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Nov
13
Capcom profits reaching seven-year high thanks to … arcades?
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Yeah, that’s the same face I made, too. According to Bloomberg, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto says the company is looking at its highest profitability in seven years by the end of 2009, thanks in no small part to its arcade operations. In Japan, of course.
The report notes that arcade earnings make up 18 percent of […]
Nov
13
Wii photo channel drops MP3 playback in favor of AAC format next month
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As part of an update available next month, the Wii Photo Channel will be replacing the MP3 file format with the ability to play higher-quality AAC files. Also compatible will be MP4 audio files in the m4a format, but MP3 is about to be kicked to the curb. So much for most of my music […]
Nov
13
Online backgammon web sites offer gamers and gamblers as much challenge and excitement as poker. That’s way you often hear backgammon players discussing the game exactly like eager card players discussing poker, talking about strategies, speed adrenaline, estimating risk factors and complex
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back
Nov
13
Over at big sister site Gamasutra today, we posted a couple of items that would be of interest to you indie-centric harridans hanging around at GSW. And I will tell you what they are!
Firstly, we posted ‘Q&A: Kongregate Announces Indie Funding, Talks Innovation’, revealing that “social flash gaming portal Kongregate has announced five development […]
Nov
13
Europe gets The Simpsons Game PSP Bundle
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If you live in Europe and have been waiting for the right time to get a PSP, you’re in for a treat as Sony and Electronic Arts have teamed up to release a special bundle for The Simpsons Game on PSP. The bundle, which comes packed with The Simpsons Game will feature a limited edition […]
Nov
13
First place prize of TimeShift for the Xbox 360 goes to Mikemqn for his Destructoid Jesus dinner picture thing. Second place prize of TimeShift for the PC goes out to Electro Lemon for his Hitler Ron Workman mashup. Third place prize of TimeShift for the PC goes out to brosef and his Destructoid Crossing the […]
Nov
13
Game Debate to the Death! Damacy to the Death!
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Last week’s debate had us all rocking out to our own tunes, then South Park called us fags, and then we rocked out some more. The results are in, and it looks like there’s a clear winner in Dtoid’s Battle of the Bands 06 debate:
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s: 5 votes
Guitar Hero: 15 votes
Guitar […]
Nov
13
Interview with Surfer Girl, darling tipster of the industry underground
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If you’ve had your ear to the ground, then you’re probably aware of the feisty diva of gossip and news who splashed onto the videogame press scene this year. Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars has quickly become one of my favorite blogs to visit. After breaking the news on three major titles this year (LA […]
Nov
13
Assassin’s Creed sucks on the PlayStation 3: At least that’s what they say
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IGN has a review up (warning: possible spoilers) of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed which is interesting for two things — its less-than praiseworthy summary (complete with good-yet-humble 7.5 review score) and the fact that it claims the PS3 version is severely nerfed when compared to the Xbox 360 version.
The problems seem mostly to be […]
Nov
13
UC Berkeley Marching Band performs the coolest halftime show ever
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A couple of weeks ago, UC Berkely had a match against Washington State. During the halftime show, the Cal State Marching Band did one of the coolest performances that I’ve ever seen since Drumline. The Marching Band starts off with Pong, then goes onto Tetris, Mortal Kombat, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda, and finishes the performance […]