Archive for January, 2008
Sony insider talks PS3 SKU strategy
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
GameDaily BIZ tapped one of its “very reliable” Sony sources to find out what’s going on with the never-ending roller coaster of PS3 SKUs and strategy. According to the source the executive teams and product strategists are meeting this week in Japan and […]
Destructoid review: Rez HD
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
Ah, Rez — the cult classic of cult classics. Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s attempted synthesis of retro graphics, pulsing trance beats, simplistic on-rails shooter gameplay, and rhythmic vibration remains etched in videogaming’s collective memory, despite (or perhaps because of) how damned hard it was to find a working copy […]
Rock Band Confirmed For Wii And Q2 European Release [Harmonix]
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Electronic Arts confirmed today that gamers who currently find themselves without a copy of Rock Band, due to either console allegiance or geography, finally have hope. The European market is scheduled to get the game in some form within the first quarter of EA’s financial year, which translates […]
Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart [Media Create]
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Look at the little PSP go! He’s all like “I think I can! I think I can! I think I can reach the number one spot in weekly Media Create hardware sales charts again!” Makes you misty-eyed, doesn’t it? Too bad his dreams are about to be crushed […]
The Smash DOJO!! recap: This is not the end
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is now out in Japan but the DOJO continues to update. Starting off on Monday, Sakurai went over the Vault. He basically went over every detail from the six options at the main menu. On Tuesday, he revealed all the songs that are unlocked […]
Today’s most retro recap video: Super Tecmo Bowl XLII
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Retro, Sports, Video
Exactly one year ago, the BBPS gang tried to use Tecmo Bowl to predict the Super Bowl champs. The game simulation picked the Bears (yeah, that was wrong). This year, Madden 08 picked Tom Brady’s New England Patriots as the winning time for Super […]
Arcana Heart Brings Girl-on-Girl Brawling Home [Clips]
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
The release of Examu’s arcade fighter Arcana Heart on North American shores may not get you hot and bothered, but this is pure girl on girl 2D fighting action we’re talking about, kids. Every anime girl archetype you can muster up is covered, from pink-haired teens in school […]
PlayStation 3 Development Still Problematic For EA [Ea]
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
In today’s EA investor conference call, CEO John Riccitiello was asked by analysts whether the company’s PlayStation 3 development process had caught up with its Xbox 360 development process, an issue that had led to delays at a number of publishers. “Not quite,” Riccitiello said, adding “There’s no […]
Today in Joystiq: January 31, 2008
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
We’re glad they made the Kirby pinata look angry — if he had a cute face, it’d be so much harder to smack him with a baseball bat wearing Ness clothes. Check out the highlights for today:
JoystiqueryOff the Grid reviews Universal Fighting SystemToday’s most cooperative video: Haze split-screenX3F […]
Lost on Xbox Live Marketplace now, King of Kong coming in Feb.
31 January 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
Just in case you - the loner, who refused to get “caught up” in Lost hysteria - feel left out while everyone (everyone who still cares that is) watches the season opener of the popular cliffhanger-fest, Microsoft has announced that their deal with ABC […]
