My wife's Photoshop skills are amazing. She's just created a picture containing four DaddyNewtses! It's now my favourite photo ever.
Missing: legendary goddess in wolf form. Reward: toys.
Anyone in the New York area who fancies a bit of a treasure hunt may want to keep their eyes peeled for this poster of a missing Chibiterasu, star of Capcom's Okamiden, for the chance to win a plush keyring of the lupine goddess.
Gaming legend branches out
Yuji Naka, the man commonly (though erroneously) credited with creating Sonic the Hedgehog, left the Sega nest some years ago to create his own company, Prope. Since then, he's worked on Wii party title Let's Tap and bird-rescuing Ivy the Kiwi? on DS and Wii, but he's also spreading his wings on other formats, including Move and Kinect.
Musical puzzle game to support controller
Fans of Flash gaming may already be familiar with Auditorium, a soothing blend of music and puzzles that sees you diverting beams of music into an equaliser (yes, really). The game itself is getting a PlayStation Network launch next month, and publisher ZooGames has confirmed it'll support PlayStation Move.
Original 16-bit night is out the window as I can't find a tv lead for any of my three Mega Drives. How can I play Sonic games now?!
Off to prepare for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 by playing all 16-bit Sonic games back-to-back on their original hardware, including SONIC CD!!
Your chance to shine
Sony's upcoming movie-themed shooter, the snappily titled The Shoot, is an attempt at making a kid-friendly shooting game, blasting through familiar scenarios from movies and television to impress the director with your action chops. A brief demo is available on the Starter Disc or PlayStation Network, but those of you eager to take on the full game will get chance on October 19th when the game reaches North America.
Joy of writing for multiformat sites: just wrote a piece on Killzone 3 beta, now searching for screenshots of Petz: Cats Family
PlayStation Plus subscribers only
When a company says "details will be available in the near future", the near future can be anything from weeks to months. Sony's just beaten the world land speed record for more details arriving, with the Killzone 3 beta details officially announced just days after being teased.
Creepy as that sounds
Former Spice Girl Mel B is going all-out to promote her upcoming fitness game Get Fit with Mel B, including making a personal appearance at a meet-and-greet event next Sunday at London's Oxford Street GAME.
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