizontal shooter from the developer of 8bit killer

Some new Sin & Punishment 2 footage has been released and includes English voiced actors

Sony are giving out codes for the God of War III demo.   The Japanese PSN network will have the demo of God of War III on the 19th of November

 

Episode 83 is up for your listening pleasure

11-10-09

Atlus will be Developing Playstation 3 And XBOX 360 games

How well did Persona 4 and Devil Survivor to?

Rocket Knight to be revived

Behind the scenes of Atlus' Persona 4

 

Special mentions

Level 5 may consider making a new Dark Cloud game, if there is enough interest in it

Danball Senki, has you collecting Mech robots, just like Pokimon

Metal Slug XX is coming to the PSP

Star Fox in Iraq: Do A Barrel Roll!

Massively.com has some new screen shots for the new Star Trek online game

Moe Moe Niji Taisen 2 is on the way for the PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS

File Planet has a fan made movie called Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy.  It's about 2.9 GB in size and is the complete film

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie trailer

Cheap imitations of the PSPGo are floating, so just be aware to that fact.

 

Episode 82 is up for your listening pleasure

04-10-09

Final Fantasy XIV Beta to initially be Windows Only

Atlus Bringing Zeno Clash To Xbox Live Arcade

Square Enix Working On 2-3 New Key Franchises

KOTOR2 missing content restored

Ni no Kuni is the first game between Level 5 and Studio Ghibli

 

Special mentions

Capcom have announced Super Street Fighter IV

Alpha Protocol may be delayed until the early part of 2010

Mushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5, created by Cave will be region free on the XBOX 360

Star Wars: The Old Republic has opened up its doors to a beta of the game

Infinity Ward has no plans to release a pre-launch Modern Warfare 2 demo

Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Ghosts 'n Goblins are to be released on the iPhone

An arcade port of Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next, is in production for the Playstation 3

The demo of Bayonetta will be available next week on the 8th of October, on XBOX Live in Japan

 

Episode 81 is up for your listening pleasure

27-09-09

Sony confirms 250GB PS3 bundles

BioShock on Mac next month

Dreamcast PSN releases possible?

Europe gets EUR 50 Wii price cut

Would Three Free Games Convince You To Upgrade To PSPgo?

 

Special mentions

MAG, God of War III,  Heavy Rain and  Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time will be at the EuroGamer Expo 2009

The director of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious, will be working on a remake of the original Highlander movie

.Hack is to be released on the PSP in February 2010, in Japan and will include 130 characters to play with, from 23 .Hack games

Square Enix intend to release four of their Manga series on the PSP

Square Enix have compressed Final Fantasy VIII to 1.815 GB, to fit on the PSP and it works well, it has been said

There will be a Final Fantasy XIII limited edition of the new 250 GB Playstation 3 Slim

 

Episode 80 is up for your listening pleasure

20-09-09

Gamers don't want a new Xbox

41% rely on word of mouth for game information

Wii to see $50 price reduction in September

Microsoft not selling 250GB HDD alone

Sony PlayStation 3 and the "yellow light of death"

 

Special mentions

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype is a PS3-exclusive sequel

Bubble Bobble Neo comes to XBLA this week 

Ninety Nine Nights II will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show

BioShock, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Serious Sam Gold and Max Payne 2 are available on Dirct2Drive for $5

Star Ocean is coming to the Playstation 3

Eurogamer has now got Nintendo on board for the EuroGamer Expo 2009.  They will be showing an exclusive build of the New Super Mario Bros for the Wii

Fans of Sonic the Hedgehog, have released trailer for a feature-length Sonic film

All five Jedi Knight games are available on Steam this week

A demo for Manic Miner: the Lost Years, has been released for the Nintendo DS

Superfu.com has a device called the Sega Mega Drive Gopher and you can run games on this hand-held device via an SD Card

 

Episode 79 is up for your listening pleasure

13-09-09

PS3 slim sells 150,000 to beat own launch record in Japan

Zenimax picks up 'Prey' trademark

No console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before Pripyat

Old Republic could feature multiple payment methods

Lawsuit alleges Windows Genuine Advantage is 'spyware'

PS3 250GB bundles priced, detailed

Bethesda Sues Interplay Over Use Of Fallout License

 

Special mentions

Wii Fit is being sold for £50 in Morrisons

Batman: Arkham Asylum, will have some free DLC in nine days

Sega are working on a high definition sonic game for 2010

Company of Heroes Online will be free to play in Korea

Sega's Dreamcast turns ten this week

A Japanese theatre is allegedly using a Playstation 3 to run its movies

Courtney Love to has threatened to "sue the shit out of Activision."

MaximumPC has a guide to build your own MAME cabinet 

Raiden 4 is now available to buy on Play Asia.com and costs $44.95

 

 

Episode 78 is up for your listening pleasure

30-08-9

Gamersyde told Beyond Good and Evil 2 is 'on hold' - Ubisoft won't comment

Xbox 360 Slim is a definite, say analyst

Ghostbusters PS3 resolution fixed

360 Price Cut: Details

We'll see Xbox 560 before 720

BioShock movie gets new director

 

Special mentions

 

Could EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) be about to rise from the ashes?

Legends of Zork is free to download on FilePlanet

250 GB XBOX 360 spotted and then quickly removed from Amazon's website

 

Episode 77 is up for your listening pleasure

23-08-09

PS3 Slim with retailers next week

StarCraft II to allow paid-for mods

Cloud play and more for Battle.net

FFXIII: Simultaneous 360 and PS3 Euro release in spring 2010, says Kitase

New Western FFXIII demo TBC

FFXIV looks likely for Xbox 360

Konami's Hideo Kojima

 

Special mentions

100,000 people have signed a petition to get LAN added to StarCraft 2

ASDA (UK) drops 80GB PlayStation 3 price to £250

Espgaluda II Black Label and MUSHIHIME-SAMA FUTARI Ver 1.5, will be coming to XBOX Live

Quake Live can now be played on Mac and Linux based PCs

 

Episode 76 is up for your listening pleasure

16-08-09

Modern Warfare 2 DLC determined by YOU

Meijer's catalog lists $100 price cut for Xbox 360 Elite

Kotick vs. Riccitiello: who's the richest?

PS3 awaits price cut as stock is suspended

Australian ratings system branded a "joke" as RPG Risen is banned

 

Special mentions

40th anniversary of Woodstock

20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis

turn Unreal Tournament 3 into Command & Conquer Renegade at Fileplanet

The Widget show is back and can now found on ustreem

Capcom are releasing in North America, a tripple pack that will include Dead Rising, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Colonies Edition and Devil May Cry 4

Wolfenstein RPG will be released on the iPhone and only cost 10 bucks

GameWave, a magazine in Hong Kong, alleges that the Playstation 3 Slim will be unveiled at GamesCom in Germany

The XBOX 60GB version is no longer available on Argos website and seems to indicate that a price cut is imminent

 

 

Episode 75 is up for your listening pleasure

09-08-09

PS3 Slim to Cost 260 GBP

Sony PS3 components demand growing significantly

Konami confirms PS2 re-issues

Games For Windows - Live 3.0 launched

Is Spielberg Jumping On Board The Halo Movie

Jay Chou Cast as Kato in The Green Hornet

 

Special mentions

Yesterday saw the passing of John Hughes, who dies aged 59 of a heart attack.  He was a director/producer/script writer.  He directed movies like The Breakfast Club, Saint Elmo's Fire and the terrible movie, Home Alone

SEGA has launched a website to tease the reveal of a brand new role-playing game. The curtains go back on 20th August

The Revenge of Shinobi leads the Virtual Console/WiiWare/DSiWare update today. And that trip down Mega Drive lane costs 800 Nintendo Points (£5.60 / €8).

