Monthly Archives: April 2009

Al Lowe, the original creator of Leisure Suit Larry, says that the latest addition to the franchise is a “disaster”.

Lowe wrote on his blog that he was not consulted during the development process for Leisure Suit Larry : Box Office Bust, and furthermore, is happy that he never received a review copy of the game.

“All I know about [Box Office Bust] is what I’ve read online. VU (and later Activision, Team17 and Codemasters) did not consult me nor discuss anything about this game with me. In fact, they’ve expressed no interest in me whatsoever,” he wrote.

“For a while, I hoped that they would remember to send me a review copy. Now that the reviews are in, it’s just as well that they didn’t!

“Thank you, VU Games, for keeping me completely away from this latest disaster!“

The game’s MetaCritic rating is 28 percent.

Via DarkZero.

Looks like the character shot for Assassin’s Creed 2 that hit earlier this morning was legitimate after all.

Game Informer has the cover of its May issue posted here.

Ezio Auditore de Firenze definitely looks smashing.

Full photo after the break.

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Guns n’ Roses’ latest album, Chinese Democracy, will be released to Rock Band 2 players next week, on April 14.

If you’re buying on 360 or PS3, you have to get the whole album. Only Wii owners can buy separate tracks, for some reason.

All details after the break.

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Square’s released Final Fantasy VII International on the Japanese PS Store, if you can believe that, meaning you can now play the game on you PS3 or PSP, provided you have a Japanese PSN account.

It’s in Japanese, obviously, and priced at ¥1,500 ($14.93).

More on Kotaku.

Massive update for the American movie store this week, including HD versions of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jarhead and everyone’s favourite 80s angst movie, The Breakfast Club.

There’s a maggot-farming truckload of TV stuff there too. Get the full thing from the PS Blog.

A Darkest of Days dev diary, narrated by Aaron Schurman, is posted after the break.

In it, he talks about how the game is “genre-bending”, discusses the time-travel plot, and why changing time is bad.

Phantom EFX and 8monkey Labs will release the game sometime this year for PC and Xbox 360.

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Sony’s confirmed the name of the first Killzone 2 DLC is the Steel & Titanium Pack. It’ll include two multiplayer maps.

The two levels, Wasteland Bullet and Vekta Cruiser, will release later this month.

Watch the reveal in GTTV after the break.

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IGN’s posted up hands-off impressions, new shots and a Climax interview on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.

The Wii “reimagining” of Konami’s classic horror was announced this week.

That interview’s five pages long. Only you know if you want to read it.

The game’s out this autumn.

Greenhouse just posted up a demo of the PC version of Jon Blow’s Braid.

It’s 120Mb and contains a good chunk of the time-warping puzzler. You can unlock the full thing for $15.

Thanks, RPS.

Japanese film director Takashi Shimizu – him what did The Grudge – is working on a new Wii horror title, Feel, according to the latest Famitsu.

There’re some scans on Cubed3, if you fancy testing your Japanese.

No other detail yet.

Midnight Club: Los Angeles is to get two new vehicle packs, starting April 16, for both PS3 and Xbox 360.

South Central Vehicle Pack 1 contains the 2009 Eclipse GT, Audi S5, and the Mercedes CL 65.

South Central Vehicle Pack 2 will be released the following week, and includes the Aston Martin DB9C, Cadillac XLR V, Ducati 1098 R motorcycle, and the Lancer Evolution X.

Each one will run you 240 MS Points ($2.99) and you must have the the South Central map expansion to get these new goodies.

Eidos has upped a photo of the Batman: Arkham Asylum CE to the game’s Facebook page – see here.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 14″ Batarang with stand – Matches the Batarang’s in-game design
• Arkham Doctor’s Journal – 48 pages of notes on Arkham’s inmates, Embossed leather dust jacket
• 2 Sleeve Digi-pack, including: Game disc, Behind-the-scenes DVD
• Code for downloadable Challenge Map – Exclusive “Crime Alley” map, available immediately
• Full-color manual

No date yet.

Thanks, Joystiq.

AOL’s launched Joystiq Japan, a fully localised Japanese language version of the US blog.

Looks as though it’s nowhere near as heavy on the updates as its American counterpart, but it’s early days. It’s a huge move, and one likely to greatly accelerate the US blog “war”.

Check it out.

IGN’s posted up shots of a new round of boxers to be included in Fight Night Round 4 – and here they are.

Roy Jones, Sergio Mora, Kelly Pavlik, Vinny Paz and Jermain Taylor are all shown to be their virtual selves in the screens, adding to an already-impressive roster including Ali and Tyson.

There’s no release date on it yet.

THQ just put up codes for the 360 and PS3 version of the Red Faction: Guerrilla demo – hit this right now.

You need to be a registered member of MyTHQ to get a code. We just got ours in about 10 seconds.

Go! The full game’s out for PC, 360 and PS3 in June.

An In-Stat report has claimed that Xbox Live revenue is likely to hit $1 billion per year by 2013.

“Each of the three key [console] vendors is positioned to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual online gaming revenue from online service subscriptions, download revenue and-or online advertising,” said the research firm.

“Microsoft’s Xbox Live service will clearly lead, with projected revenue of over $1 billion in revenue annually by 2013.”

The report goes on to say that increasing ubiquity of internet-ready devices and network availability is fuelling the growth in online subs.

Full thing through the link.

THQ’s released another Red Faction: Guerrilla movie, this time showing the game’s mech walkers and how they aid you in your apparently endless quest to knock Martian buildings down.

Get it here.

The game’s out this June for PC, PS3 and 360.

Remember the story doing the rounds yesterday that reckoned Gearbox shooter Borderlands was cel-shaded? Well, it isn’t.

“No, Borderlands is not cel-shaded — it’s a gritty and serious world after all,” Gearbox boss Pitchford told Kotaku.

“But since the game was first unveiled we have made big advancements with the art direction and the technology to support the art and have produced some pretty impressive, even shocking results.”

So there we are. Watch for a reveal, Ringo. Real soon.

Gametrailers just posted the first video of split-screen multiplayer in PunchOut!!. Get it after the break.

There’s an announcement of a new fighter in Giga Mac there, as well.

The game’s out on May 18.

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ScrewAttack’s posted up a bunch of supposed details on Assassin’s Creed 2 from the next issue of Game Informer.

Get it all after the break. Obviously, there’s a ton of spoiler detail here, so don’t look if you want to be in any way surprised when the game releases later this year.

Oh, and take all this with a pinch of salt. The GI subs issues don’t hit until next week.

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