Your weekly Shadow of the Colossus update
Posted by inpheaux on August 27th, 2005 at 6:56 pmSuper-Belated update [04 NOV 2005]: Our links to the exclusive hidden Shadow of the Colossus wallpapers died at some point. Here, I've fixed them now. And hey, look, we even found some new ones, and have links to all the resolutions. Aren't we so helpful?
The Minotaur - 800x600 / 1024x768 / 1600x1200
The Mammoth - 800x600 [...]
Psychonauts European localization is finished
Posted by inpheaux on August 26th, 2005 at 11:43 am As we previously reported, the wonderful game Psychonauts recently secured real proper distribution stuff via Majesco's deal with THQ. While this was great news and all, we hadn't heard much about the actual progress of the localization.
Well, according to a post two days ago on the Double Fine Action News, it's done. I wouldn't [...]
Corporate Buyout Conspiracy Theories
Posted by inpheaux on August 23rd, 2005 at 8:54 amPlease don your tinfoil hats, we've got two Big Ones today.
First, merger news is nothing new in the Japanese game industry, everyone seems to be huddling together over there just to try and survive. Just in recent years we've seen Square and Enix, Sega and Sammy, the weird transformation process from SNK to SNK Playmore, [...]
Quake 3 Source Code is out
Posted by inpheaux on August 19th, 2005 at 3:57 pmAttention all aspiring indie game developers: it's out. As we reported earlier, id Software has released the source code responsible for the Quake 3 engine. It's now available for you to hack apart and build into your very own game, provided said game ends up being GPL'ed as well. It hasn't hit id's "Technology Downloads" [...]
Majesco Games go global thanks to THQ
Posted by inpheaux on August 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pmGood news for all of you out in those crazy parts of the world that tend to get ignored by the video game industry. Earlier today, THQ and Majesco inked a deal to have THQ handle distribution of 14 Majesco titles in PAL territories over the next two years. This means even more people will [...]
Xbox 360 Price(s) leaked
Posted by inpheaux on August 17th, 2005 at 8:49 amThe LA Times apparently decided today that they're too good for waiting for official announcements, so they jumped the gun and posted the final release price(s) of the two editions of the Xbox 360.
Behind door number 1, we have the normal version. Costs $299, includes one console, one wireless controller, all the standard cable hookups, [...]
Zelda Slips to 2006
Posted by inpheaux on August 16th, 2005 at 7:54 amI am tearing up right now because I have an eyelash in my eye. I swear that's the reason.
This morning Nintendo announced that the most-anticipated last-hurrah for the Gamecube, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, has been pushed to 2006. The main reason cited is that the dev team wants more time to make the game [...]
Metapost: 3 New Reviews and an Open Call
Posted by inpheaux on August 15th, 2005 at 11:50 pmWe're super sorry for sitting on these reviews for a few weeks longer than initially expected, but I wanted to get our brand new review results page sorted out first. Oh, and our image-link-ifier. So here's our latest batch of reviews:
Psychonauts! - For those of you who haven't gotten to experience the Live Version [...]
Shadow of the Colossus releasedate slips a month
Posted by inpheaux on August 14th, 2005 at 12:03 amLooks like it's official now. Originally expected to ship in mid-September, the latest word from the inside is that the new official releasedate for Shadow of the Colossus, Sony's highly anticipated followup to Ico, is now slated for October 18th, 2005. This date has been kinda slipped in innocuously in assorted previews of the game, [...]
Valve Announces it will distribute indy game “RagDoll Kung fu” via Steam
Posted by King_Andy on August 13th, 2005 at 5:45 pmYesterday Valve announced on Steam Powered that the experimental indy game "Rag Doll Kung Fu" will be distributed via Steam. While I'm not a big fan of Steam, we can call this good news because it probably means that the game is coming out soon.
For those of you not familiar with the hype [...]