Microsoft has introduced the option to buy its made-up Xbox currency using your PayPal account, assuming you're American

 

Episode 74 is up for your listening pleasure

02-08-09

Activision likely to lose Brutal Legend case

Carmack: Rage runs faster on Xbox 360

PS3 now 70 per cent cheaper to make

Ridley Scott To Direct Alien Prequel

Braid Coming to PS3

Shanda Games and SNK Playmore Announce Co-Development of KOF World

 

Special mentions

Jet Set Willy Online 

Final Fantasy VII countdown emerges

Indie Games Arcade for EG Expo 09

Bethesda has announced that PS3 and Xbox 360 action game WET will be released on 18th September

Demigod finally gets a PC demo

Japan chart: DQIX swoops past 3m sales

 

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Episode 73 is up for your listening pleasure

26-07-09

Microsoft patents drop-in split-screen

Mass Effect comic to bridge gap

Call of Duty brand boosts Modern Warfare 2 interest

Halo Legends Anime Project Announced

New Bungie IP deal "close"

BioWare explains Mass Effect save usage

 

Special mentions

PC Pro has an interesting article; where they take a laptop into different PC repair shops in London and see if the can fix it, and whether or not they will rip them off.

Borderlands has been given a release date of the 20th (US) and 23rd (UK) of October

FilePlanet has Terminator: Salvation, which is a free to play MMO

EA art creating a version of Ultima Online for the Asian market

Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division have made a profit for the second year in a row

Yakuza 3 hasn't even been released in Europe yet and Yakuza 4 is already in the works

 

Episode 72 is up for your listening pleasure

19-07-09

XBLA publishing "massively" harder now

China bans shock treatment for Internet addiction

Gates: Natal to bring gesture recognition to Windows too

Alien Breed trilogy cost $2.5 million to make

Take-Two will "dominate" 2010

MS patents 'camera' for third-person shooter

Develop: Home boss explains why Europe's behind

 

Special mentions

Ikaruga has had its price reduced on XBLA.  The Xbox Live Arcade version is available for 400 Microsoft Points (£3.40), but is only available at this price until next week Monday

Elder scrolls 2 : Daggerfall, is free to download on Gamershell

Rebellion has acquired Vivendi properties, and intends to sell them on Steam and Good Old Games

New screen shots for Duke Nukem Forever, have been posted on 3D Realms Facebook page, even though the game has been cancelled

Call of Duty: Morden Warfare 2, as its now been called, is to be released with a prestige edition of the game, that comes with a set of night vision goggles

The Japanese Playstation Network is to get PC Engine games

 

Episode 71 is up for your listening pleasure

11-07-09

BioWare: Mature industry can drop violence from games

BioWare "interested" in modern setting

Bleszinski sees RPGs as key to the shooter's future

PSP2 Features Quad Core Graphics Chip

The Return of MechWarrior

Command & Conquer 4 is official

New Mortal Kombat film in the works

 

Special mentions

Bioshock and Elder Scrolls Oblivion, are available as a bundle at Play Asia for US$ 34.90 £21.74

Codemasters will be offering a post release demo of FUEL for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 today

Nippon Ichi, are composing a musical RPG for the PSP

File Planet has Peggle: World of WarCraft demo available to download

Team 17 has announced Alien Breed Evolution and it will use the Unreal 3 engine

 

Episode 70 is up for your listening pleasure

04-07-09

You won't be able to play through Mass Effect 2 more than once with your previously saved data from the first game. 

Obsidian confirms demise of Aliens RPG

Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid

Current console adoption rate only now passing last cycle's, Pachter reports

Pirate Bay sold, goes legal

New id team being planned

No LAN for StarCraft II

Consoles could soon become niche products

 

Special mentions

A brand new shoot em up on the Dreamcast has been released, called DUX!

Steam are offering a huge 2k Games pack for £35.99.  The following games are included.  Check out the site for more information

Fallout 3 is £13.49 on Steam, for the PC

Sony planned UMD less PSP's "from the beginning."

Two new Grand Theft Auto IV DLC episodes are due next year

Square Enix are working on a brand new DS game called Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden

A smaller Playstation 3 may be in production as early as this July

RareSoft thinks that "no one knows who we are."  Yes we do Rare!  You're the company that was good in the eighties, ok in the nineties and sucked in the first decade of the new millennium

 

Episode 69 is up for your listening pleasure

27-06-09

Activision "might stop supporting Sony"

Ballmer "sorry" for new Xbox remarks

Windows 7 official pricing announced, limited pre-orders start tomorrow

Xbox 360 to get one terabyte HDD

EA 'doesn't understand' Syndicate, says creator

EA: we will still publish Rage

 

Special mentions

Quake turns thirteen this week

Sonic turns eighteen this week

Strikers 1945 is to be released on the Playstation Network this July

Serious Sam HD is coming to XBLA

EA has finally launched Battlefield Heroes, the free-to-play, ad-supported, cartoon online shooter

Use your Playstation 2 joypad with this Nintendo Wii adaptor

Square Enix is being sued by a Final Fantasy XI player, for not being open about fees and late payment penalties for the online title

NCsoft's big-budget MMO Aion launches here on 25th September, and to celebrate, Eurogamer is giving away 2500 keys to the closed beta test

 

Other things

Yesterday, Michael Jackson died aged 50.  I'm sure there will be a lot of people who will miss him.  He was a musical genius but a little weird if you ask me

 

Episode 68 is up for your listening pleasure

21-06-09

Final Fantasy XIII  for the XBOX 360 is only two months old

Aliens Colonial Marines will not be released this year

BBFC responds to being dropped

BioWare eyes up Wii

Metroid creator "encourages" Prime sequel

Miyamoto: Games need controllers

 

Special mentions

Microsoft is offering one month's Xbox Live Gold subscription for just one pound, but the deal only lasts until the 3rd of July

File Planet has a new free to play FPS MMO game called Cross Fire

 

 

Episode 67 is up for your listening pleasure

13-06-09

Balding Max Payne 3 sighted

Cryptic making Neverwinter Nights MMO?

Ghostbusters available to Euro Xbox owners

Modern Warfare 2 is direct sequel

Metal Gear Creator Didn't Plan To Be Involved In New Metal Gear Games

Special mentions

Towards the end of July, Xbox Live Community Games will be getting a name change, becoming “Xbox Live Indie Games”

 

Episode 66 is up for your listening pleasure

06-06-09

So the PSP Go Is Basically a Sony Mylo 2 With Gaming Then?

