In our third Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at Firion. This uniquely dressed hero, hailing from Final Fantasy II believes he’s...
In our second Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at Garland, the legendary villain of Final Fantasy I, who was hunkering around...
In our first Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at the character who jump started the franchise, the iconic Warrior of...
Kicking off The Gaming Vault’s month of dedicated Dissidia content, we start right at the beginning, with a detailed look at Dissidia’s...
The long awaited Playstation Home was finally released after a full year of Beta testing on December 11, 2008. Being the Sony fanboy that I am,...
Wrath of the Lich King launches in the UK less than three hours from now, and we’ve compiled a detailed list for you...
Capcom has just announced release dates for its line-up in the first half of 2009.
It looks like it’s going to be a good start to the year for Capcom and gamers alike with titles like Street Fighter IV only weeks away, and Resident Evil 5 and next-gen Bionic Commando coming shortly behind.
Flock! (XBLA/PSN) - February
Street [...]
Speaking with Edge Magazine recently, Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg said that he expects Sony will drop the price of the PlayStation 3 sooner, rather than later.
“We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months,” he said. “We’re frankly surprised it’s taken this long. … I would expect [...]
Speaking with Edge Magazine recently, Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg said that he expects Sony will drop the price of the PlayStation 3 sooner, rather than later.
“We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months,” he said. “We’re frankly surprised it’s taken this long. … I would expect [...]
Never let it be said that video games can’t be used to benefit people… Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, England has found a unique use for Wii Fit, allowing patients with prosthetic limbs to practise using them with the fitness “game” and the balance board, as NintendoWorldReport reveals.
Many prosthetic limb patients often find trouble “getting their [...]
Capcom has just announced release dates for its line-up in the first half of 2009.
It looks like it’s going to be a good start to the year for Capcom and gamers alike with titles like Street Fighter IV only weeks away, and Resident Evil 5 and next-gen Bionic Commando coming shortly behind.
Flock! (XBLA/PSN) - February
Street [...]
Capcom has just announced release dates for its line-up in the first half of 2009.
It looks like it’s going to be a good start to the year for Capcom and gamers alike with titles like Street Fighter IV only weeks away, and Resident Evil 5 and next-gen Bionic Commando coming shortly behind.
Flock! (XBLA/PSN) - February
Street [...]
It’s Christmas already in some parts of the world, and it’s just around the corner for the rest of us. As such, the gang here at The Gaming Vault will be wrapping things up on the website until the new year.
From myself, and everyone else on staff, have a pleasant holiday season. May your next [...]
The plan: choose a game neither of us have played, and start recording the moment the disc hits the tray. No rehearsals. No planning. Unadulterated, unscripted commentary as we play.
This is the first episode of Games & Goblins Gaiden, showing what went wrong with Episode 3, which was supposed to be Call of Duty: [...]
If you can remember a few weeks back a rumor emerged that Hearst Corp, (who is most famous for UGO.com) was in talks with Ziff Davis to buy 1up.com. Today we got word that it is now official. Posting a news story on 1up Hearst had this to say, “The acquisition of 1UP, with its authentic voice, tenured editorial personalities and bustling user community, allows us to expand our base of quality content and represents a major step forward in UGO’s mission to become the leader in the games space.”
Hearst has made it clear before that they were not interested in EGM and as such closed the magazine. This is a major blow to the industry considering the magazine has been a large voice in the community for over two decades. Unfortunately mergers also mean layoffs. Thirty people are rumored to have been layed off including Matt Chandronait (Video Producer at Gamevideos.com), Ryan O’Donnell (Senior Video Producer at Gamevideos.com), Andrew Pfister (Podcast Producer), Philip Kollar (News Editor), Justin Frechette (Video Contractor), Cesar Quintero (Associate Video Producer), Nick Suttner (Associate Editor of Reviews), Anthony Gallegos (Associate Editor of PC), Shane Bettenhausen (Senior Executive Editor), and James Mielke (Editor-in-Chief of EGM). While most of the layoffs are concentrated in the GameVideos sector much of the staff alumi have been axed, leaving but a handful of higher-up writers left.
Never let it be said that video games can’t be used to benefit people… Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, England has found a unique use for Wii Fit, allowing patients with prosthetic limbs to practise using them with the fitness “game” and the balance board, as NintendoWorldReport reveals.
