Archive for October, 2009

News: Harry Redknapp signs as Football Manager mentor

SEGA has announced that as part of the marketing plan for the launch this week of Football Manager 2010, the advice of Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp will be the prize for the winner of a competition organised in association with GAME. Any of the retailer’s customers who purchases the game using a Reward Card [...]

News: Shattered Union gets film adaptation

Take-Two’s turn-based strategy title Shattered Union is to become a big budget Hollywood movie, to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by J Michael Straczynski. Released in 2005, the game was developed by Tropico creators PopTop Software – since absorbed as part of Firaxis . Although released to little commercial or critical acclaim the [...]

News: Actors union votes for videogame contract

Hollywood union AFTRA (The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has voted in favour of an extension of its videogame contract, which has now been forwarded to members to be ratified. According to The Hollywood Reporter the proposal gives members a 2.5 per cent pay rise and a 0.2 per cent rise in pension [...]

Machinarium (Review)

There’s nothing like waking up after being unceremoniously dumped into a heap of scrap only to find your head and limbs have gone missing amidst the filthy debris. Making a crummy situation worse, mechanical hooligans have strapped a large, makeshift bomb to the central tower in the looming industrial city you were just booted from, [...]

Konami Announces DanceDanceRevolution Now Available For Wii and PlayStation 2 (Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3)

Konami has sent word that DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 for the Wii and DanceDanceRevolution X2 for the PlayStation 2 has been released in North America. The game includes really cool tracks such as Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls, P!nk, Black Eyed Peas and more.

Resident Evil 0 coming to Europe in January 2010 (Resident Evil Zero)

That Gaming Site writes: "Capcom Europe have confirmed that the second entry in the Resident Evil archives series will hit Europe in January. The latest addition to the series will be Resident Evil 0, a title originally developed for the Nintendo 64 and eventually released on Nintendo Gamecube in 2002."

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter available now in South Africa (Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter)

El33tonline writes: "THQ has today announced that the Wii and DS action platform game, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, is now available at retail across South Africa."

EBGames Australia pre-order bonus for New Super Mario Bros. Wii (New Super Mario Bros Wii)

EB Australia is giving out a special pre-order bonus for those who reserve the Wii game at their stores.

Morgan Webb: Mario Galaxy is for kids, Rachet and Clank not insulting to play as an adult (Super Mario Galaxy)

G4TV’s Morgan Webb has stated that Mario Galaxy feels like it’s is aimed at kids and implied that unlike Rachet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, it’s insulting to play Galaxy as an adult.

Buy your way into the Golden Joysticks Awards (Wii)

Would you like to attend this Friday’s Golden Joystick Awards? Of course you would. And there’s a chance that you could be there, if you’ve got some spare cash. The very last pair of tickets are being auctioned to raise money for Aid. If you’re interested, get yourself to the charity auction page on eBay and place a [...]

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