Ages of Conan developer Funcom has apologised for erm, accidentally reducing the breast size of all of the female characters in its MMO.
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 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.
The review scores from EGM #222 (December 2007) are revealed:
This has to be the longest list of games ever for a week of releases. There are many major titles coming out next week, from Zack & Wiki to Jericho to Ratchet and Clank, there is sure to be something for everyone. What are you getting next week?
These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.
XBL members are able to download the demo through Xbox Live starting today, with the PlayStation Network version available from October 11.
THQ BeNeLux today announced a demo of the hack n slash game Conan. The demo will hit Xbox Live Marketplace on october 8 and the PlayStation Store on october 11th
Conan for the PS3 and 360 has released in Europe. There was talk that the game was delayed until early next year, but instead the game is on store shelves from today, 28th September in Europe. It was further said that the PS3 version would be delayed by two weeks (http://www.n4g.com/News-68173.aspx), but it has also been released today.
THQ recently revealed it is moving its hack-and-slash title Conan The Barbarian from October to an end of September release. The game developed by Nihilistic is slated to hit stores in America and Europe on September 29. This, however, only accounts for the Xbox 360 version, as THQ today revealed in its newest release schedule that the Playstation 3 version will hit stores on October 12, in both the US and Europe.
THQ has brought the release dates of Conan and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts forward to 28th September. Conan is the gory and adult-themed hackandslasher for 360 and PS3, created by developer Nihilistic Software.
THQ has assembled a solid roster of voice, story writing and musical talent to contribute to the forthcoming Conan video game.
News of the game surfaced recently, suggesting the game would follow a similar style to Sony's God of War franchise, and today THQ has official confirmed that the game will debut early in 2008 for Xbox 360 and PS3.