Archive for February, 2008
‘No plans’ for Resident Evil Zero on Wii in Europe or US
28 February 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Nintendo Wii
Just after Japanese gaming-mag Famitsu broke news of a Wii port of Resident Evil Zero, Capcom has responded, telling Eurogamer, “We currently have no plans to bring the Wii version of Resident Evil 0 that you saw in Famitsu yesterday to either US or Europe […]
Iron Lore studios officially shuts down
28 February 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Culture, Business
Iron Lore studios, developers of Titan Quest and the upcoming Warhammer 40K Dawn of War expansion Soulstorm, officially announced it ceased operations on Feb. 19. Iron Lore’s notice states that the closure was due to “several unrelated events” which caused the company to not secure […]
PSN Thursday: Sadists rejoice with new PAIN character
28 February 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Online
Not through pummeling your pixelated pals with PAIN? Well, this week the PSN update will allow you to procure for a pittance a pirate to persistently pound into pavement. Skurv Dogg is a new downloadable character for PSN’s PAIN at a […]
Wanna take on World of Warcraft? Got a billion dollars?
28 February 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: PC, MMO
We all know that World of Warcraft rules the MMO space with a sun-deprived, Cheetoh-dust-stained fist. But just how extensive is that rule? Well, to give you some idea, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has just told GamesIndustry.biz “We don’t think that even if we made […]
Europe gets GT5 and Blu-Ray PS3 bundles, same €399 price
28 February 2008This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Since we all know Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe can’t agree on a single thing (see: GPS, PlayTV, 80GB PS3) it should come as little surprise that they’re releasing two 40GB PS3 bundles, neither of which have the words “metal” […]
Sega announces Valkyria Chronicles for PS3
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
An RPG in my PS3? As unlikely as it sounds, it looks like Sega has decided to give it a shot, much to the pleasure of the RPG-starved owners of the console. The title will be released in Japan as Valkyria of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles and promises […]
Leroy Akbar: U.S. looking for terrorists in MMOs
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
Not satisfied with having completely eradicated the global threat of terrorism, the U.S. Department of Intelligence, in their infinite wisdom and spendthrift, have turned their attentions to the final asylum of those that hope to violently wrest our freedom from us: MMOs.
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New releases for the week of 02/25/08
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
Lots of games are out this week! Frontlines: Fuel of War is one I’ve been looking forward to for awhile now. I really did enjoy the multiplayer. Speaking of which, the contest ends tonight!
Aside from that, I really want to get the Lost game only for the […]
Reminder: Triggerheart Exelica on XBLA this Wednesday
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
These last few weeks in Xbox Live Arcade have been nothing short of fantastic, with great release after great release. Topher informed us a few days ago that one of his most beloved shmups was going to be released on the 27th in Japan, but there wasn’t any […]
Destructoid Rewind: Top stories from last year, Feb 25 -March 1, 2007
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
There’s something kind of endearing about overseas product scams in the video game universe. While a knock-off iPod will be looked at with utter disgust, a Famiclone posing as a ten dollar PlayStation 3 is just shy of adorable. The bargain next-gen retro machine tops the chart […]
