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Trophies: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs )

Jul 11, 2009

"Kid's games generally have easy Trophies, and this looks to be no exception. Just play the game, and you'll be well on your way to a Platinum!"

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Video Game Hits Store Shelves Worldwide Today (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs )

Jun 30, 2009

It's time for gamers around the world to embark on an all-new incredible adventure with their favorite sub-zero heroes in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Activision Publishing, Inc. And Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing).

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Gameplay Details Revealed (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs )

Jun 2, 2009

The talent from Twentieth Century Fox's highly anticipated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs feature film will reprise their roles in the upcoming videogame from Activision. The game features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah and Josh Peck as members of an unlikely herd of prehistoric pals on a rescue mission across the tundra and beyond as they meet new friends and discover a mysterious world teeming with lush vegetation and fierce dinosaurs.

Why there are no direct sequels for Ico and Shadow of the Colossus (ICO)

Sep 30, 2009

Fumito Ueda explains why Ico 2 and Shadow of the Colossus 2 won't happen.

Sony's Kobayashi: better ICO box art could have boosted sales (ICO)

Sep 17, 2009

At DICE Summit Asia, Sony Japan Studio VP Yasuhide Kobayashi gave a speech about appealing to a global audience with games, which he identified as increasingly important as the Japanese market contracts. He mentioned The Last Guardian, which was given that particular title to appeal to Western markets.

As an example of Western-focused marketing that didn't work, Kobayashi presented the Japanese and North American boxes for ICO, the game that brought the Last Guardian developers to prominence. "If the packaging was designed differently, we think it would have sold more," he said. "In fact on the internet many people have said that the Japanese version was better." Because it is.

Ico/SotC not an influence for Tower of Shadow (ICO)

Aug 25, 2009

Chief designer Osamu Tsuchihashi reveals the actual influence on the game

Ico Creator "hates and loves technical limitations" (ICO)

Jul 8, 2009

Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and the upcoming The Last Guardian talks about the importance of visual fidelity and technical benchmarks.

Team ICO given special Visual Arts award at CEDEC 2008 (ICO)

Sep 27, 2008

At this year's CEDEC (CESA Developers Conference), on behalf of the entire team, Fumito Ueda, Junichi Hosono and Hajime Sugiyama were presented with a special award for Visual Arts for their contribution to the video game industry.

ICO won the award, surpassing other better-known titles like Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid. The game was praised for its atmosphere and presentation of contrasting light and shadow. Ueda had a few lines ready for the occasion:

"Thank you for this award. When we started working on ICO ten years ago, we faced many challenges because we wanted to create something which did not exist. We are now facing a similar challenge with our new project. Please wait a little more, we are sure you'll like it very much. Thank you again."

del Toro: "There are only two game classics. Both are by Team Ico." (ICO)

Aug 27, 2008

From PS3 Attitude, Brodiesan writes: "Though lauding the likes of GTAIV and Bioshock there are only two games del Toro considers good enough to warrant the moniker of "masterpiece": Ico and Shadow of the Colossus..."

Is an ICO 2 and Shadow of the Colossus 2 mixed game coming to PS3? (ICO)

Jun 26, 2008

In an interview with Fumito Ueda at the Nordic Game 08 event, he mentions being at work on a game that combines both the graphics and gameplay seen in his previous games ICO (2001) and its prequel Shadow of the Colossus (2005). VGB looks into the questoin: "Could the lead designer of those PlayStation 2 games be at work on a mixed sequel for the PlayStation 3?"

Twelve sequels we actually want (ICO)

Jan 3, 2008

Some people say you can have too much of a good thing, but we say they can bugger right off. A cake is good, right? But are two cakes bad? No, theyre just more cake, and we like cake so well take all we can get. Om nom nom. In gaming terms, the only thing better than a great videogame is a great videogame that acts as the start of a great franchise. Final Fantasy, Burnout, Super Mario Bros… We love them not only because theyre great but also because of what they later gave us. The only ...

Sony caught violating GPL (General Public License) (ICO)

Dec 1, 2007

The Inquirer - Nick Farrell, Wednesday, 28 November 2007:

"Open sourcer, Alexander Strange was snuffling around the European release of the game ICO when he noticed new files SRCFILE.TXT and TRFILE.TXT and had a look at them.