Final Fantasy VII Rated For Playstation Store

Starcraft II probably in 09

EA announces Crysis 2

Why Xbox 360 New Controller Is Called “Natal”

Why Xbox 360 New Controller Is Called “Natal”

Mass Effect 2 “suicide mission”

PSPgo to get UMD-to-digital solution

 

Special mentions

Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be released on the XBOX 360

Crackdown 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 are announced

Alan Wake is to be released next spring

Final Fantasy XIII will be released on the Xbox 360 In "Spring 2010"

Facebook and Twitter will be Coming to Xbox Live

Xbox Live evolution will add "years" to the XBOX 360

Atlus has a new game called, Shiren the Wanderer

Crysis 2 will push the Playstation 3 to its "limits"

Huxley will not offer cross platform play and will be free to play

Zelda Wii coming in 2010, at the earliest

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years will be released on WiiWare

 

Episode 65 is up for your listening pleasure

30-05-09

Warner makes $33m bid for Midway

BSkyB deal rumoured on Xbox 360

An Arstechnica mole has confirmed PSP Go details and a smaller Playstation 3 is on the way.  The Playstation 3 is rumoured to be released this August or September

A job ad for Microsoft hints at what will be on the "next-gen Xbox platform"

Set-top boxes to become games platforms says Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot

New Ericsson phone will be Playstation 3 Compatible

 

special mentions

Neon Evangelion game is coming to Playstation 3

GameStop prices Tony Hawk Ride at $120

13 million Xbox Live players on Call Of Duty 4

Unreal Tournament III Black, which is the full game and the Titan expansion pack, will be free to play this weekend on the PC.  You will be able to download it from Steam, starting tomorrow

Atlus Online has opened its doors to Neo Steam, its first online game

Zune HD is official, heading your way this Fall

Assassin's Creed 2 will cost 20 percent more to make than original game

PC games sales are up 18 per cent in 2008

BioShock 2 will be Simultaneously released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 & PC

 

Episode 64 is up for your listening pleasure

23-05-09

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. free on GameTap

Suda 51 collaborating with Square Enix

Mass Effect 2 will "really beat up the hero."

Atlus Brings Demon’s Souls to the US

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil sneaking on PlayStation classics

Nintendo of America deemed the Starfy series "too Japanese" for American audiences

 

Special Mentions

Storm Assault version 0.20

Capcom confirms Tatsunoko vs Capcom localization

LEGO Star Wars game arrives online

J Allard (Microsoft) has applied for a patent for something called "Magic Wand"

Square Enix has released a twenty CD music box set for the SaGa Series 20th Anniversary

Assassin's Creed 2 is set to arrive in November

Metroid Prime trilogy will be released on the Nintendo Wii in the US

BioShock 2's budget will be the "biggest in 2K's history"

 

Episode 63 is up for your listening pleasure

16-05-09

Xbox 360 version of FFXIII may be monolingual

Call Of Duty 7 in development

Atari finished in Europe, Namco taking over

Lair dev Factor 5 closes doors

Take Two sues 3D Realms/Apogee over Duke Nukem Forever

 

Special Mentions

Beyond good & Evil 2 footage leaked this week

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, will be the next in the very long series of games to come out

Thief 4 has been officially announced

Sega has unveiled their vintage collect 2

A redesigned Playstation 3 may be unveiled at E3

The PC version of Street Fighter IV, will include a Mad Catz FightPad

Demolition Gunner: In Search and Destroy

Beyond Good and Evil 2 may not be shown at this years E3

 

Episode 62 is up for your listening pleasure

09-05-09

FXIII release in Europe sooner than a year after Japan

Richard Garriott Suing NCsoft For $24,000,000

Duke Nukem developer goes bust

Namco Bandai Exploring 3D Glasses For 2.5D Games

Huxley: The Dystopia Taking Names for Beta

BioShock 2 multiplayer unveiled

 

Special mentions

The latest version of FreeCol 0.8.2 has been released.  It is a freeware version of Colonisation

File Planet has access to the closed beta of Delta Force Xtreeme 2

Some of the most famous scenes from movies, have been recreated, using the Crytek and Unreal engine

Trinity Universe is a crossover RPG, with characters from Atelier Viorate and Disgaea

Think Geek are selling brand new Dreamcasts

You can sign up to test the StarCraft II Beta today

Nintendo has been named as the sixth most reputable company in the world in a new annual survey

Contra Rebirth will be available on the WiiWare channel in Japan on May the 12th

Nintendo is to remake Pokimon Gold and Silver

 

Episode 61 is up for you listening pleasure

02-05-09

Bethesda rescues WET

Square Enix outlines "a new chapter for Eidos"

MS Avatars to take on Home

Capcom confirms digital PSP title for Europe

Microsoft Again Resetting Cheaters' Gamerscores

Microsoft Details This Weekend’s Xtival

Gears of War 2 Achievement Hacking: Banning has begun

 

Special Mentions

Atlus has announced 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix for North America, for the Nintendo DS

Mickey Rourke is to star in Bethesda's shooter game named Rogue Warrior

G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc

BioShock the movie has been put on hold

Sales of the Playstation 3 have surged 274% in Japan

In Poland you get the Plastation 3, Ratchet & Clank, Gran Turismo Prologue, Ridge Racer 7 and the Bible

Prototype II is X-0ut's new horizontal shooter with a nod to the R-Type series in particular.

Magna Carta 2 will be released by Namco Bandai

Star Ocean has been given a date of the 5th of June for the PAL regions

Final Fantasy XIII will run in 1080p

Microsoft will be offering gold membership from the 1st of May to the 4th May.  So if you have not tried it out yet, you have all this Bank Holiday weekend to give it a tr

GSC Game World has released details of a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game called, Call of Pripyat

 

Episode 60 is up for your listening pleasure

25-04-09

Sony: Survey not a guarantee of Blu-ray release of PS2 God of War games

Kojima Prod: "Do you want Zone of the Enders 3?"

Fallout: New Vegas Announced

Pirate Bay lawyers demand retrial

Almost one in 10 videogamers could be addicts

SNK developing King of Fighters shmup for XBLA

Xbox 360 Tops Japanese Consumer Satisfaction Poll

Apple removes Baby Shaker game

FFXIII retail-version changes detailed

 

Special Mentions

Sacred 2 has been given a European release date of June the 5th

some screenshots from Sqaure Enix's new game Blood of Bahamut

Grandia Online is alive and kicking. (honest guv)

Square Enix have announced Crystal Defenders for WiiWare

Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Perfect Dark are coming to XBLA

UK retailers found to be selling mature rated games to a fourteen year old volunteer

Nemesis online has been updated

Includes online play as well as off line.  An extra 8th stage that wasn’t in the original.  Up to eight players online.

AT&T are doubling the iPhone speed from 3.6 megabits to 7.2 megabits

8 GB iPhones are $99 and 16 GB are $149, but they're refurbished

Apple are to provided HD cables with the iPhone, called the Apple AV Cable and will work the same way that the AV cable does, which comes with the XBOX 360

Final Fantasy has topped 85 million

iPhone sales have offset the decline of the Mac

A supermarket in Japan had an R4 memory card up for grabs in a competition

 

Episode 59 is up for your listening pleasure

18-04-09

Sony patents PSP-controlled toy car

Microsoft bringing Halo to mobiles

Windows XP Set to Leave "Mainstream Support"

Iwata: Wii in "most unhealthy condition" in Japan

Sony: PS3 Attach Rate For Blockbusters Is Higher

Pirate Bay founders sent to jail

 

Special Mentions

Great Giana’s return has been released

Fileplanet has the PC demo of Braid on the PC

Scarygirl the free flash game is now online

OutRun Online Arcade will be released on the PlayStation Network this Thursday, but only in Europe

E74 errors are now covered under the three year warranty for the XBOX 360

2000 copies of Lord of the Rings On-line will be given away next week on the 24th of April, to coincide with its second anniversary

The editorial team for Edge-Online in the US has quit

Patapon 2 retail copy, is to be nothing more than a voucher to download the game from the net

Gamershell has a compressed version of Command & Conquer Gold.  It's the full game and includes the music as well

 

