Weekend Newspost for May 25, 2008
The official Capcom blog has released the first image of Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li, despite looking not at all like Chun Li. Kotaku makes an interesting observation about her necklace, though. To be honest, what's really worth noting here is that you can go to Capcom's Flickr pool and get this image bigger than you could ever possibly need it. Seriously. I was planning on hosting it here and doing the old "click above for full size" but then I started downloading it and saw that it was five megs and said hahahaha no sir
I probably shouldn't even do a weekend newspost because there will likely be little additional news on Monday due to the holiday. But what the hell.
Industry and multi-console news
New media: Soul Calibur IV gameplay footage
- Resident Evil 5 is due by the end of this fiscal year, which is March 2009.
- 1up has Project Origin screens and details.
- Researchers at Penn State have conducted a study on the effect of video games on creativity.
- In its first week, Motley Crue's new single was sold through Rock Band five times more than through digital distributors like iTunes.
- Racketboy lists the rarest and most valuable Saturn games.
- GameSetWatch looks at Arcade Infinity, "the most Japanese arcade in America."
PC and mobile news
New content: Command & Conquer '95 updated hi-res patch
- Next Generation has an interview with EA Mythic about Warhammer Online.
- An Eidos "Everything Pack" is now available on Steam containing 20 Eidos games for $99.
- An update for Day of Defeat: Source is currently in beta.
Nintendo news
New media: Final Fantasy IV DS trailer now with English subtitles
- Tecmo has announced Monster Rancher DS 2.
- The Homebrew Channel is a hack that installs onto your Wii like any other channel, that can then be used to launch homebrew code without having to go through the Twilight Princess hack each time.
- The New York Times has an article on Shigeru Miyamoto and Wii Fit. The opening line likens him to Walt Disney, so you can guess whether the general theme is positive or negative.
- MTV Multiplayer has, hopefully, finally gotten a definitive answer on what happened to Stop N Swop.
- Wired shows you what you need to turn your DS into a digital sketchbook.
- GameSetWatch has an interview with the creator of a New Super Mario Bros. level editor. It's not very popular and the creator himself doesn't recommend using it, but the remarkable thing is that he's 13 years old.
- There's a Star Fox competition flight jacket currently up for auction on Ebay.
Sony news
- GameTrailers has uploaded part three of their their Metal Gear retrospective.
- Sony sees the PSP as a "gateway drug" to the console world.
Microsoft news
- The ESRB has rated RBI Baseball for the 360.
- EGM's Quartermann has resurrected the rumor that a new Killer Instinct is in the works, supposedly called Killer Instinct 3D: Death, Destruction, and Doom.
- Gamestop has added a listing for Gears of War with Maps, suggesting a re-release with included map packs.
- X360 magazine has released new Gears of War 2 multiplayer details. Guaranteed to be the first time you've ever encountered the term "meatflag."
- OXM has an interview with Tomonobu Itagaki. He talks about Ninja Gaiden II as well as comments on Devil May Cry.