Many prosthetic limb patients often find trouble “getting their weight through the prosthetic limb,” as senior physiotherapist Lynn Hirst pointed out. Wii Fit is useful in that it helps them to see “where they are taking their weight.”
One patient, David Crossland, aged 60, is incredibly supportive of the whole idea, and points out that “it makes sure you have got your balance” which is important when “learning to walk again.”
Hirst pointed out that Wii Fit has allowed Crossland to do inventive things such as “ski down a mountain or head a football during sessions using the machine – even though he has a prosthetic leg.”
It’s heart-warming to see video games being used for such positive means.
Speaking with Edge Magazine recently, Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg said that he expects Sony will drop the price of the PlayStation 3 sooner, rather than later.
“We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months,” he said. “We’re frankly surprised it’s taken this long. … I would expect they’d have to move on price, sooner than later, for sure.”
However, SCEE boss David Reeves has regularly insisted that the PlayStation division’s current priority is in turning a profit in the short term, so any imminent price drop seems unlikely. It can only be a matter of time though.
Capcom has just announced release dates for its line-up in the first half of 2009.
It looks like it’s going to be a good start to the year for Capcom and gamers alike with titles like Street Fighter IV only weeks away, and Resident Evil 5 and next-gen Bionic Commando coming shortly behind.
The Japanese video game market took another fall in 2008, according to Kotaku, much like it did in 2007… and the problem doesn’t look like it’s gonna disappear any time soon.
In 2008, the video game market pulled in a total of ¥582.61 billion, down from the ¥687.95 billion brought in during 2007. More noticably, hardware sales dropped from ¥327.41 billion to ¥250.5 billion. Software sales fared better, remaining about the same as they did in 2007.
So much for the gaming industry being recessing proof.
A source at VideoGaming247 has claimed that Traveller’s Tales is currently at work on a Lego version of Rock Band.
There might actually be some substance to said rumour, because TT confirmed in a radio interview that a Lego game is to be released this year, but didn’t mention the game’s identity.
Traveller’s Tales has previously been rumoured to be working on Lego Harry Potter, which Warner Bros. was quick to say “no comment”.
It’s Christmas already in some parts of the world, and it’s just around the corner for the rest of us. As such, the gang here at The Gaming Vault will be wrapping things up on the website until the new year.
From myself, and everyone else on staff, have a pleasant holiday season. May your next few days be full of cheer, happiness… and lots and lots of video games!
We hope you’ll join us back here in 2009, when we’ll be as active as ever. We have plenty of things planned for the start of the new year, including more additions to our extensive Dissidia: Final Fantasy guide, new instalments of our original Games ‘N’ Goblins video-cast, and a feature looking back at our favourite games of 2008.
And that’s only for the start of the year! Except much besides in the year ahead!
See you again in 2009, fellow gamers. Enjoy your holidays!
The worlds most popular MMO, World of Warcraft has now reached a userbase of 11.5 million says Blizzard, sale of the game have been fuelled by the new Wrath of The Lich King release, which shifted over 4million copies in it’s first month.
“We’re pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game’s global community has continued to show,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard.
Only two months ago, Blizzard was saying that there was a fanbase of 11 million, 500,000 new people have subscribed.
Soon everyone will be playing the game.
The Gaming Vault is proud to give you yet another trailer from the upcoming Square Enix game; Blood of Bahamut.
The Jump Festa 09 trailer showcases the 4 main characters in the game, a boy named Ibuki, a girl named Yui, Kamos Ogrekin (probably an ogre) and a wolfman named Santiago.
The trailer also shows off dual screen cutscenes, as well as our main characters battling massive foes of various kinds. Blood of Bahamut is certainly a title we have high expectations for.
Enjoy!
Now available on your Xbox 360… a virtual fireplace.
Featuring ‘realistic smoldering embers and flickering flames,’ XNA user SniperED007’s Fireplace is ‘the perfect backdrop for a relaxing evening.’
There’s a free demo of it available on your Xbox 360 if you life in a region that has access to the Community Games, and the full thing is also available to buy on there for 400 MS points.
Shacknews even has a video of it in action.
Astounding stuff.
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