Episode 58 is up for your listening pleasure

11-04-09

Capcom UK setting up Monster Hunter drop-in center this Summer

Sega Examining Xbox 360 Virtual On Twin Sticks

Tri-Ace Mystery RPG Revealed

Everything starts with an E but, you don't expect to find one in a game.  A customer finds an ecstasy tablet in a Grand Theft Auto 4 box

Microsoft ordered to pay Uniloc $388 million

Pokemon to become a tournament and it will be called the video games world championship

Nintendo Concedes Wii Troubles in Japan

 

special mentions

Action Fist (Teknogames), which is a 2-player platform shooter currently in the works. The game is half done, and should be out sometime this year

The latest version of FreeCiv has been released

Telltale have announced a 20th anniversary edition of the Sam & Max series and that it has been nominated for the Best Graphic Album—Reprint category, of the Eisner Awards

BumpTop 3D physics enabled desktop is now available and might be going to Multitouch versions of Windows, and Windows 7

Tir Na Nog: The final Playstation 2 RPG has been announced for Japan

Final Fantasy XIII demo will be available next week in Japan

Fatal Frame IV will not be coming out in America because of Nintendo

Steambot Chronicles will soon be released in America

 

Episode 57 is up for your listening pleasure

04-04-09

Windows 7 Starter Edition to pave the way for $200 netbooks

Microsoft takes up to 60 per cent of Community Games revenue

The writing's on the wall for games retail

Riddick dev helming new Syndicate game

Nintendo: Used games aren't in the consumers best interests

PS3 Motion Sensing Remote Completed and Looking for Some Love

New tactics in film piracy battle

BioShock 2's Subtitle Saga: What was Sea of Dreams, and where did it go?

 

Special Mentions

Skype for iPhone goes live in Japan

8 bit computer now available for all your homebrewing needs

The much-awaited The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai by Ska Studios is to be released this Wednesday for 800 MS Points

EA drops DRM from the next Sims game

Eurogamer are giving away free trial keys for Age of Conan

Pandemic will still be releasing Saboteur in 2009 on 360 and PS3

Fracture is now available for the PlayStation 3 at $9.00 from play-asia

PixelJunk 3 in 1 pack is available at play-asia and includes PixelJunk Racers, PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Eden.  These games are on a single Blu-ray disc and that means you can now play them without downloading them

Web traffic in Sweden drops 33% in a single day, after their new anti-piracy law is enacted upon

 

Episode 56 is up for your listening pleasure

28-03-09

Max Payne 3 out this winter

GDC09: Rearden Studios introduces OnLive game service and microconsole

Levine's next treads unfamiliar ground

Steam tools make "DRM Obsolete"

Resi 6 could take eight years

Japanese interest in gaming on the decline

 

Special Mentions

Castle Crashers wins the Xbox Live game of the year

PC platform revenue hits $11 billion in 2008

Bungie are to make more Halo 3 content

Taito planning to release more Xbox Live Arcade remakes

Taito supports Virtual Console Arcade by releasing Puzzle Bobble on WiiWare

 

Episode 55 is up you your listening pleasure

21-03-09

BioShock 2 details confirmed

BioShock 2 drops subtitle

Multiple Marvel MMOs in development

Ninja Gaiden 2 on PS3: "Loss of face" says Itagaki

Solid Snake forms new studio

Utah Senate, House Pass Jack Thompson's Game Sales Bill

Casual gamers key to PS3 growth

Mass Effect 2 - What We Know

Awomo launches 'fastest' games download site

 

Special mentions

 

three new packs for Valkyria Chronicles include Hard EX Mode, Edy's Mission Enter the Edy Detachment, and Selvaria's Mission Behind Her Blue Flame

Lost Planet 2 and Dead Rising 2 to be released in 2010

Stranglehold movie won't star Chow Yun Fat.  That takes care of any interests I had in the Movie

New Behemoth game's an operatic platformer

UltraStar v0.6.2 is a free, open source, PC Karaoke simulator, similar to the well known Singstar

Outrun Online Arcade will be released on XBLA, on the 15th of April

New Xbox Experience will be available on the next OXM disc for the XBOX 360

Coke gives away 3 million Microsoft Points

NVIDIA licenses PhysX technology for Sony's PlayStation 3

PS3 Cross Battle Adapter Plus

Capcom Putting More PS1 Games On PSN

 

Episode 54 is up for your listening pleasure

14-03-09

Stranglehold coming to the big screen

Consoles no threat to PC strategy games

Microsoft unveils Windows Marketplace fees, splits, hopes, and dreams

Finalized USB 3.0 tests just months away, consumer devices set for next year

Damilola Taylor's father calls for violent game tax

BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams will feature two-player co-op

 

Special Mentions

Peggle is coming to XBOX Live on the 11th of March and will cost 800 Microsoft points

FreeCol v0.8.1 has been released.  It is a Colonization clone and it is free.  You can get it for Windows, Linux and Mac.

The Behemoth will be show casing their third title at the Tokyo Anime Fair

Crystal Defenders comes to US consoles on Xbox Live arcade first

Phantasy Star Portable for the Sony PSP is available to buy at Play-Asia

Denon gives away free Blu-ray player with receiver purchase

Sony admits it "under-supported" PSP

The Sega Megadrive is to return to the shops

Consumers will have to pay a higher price of the Nintendo Wii in the UK.

 

Episode 53 is up for your listening pleasure

07-03-09

Stop relying on sequels - Yasuhiro Wada

Mass Effect 2: EA Montreal onboard

Square Enix to buy out Eidos in May

Stormrise PC to be DirectX10.1-Windows Vista exclusive

Can Gamers Stop Worrying About Red Ring?

How Much Longer Will Physical Game Distribution Survive?

One Man’s Xbox 360 Hardware Woe - Beware The White Screen Of Doom

 

Special mentions

GSC Game World has released a build of its infamously troubled PC game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shaodw of Chernobyl 2004

Konami’s Manga Fighter contains A lot of characters

Microsoft undecided on Netflix-style service for Europe

Sega Licenses Genesis Roms To Taiwan Bus Company

Retro titles coming as PSP downloads

Separation is a full game that requires a full version of Doom 3.  It weighs in at nearly 450 Megabytes and is free

Mega Ten, the Shin Megamitensei online game, is now available to download and is free to play

BlazBlue has been confirmed for a North America summer release.

 

Episode 52 is up for your listening pleasure

28-02-09

Study: Violent Games Make Players "Comfortably Numb" to Suffering of Others

Alan Wake Plot Reveal.  The game's protagonist passes a note with hints about the story to come

PSP2 to drop UMD, says Dave Perry

CV reveals Aliens RPG is canned

3D gaming 'most anticipated' tech this year

 

Special mentions

Last Remnant has been given a release date on the PC

Pac-Man Physics is an experimental take on Namco's classic maze game

Atlus Online reveals that their first game available on-line will be Neo Steam

Capcom has unveiled Lost Planet 2 trailer

ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda, will be speaking at this years GDC

Dragon age trailer

Square Enix has confirmed that it will bring its games to Vale's Steam service, starting with Last Remnant on April the 9th

Dinowaurs is a hefty multiplayer combat/strategy game done completely in real-time

A Japanese website is offering porno downloads to the Sony PSP

Warhawk Command Centre is coming to Home

 

Episode 51 is up for your  listening pleasure

23-01-09

Sony refuses PlayStation brand for PSP Phone

Valve to convert pirates into payers

Hirai: Xbox "lacks longevity"

Sony to announce restructuring details soon

 

Special mentions

 

From the 31st of January this year, the pink ninja studios will ceased to exist in its current form.  The forms is ment to be transferred to a free forum site but that is all that I know at the moment.

