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by Published on October 24th, 2006 15:51
Lik-Sang.com has been forced Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits. In an article posted on their site they have a pop at staff from Sony that where happy to use Lik-Sang only just 9 months ago!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OUT OF BUSINESS NOTICE
Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.
As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.
A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".
Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.
Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.
"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.
"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."
Source: :Lik-sang.com
digg it ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 10:12
Gianas Return team have been updateing their blog on the progress the new Gianas Return game is going. There is the last entre:
The ones of you who know the history of Giana Worlds and Giana’s Return know that many team members disappered out of nothing, and mostly never came back. We thought so this has happened with our End-Boss drawing guy too… but luckily he appeared after over a month beeing offline and not answering any mails. Anyway… he’s back now and while I am typing there should be already more progress.
The boss modes will be very much “BC Kid” style, meaning that you have to beat one big bad guy at the end of each world and if it comes to the “final” boss… you have to replay all the other bad buddies in one go. This should bring in some spice compared to the previous betas. Some people complained about havining finished the game in less than 2 hours. It sure wont be that easy in the final.
Source: gianas-return.de ...by Published on October 23rd, 2006 14:21
By the end of 1997, the Sega Saturn had completely failed in the United States, and Japanese sales were in trouble as well. Sega knew it had to come up with a genius marketing plan to stay competitive. And there was only one man for the job: SEGATA SANSHIRO.
This short documentary traces the life and death of one of the greatest video game advertising icons ever.
watch it here
Source:bestdamnpodcastever.com ...by Published on October 20th, 2006 12:39
Wireless pad batteries will last for "many years" - spokesperson
Sony has told GamesIndustry.biz that the company will provide a service to replace wireless PS3 controllers "when and if" their lithium batteries degrade.
A report on GamesRadar.com observed that the pads do not feature removable battery packs, arguing this would render them "effectively useless" as wireless controllers after a certain number of charges.
This, the article claimed, would leave consumers "forced to shell out" for replacements.
But a Sony spokesperson told GI.biz, "This is a purely speculative story and is largely untrue. The latest generation of Lithium Polymer batteries hardly suffer any memory effect at all, so it'll be many years before there's any degradation in terms of battery performance."
The spokesperson went on to confirm, "When and if this happens, then of course we will be providing a service to exchange these items."
A European price point for the pads has yet to be announced, but yesterday SCEA announced they will retail for USD 49.99 (EUR 39). It was also confirmed that PS3 owners will be able to charge and use their controllers via a supplied USB cable.
Source:Gameindustry.net ...by Published on October 20th, 2006 10:27
This is a port of Exophase's gba emulator that he programmed specifically for the psp, by GPF
GPF has released a test version for dcmu staff to play with (we have been lucky recently), and we can report that up to 32mb roms are loading (remember the dc has only 16mb of RAM). There's a little lag in the sound when using roms bigger than 8 MB, but they are playable.
GPF said he hopes to release an apha soon, but is very busy at work right now.
So while you guys wait we have made 2 videos of the emu running, (the emu does have sound, but it is not recorded in theses videos) thanks to skye for the videos
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digg it ...by Published on October 20th, 2006 10:12
Sony US has priced its first-party peripherals ahead of the launch of the PlayStation 3.
The controller, dubbed Sixaxis, will retail for USD 49.99 (EUR 39). The bluetooth-based controller will have a 20-metre wireless range, and charges its batteries using a supplied USB cable.
Due for release in December, Blu-ray remote controls will be priced at US$ 24.99 (EUR 20), while an adaptor to transfer PlayStation 2 games saves will sell for USD 14.99 (EUR 12).
Although both the 20GB and 60GB versions of the console include HDMI support, to make use of this feature consumers will need to buy the official HDMI cable for USD 49.99 (EUR 39).
The console itself is due for release on November 17th, priced at USD 499 (EUR 395) for the 20GB model and USD 599 (EUR 475) for the 60GB version.
Source:Gamesindustry.biz ...by Published on October 20th, 2006 10:10
Sony has unveiled the first batch of titles available during the 'launch window' of the PlayStation 3 - which will run from November 17 to the end of 2006.
There are 21 titles all together, three of which - Resistance: Fall of Man, NBA 07 and Genji: Days of the Blade - are first-party games.
The rest of the line-up features titles from all major third-party publishers, including familiar gaming brands such as Call of Duty 3 (Activision), Fight Night Round 3 (Electronic Arts) and The Eldar Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks).
Other titles confirmed are Blazing Angels: Squadron of WWII and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas from Ubisoft, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Tony Hawk's Project 8 from Activision, plus Namco Bandai's Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire and Ridge Racer 7.
Electronic Arts will be releasing Madden NFL 07, Need for Speed Carbon and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, while 2K Sports has NBA 2K7 and NHL 2K7 ready for launch.
The rest of the line-up features F.E.A.R. (VU Games), Full Auto 2: Battlelines and Sonic the Hedgehog (both from Sega) and Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Sony Online Entertainment).
All titles are due to retail for just under USD 60 (EUR 48).
Source:Gamesindustry.biz ...by Published on October 19th, 2006 21:44
Smurph has released a pre-release of Super Mario Wars 1.7a in our forums here
For some reason, my 1.7a port runs decent... It just has memory consumption problems. It's playable, just don't expect more than 1 or 2 games before crashing.
I need to start work on it again... but until I do, here's a little pre-release, I guess.
Download locally here ...by Published on October 19th, 2006 15:50
Controversial developer Running With Scissors has announced that the third instalment in its Postal series of shooters, due out on PC and Xbox 360 in 2008, will use Valve's Source Engine.
Used most notably for Half-Life 2 and its expansions, the Source Engine is now available for Xbox 360 developers to base their games on.
RWS also said this week that the game would be produced in conjunction with developer/publisher Akella.
"We've always maintained since publishing the original Postal that the game is only as violent as the player wants it to be," said RWS CEO Vince Desi, getting in early with the defensive sound bites, "and we're committed to expanding this unique form of gameplay in this next addition to the ongoing storyline."
Postal III will apparently include motion-captured performances by various celebrities, including film stars and Playboy Playmates, and will continue to star the nameless "Postal Dude" in a story that continues to focus on "social satire and politically incorrect virtual violence".
Previous references to the game called it "Postal III: Catharsis", although there's no sign of that subtitle in the latest announcement.
It's also worth noting that the game will arrive some time after the Postal film which German film-maker Uwe Boll is directing. The Postal film should take to the silver screen (or, possibly, go direct to video) sometime next year.
Source:Eurogamer ...by Published on October 19th, 2006 14:42
Although some titles have slipped, Nintendo is still planning a healthy Christmas and early 2007 line-up for the DS handheld
Nintendo has announced some DS game release targets for early 2007, and slipped a few of its planned Q4 2006 releases into the near year as well.
Mario Slam Basketball (the game known as Mario Hoops 3-on-3 in the US) had been down for a 10th November release, but is now listed as Q1 2007, while both Star Fox Command (previously 24th Nov) and Actionloop (previously 27th Oct) are now due out on 26th January 2007.
It's hardly a barren landscape between now and the end of the year though, with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Yoshi's Island 2 still down for 10th November and 1st December respectively, and Tenchu Dark Secret added for 24th November.
Moving into Q1, Nintendo has a wider range of software, including key third-party titles like Children of Mana (Square-Enix) and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (Capcom). Diddy Kong Racing DS, Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Pokémon Ranger, Harvest Moon DS and Magical Starsign are all also listed for Q1 2007.
Nintendo also plans to release the pink edition of the DS Lite console itself on 27th October, as previously announced.
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