Archive for February, 2008
PlayTV Has Zero Restrictions On Recorded Video Footage [Playtv]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Somewhat-exciting news, Europeans! SCEE have revealed that PlayTV, the PS3’s digital TV set-top box and recorder, will let you do almost anything with your video files once they’ve been recorded. Anything?
Anything you like, really, as long as you do it legally. It’s in its raw format…We’ve talked to […]
GDC 08: SNK Playmore is the king of fighters
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Destructoid.
After a bit of a hike from the Moscone Center, I finally made it to SNK Playmore’s press room. My relatively unhealthy blogger body didn’t agree with the San Francisco hills, but the journey was worth it: SNK’s room was packed with goodness.
A nice spread of monitors […]
With Blueprint, EA Trying To Get All Creative [Business]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Electronic Arts doesn’t just want to buy Take Two. It also wants to make smaller, more original games. The publisher is best know for huge, ubiquitous franchises like The Sims and Madden, but is looking to get creative with its new development arm, Blueprint. The Blueprint games […]
Love Is A Procedurally-Generated MMO [Love]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
This is Love. Love is different. It’s a little bit FPS, it’s a little bit MMO, it’s a little bit adventure game. The basic deal is as follows: it’s an online game, which you play in small groups, and it’s hoped those small groups will band together as […]
US Government Ready to Spy on MMO Players [Politics]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
There are bad people on the internet. Really bad. Good thing the government is gonna get them! According to the US Director of National Intelligence, the country’s top snoopers are developing software that will help trackdown violent extremists congregating in online worlds. The proposed project falls under […]
EA Modelled Their Recent Restructure On Rockstar [Ea]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
OK, so billions of dollars haven’t convinced anyone from Take-Two to sell. Time to get with the flattery, which EA must believe will get them somewhere. During the conference call from earlier today, EA boss John Riccitiello was positively gushing over T2’s star stable, and how they […]
Learn About Japan’s Gaming Grannies [Only In Japan]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
It’s numbers time! That’s right, we’ve got a post full of data that provides insight into people who answered survey questions. Hooray. In this case, it’s over a thousand old Japanese ladies between the ages of 50 and 69. Findings include: 41.3 percent have a game console. […]
Xbox Japan Finally Kills Off HD DVD Player [Xbox 360]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
While Microsoft struck down its Xbox 360 HD DVD Player last week, Xbox Japan was still milling things over last we heard. But today, no more! As of today, Xbox Japan has decided to wash its hands of the HD DVD Player. Surprised? No one is! This […]
LittleBigPlanet Might Just Be Sony’s Biggest Game Of 2008 [Littlebigplanet]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, whatever. They’re sideshows. Distractions. No, for Sony, the year’s biggest game on the PS3 might just be LittleBigPlanet, with an SCEE rep saying it’s “potentially our biggest Blu-ray release of 2008″. That announcement was partly to let us know Sony are just […]
Let’s Get Real About Bionic Commando Wii Port [Capcom]
26 February 2008This post brought to you by Kotaku.
The idea of a Wii Bionic Commando port sounds nice and all. You could use the Wii-mote to swing around. Great! No wonder there’s an internet petition trying to make it happen. The cold, brutal reality is something else altogether — if not impossible. About that pie-in-the-sky […]