Sony's MMO's will be joining Steam

File Planet has a demo of Defense Grid: The Awakening

F.E.A.R. 2 demo is to be released this week

A two-disc special edition release of BioWare's Mass Effect is planned for release in North America next month

Wipeout Pulse is heading to the Playstation 2

Plain Sight Open Beta Client is now available at Gamershell

 

Episode 50 is up for your listening pleasure

16-01-09

Neversoft finished with Tony Hawk's

Alec Baldwin discusses Galaga addiction shame

SONY sues Datel for Lite Blue Tool

Xbox 360 Community Developers Still Don’t Know Sales Figures

GAME gears up for rental service

Square Enix Celebrates 20 Years Of SaGa With A SaGa 2 Remake

 

Special mentions

Phantasy Star Zero heading to the west on the Nintendo DS

Blue Dragon Chinese release looks suspiciously similar to the Japanese game

One thousand plus Famicom cartridges for sale. 

Dual Shock 3 joystick drivers have been released on Windows

Conan servers have been reduced in number and this can not be a good thing for Funcom

Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins is coming to the Sony PSP

Resident Evil 5 demo will premier exclusively on the XBOX 360

 

Episode 49 is up for your listening pleasure

09-01-09

2009 Is The Year of ID's Return

Rumour: Lego Rock Band in works at TT

Richard Garriott planning comeback

Resident Evil 5 producer “worried' about Western devs”

Ballmer’s CES Keynote Promises To Be A Snoozer

Treasure's Maegawa: Microsoft Asked For Radiant Silvergun On XBLA

SCEE president David Reeves points out the obvious and says that Sony needs to "start making money"

Five More BioShocks On The Way

Reggie: “Nintendo IS listening to fans”

Sony Brands Xbox 360 as Too Expensive

 

Special mentions

Kotaku takes A Look at the Cancelled and Never Announced "Stormbirds".  It did look good

Closed Beta Testers Needed for Wind Slayer.  The closed beta test will take place between January 7th and 14th

SoftMax announced the sequel to Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, which will be called Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma for Xbox 360

9 Movie Trailer from Tim Burton

XBOX 360 records its best European Christmas ever

Aeria Games has announced updates that will be implemented into Last Chaos when it is released in the US

Square Enix Ties Up a deal with Ubisoft

Ziff Davis sells 1UP to UGO/Hearst and closes EGM

Sony shows PlayStation 3D to give it that IMAX feel

F.E.A.R 2 on the Playstation 3 demo is out this month, but only on Qore

Sony will use the Playstation brand  to sponsor the New York Yankees

 

 

Episode 48 is up for your listening pleasure

02-01-09

AQ Interactive Announces Cancellation Of Cry On For Xbox 360

Silocon Knights exec calls it quits

Ports and expansions "killed off a few" F.E.A.R. fans

LittleBigPlanet Can Do First-Person, Why Not

Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises and Plain Old BS

Crowning the king of the consoles

 

Special mentions

Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R elegantly crams N64 into a luscious handheld

Splatterhouse Trilogy Dreamcast Compilation

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Movie Trailer

Golden Axe Genesis version for Dreamcast

File planet has a remake of the old arcade game Last Starfighter and best of all is it's free

 

 

Episode 47 is up for your listening pleasure

26-12-08

Musicians make more from games than albums

Playstation 3 Will Be 3D Ready In 2009

Blue Dragon is better than Dragon Quest IX

Blue Dragon Goes Online

PS3 manufacturing costs almost

 

Special mentions

LittleBigPlanet Metal Gears Solid levels to be released next week

Factor 5 may have gone bankrupt and that has to be a bad thing

Secret of Mana will be available soon on Virtual Console

Phantasy Star IV will be available on Virtual Console this holiday

Deus Ex's Spector is working on a Mickey Mouse project

Execs Paid Big As Midway Crumbles

 

Episode 46 is up for your listening pleasure

19-12-08

Factor 5 Cuts 37

PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 later

Aussie F.E.A.R. 2 Ban Overturned

Documents suggest Microsoft knew Xbox 360 could damage discs all along

Nintendo Quietly Launches Club Nintendo

Nintendo's "register for free stuff" club goes live in North America.

Molyneux to top the bill at GDC 09

True Riddick sequel "couple of years out"

Square Enix: 360 easier to work with

PS3: Not Just For Games Anymore

 

Special mentions

Grand Theft Auto 4 - Patch #1

Terminator: Salvation Trailer 2

Legendary Demo is now available

Remake Game Pick: Ultimate Bruce Lee

FilePlanet has an editors pack of the best mods for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Remake Game Pick: Kung Fu 2 (Gary Gasko)

Aquaria Out on Steam for $16

Xbox 360 leads PS3 by 1m in Europe, which is surprising

Three videos of Noby Noby Boy in action

hunterchief117 has a useful guide on the iPhone apps page

God of war 3 will be "the last instalment of the multi-million unit franchise"

Between December 19 through December 28, Crysis Wars will be free

 

Episode 45 is up for your listening pleasure

12-12-08

Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008

Sigourney Weaver Appalled By Offer To Be In "Aliens" Game, Not Slated For "Ghostbusters"

Midway Cleared Of Psi-Ops Copyright Infringement

Age of Conan: How an MMORPG Dies

Dennis Hopper signs up for THQ game

Factor 5 Animator Claims Studio is Cutting Projects

Microsoft to "break the bank" at E3

EA founder questions PS Home goals

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time And Cross Cultural Communication

Special mentions

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 v1.05 Patch allows you to de-aurthorize a computer and return the used install back, and allowing you to install the game another time on a different PC

Parents warned on fake consoles on the BBC's website

Midway may default on $240 million in debt.  Are they sure they will be around in 2010 to release those games?

Gamestop is not interested in bidding for Woolworths

The Cliffster’s Badass Plan to Fix New Games Journo

The mouse hits 40-year milestone

Atari has acquired MMO developer Cryptic Studios and upsets Ubisoft in the process

Try out Burnout Paradise on the PC for free

Electronics Giant To Axe 8,000 JobsElectronics Giant To Axe 8,000 Jobs

Virtual world for Muslims debuts

Here is the Far Cry 2 Intel mission pack for PC

Fallout 3 High Definition Texture Pack for PC

Llamasoft's drug induced game Space Giraffe, is coming to the PC

Electronic Arts chief John Riccitiello, is suggesting the the new Star Wars MMO: The Old Republic will make its money from micro transactions, rather than a monthly subscription.

Home beta will be open to everyone tomorrow 

Capcom nearly cancelled Street Fighter HD over art work

File planet has a mission pack for Farcry 2 on the PC

EndWar is to get Escalation Pack DLC

Gears of war 3 for Christmas 2010, maybe

Fallout 3 Garden of Eden Creation Kit is now live

 

Episode 44 is up for your listening [pleasure

05-12-08

Jasper Xbox 360 to conquer Red Rings?

Four DLC packs for Last Remnant in December

Aonuma can't quit Zelda until he beats Ocarina of Time

Rumor: Fable II PC coming in February 2009?

