I like it when people organize things into lists. The UK gaming site, Button Bandits, has revealed the top 100 games of all time as voted by gamers. Here is the top 10. Click through to get the rest of the list. I don’t know about the #1. Super Mario 3 not even in the top 10. Blasphemous!
A British toddler managed to lodge himself inside of a Lucky Dip claw game the other day. How the kid managed to get stuck inside, I have no idea. The child who is obviously distraught, is searching for a way out. The kid ended up being fine, but he might have the most inattentive parents on the European continent. Here is the news feed.
Rockstar just can’t catch a break. Manhunt has issues in the UK and now Bully is getting ganked in Brazil. Apparently the violence in Bully is just too much for Brazilians to handle at this time?
A judge has suspended the sale of the video game Bully in Brazil on the grounds that its content is too violent for young children and teenagers, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Judge Flavio Rabello prohibited the game from being imported, distributed, sold or promoted on Web sites and stores in Latin America’s largest nation on Friday, Rio Grande do Sul state prosecutor Alcindo Bastos said, adding that they would have 30 days to comply with the order.
Of all of the titles Rockstar has dropped, Bully is probably the most tame one of all, since it revolves around a kid being in school. I can’t believe that the game is being banned in a country that invented the thong and Brazilian wax, and lets not mention one of the highest percentages of transgender individuals. A video game is the least of your worries.
As the server capabilities of Xbox Live continue to be upgraded, especially after the Blackout of Winter ‘07, there have been promises made that the time it will take for an HD movie rental to be downloaded will be vastly reduced from about 4hrs to 30 minutes by the end of this year. According to a statement from a Virgin Media spokesperson, their upgraded service will reach more homes than ever before, 9 million by their estimate. Usually a HD movie is about 15GB on the short end. This may be a problem with those who do not have a anything over a 25GB HDD.
Thats right Europe. Ubisoft has a new release coming that only our friends across the pond can get. The game? My Health Coach: Weight Management for the Nintendo DS. So instead of getting all booted up and hitting the rugby or football pitch, you can watch your weight via your handheld. Put down the Fish and Chips and skip that extra side of Bangers and Mash. The road to wellville starts here. They even give you a pedometer. Think I am full of bollocks? Click here you bloody wanker.
The phenomenon that is Wii Fit will be coming to Europe on April 25th. The game will be a way for gamers to exercise on a balance board and measure the weight, body mass index and so forth. The game promises to have over 40 games in various fitness categories. The price for the U.K. will be £69.99 and €89.99 for the rest of Europe.
No word on the North American price which is set for a May 19.
If you live in the UK and are playing VF5, this is news for you. Loot Ninja got word today from Sega Europe that the VF5 patch is now ready. You will get prompted to install and do not hesitate. Here are the features that the patch addresses:
Some characters will now be able to select costume-specific pants in alternate costumes, for example equipping Costume A pants in Costume B.
Replays of online battles can now be saved.
One additional item per character (appear as “Downloaded item” in Costume settings/Item edit dialog).
Gamer pictures will now be shown in online battles.
After winning the World Tournament Final, it’s now more likely that rivals you have not defeated will be playing in arcades.
When someone joins an online match, you can now see their connection quality.
Various fixes for minor bugs, including a texture bug.
Easier sorting of rankings.
Rematches in Online VS. Player Matches now possible even when the players haven’t added their opponent to their friend list
Well looks like video games catch the short end of the stick once again, in the UK one of the McDonald’s big wigs says that video games over the last few years have led to the rise in children becoming fat.
Talking to the London Times, McDonald’s UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said games are part of a “lifestyle element” that has led to a rise in childhood obesity. “There’s fewer green spaces and kids are sat home playing computer games on the TV when in the past they’d have been burning off energy outside,” he said.
I am sure that eating a Big Mac with enough fat and calories to clog an adult horses heart has nothing to do with it at all? First video games can make you lose weight and now they make you fat, the industry experts really needs to make their minds up. I am pretty sure that eating a supersized french fry will make me fatter than playing Mario.
The heralded shooter from Sega Europe, The Club, makes its way to XBL tomorrow. This demo will be available only in UK and Australia as will the game as of right now. This only applies to all our friends across the pond, but if the game is as good as Sega is saying it is, you can be sure we will get it in the states sooner that later as opposed to never. Hit the more for the official details of the demo.
Starting now in the United Kingdom, if you convince a friend to buy an Xbox 360 and you both fill out the referral form, you BOTH get 10 free XBLA arcade games. Yeah, no bollocks. Click here for the link for the claim form. This is the official press release we received from London today:
Participants simply fill out the form together, then send off as instructed to both receive an incredible ten Xbox Live Arcade titles, including Every Extend Extra Extreme, Sonic The Hedgehog, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Bomberman Live, Marble Blast Ultra, Spyglass Boardgames, 3D Mini Golf Adventures, Small Arms, Assault Heroes and Zuma Deluxe.
That is probably over a $60 equivalent, not sure of the Pound equivalent or where the button for it is, but check it out. Cheers.
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Check out the shirt prototypes here and the hats here
Well looks like video games catch the short end of the stick once again, in the UK one of the McDonald’s big wigs says that video games over the last few years have led to the rise in children becoming fat.
The heralded shooter from Sega Europe, The Club, makes its way to XBL tomorrow. This demo will be available only in UK and Australia as will the game as of right now. This only applies to all our friends across the pond, but if the game is as good as Sega is saying it is, you can be sure we will get it in the states sooner that later as opposed to never. Hit the more for the official details of the demo.
Starting now in the United Kingdom, if you convince a friend to buy an Xbox 360 and you both fill out the referral form, you BOTH get 10 free XBLA arcade games. Yeah, no bollocks. Click 
