Podcast #103 News Thread

[chronodarkx]

All the news for this upcoming week March 1st through March 9th goes here! Contribute as much as possible!





I'll add my set of news under each day here:

3/2/09 - Monday
- Yakuza 3 sells 300,000 first week in Japan!
kotaku.com/5163219/ps3-exclusive-ryu-ga-gotoku-3-yakuza-3-sold-300000

- BioWare forms Montreal Group for Mass Effect 2!
kotaku.com/5162995/bioware-forms-montreal-group-for-mass-effect-2

- Trophy Tracking hits Playstation.com!
kotaku.com/5163027/trophy-tracking-hits-playstationcom-tomorrow

3/3/09 - Tuesday
- King of Fighters XII hitting 360, PS3 this July!
kotaku.com/5163585/king-of-fighters-xii-strikes-worldwide-in-july

- Capcom was once leaning towards 360!
kotaku.com/5163310/why-capcom-bet-360-and-not-ps3-or-wii

3/4/09 - Wednesday
- Square Enix buying out Eidos in May!
www.joystiq.com/2009/03/04/square-enix-to-buyout-eidos-in-may/

3/5/09 - Thursday
- Fallout 3: The Pitt releasing March 24th!
www.joystiq.com/2009/03/05/fallout-3s-the-pitt-officially-dated-new-screens/

- Army of Two: The Sequel Teased!
kotaku.com/5165009/army-of-two-the-sequel-now-officially-teased

3/6/09 - Friday
- inFamous releasing in June, demo on the way!
www.joystiq.com/2009/03/06/infamous-launching-worldwide-in-june-demo-on-the-way/

- Resident Evil: Code Veronica for Wii coming soon?
kotaku.com/5165889/wii-to-get-resident-evil-code-veronica-update

3/9/09 - Monday
- Capcom announcing new game at RE5 Launch Party!
kotaku.com/5166671/capcom-announcing-new-game-at-re5-launch-party

- id's Rage not hitting this year!
www.joystiq.com/2009/03/09/ids-hollenshead-rage-not-coming-in-2009/

- Castle Crashers Devs revealing 3rd game soon!
www.joystiq.com/2009/03/09/castle-crasher-devs-third-game-closer-to-unveiling/

[toastburnerb]

Best Buy, Toys R Us, and Amazon.com to start buying/selling used games.
(Amazon.com will offer gift card credit for games).

www.gamepolitics.com/2009/03/05/toys-r-us-best-buy-amazon-entering-used-game-market


Midway May Sale Mortal Kombat IP:

www.gamespot.com/news/6205478.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=hot-stories&tag=hot-stories;title;1


A Federal judge has thrown out guitar maker Gibson's case against ACtivision over Guitar Hero guitars

www.gamespot.com/news/6205495.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=hot-stories&tag=hot-stories;title;3

On a related note, this decision likely dooms Gibson's motions to sue retailers to keep the game off of shelves, and a similar lawsuit against EA, MTV, and Harmonix, in a similar case against Rock Band.

Microsoft Ends "Out-of-Warranty" Support on Original Xbox consoles
(Xbox consoles that are still under warranty and need repair will be replaced with a "Factory Certified Repaired" Xbox360 Pro at no additional fee)

www.gamespot.com/news/6205466.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=hot-stories&tag=hot-stories;title;4

[superfusion]

Rare teases Banjo Kazooie: N&B Expansion

kotaku.com/5167047/rare-teases-banjo-kazooie-nuts--bolts-expansion

Rare is planning on lifting the lid off an expansion for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, potential downloadable content it hopes to announce sometime this week. That announcement may even herald a new promotional logo!

[slinkyzz]

Resident Evil 5 Cinematic Director In Talks To Make Capcom Movie

kotaku.com/5167097/resident-evil-5-cinematic-director-in-talks-to-make-capcom-movie

Big Sisters Stalk Onto BioShock 2(Rumor)

kotaku.com/5165836/big-sisters-stalk-onto-bioshock-2?skyline=true&s=x