Midway: Secret game looks 'better' than Gears 2

Uncut GTAIV PC coming to Australia

Activision: ‘Call of Duty: World At War’ DLC Will Be Unusual, Announced In 2009

 

Special mentions

Sony Playstation 3’s Home beta

New trailer for Black Mesa

Nintendo can not patent Wiimote

Nintendo make $6 for every Wii they sell

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online Closed Beta Client can be obtained at gamershell

Yakuza 3 will be bundled with a white Playstation 3 console

King of the Fighters the movie

Virtual hamster announced for the PSP

Age of Conan is still in production of the XBOX 360

The new XBOX 360 arcade will come with 256 MB of internal ram and according to Microsoft.  "We are constantly updating the console's more than 1700 internal components. We can confirm that we are moving to internal memory for the Xbox 360 Arcade. The physical internal memory is the same size as the previous external memory units - 256MB."

Atari will be distributing Tekken 6 and Demigod in Europe

Majesco are releasing Gardening Mama for the DS

There will be a free episode of Qore (episode 7) for the Playstation 3 on December the 8th

Crysis Warhead high resolution texture pack is now available on file planet but is 2 GB in size

Killzone 2 has been scheduled for a February release in the US

 

Episode 43 is up for your listening pleasure.

28-11-08

Rock Band kick pedal sparks lawsuit

Halo Wars controls better than a PC RTS

The Adventure Continues With Three All-New FINAL FANTASY XI Expansion Chapters!

Jaffe blown away by God of War 3

NXE reportedly causes sound issues for HDMI users

Relic "definitely looking" at Homeworld 3

PSP piracy is "trending down", says Sony

Gearbox Shelves Aliens Title Amid Layoffs

Data shows Wii games discounted fastest

 

Quick mentions

Tabula Rasa will end live service on February 28, 2009

Dead Space demo debuts on XBOX Live and PSN yesterday

Megaman the movie trailer was posted this week.

There is a list of all the XBOX 360 games that can be installed to the hard drive and it tells you the size of install and the effect is has installing it to the hard drive.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3's demo is now available on PC at Gamershell

Pokimon cough syrup.  What next?  Maybe preparation Pokimon?  Pokimon plasters.  Pokimon Bear, where you look at an ugly person and after a few beers say.  “I choose you”

Columbia Pictures movies now back on XBOX Live, via Netflix

There is a new version of Freeciv, which is an open source version of Civilization and well worth playing, especially as it's free.

Star Ocean: Second Evolution is delayed until January the 20th

Halo 3: recon has changed its name to Halo 3: ODST

The Sega Dreamcast turns ten years old this week.

XBOX Live Market place, are having a sale on Black Friday.

Soon the Playstation 3's internet browser will be able to handle Flash.

Ubisoft are working on Assassin creed 2, with no release date yet.

Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon PS3 Cancelled.

Australia Ratings Board Blocks F.E.A.R. 2

Sony's Home will available this year to everyone, according to PlayStation Home director, Jack Buser. 

Grand Theft Auto VI on the PC, gets thirty two player online multiplayer modes.

One of the actors who does the voices in Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, was shot in Mumbai  yesterday. 

Canadian actor Michael Rudder "took three bullets" during the Mumbai attacks, but is now stable and recovering in hospital, according to an organizer of the spiritual retreat the Montreal performer had enrolled in.

 

Episode 42

21-11-08

Second Life affair ends in divorce

The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii Turns Two

PSN sees 14 million active accounts

OFFICIAL: Gears 2 Matchmaking Update

New Outrun Game Racing To Consoles?

King of Fighters XII Officially Confirmed for U.S. Release

Halo 3 & NXE

Xbox 360 storms past 7m sales in Europe

USB 3.0 demonstrations dazzle: uncompressed 1080p transfer proves simple

Square Enix: "one-console market is over"

 

Special mentions

Locoroco 2 flash game was posted this week

Street Fighter 4 will be released in Europe next February on the XBOX 36o and Playstation 3

The second Watchman trailer is available in HD on file planet.

There is a download pack on file plane for Fallout 3 and includes mods and other useful things.

There is a new website that is devoted to XNA games called xnplay.co.uk

Netflix looses Sony / Columbia pictures on the verge of NXE

Championship Gaming Series is no more

New Zombie Peggle coming out to coincide with the release of Left for Dead

EA and Gillette are joining up to offer prizes to winners of their sports competition

Half Life is officially ten years old and to celerbrate that fact, Valve are selling it on Steem for 98 Cents

Sony get the wallet out again for infringing some ones patents again.

ELSPA close down another modder and find £16,000 of counterfeit goods 

Chrono Trigger piracy checks already beaten

 

Episode 41 is up for your listening pleasure

14-11-08

New Class-Action Suits Target EA, SecuROM, The Sims & Spore Creature Creator

[SecuROM] cannot be completely uninstalled. Once installed it becomes a permanent part of the consumer's software portfolio...

NINTENDO PREPS FOR ROOM-TO-ROOM VOICE CHATTING

Sacred 2 adopts unique PC DRM

New Dead Space weapons, skins coming Nov. 13

Nintendo Hit With Lawsuit Over Wii Motion Controls

inFamous will be "about quality", not length, says creative director

Rumor: Zune to double as additional Xbox storage

 

Special mentions

The warlord (jet Li)

Fallout 3 patch for the PC has been released

Fifa Soccer 09 and Pro Evolution Soccer 09 have had patches released for the PC

High resolution pack for Duke Nukem 3D on the PC

Dell will be selling this Friday, an XBOX 360 Arcade Holiday Bundle, with the Rock Band 2 Game for $199.00

Mitch Mitchel from the Jim Hendrix Experience sadly passed away this week.

 

Episode 40 is up for your listening pleasure

07-11-08

DSi to reach Europe by next autumn

PS3 "break apart" motion pad sighted

No Xbox 360 price drop for "many years"

New 360 hard drive bundle coming soon

EA CEO proclaims long-term support for Pandemic's franchise, says original IPs won't be sequelized on annual basis.

EA makes Red Alert 3 CD key blooper

Killzone 2 beta gets underway

 

Special mentions

 

World of Goo is now available on the Mac

Team fortress has been made for the PSP

Call of Duty: World at War beta now available on the PC

SquareEnix shop to open in Europe

 

Episode 39 is up for your listening pleasure

31-10-08

Fable 2: Monks Quest Issue - Unresponsive Oakfield Abbot

Woman in jail over virtual murder

Bethsoft asks Big Download and other sites to pull all Fallout 3 trailers

New Elder Scrolls "potentially" for 2010

Australia’s 18+ rating is indefinitely on Hold

 

Eurogamer Expo 2008

 

Street Fighter 4 arcade and on xbox 360

super street fighter 2 HD remix

Killzone 2

resident evil 5

little big planet

call of duty world at war

air combat 6

po evolution soccer 2009

 

indie

plain sight xbox 360 and pc

braid on pc

lead programmer of crackdown

alien the movie. creator of the armour.

Farcry 2 compition

Q&A

 

Episode 38 is up for your listening pleasure

24-10-08

EA at work on new Syndicate

Fable II online co-op for launch

Blizzard's next MMo won't be a World of Warcraft Sequel

Xbox 360 Growth in Japan Has Topped All Platforms from March to September

Help save videogames from extinction

SSFII Turbo HD Remix "very soon"

 

Episode 37 is up for your listening pleasure

17-10-08

Halo MMO would be "challenging" - Bungie

Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7

ESRB listing shows Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the PS3

MGS4 on 360 Rumors Gain round

Microsoft Confirms Feature Cut from New Xbox 360 Dashboard

Rare working on Killer Instinct 3?

