On Friday, Square Enix announced their intent to purchase a majority stake in Tecmo, giving the floundering Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive publisher until September 4th to approve or reject an offer of 920 yen per share, a 30% premium over their stock’s trading value at that time. Today, Reuters reports that Tecmo has [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 29, 2008
Call us crazy, call it coincidence, but it’s not looking good for game companies whose names begin with the letter T. THQ’s flagging fortunes have continued despite the company’s new directions; they lost $27 million just last quarter. As I’m sure you’re well aware, Take-Two will likely be purchased by EA. Traveller’s Tales, Treyarch and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Okay, perhaps Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda isn’t being terribly stealthy about his departure from the lawsuit-laden company, but there’s still a touch of mystery about his resignation. Kotaku reported the news this morning that Yasuda tendered his resignation to the Tecmo board of directors, and the board will appoint its current chairman, Yasuharu Kakihara, to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 19, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Lightsaber Duels come to Wii, just as disgruntled former LucasArts staffer revealed; producer interviewed at (IGN) Disgruntled staffer kicks himself for forgetting to leak info on the stylus-driven DS clone (IGN) Crysis Warhead runs well on $620 PC, Crytek claims (PC Games via Shacknews) Walking is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: EA compromises identity of Need for Speed Undercover; title reportedly takes cues from The Transporter (Eurogamer) Ubisoft reimagining Driver (BBC via Eurogamer) Stardock’s digital-distribution and community platform Impulse launches (Impulse Driven via Joystiq) Mmfmmfmmph mm mmphmm mgnmmm! — aka Team Fortress 2 Pyro Updates detailed [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Consumer Report: Nintendo Wii Menu version 3.3 update destroys homebrew, Freeloader support (Nintendo Wii Fanboy; Nintendo Everything via videogaming247) Enthusiast: PlayStation 3 “trophies,” in-game XMB finally inbound for firmware v2.40; release date unspecified (PlayStation.Blog) Nintendo’s Laurent “geeks and otaku” Fischer promises some sort of Wii storage [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Yes, I know, ronin refers to a masterless samurai, but I don’t know a fancy word for rogue ninja. Team Ninja of Tecmo, specifically, which is rumored to be undergoing a larger exodus following the departure of their outspoken leader, Tomonobu Itagaki. According to 1UP (spotted via Next-Gen), upwards of three dozen Team Ninja employees [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 6, 2008
Greetings, readers, and welcome to a new experiment here at GameCyte. There may be one or zero of you out there who wondered, last week, why we didn’t post our weekly video feature, GameSpyte. Well, you see, since the accident, we’re still exploring our options after a judge declared it would be a crime against [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Gaming: Kojima Productions’ Ryan Payton debunks MGS4’s rumored 90-minute cutscenes, retroactively clarifies reviewer-unfriendly NDA (Kotaku; Kotaku) Despite Crytek CEO’s promise of no more PC exclusives, Crysis: Warhead turns out to be PC-exclusive parallel story starring secondary squadmate (BusinessWire) Metal Gear Solid 4 receives coveted 40/40 from Famitsu, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Legendary badass Ryu Hayabusa may cheat death on a daily basis, but he can’t evade GameCyte’s scorn in this first portable outing.
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