PS2 News
Yoshiki Okamoto Explains What’s Up With Game Republic
Sometimes when we do an interview, for one reason or another we sit on them until we’re ready to unveil them to the world. Take our last interview with Game Republic founder, Yoshiki Okamoto, the man better known as one of the co-creators of the Street Fighter franchise (and a slew of classic [...]
Major Tecmo Shareholder Hesitant About Koei Merger
One of the more curious news stories of the past year was Tecmo’s decision to merge with Koei, after denying interest from Square Enix. While the merger seems to be set to go forward next year, Bloomberg reports that one major Tecmo shareholder isn’t satisfied with the plan. Effissimo Capital Management Pte, a Singapore-based investment [...]
Warren Spector’s Studio Making ‘Epic Mickey’ Game?
It’s been well known for some time now that Deus Ex creator Warren Spector and his Junction Point studio have been working on a new project in collaboration with Disney. In fact, our own Quartermann dished a juicy rumor earlier this year that the game would be a platformer starring Mickey Mouse, with the intention [...]
Hideo Kojima Discusses Next Two Games, World Relevance
In a candid Famitsu interview this week, Hideo Kojima divulges the fact that he is directing not just one, but two games concurrently. The title that will be announced first is being made in a style similar to the way his team has worked in the past, while the second will be produced by a [...]
Maybe Videogames Aren’t So Recession-proof After All
Economic news here on the cusp of Christmas points to this being one of the worst holidays in memory for retailers. Yet the videogame industry continues to chant its mantra that games are recession-proof. NPD sales reports get cited most frequently as evidence of consumers taking the much ballyhooed "staycation" and spending their discretionary money [...]
Free Radical Slashes 140 From Work Force
Troubled UK developer Free Radical is to lose over three quarters of its staff, it was announced today. The company is to be left with a skeleton staff of around 40, and is now officially up for sale. Speaking to 1UP, Cameron Gunn of administrators ReSolve Partners said, "We made around 140 employees redundant yesterday, [...]
Holiday Videogame Sales Meltdown Part 3: PlayStation
On last Thursday, the NPD Group divulged its report chronicling retail U.S. videogame hardware and software sales during the month of November 2008. Considering the nation’s overwhelmingly bleak financial landscape of late, the fact that total game sales managed a 10 percent year-over-year gain during this crucial holiday shopping month seems encouraging, but closer inspection [...]
Threat of Actors Strike Derails Castlevania Movie
While at first it seemed to put the film on the fast track to production, the Writers Guild of America strike late last year instead ended up delaying Paul W.S. Anderson’s planned adaptation of Castlevania. Now, the looming threat of a Screen Actors Guild strike seems to be doing the same, as producer Paul W.S. [...]
Study Shows Games may be Good for Aging Brains
Turns out all of Nintendo’s "Train Your Brain!" hoopla may not be hoopla after all. Reuters reports that a new study shows older adults who played a videogame for a month demonstrated improved scores on tests of their cognitive functions, including memory, reasoning, and multi-tasking. But here’s some not-so-good news for Nintendo: The game [...]
1UP FM Spells Out Scribblenauts
If you haven’t heard of Scribblenauts yet, join us on this week’s 1UP FM to help fix this hideous flaw in your existence. This new DS title from 5th Cell may look modest, but like the developer’s previous handheld games — the innovative if slightly disappointing Drawn to Life and the tragically overlooked Lock’s [...]
