I know JohnBoy’s gonna love this news :) Chrono Trigger Coming to Nintendo DS: One of the most loved RPGs coming to the Nintendo handheld. By Sam Kennedy, 07/01/2008 See that image? It’s a screen capture of the Square Enix countdown page for Chrono Trigger for DS. How do we know? Well, the ctds (Chrono Trigger DS) in the page’s URL, not to mention the emblematic Chrono series clock imagery,.. Read More
Surprise! Rock Band 2 announced – Joystiq
Now THIS is the way to do a sequel!!!! THANK YOU, Harmonix! Check this out: Rock Band 1 DLC is compatible. This means that the 50 songs I’ve bought are going to work. Makes sense, right? I’m looking at you, Guitar Hero. Individual game discs for say, the 80’s or Aerosmith suck ass. Rock Band 1 instruments are compatible. Awesome! Not as big a deal as the DLC, but this.. Read More
Video: In-game XMB demonstrated on PS3 v2.40 – Engadget
Wow. It’s only taken them two years to get it, but the in-game cross media bar (XMB) is officially coming to firmware 2.4. PS3 launched on 11.17.2006 in the US (and a day earlier in Japan), and without these features, you actually had to leave your games to see any messages your friends sent you. That may not seem like a big deal, but most of the time those messages.. Read More
Nintendo’s approach doesn’t look so bad now, does it, Sony?
$3.3 BILLION lost so far. Wow. PlayStation 3’s cost to Sony so far: $3.32 billion – Joystiq: by Ludwig Kietzmann Jun 24th 2008 9:40AM Having sold the system at price lower than the manufacturing cost, the PlayStation 3 was a $2.16 billion endeavor in 2007, with another $1.16 billion being lost in 2008. The $3.32 billion investment, which includes the monolithic system’s complete development and introduction, “may not be fully.. Read More
Excellent Rant by Adam Sessler
Adam makes a few great points about how irritating Xbox Live (XBL) is. The focus of this rant is that the language on XBL is horrific. It’s not just the normal trash talking that you might expect, but if you’ve been on XBL before, you know that it’s some of the most disrespectful racial and gay-bashing hate speech you’re likely to hear all year. What’s strange about all of this.. Read More