In order to play their Sony games online, participate in Home, buy games from the PlayStation Store, subscribe to a game, etc. gamers will now have to agree to a new set of terms and conditions. The company sent out the amendments to its customers last week, outlining a slew of new, and questionable, regulations regarding use of this product. In the changed “Code of Conduct” players are unable to [...]
Today the Entertainment Software Association is expected to announce plans to bring back “the old E3″. “The old E3 is making a comeback,” Blair Herter of gaming show X-Play said in a recent broadcast. A broader range of industry guests will be invited. While the event won’t technically be open to the pubic with ticket sales, this does mean that more people will have a shot at attending, and yes, [...]
Recently, a member of the Gaming Vault forums brought up a significant topic: what’s going to happen with the games industry in today’s financial crisis? Shigeru Miyamoto, known to most as the “godfather of gaming”, told Channel 4 news that he believes the games industry will live through the crisis. “We need to eat in order to live – that’s our first priority – but entertainment and the enrichment of [...]
Due to the rampant success of Mega Man 9 and Bionic Commando Rearmed this fall, Sony is giving Capcom the first-ever branded storefront in the PlayStation Store. Sony is in talks with other high-profile publishers to have their own branded store-fronts up in the future. Capcom’s storefront will launch sometime in November, to coincide with the release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
SCEE has just announced to the press that shipped LittleBigPlanet units are to be recalled on a worldwide level… thanks to a licensed track within the game containing two “expressions” from the Muslim Qur’an. It was assumed earlier this afternoon that shipped units would pulled back in Europe only, but Sony has stated that the move will be made “worldwide,” When asked about the number of recalled units, a SCEE [...]
Following the recent surprise announcement that Konami is“looking into” bringing MGS4 to Xbox 360 Microsoft’s Xbox Live boss has “informed” MVC that the Xbox 360 easily has the power to “handle” Metal Gear Solid 4. John Schappert, the firm’s corporate vice-president of Live, Software and Services, pointed out that that he would “love to see the game come [to 360]“. His comments come in light of Konami’s Yoshitaka Arai alleged [...]
Anyone who recently downloaded the free update for the 360 version of Burnout Paradise, and lives in specific states in the US, will probably have noticed Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama on one of the in-game billboards. Holly Rockwood, the director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts has confirmed that the above ad is an official one placed into the game by the Senator campaign team. Holly Rockwood also explains that EA will [...]
In preparation for the ever quickly approaching release of the World of Warcraft expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, the 3.0.2. has gone live on servers worldwide. Along with new talent trees for all classes, the patch adds the new “Inscription” profession, it’s own variation on achievements, player calendars, barbershops, and many, many other additions too numerous to detail. The patch weighs in at a hefty 1.5GB, so players [...]
Siliconera has taken a look at the Japanese Wii Music site, and discovered the first few confirmed tracks from the game. There are six in all, with probably more on the way: * My Grandfather’s Clock * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Ode to Joy * Super Mario Brothers Theme * The Legend of Zelda * Animal Crossing Wild World “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” has also been shown in videos on [...]
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima says he “should” be able to show his next game at the Tokyo Game Show next year. Speaking to Japanese Games Magazine Famitsu, Kojima has said the October 09 show may well be the location for the announcement of his next game. Kojima has also revealed that he has “three concepts” for a fifth MGS instalment, but expectedly he’s said he doesn’t want to make [...]
