Wal-Mart breaks Guitar Hero 2′s street date by 2 weeks
Posted by inpheaux on October 26th, 2006 at 3:06 pmNews Flash: reports from the NeoGAF forums seem to indicate that some Wal-Mart locations have broken Guitar Hero 2's street date of 07 NOV 2006 by putting the game on shelves today. As usual with broken street dates, this could be a very localized thing, so check your local Wal-Marts before canceling your preorders elsewhere. [...]
Sony sues Lik-Sang into oblivion
Posted by inpheaux on October 24th, 2006 at 12:16 pmIn a shocking followup to a story from last week, where Sony successfully got the grey-market import shop Lik-Sang to stop exporting Sony products from Hong Kong to Europe, Lik-Sang has closed down entirely. No further orders on anything will be taken. All un-filled purchases will be cancelled. Everything will be refunded. In their going-away-notice, [...]
Burning Crusade slips to Jan 2007
Posted by inpheaux on October 24th, 2006 at 11:00 amWhat? You didn't really think a game that just went into beta would be out next month, did you? Or think that a Blizzard game would be out on their first estimated release date? How naive are you? Yes, as expected, the highly anticipated expansion for World of Warcraft - The Burning Crusade - has [...]
Fox & Universal pull out of the Halo movie
Posted by inpheaux on October 20th, 2006 at 5:43 amHere's a great way to start your day: the Halo movie just lost all its funding. Variety is reporting that late last week Universal called a meeting on behalf of themselves and Fox, who were co-funding the film, with the guys actually making the film to discuss budget stuff. They called this meeting right before [...]
Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth preview posted
Posted by inpheaux on October 18th, 2006 at 12:20 amQuick update here before wrapping up for the day: we've got another in-depth interview/preview posted and ready for consumption. It's for an upcoming indie PC game - Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth. It's a fan game, an homage to LucasArts SCUMM-based adventure games of years past, and thus far it's really shaping up [...]
Sam & Max’s triumphant return to gaming now available
Posted by inpheaux on October 17th, 2006 at 10:40 amAs promised, the long-awaited new Sam & Max game will be available today. Unfortunately, it's temporarily exclusive to the North-America-Only GameTap subscription gaming service thing. Their exclusivity ends on 1 NOV 2006, when you'll be able to buy the first episode straight from TellTale Games' website. This means you won't be seeing a review of [...]
The Jack Thompson Comedy Tour continues: Bully cleared for release
Posted by inpheaux on October 16th, 2006 at 4:35 pmLast week, our good friend Jack Thompson was cheering and patting himself on the back when he got a Florida appellate court to force Take Two to give them a copy of Bully to review as part of his hilarious several-month crusade against the game. Well, they did. The Judge watched, and while he wasn't [...]
Gamestop/EB Wii Preorder details confirmed
Posted by inpheaux on October 12th, 2006 at 11:58 amOne more quick news update here, since I just got the official e-mail about it. The news I posted last night on the forums has been confirmed. Gamestop and EB locations nationwide will be accepting preorders for the Wii tomorrow starting whenever the stores open. If you want a preorder it'll run you $50 (trade [...]
Psychonauts available on Steam
Posted by inpheaux on October 12th, 2006 at 11:49 amLast month, we reported that the criticially acclaimed PC platformer Psychonauts would be coming to Steam, Valve's online game delivery service. Well, it's out now. $19.99 gets you one of the best games I've played in years, and you don't have to leave your house. Seriously, if you haven't played Psychonauts yet, you now have [...]
Capcom dissolves Clover Studios
Posted by inpheaux on October 12th, 2006 at 11:33 amI'm not sure what to say, apart from stating that this is probably some of the worst news I've heard in quite awhile. Clover Studios, a subsidiary of Capcom, developers responsible for the Viewitful Joe games, God Hand and Okami, are being dissolved. This doesn't mean all the developers from Clover are now out of [...]