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Friday, May 30, 2008 - Posts

  • Fri

    Ninja's Are Coming

    Very cutesy and a little strange game coming out for the Nintendo DS later on in the year by the name of Ninja Town. The game will also be launched with a range of plush toys as well as a comic book series. The trailer below says much more than words ever could so give it a look and don't be surprised if you need a second look to work out just what is going on.
  • Fri

    Army of TWO DLC

    Fans of Army of Two on both PS3 and 360 will be pleased to hear that new maps have been released for the game. The even better news though is that the maps are free meaning there's nothing to stop people from downloading the goodness straight away. There's brand new campaign co-op maps and the obligatory multiplayer maps as well.
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    Sketch for Budding Artists On The DS

    Great tutorial was uncovered recently on Wired's How to Wiki on how you can go about converting your DS into a tablet of art to enable gamers with an artistic streak to sketch portraits and what not on the DS's touch screen. Some results of the sketch program created by Jason R. Dunn follow. Some third party hardware is required but for those you who may already have what's required, it may be fun to play around with.
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    No Delisting for XBLA

    Microsoft gamers were shocked recently with the news that XBLA game that are underperforming will be removed the download roster meaning you'll never be able to get it once it's delisted. In the wake of the devastation that followed, Microsoft have released the following statement: We've stated that underperforming games on XBLA may be delisted. To be delisted, a game has to meet all three of the following criteria: * Been on the service for at least 6 months * Have less than a 65 Metacritic...
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    Layton Goes Mobile

    For those of you out there who can't get enough of Professor Layton and can't wait til the sequels start coming out, you can settle your puzzle solving fix with the news that the Prof. will be hitting mobile phones. Wait, maybe I should have said that once again, those lucky Japanese with their land of wonders will be receiving the DS game in question. Sorry for the raised hopes, Sherlock's in the making :(
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    Delays For Saints 2

    GTA clone, Saints Row, received accolades when released on the Xbox 360 so it was little surprise that the inevitable sequel was announced. Unfortunately the groan of gamers could be heard around the world when it was revealed today that Saints Row 2 has been pushed back to October. Sources say the reason for the push is to give the developers enough time to tweak it and essentially make it better. Bob Aniello, THQ's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, explained it with the following...
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    Wii Gets DLC For Guitar Hero

    The bane of many Wii Guitar Hero players is the inability to download content like it's competitors on Xbox 360 and PS3. Breaking news from Activision show that the developer has plans to release DLC for the Wii as well. At this point, no one knows how the Wii's limited capacity will handle the DLC but no doubt the developers will work out this major kinks before then.
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    Metal Gear Solid Graphic Novel

    Fans of the MGS franchise will already have purchased or at the very least see the digital graphic novel that was released on UMD for the Sony PSP. Well news has come out announcing the release of a followup sequel called Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee dues for release on DVD June 12th for Japan. Being the resourceful buggers that we are, we managed to source the first 18 or so minutes of the DVD. Don't worry about it being in Japanese, there will be English speech bubbles so you can follow...