Conan

PlayStationBlog.it Paradox Entertainment announce a new Conan game coming next year!

Major Nelson's Blog writes: Content: NBA STREET Homecourt Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except those in Asia Content: Conan Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan

Split-Screen: Nihilistic Software, the once-upon-a-Zerg-dawn developer of Starcraft: Ghost, have been laying low since the fiascoes surrounding the tactical stealth game based on Blizzard's popular sci-fi universe. Their last title was Zombie Apocalypse available on XBox Live and Playstation Network, but it appears they'll be returning to the AAA forefront in the years to come.

Ages of Conan developer Funcom has apologised for erm, accidentally reducing the breast size of all of the female characters in its MMO. The apology comes after many Age of Conan users spotted the breast reduction on their female game characters and complained on the official forums, even providing photo evidence of the boob job. Funcom can confirm that some of the female models in the game have had the size of their breasts changed, the company said in a statement. This is due to an unintended change in data that was introduced in an earlier patch, data which controls the so-called morph values associated with character models and the size of their respective body parts.

Dec 28,

Although California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger helped build his acting career by starring in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, he is carefully distancing himself from THQ's recent Conan video game release.

Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts: ¿ The MediaWise Video Game Report Card ¿ The Buying Guide ¿ The ESRB Rating System and Ratings Education Efforts ¿ The Retailer Ratings Education and Enforcement Surveys ¿ Annual MediaWise-Harris Interactive Poll of Kids and Parents Kotaku gives a quick summary for each part.

The special Xbox 360 version of the most popular games magazine in Japan has just hit store shelves and its always interesting to look at the review scores. In the latest issue, Xbox 360 cracker Lost Odyssey was reviewed for the first time, and rewarded with 9/8/8/8 which brings its total to 33/40 which equals 8.25/10. Other games that have been reviewed are Guilty Gear 2, Virtua Fighter 5, Kingdom Under Fire, Conan, Stuntman and Viva Pinata Party Animals. Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Xbox 360, Konami): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40) Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Xbox 360, Arc System Works): 6 / 7 / 5 / 7 - (25/40) Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40) Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360, Sega): 7 / 8 / 9 / 8 - (32/40) Conan (Xbox 360, THQ): 6 / 5 / 5 / 6 - (22/40) Momotarou Dentetsu 16 Gold (Xbox 360, Hudson): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40) Atsumare! Viva Pinata - Let's Party (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40) Stuntman Ignition (Xbox 360, THQ): 8 / 8 / 6 / 8 - (30/40) Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 7 / 8 / 6 / 6 - (27/40)

The review scores from EGM #222 (December 2007) are revealed: * Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock: 9, 8.5, 8 * Sega Rally Revo: 7.5, 7, 7 * Conan: 5.5, 5.5, 5.5 * WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008: 8, 7, 5.5 * Clive Barker's Jericho: 3, 4.5, 4.5 (Shame of the Month) * The Simpsons Game: 7, 6.5, 7 * Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War: 4, 6, 4 * Folklore: 5.5, 7.5, 8 * The Eye of Judgment: 8, 8, 8 * Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction: 8.5, 9.5, 9 * Halo 3: 10, 10, 9 * Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation: 6.5, 6.5, 8 * Half-Life 2 Orange Box: 10, 9.5, 10 * Beautiful Katamari: 7, 4.5, 4 * Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations: 9, 7, 7.5 * Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness: 7.5, 7, 7 * Silent Hill: Origins: 7.5, 7, 7