Mar
31
2009
This is going to be hard to top. Japanese website Akiba Blog has run a post saying that Dragon Quest IX went on sale last night.
According to Akiba Blog, over two-thousand people lined up at…
Original post by Brian Ashcraft
Mar
31
2009
Introversion – developers of Defcon and Darwinia – have a treat in store for us. Following “unprecedented approval” from Microsoft, they’ve uploaded a paper trail documenting the journey a game takes…
Original post by Luke Plunkett
Mar
31
2009
Back in January, Tecmo and Koei officially merged. The merger created a joint holding company called Koei Tecmo Holdings as of April 1.
In Japan, it’s April 1, and Koei Tecmo Holdings has unveiled…
Original post by Brian Ashcraft
Mar
31
2009
Another year, another announcement of the same info. Nintendo doesn’t submit info to Greenpeace, Greenpeace ranks them dead last.
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Original post by The News Team
Mar
31
2009
Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the PlayStation 3 section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one?
Let’s find out!…
Original post by Luke Plunkett
Mar
31
2009
Japanese developer tri-Ace (Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery) has launched a website with a countdown clock for a “new RPG project”. The only catch?
Tri-Ace launched it today on April 1 in Japan…
Original post by Brian Ashcraft
Mar
31
2009
Namco Bandai’s Keita Takahashi (pictured) worked on the first Katamari Damacy game and its sequel We Love Katamari.
Those games were great.
However, Takahashi did not work on Me & My Katamari,…
Original post by Brian Ashcraft
Mar
31
2009
Probably. It’s on GameStop’s website, after all, and last I checked big corporations aren’t as prone to throwing up April Fool’s jokes as common folk.
As you can see from the image below, there are…
Original post by Luke Plunkett
Mar
31
2009
Malcolm Palmer stabbed the mother of his three children and partner of 30 years after having to sleep on the sofa so she could play Grand Theft Auto on a plasma TV in their bedroom.
That, and the…
Original post by Brian Ashcraft
Mar
31
2009
Your “New Xbox Experience” avatar has just gotten some grown up clothes, eight new pieces of formal and business casual articles that will be a hit at your next Xbox Live con call.
New shirts,…
Original post by Michael McWhertor