Here's something interesting from IGN:


A lawsuit filed earlier this week against retailer GameStop says the company is "deceptively misleading" its customers into believing a used game purchased from the store comes with all packaged downloadable content advertised on the box. This content, however, is only made available for free to those who purchase the game new, as the code to access the content can be only used one time.

This problem arose in January when plaintiff James Collins purchased a used copy of Dragon Age: Origins from a GameStop store in Hayward, California. Collins paid $54.99 plus tax for the game, $5 less than a brand new copy.

Collins states he purchased the game in part because of the box cover, which advertised that additional character and quest content could be downloaded for free upon purchasing the game. Collins discovered weeks later, however, he would have to pay an additional $15 to access the content, ultimately paying $10 more to purchase a used game with less content.

When Collins tried to return the game for a refund, the GameStop manager at the store said he could not because the seven-day return window had passed.
Collins is seeking restitution, punitive damages for fraud, and interest from the sale of used games that were wrongfully obtained.

IGN has contacted GameStop for comment. The lawsuit in PDF form can be viewed here. ...

via Connected Consoles


In a recent interview, it looked like Sony Benelux brand manager Folkert Langeveld had confirmed a Sackboy sequel when he said the words 'LittleBigPlanet Twee', translating into 'LittleBigPlanet 2'. Unfortunately, this isn't the case.

The interview was set around the PlayStation Move, making many automatically believe that this was the confirmation of a sequel, and its support of the motion controller. Instead, we got in touch with SCEE, who told us the following:
So for the moment, there isn't a LittleBigPlanet 2. We wouldn't though, rule the game out for an E3 announcement in June, or at the Tokyo Games Show in September. ...

via Eurogamer


The new 250GB Xbox 360 hard drive will cost £64.99 here and not £79.99 as once thought.

That's according to Xbox Community Manager Graeme Boyd, who also revealed that a data transfer kit will be bundled with the new drive, allowing content to migrate from old to new.
The 250GB Xbox 360 hard drive will sell from 16th April in the UK.

Before then, Microsoft will lower the price of existing 120GB HDD drive to £80. Yes, that's more expensive than 250GB drive that arrives in under a month. We're checking 'why'.

Update

Actually MS is saying £64.99 was a mistake, It really is £80 ...

Slitherine has announced the forthcoming release of HISTORY™ Egypt Engineering an Empire. The title is the first in a series of turn-based strategy games based upon the HISTORY™ television series Engineering an Empire. Each episode of the program looks at the history and culture of a great civilization through the prism of its engineering accomplishments.

HISTORY™ Egypt Engineering an Empire allows players to build their own empire from its foundation to the height of its power. Acting as the leader of a Egypt or one of its neighbors, players manage all aspects of its rise, from economic growth to political power, the development of armies, and expansion into other regions by methods such as war and diplomacy.

Empires are controlled using three main views:

• Campaign Map: shows the entire game world, including mountains, forests, coastlines, oceans, rivers, cites, and armies.

• City Map: gives players an overview of the structure and role of a town within the empire, and provides a basis for economic decisions.

• Battle Map: to be used when diplomacy has run its course or when a city is being attacked, resulting in turn-based combat.

All nations, cities, armies, and events were carefully researched to ensure historical accuracy. The game is highly accessible and a great first game for newcomers to the strategy genre. ...

It's official! AlphaBounce will soon be available on the Nintendo DSi™! The game will be released on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service on the 12th April 2010 in the U.S and the 9th April 2010 in both Europe and Australia.

In AlphaBounce, based on the web game of the same name, players take control of an inter-galactic prisoner who must explore a vast universe with millions of different levels.
AlphaBounce is a unique combination of the classical brick-breaking concept with RPG-style features!

Video and further information on: http://alphabounce.com/dsiware ...

It's official! AlphaBounce will soon be available on the Nintendo DSi™! The game will be released on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service on the 12th April 2010 in the U.S and the 9th April 2010 in both Europe and Australia.

In AlphaBounce, based on the web game of the same name, players take control of an inter-galactic prisoner who must explore a vast universe with millions of different levels.
AlphaBounce is a unique combination of the classical brick-breaking concept with RPG-style features!

Video and further information on: http://alphabounce.com/dsiware ...