In amongst the tangled code were bits of the GPL library libarc for compressed data handling.

Sony, which is a big champion of protecting creative rights, has failed to credit the code's author or mention libarc or the GPL."

Ubisoft opens Offices in Mexico and Announce Mexico Show Line-Up (ICO)

Oct 26, 2006

Line-up announced for Electronic Games Show in Mexico. New office also setup for growing market.

Bonus tracks Guitar Hero II leaked (ICO)

Oct 25, 2006

Someone made some pictures of his tv and the game Guitar Hero II. The photo's were made of the bonustracks so we now know the exact list of the bands and their tracks.

Dethklok - Thunderhorse
Drist - Artiel Black
Every Time I Die - The New Black
Anarchy Club - Collide
Valiant Thor - Fall of Pangea
Vagiant - FTK
Breaking Wheel - One For The Road
Buckethead - Jordan (original song for GHII)
All That Remains - Six
Made In Mexico - Yes We Can
Voivod - The X-Stream
That Handsome Devil - Elephant Bones
The Acrobrats - Laugh Track
Camaros - Lady Lightning
Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk
Amazing Crowns - Mr. Fix It
The Neighborhoods - Parasite
Shadows Fall - The Light That Blinds
Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives - Soy Bomb
The Last Vegas - Raw Dog
Count Zero - Radium Eye
Gnashing Of Teeth - Generic
Brian Kahanek - Gemini
The Casket Lottery - Red House

For the proof and the screens, which include some info, click on the link below.

IGPX videos roll out (IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix)

Jul 11, 2006

The Cartoon Network anime series IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix is coming to PS2s this September, and we've got footage of the mecha-racing game in action. It's not exactly surprising to see publisher Namco Bandai working on an anime adaptation, but IGPX is unusual in that it features team racing with ultra-high-speed giant robots. Promising "over 60 miles of ever-changing track," the game will follow Team Satomi as they pit their sword-swinging, fist-fighting robots against rival teams on courses ...

Sega confirms new dates for Hulk, Beijing PC and PictoImage (The Incredible Hulk)

Jun 25, 2008

VG247: Just got some new dates from Sega PR. And here they are.

* The Hulk PC Â¿ public street date is now June 27
* The Hulk Wii Â¿ public street date now July 4
* The Hulk PS2 - public street date is now July 11
* Beijing 2008 PC Â¿ public street date is now July
* PictoImage DS Â¿ public street date is Sept 5

The Incredible Hulk gets released in July for PC, PS2 and Wii (Europe) (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction)

Jun 11, 2008

Sega has informed Strategy Informer that the PC, PS2 and Wii release of The Incredible Hulk will be released in July. No other further details were revealed.

The Incredible Hulk Muscles Its Way into Stores (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction)

Jun 5, 2008

SEGA of America, Inc. today announced that THE INCREDIBLE HULK video game has shipped to stores across North America. Based on both the Marvel Studios feature film being released in theaters on June 13, 2008 and the popular Marvel Comics series created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

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SEGA expecting strong sales for The Incredible Hulk (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction)

Jun 5, 2008

PSU writes: "SEGA has said that the publisher is expecting its upcoming movie tie-in The Incredible Hulk to turn in a solid performance when the game hits shelves this summer.

Speaking to MCV, Ben Payne, Product Manager for SEGA UK, commented: "The Incredible Hulk is Marvel's second biggest property, so awareness of the character is high. As usual, the success of any film tie-in video game is linked to the film itself."

"Thankfully this film is going to be massive, and is well timed, in that it gives Indy IV its deserved moment in the spotlight, and is released two weeks before Prince Caspian."

Iron Man to appear in The Incredible Hulk (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction)

Apr 23, 2008

TVGB: "You've probably all seen the concept art above from The Incredible Hulk game, heard the news that Tony Stark will be making an appearance in the new Incredible Hulk movie and also heard that Hulkbuster armor will be making an appearance in the Iron Man game. Putting these three news items together one could easily jump the conclusion that Iron Man is going to make an appearance in the Hulk game. Well I'm here to tell you that that assumption would be completely and totally correct."