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, Lik-Sang had [...]
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 been [...]
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 [...]
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 thrilled [...]
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 or [...]
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 absolutely no [...]
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 [...]