After several months of silent running, digital toy boutique Denki has revealed the first footage of Quarrel, its highly anticipated new game.

You can find it on YouTube by subscribing to and following ‘denkigames’, or by visiting: http://www.youtube.com/denkigames

Quarrel is designed for Xbox Live Arcade, and the company is hinting obliquely at other more ‘breathtaking’ plans.

Denki took Quarrel busking last year and encouraged hundreds of people – from families, tourists and gamers, through to competitive strategy gamers and Scrabble players – to play the game to near universal acclaim. The feedback from these sessions was collated, considered and then Denki decided to make the game even more awesome.

Quarrel now includes the following embellishments:
- “More ways to play” - There are now THREE entirely new games modes for you (providing hours and hours of honest-to-goodness fun).
- “More platforms” - Surely. Though Denki are remaining tight-lipped on what these may be.
- “More characters, troops, maps, music and words” - Yes, no, there’s loads already, si senor and we have the best dictionary in there already.
- “More cowbell” - Ha ha. Xylophone, yes; cowbell, not so much.
- “Less timer” - Sorted.

Yes, Denki has revisited, revised and revamped the game. It now features a completely new single-player experience. The master funmakers have tinkered with and tweaked every aspect of the game to make it fast, fluid, fun and generally just spent the last few months turning the game into an even shinier example of lovely. ...

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, proudly brings you this announcement, in exaltation of all that is manly, ships to retailers nationwide!

Cho Aniki Zero will be oiled up and ready to thrust its way onto your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system! Sold exclusively as a digital download through the PlayStation®Store, Cho Aniki Zero gives players the chance to take part in an epic struggle alongside heroes Idaten and Benten as they blast through the muscle-bounded forces of Emperor Balzac II.

Cho Aniki Zero brings manliness back to the old-school shoot-em-up genre and, warps it to another dimension of sights and sounds. In Cho Aniki Zero, players will be introduced to brand-new characters and newly heightened experiences of rhythmic action, intertwined with the famous BGM of Kouji Hayama. Battle through five man-rageous levels of brotherly love and muscle-on-muscle madness!

The Story So Far…

Since the death of Balzac, the Builder Planet has celebrated a long period of peace.

However, as time goes by, protein becomes scarce, and protein deficiency is soon a serious problem for the Builder Planet. As people struggle for control over what protein is left, Balzac II begins his subtle rise to power...

Learning of his return, Idaten and Benten take up arms and begin their man-tastic voyage...

"People have been raving about the benefits of protein since time immemorial and now Cho Aniki Zero reaffirms that belief!", said Frank “Bo” deWindt II, Associate Producer, Aksys Games. "It's time to get those muscles pumping and downing those protein shakes because you'll need them after the hilariously fun workout that is Cho Aniki Zero!" ...

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, proudly brings you this announcement, in exaltation of all that is manly, ships to retailers nationwide!

Cho Aniki Zero will be oiled up and ready to thrust its way onto your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system! Sold exclusively as a digital download through the PlayStation®Store, Cho Aniki Zero gives players the chance to take part in an epic struggle alongside heroes Idaten and Benten as they blast through the muscle-bounded forces of Emperor Balzac II.

Cho Aniki Zero brings manliness back to the old-school shoot-em-up genre and, warps it to another dimension of sights and sounds. In Cho Aniki Zero, players will be introduced to brand-new characters and newly heightened experiences of rhythmic action, intertwined with the famous BGM of Kouji Hayama. Battle through five man-rageous levels of brotherly love and muscle-on-muscle madness!

The Story So Far…

Since the death of Balzac, the Builder Planet has celebrated a long period of peace.

However, as time goes by, protein becomes scarce, and protein deficiency is soon a serious problem for the Builder Planet. As people struggle for control over what protein is left, Balzac II begins his subtle rise to power...

Learning of his return, Idaten and Benten take up arms and begin their man-tastic voyage...

"People have been raving about the benefits of protein since time immemorial and now Cho Aniki Zero reaffirms that belief!", said Frank “Bo” deWindt II, Associate Producer, Aksys Games. "It's time to get those muscles pumping and downing those protein shakes because you'll need them after the hilariously fun workout that is Cho Aniki Zero!" ...