Limited edition SFIV sticks at PAX, only 1000 being made
Aug/090
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Mad Catz has announced that it will be bringing a special limited edition of its Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fightsticks to the Penny Arcade Expo. And when we say limited, we mean it: Only 1,000 sticks will be made available — 650 for Xbox and 350 for PS3 — and the majority of them will be available exclusively from the Capcom booth at PAX. For those unable to attend, a “very limited stock” will be available at the Capcom and GameShark online stores.
The “Femme Fatale” joystick, as you can see above, is decked out with the ladies of Street Fighter IV, including Sakura, Crimson Viper, Chun-Li, Cammy and Rose. It’s also packs a lilac color scheme, which seems appropriate given the bumps and bruises players will be doling out with it (virtual bumps and bruises, of course). The sticks will go on sale this Friday, September 4, on a first-come-first-serve basis, limited to two per customer.
If you want one, you’d best be quick.
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King of Fighters XII patch fixes online play
Aug/090
To put it lightly, online play in The King of Fighters XII sucks. It’s broken, regardless of which platform you play it on. Weeks after the game’s release, SNK Playmore has finally released a patch for the PS3 version. According to the press release, the update “fundamentally changes the way game data is processed and synchronized during online matches, placing greater importance on the game’s response time and allowing for much smoother play.” Online battles should be improved, especially for those with less-than-ideal internet connections.
An Xbox 360 version of the patch is also in the works and should be available “very soon.” SNK Playmore issued an official apology with the release, promising it will “strive to improve their system of quality control for future titles,” but we’re wondering how the fighting community will response. For some, this patch may be too little, too late.
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New Unlock Xbox contest offers $50k prize
Aug/090
Microsoft and Doritos have announced that the “Unlock Xbox” competition – in which gamers compete to have their game ideas developed into a full-fledged XBLA title – is back. Xbox gamers will likely remember Dash of Destruction, the winner of the first competition, likely because it was free and offered some of the easiest Achievements around. Things are a little bit different this year, as there will be not one but two winners, both of which will see their ideas developed into an XBLA title. In addition, the fan-selected grand prize winner will receive a “$50,000 gaming consultant project for Doritos.” We’re not really sure what that means, but there’s probably a lot of nacho cheese dust involved.
If you think you’ve got a gameplay idea that can top dinosaurs eating Dorito trucks (UNLIKELY!), head on over to the official Unlock Xbox site and sign up. Entries will be accepted until October 4.
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Xbox 360 Fancast 132 — Flexibility
Aug/090
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We’ve got an interesting show this week. We spend quite a bit of time talking about the Elite price cut as well as the “flexibility” offered by not including HDMI or component cables in the new bundle. We also grill Alexander about GamesCom and his recent trip to Germany. Of course, there’s all the other usual malarkey and hullabaloo as well. Enjoy.
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander)
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Music: Intro/Outro: “Electromooq” by Uma Floresta. Break: “I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1” by Ska Studios.
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Bloodhounds Arrive in Kenya to Track Poachers
Aug/090
A pair of bloodhounds from Britain join Kenya’s war against wildlife poachers.
Two bloodhounds, named Pension and Drastic, have arrived safely in Kenya to begin their new lives. The dogs’ legendary scenting abilities will be used to track poachers across the Amboseli reserve, Tsavo National Park and the Chyulu Hills.
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Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record
Aug/090
That’s, um, sales of single-player games (multiplayer ones don’t count!). And, uh, you know, we’re just talking about Xbox Live Arcade titles — not that clarifying this awfully specific sales record is an attempt to take away from the much-deserved success of Chair’s excellent Shadow Complex or the 200,000-plus downloaders (much of the Joystiq staff included) who didn’t wait long to cash in 1200
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Still, we’re not going to label Shadow Complex’s sales Achievement(R) (as Microsoft does) the “New Era of Downloadable Games.” It takes far too much effort to produce a decent Metroidvania experience than it does a mediocre dual-stick shooter, after all.
We will, however, join in on the not-so-subtle peer pressuring. Seriously, you still haven’t purchased Shadow Complex? Shame on you. (So … just direct deposit that check, cool? Thanks Microsoft!)
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Net a free Avatar shirt with the purchase of The Beatles: Rock Band
Aug/090
Specially marked boxes of the upcoming music title The Beatles: Rock Band include a unique bonus: an exclusive Avatar shirt. The freebie marks the first (and hopefully not the last) time Avatar apparel has been given away alongside the launch of a game, giving extra incentive for users to pick up a copy of the Xbox 360 version. Coincidentally, it’ll make for a hilarious image when your Avatar shows up in Guitar Hero 5 donning a Rock Band promo t-shirt — if Avatar apparel is able to show up in game, that is.
Of course, this news only matters if your Avatar’s dress code includes wearing band logo shirts. Our Avatar dress code allows only suit and tie, because we’re gentlemen. Make sure to check out Major Nelson’s Flickr page for details on how to spot the free bonus at retail.
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EA’s Hilleman expects console growth to be iterative
Aug/090
From the dudes being shot in line to the comically large taxis, everybody loves the excitement of a new console launch. But Rich Hilleman, the chief creative officer of EA, says you shouldn’t expect similar events in the immediate future. Speaking at the Hot Chips conference in Stanford (via VentureBeat), Hilleman predicted that the current economic climate would better foster smaller updates to existing gaming systems, especially in the face of growth in digital distribution.
“I expected we’ll see a PlayStation 3.5 before we see a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox 560 before we see an Xbox 720,” he said. “The biggest shift is how fast packaged goods games are changing and going away.” Hilleman also added that gaming’s future has more to do with Korea than Japan. Isn’t it nice that EA and Blizzard can agree on something?
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Kenya White Rhino Translocation: Video
Aug/090
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For the first time, Kenya Wildlife Service is introducing white rhino from Lake Nakuru National Park to Nairobi National Park.
Nairobi National Park will serve as a new home for ten white rhino, who are being translocated from drought-stricken Lake Nakuru National Park. The lack of water has depleted the grasses that make up the huge herbivores’ food source, and Lake Nakuru wildlife officials fear there is too much competition and not enough food for the grass-eating pachyderms.
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Bayonetta demo will give you a taste of ‘non-stop climax action’
Aug/090
Disrespectful bespectacled witch spectacle news now, with Platinum Games expressing the desire to release a demo for its “non-stop climax action” game, Bayonetta. Speaking at a demonstration event in Japan, producer Yusuke Hashimoto told Famitsu (as translated by Andriasang and hilariously mangled by Google) that the developers had already begun constructing a demo in earnest. Hashimoto hopes to provide a snippet of content not merely taken out of the full game, but devised to entice even existing owners.
Said owners will mainly start appearing in Japan this October, when the game is scheduled to launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 — well before the North American release in January 2010. You’ll probably want to read our hands-on impressions before you get your hand on it.
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