 

Episode 36 is up for you listening pleasure

10-10-08

Eidos confirms Deus Ex 3 is prequel

Thousands of COD X360 keys soon

Microsoft Preps External Blu-Ray Disc Optical Drive for Xbox 360.

New Xbox Dash Gets Release Date

More background revealed about made up piracy figures

Microsoft TGS Keynote Roundup

Area 51 is now available for free from Gamershell

Full Spectrum Warrior for the PC for free

Diablo III will be playable at Blizzcon

 

Episode 35 is up for your listening pleasure

03-10-08

Kojima already has ideas for MGS5

Pre-owned market had "big" effect on Halo, says Bungie dev

Man accused of stealing $180,000 in Xbox, PS3 scheme

Nintendo officially unveils Nintendo DSi and online store, coming Nov 1 in Japan for $180

New Wii due by 2011

A special section from the God of British Radio

 

Episode 34 is up for your listening pleasure

26-09-08

L.A. Noire: A Year Off and No Longer PS3 Exclusive?

Rare: No plans to revive more old franchises

SEGA's 7th Dragon Revealed

Quick mentions

Eurogamer Expo is next week

XBOX 360 HITS SIX MILLION IN EUROPE

Live scheduled downtime: September 29, 2008

Diablo 2

 

Episode 33 is up for your listening pleasure

19-09-08

Halo Studio gearing up for next-gen

Sony upset with third-party PSP support

The Microchip Turns 50 Today, Here's the Original

Team17 making more Alien Breed

Movie man buys Mass Effect rights

Far Cry 2 LiveText TODAY!

 

Episode 32 is up for your listening pleasure

12-09-08

Square Enix withdraws Tecmo offer

Overheated Xbox Blamed for Burning Down Home

Happy 9th Birthday Dreamcast!

Halo Studio gearing up for next-gen

Games to trump music sales at HMV News

Game Drops on Concern Discounts May Cause `Price War' (Update1)

iPod Touch v2 Secretly Has Bluetooth, But Will Apple Enable It?

Quick mentions

The incredible hulk

Half Life

 

Episode 31 is up for your listening pleasure

05-09-08

No Gears of War 2 on PC, Says Epic

Gears 2 will not have a Halo 2-style ending

Everyday Shooter’ Coming To PSP

Street Fighter IV already broken?

Eurogamer Expo this October!

TT not going to "take the piss" out of LEGO-game fans

 

Episode 30 is up for you listening pleasure

29-08-08

Killzone 2 co-op to be patched after launch, bots confirmed

Taito responds to 'unauthorized' Space Invaders 9/11 exhibit

Xbox Live in youth voting drive

Perry: "Sony has no chance of making money on the PS3"

No PS3 price cut this year, says Reeves

Max Payne 3 and New PS3 Exclusive Coming From Rockstar?

 

 

Episode 29 is up for your listening pleasure

22-08-08

Sony won't cut PS3 price at Leipzig

Dragon Age: Origins coming to consoles

Remedy "working hard" on Alan Wake

The PS3 has already cost Sony over $3.3 billion, which is apparently more than the company made on its ubiquitous PS2 during the first five years, according to DFC.

 

 

Episode 28 is up for your listening pleasure

15-08-08

PSP extended life battery kit is discontinued

WWE star wants "more violence" in games

Fallout 3 Cleared For Australian Release

Microsoft Explains Why Final Fantasy XIII Is On Xbox 360

Jeffery: Yu Suzuki Still With Sega As 'Creative Officer'

Batman the dark knight

 

Episode 27 is up for your listening pleasure

08-08-08

"360's the better platform" for contemporary games - Carmack

Bethesda has plans for Fallout 4

"Loads of plans" for LittleBigPlanet

Old People? Ha! You Can Keep 'em! Sony Wants PS2 Owners...

‘Diablo III’ Designer Turns Tables, Judges Fans’ Screenshots

Balance Board Tetris for WiiWare

Bungie Says Halo Could Learn From Call of Duty 4

Area 88

Code Geass

 

Episode 26 is up for you listening pleasure

01-08-08

Sony promises Leipzig ‘blockbuster’

Too Human demo classes unlock over time, internal clock shift makes them all available

Wright: "Play Spore for your entire life and you'll never visit everywhere"

Gears film gets Legendary boost

Quick mentions

You won't get a Okami 2 until the original sells more

Live Silver for xbox allowing online play?

Firmware (v2.42) Now Available

 

Episode 25 is up for you listening pleasure

25-07-08

Top Execs Criticize Current State Of E3

Intel turns 40

Ubisoft Used Pirate Hack to Fix Rainbow Six Vegas 2

GFW Live Goes Free, DirectX 11 Unveiled

HMV to sell VAT-free games in-store

The Final Fantasy Info [Rumor]

WipEout HD delayed for failing epilepsy tests

 

Episode 24 is up for your listening pleasure

17-07-08

Final Fantasy 13 coming to the XBOX 360

Major nelson gives some new details on the new dash board

Apogee to be resurrected as publisher

Xbox Division FINALLY Reports Profitable Year

Quick mentions

Dungeon Hero

Gears of war 2 given a date

Fable 2 finished and given a date

Ubisoft announces I am alive

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS

Sony unveils 256-player MAG: Massive Action Game

Sony announces its new download service

The PSN Video Store will be region locked

Neon Evangelion

11th of July 2008

 

Episode 23 is up for your listening pleasure

11-07-08

Hudson: PS3 development too expensive

PS3 firmware 2.41 out "midweek", says Sony

David Hayter Begged Konami To Change MGS4 Stuff

Introversion making game with Channel 4

A Decade Later, We Get New Thunder Force Game

Capcom 1942 remake out this month

People Who Sold Their iPhones May Not Be Eligible For Subsidized iPhone 3G Upgrade

Konami Sues Viacom Over `Rock Band' Music Video Game (Update2)

Neon Evangellion

 

04th of July 2008 ( Independance Day)

Episode 22 is up for your listening Pleasure

04-07-08

Nintendo Push Back Relase Of DVD-Playing Wii

Square Enix's free-to-play, item-based MMORPG Concerto Gate

Minority Report Designer Behind New, Motion-Controlled 360 GUI?

BioWare Confirms PC Support, ‘Looking At’ iPhone Development

Fallout 3 Producer Disappointed With Diablo III And Starcraft II

Dizzy and the other side

Small review of Hasndcock and Wall-E

 

27th of June 2008

Episode 21 is up for your listening pleasure

27-06-08

No online host advantage in Gears 2

3DRealms are looking for staff; maybe to complete a certain game. 

Square Enix releases old games via PSN

Grand Theft Morals: Slossberg targets violent video games. The Ideats at New Haven Magazine snub a fringe festival.

Rumor: UGO-owned E3.net lists Kid Icarus, Alan Wake, HL2: Episode 3

Raiden IV to be released on the XBOX 360 this September in Japan

 

20th of June 2008

Episode 20 is up for your listening Pleasure

20-06-08

Darlings' of UK games honoured

Tecmo Employees Sue Tecmo

Die Hard director to do Gears film

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Database on the way!

