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“I’ve made so much money from their store, so I can’t be mean to them about that. I can be mean about their used game policy, because they’re pushing the industry to digital distribution perhaps faster than it would have gone.” - Dave Perry Just a few stories below this one, I was talking about [...]

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We’ve already told you that the game was hitting this Friday in Europe, but here’s the official PR… London (15th July 2009) - Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix� interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: My Life as a Darklord™ will be available exclusively [...]

“I think the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii will be purely browser-based systems. Things will change a great deal.” - veteran games developer Matt Spall I could see something like that working, although I don’t think I would truly enjoy it. Right now, I do play quite a few browser-based games, including Battlefield Heroes. [...]

Poor Excitebots, it’s been out for about 3 months now, and The Conduit has managed to trump its play numbers in a matter of weeks. Good for The Conduit, bad for Excitebots. Thanks to CoffeewithChess for the heads up.

A portion of an IndustryGamers interview with Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter… IG: Is a Wii price cut absolutely necessary this year? Nintendo has a huge lead, and while demand for Wii has slowed, it’s still outselling the other consoles every month. Couldn’t Nintendo do just fine without cutting price? Pachter: Nintendo doesn’t have to cut the [...]

Luigi finally got to go front-and-center with his own game, and it was a title that launched the GameCube! Some people say that this decision wasn’t a very good one, but as the years went by, more and more people found a soft spot in their heart for Luigi’s Mansion. How about Luigi’s [...]

Microsoft and Sony are taking the gloves off. They’re coming at Nintendo full-force with their own motion-sensing controllers. In the case of Microsoft, they are using a camera to get the job done. With Sony, we are getting a wand much like the Wiimote, as well as camera integration. Throw the [...]

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Pro vs. GI Joe announced today a new partnership to host the “Activision Showdown,” a series of video game competitions bringing together active duty troops with some of the world’s most popular professional athletes for a once-in-a-lifetime [...]

That’s one hell of a case mod. I can’t believe the thing looks like that, yet still works! Time to play something scary…like Bubsy! Link

Between you and I, I think the gang over at CrispyGamer likes to stir up trouble. I’m not saying that the article doesn’t accurately reflect the position of the author, but I do think that it’s a controversial subject, and controversy brings about traffic! What topic is hotter right now than the used-games [...]

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Famitsu 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) 02. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 03. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) 04. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (My Summer Vacation 4): Youth Detective Group in Seto - Me and the Secret Map (SCEI) 05. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (SEGA) 06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) 07. [WII] Wii [...]

- Dragon Quest IX (10/10/10/10, 40 points): “Multiplayer can be frustrating given its command-based nature, but the unique suspense it offers is nice. I’m not going to say I have no complaints, but they’re all trivial.” - Punch-Out!! (6/7/6/7, 26 points): “rugged difficulty…There are lots of people to fight, but in terms of volume, there [...]

Direct link here I love this game, and I know I shouldn’t. It’s not that great, but the upbeat music and simple gameplay give me the warm fuzzies. Glad to see someone is still talking about this game long after it originally released. Article here

The government of Ontario has just made a massive investment in the firm Ubisoft… When we see massive infusion of cash, let’s say in… casinos, we always see that matched with public education programs around the potential dangers of excessive gambling… When I see a quarter-billion dollars being invested by the government in the [...]

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The Conduit is out there on store shelves, just waiting for you to pick it up. Is it the greatest game to grace the Wii…ever? Of course it isn’t, but it does do some things better than any other Wii game out there. That doesn’t mean that The Conduit can’t learn from [...]

Famitsu had a sit-down interview with a collection of Japanese composers to discuss their feelings toward Western-developed game music. The composers included were Keisuke Ito (the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series), Nobuyoshi Sano (Tekken and Ridge Racer, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Shenmue, Sega Rally, Takayuki Nakamura (Lumines, Virtua Fighter), Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza), Shinji Hosoe (Namco Bandi), and [...]