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- Support Japanese Earthquake Victims by Purchasing Play For Japan: The Album
- Free Identity Theft Protection Offer for PSN Users Extended
- Katamari Creator Working on a Different Kind of MMO
- This Week in the 1UP Community 7/4/11
- PAX to Highlight These Ten Indie Games in August
- Xenoblade Dev Monolith Expands With a Second Studio in Japan
- Limbo Has a Date on PSN and Steam
- Bungie's Parting Words to Halo Fans
- Kojima Details His Suda 51 Collaboration, Sdatcher
- The Collector's Guide to Sega Saturn
| Support Japanese Earthquake Victims by Purchasing Play For Japan: The Album Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:57 PM PDT It was originally scheduled for release in June, but after a delay, it can now be purchased on iTunes in select territories (including the United States). It'll be made available on both iTunes and Amazon worldwide on July 15. All proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross. The album was coordinated by Akira Yamaoka (best known from his work on Silent Hill, as well as Shadows of the Damned and now Sdatcher), who said of today's announcement, "I'm so proud to share this with videogame and music fans, thanks to the hard work of friends and fellow composers from around the world. With so many diverse artists and styles featured, this truly is a global effort towards a worthwhile cause." |
| Free Identity Theft Protection Offer for PSN Users Extended Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT In addition to free games and PlayStation Plus time, all PlayStation Network users with an account prior to the PSN breach in April (when millions of users' personal data was compromised) had through June 28 to sign up for AllClear ID identity theft protection. As was revealed in an e-mail sent to eligible members late last month, a post on the PlayStation Blog states the deadline has officially been extended through July 31, giving users a few more weeks to sign up. The identity theft protection is good for one year from the time you sign up and includes cyber monitoring, access to investigators (if the need should arise), and a $1 million insurance policy. |
| Katamari Creator Working on a Different Kind of MMO Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT Tiny Speck, a small developer founded by former Flickr employees, announced today that Takahashi recently moved from Tokyo to Vancouver to contribute to Glitch, its web-based MMO. As the trailer above shows, it's not your typical MMO. The action all takes place in one big, persistent world where players create everything and there is little-to-no violence. It's free to play, which of course means there will be ways to spend money. A sporadic beta is ongoing. |
| This Week in the 1UP Community 7/4/11 Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:51 PM PDT It's time to soak up what's left of that summer sunshine and its warm weather before we have to set the clocks back an hour in a couple of months. But, before you take off to enjoy the weekend, spend a few minutes to see what's been new and happening in the community this week. Check it out! |
| PAX to Highlight These Ten Indie Games in August Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:39 PM PDT "Every year the showcase of new indie gems are one of the highlights of the show," said Penny Arcade's Robert Khoo in today's announcement. "In always chasing the next big blockbuster, too much of our industry is dedicated to making the same game over and over again. The PAX 10 is one way that indies with innovative game concepts can get in front of the community." Each of the ten games will get free booth space at PAX Prime. Last year's event saw more than 67,000 people attend; that's a tremendous amount of attention these indie games are being offered that they otherwise might not have the capability of garnering. That's not for lack of deserving it, though -- Jamestown is a really fun, cool-looking shooter and I've played hours of Atom Zombie Smasher since picking it up on Steam earlier this week. Both of those are currently on sale on Steam, as is Solar 2. |
| Xenoblade Dev Monolith Expands With a Second Studio in Japan Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:42 PM PDT The Nintendo-owned developer is based out of Tokyo and will now apparently operate two studios, according to a recruitment page on its website (via Andriasang). The move will put Monolith closer to the Kyoto-based Nintendo, which picked up the studio in 2007. Monolith, best known for its Xenosaga games, is currently at work on a new Wii U title. Its most recent console release, Xenoblade Chronicles, is one of three Wii titles Nintendo has refused to bring over to North America. This is despite an impressive fan campaign to change Nintendo of America's mind and the fact that both Xenoblade and another of the games, The Last Story, being confirmed for release in Europe. |
| Limbo Has a Date on PSN and Steam Posted: 08 Jul 2011 12:05 PM PDT The PS3 version will be out quite soon -- PlayStation Blog brings word today that Limbo will be out in the United States on July 19, almost exactly one year after it came out on Xbox Live Arcade. In Europe, it'll be out a day later, on July 20. Dates for Japan and elsewhere in Asia has yet to be announced. According to the official website, Limbo will be out on Steam August 2 worldwide. |
| Bungie's Parting Words to Halo Fans Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT "Thank you for making our 20th Anniversary, and this year's Bungie Day, kick so much ass," the post reads. "As we prepare to become fans of the universe our studio began creating more than ten years ago, it's nice to know that we'll be counted among such esteemed company. Some might consider the upcoming transition a bittersweet occasion punctuated by a sense of loss and sadness. We feel otherwise. Halo is in great hands... yours." Development of the Halo franchise has shifted from Bungie to 343 Industries. Halo 4 was announced at E3 last month as the start of a new trilogy. 343i is also bringing out Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on November 15. |
| Kojima Details His Suda 51 Collaboration, Sdatcher Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:56 AM PDT A collaboration between Kojima and Goichi "Suda 51" Suda was teased as Project S years back, and was then revealed in April 2007 as a Snatcher radio drama. Suda was set to write it and said at the time he thought he would call it "Snatchers." Famitsu (as translated by Andriasang) reports the new Hideradio podcast announced that it'll actually be called Suda 51's Sdatcher (a play on Suda's name). Snatcher was an MSX2 and PC-88 cyberpunk graphic adventure game released in 1988 by Konami. In Japan, it would later make it to PC-Engine, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn. The only platform to see its release in North America, where it's become a cult classic, was the Sega CD. It was a very mature, ambitious title clearly inspired by Blade Runner. |
| The Collector's Guide to Sega Saturn Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT
Feature The Collector's Guide to Sega SaturnEssential selections that belong in any serious Sega fan's collection Sega's fourth console, the 32-bit Saturn, was kind of like Vincent van Gogh: It produced some beautiful visuals, and it's regarded far more warmly in death than it ever was in life. Despite its impressive 2D graphical capabilities and an impressive library of software, the system just never gained much traction in the U.S. You can chalk that up to several factors. For starters, the Saturn didn't exactly enjoy the most graceful launch in America. Sega decided to spring the system unexpected on U.S. gamers by announcing an immediate launch (months ahead of schedule) at E3 1995. Unfortunately, there weren't many games available for the first few months of the Saturn's life, and Sega's decision to push the early launch with a limited number of retail partners soured merchants who were shut out until the original launch date arrived. |
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Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima had been teasing some sort of announcement for the end of his latest podcast, Hideradio. What he had to discuss were a few details about the radio drama based on one of his earliest games, 
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