5 LEGO Video Games That Will Never Happen

Scarygirl game

Jetset  Brontosaurus

Avalanche

Battlestar Galactica 04 10

 

13th of June 2008

Episode 19 is up for your listening pleasure

13-06-08

This weeks topics

2K Games Revives Sid Meier’s Colonization

Bach: no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox

DiCaprio to star in Atari biopic

More Rock Band 2 rumours emerge

system requirements for Spore have been released

Halo Wars co-op, multiplayer details revealed

Commando 3 and the slightly delayed Street Fighter 2 HD Remix release

O2 Offers Upgrades To Existing iPhone Owners

Street Fighter IV in London next month

Battlestar Galactica season 4 episode 9

 

06th of June 2008

Episode 18 is up for your listening pleasure

06-06-08

Self destructing DVD to come back

PC Huxley Officially Coming To North America

StillAliveDS: Portable 2D Portal for DS

Sony Set To Open Up To In-Game Advertisers

Toshiba to resume format wars

is Warner Brothers working on Potter MMORPG

Kojima Productions Says "No MGS4 90 Minute Cutscenes"

EA officially reveals Crysis Warhead

EA Kills Red Alert 3 for PlayStation 3

 

30th of May 2008

Episode 17 is up for your listening pleasure

30-05-08

Ubisoft gives Avatar a rough date

Sony's Stringer: PS3 No Longer 'On Life Support'

Metal Gear Solid Books It To Store Shelves

Apple planning solar-powered iPods

Microsoft explains XBLA delistings

 

23rd of May 2008

Episode 16 is up for your listening pleasure

23-05-08

Samsung unleashes ultra-sharp 2160p HDTV

Square Enix: Acquisitions Key to Growth Strategy

Rare Mated Viva Pinata DS And 360

Nintendo DS - Xbox 360 Connectivity Considered For 'Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise'

Ziff Davis Wraps Up Restructuring, Cuts Debt

Nintendo Fights “Shocking” Price Fixing Fine

Second generation XO laptop unveiled

battlestar galactica se04 ep07

3 kingdoms resurrection of the dragon

ironman

 

16th of May 2008

Episode 15 is up for your listening pleasure

16-05-08

Miyamoto say US developers are better than Japanese

So... Will There Be Another Metal Gear Solid?

Kojima: Western Devs "Have Surpassed Us"

Rumor: Gamerscores transferring to next Xbox console

Rumor: 360 dashboard update to support game installs, 'motion sensor devices'

Postal Opening On Four Screens (Yes, FOUR)

Retro review of the original Unreal

Battlestar Galactic episode 6

 

09th of May 2008

Episode 14 is up for your listening pleasure

09-05-08

News

Forbes: GTA IV poses threat to Wii

T-Mobile officially confirms 3G iPhone

Happy Birthday, Wolfenstein

Blizzard begins digital distribution

GTA IV sells 926,000 units first week in UK

MPAA awarded $110 million in TorrentSpy suit

Federal legislation proposes ID checks for video game retailers

PS3 will take the lead, says Hirai

 

movies

forbidden kingdom

treasure hunt 2

doomsday

 

02nd of May 2008

Episode 13 is up for your listening plearsure

02-05-08

Codemasters acquires Sega Racing Studio

PS2 to PS3 Guitar Hero Adapter Rescues Otherwise Non-Functional Guitars

Be Happy That You Aren't Buying GTA IV In Denmark (Sorry If You Are)

Take-Two Stock Trading Higher Than EA's Offer

Duke Nukem Forever still coming

Crytek drops PC exclusives

Xenogears

and Once upon a time in China series

 

25th of  April 2008

Episode 12 is up for your listening pleasure

25-04-08

Microsoft Staffing Up For Peter Jackson's Halo: Chronicles?

Time Readers: Kiefer Sutherland More Influential Than Miyamoto

Not Planning DS or Wii Price Cuts This Year

Review of season 4, episode 3 of Battlestar Galactica

What have I been playing: Xenogears

 

19th of April 2008

19-04-08

Capcom exec expects western acquisition in next 2 years

The campaign for TimeSplitters 2 HD

DualShock 3 gets Oz release date

Hudson confirms WiiWare shooter Star Soldier R for North America

Sign Up For The Quake Live Beta

What have I been playing: Xenogears

 

11th of April  2008

Episode 10 is up for your listening pleasure

11-04-08

Wii Gets A Pretty New GameCube Controller

SEGA confirms Racing Studio closure

Xbox 360 HD-DVD player gets patch

Earthworm Jim, MDK and co. to return

Europe Totally Fucked Over On Rock Band Pricing

I do a retro review of Final Fantasy 6

I also review this first episode of the final season of Battlestar Galactica

 

04th of April 2008

Episode 9 is up for you listening pleasure

04-04-08

Ex-Xbox man predicts death of consoles

Supreme Commander 2 Waiting For PCs Of The Distant Future

Sonic Unleashed confirmed

Kojima talks about the future of MGS

GTA IV cleared by BBFC, 'no cuts made'

Science says: Game violence makes players relaxMad people forge actual WOW Epics

A retro review of AH MY Goddes the anime series

 

28th of March 2008

Episode 8 is up for your listening pleasure

28-03-2008

The real reason Microsoft won't bring Blu-ray to the Xbox: HDi

WiiWare Final Fantasy to charge for downloadable races

Wonder Boy, Fantasy Zone coming to North American VC

How To Get Around Microsoft's Shitty DRM

Epic patches UT3 on PS3

Master Chief Makes PS3 Appearance

In the retro corner is a retro-review of Super Mario World

 

21st of March 2008

Episode 7 is up for your listening pleasure.

21-03-2008

This weeks topics;.

Japan to get steel-coloured PS3

UK Xbox 360 sales up 40%

Digimon MMO in the works

Haze PS3 exclusivity clouds over ... again

Fable 2 will 'talk to' three XBLA games

Acer planning 'open standard' gaming PC

Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

Last but not least; I review Final Fantasy 7 in the retro corner.

 

Episode 6 is now uploaded for your listening pleasure.

14-03-08

Rockstar consider making an MMORPG GTA?

Mass Effect has extra content.

Grand Turismo 5 is to be released in the UK before the US.

BioShock 2 due in fiscal Q4 2009 from 2K Marin.

Square Enix commits to simultaneous worldwide releases.

Mass Effect 2 will be a "richer" experience

 

Episode 5 of davesworld podcast, is up for your listening pleasure

07-03-2008

news discussed this week

Kojima Says Blu-Ray Disc Doesn't Have Enough Space

Ecko picks up Dexter licence

Phil Harrison named president of Infogrames

"Atari is gaming's best opportunity" - Phil Harrison

Rock Band earns Harmonix possible $208.7 million bonus

 

Episode 4 is up for your listening pleasure.

29-02-2008

News articles this week:

Japanese MGS4 Won't Have English Subtitles

Finnish researchers: Video games don't desensitize to violence

Rumor: Lost Odyssey sequels on the way

$1 billion investment needed to take on World of Warcraft - Kotick

Retro: Sensible World of Soccer

 

Episode 3 of the Davesworld podcast is up and ready for your listening pleasure.

22-02-08

Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses

Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft

Red Rings claim display 360 at GDC

Ps3 out sells the xbox 360 for the first time ever

Cliffie b say that the pc market is in disarray

 

Episode 2 is up for your listening pleasure

15-02-2008

news of the week

Governerment in action

EA says sorry

Microsoft not a true believer

Guiness records gamers edition

Street Fighter IV playable at GDC

Mass Effect confirmed for PC

PlayStation 3 sells one million in UK

 

Episode 1 is up for your listening pleasure.

11-02-2008

The first episode of davesworld is now up and hopefully will be bi-weekly and maybe weekly depending on who I can drag in to do it with me.

This week I am on my own, but that's cool.

subjects reviewed

Movies

1: Cloverfield
2: Hitman
3: There will be blood

Games

4: Crysis

5: Portal

Anime

12: fist of the north star

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