‘Most Wanted’ criminal nabbed stealing DS games

Written on September 25, 2009 at 1:51 pm, by James Fudge

I love stories about stupid criminals and the story I’m about to tell you is probably the dumbest criminal act I’ve heard in a long time. The scene is a Wal.Mart in Fort Myers, Fla., where career criminal at large, Daniel Larson, 32, of Cape Coral, is attempting to leave the store with “video games in his pants and shoes.” A loss prevention officer at the 1619 Del Prado Blvd store confronts him and he tries to flee but the criminal is quickly detained until the police arrived. When police arrive they find $120 worth of Nintendo DS games on the moron.

Now this might be an ordinary story if it was just a case of shoplifting, but it turns out that Larson is on the Lee County Most Wanted List after he managed to get out of jail (on another larceny charge on Sept. 5) with a fake I.D. So here’s this guy shoplifting at Wal.Mart with an active warrant for his arrest already outstanding and he gets take down by - of all people - a security officer. Larson is a career criminal with two convictions for armed robbery with a deadly weapon in 1999 and 2004, and another 1999 conviction for kidnapping.

Larsen later told police that he was going to sell the video games to fuel his long standing heroin addiction.

Larsen’s adventure will cost him. He now faces such charges as violating pre-trial supervision, larceny, resisting a property recovery retail merchant, using false identification, forgery, violating parole and all the other charges he faced before he managed to escape jail.

Source: News Press

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box in stores

Written on August 24, 2009 at 12:44 pm, by James Fudge

Professor Layton makes his triumphant return this week in his latest DS adventure, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. The follow-up to Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box includes 150 puzzles, voice acting and animated scenes that tell the story, and - of course - more Luke.

Players will have to solve brain-teasers, riddles and puzzles to help the good Layton and his apprentice Luke uncover the mystery surrounding the Elysian Box, which is said to be deadly to all who open it. When you’re done with the game you can also connect your DS to a broadband Internet connection to get some free bonus puzzles. Nintendo says that these bonus puzzles extend the play time of the game, which we hope would be the case if we are going to go through the trouble of going online to get them, right?

Learn more about the game by visiting www.ProfessorLaytonDS.com.

Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple announced

Written on July 30, 2009 at 7:01 pm, by James Fudge

City Interactive announced that the next adventure in the Chronicles of Mystery series, Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple for Nintendo DS, will be released in Sept. Featuring classic point-and-click gameplay with hidden object puzzles, players will need to use logic, people skills and lots of mouse clicks to decipher clues to the forgotten secrets of the famed Knights Hospitaller.

Sylvie Leroux, a young archaeologist, is at the center of this latest mystery. After receiving an invitation to France from her uncle, she arrives only to discover he’s missing. Apparently, his disappearance is connected to the recent discovery of a mysterious underground chapel from the Crusades, and it’s up to Sylvie to unlock the clues from the past to explain the problems of today.

Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple for Nintendo DS is rated E for Everyone and will be available nationwide in September for a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Warner Bros. and TT Games Announce LEGO Battles

Written on February 4, 2009 at 1:33 pm, by David Chapman

Just when we all got used to tacking the word LEGO before a movie or comic franchise and seeing the game sell a ridiculous number of copies, Warner Bros. Interactive and TT Games had to go and change things up on us. The duo announced today that they are teaming up with The LEGO Group to deliver LEGO Battles for the Nintendo DS. LEGO Battles is being produced by TT Games, developed by Hellbent Games, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive. According to the announcement, LEGO Battles is based on classic play scenarios in themes that include LEGO Castle, LEGO Pirates, and LEGO Space, and pulls three LEGO themes together to create a unique extension of the LEGO build-and-play experience while staying true to the customization and humor we’ve all come to expect from the LEGO game series.

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Legacy of Ys Coming to DS

Written on October 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm, by David Chapman

Forget all about Xs and Zs. For Atlus USA, it’s all about the Ys. The company announced earlier today that it plans to release the first two chapters in the popular Ys RPG series to DS owners next year with Legacy of Ys: Books I & II for the Nintendo DS. The two chapters will be released on a single DS cart, and come with a host of brand new enhancements to the classic franchise.

For those of you who may have missed it the first time around, the story of Ys follows a young adventurer named Adol Christin, also called Adol the Red. During his travels, he learned of the tragic tale of Esteria, a once prosperous island now inexplicably engulfed by a crippling storm. Adol heads out to the besieged isle, curious to unravel the mystery, eventually uncovering the lost knowledge of the long forgotten and mythical land of Ys.

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August Software and Hardware Sales Numbers

Written on September 12, 2008 at 2:30 am, by James Fudge

NPD has released software and hardware sales data for the month of August and, to be quite honest, there are no real shockers here. DS, Wii and PSP (in that order) continue to dominate the market while Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2 fight for the leftovers. The Nintendo DS was the best selling system for the month, selling 518,000 units, while the Wii managed to move $53,000, the PSP moved 253,000, the Xbox 360 sold 195,000 units, the PS3 followed closely with 185,000 and the PS2 sold 144,000.

Things were even tamer on the software front with Madden NFL 09 selling well across multiple platforms and dominating four of the top ten slots. Also doing well this month: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Too Human and Soulcalibur IV. It should also be noted that while EA said earlier this week that Madden did 6 percent better over last year’s version , the truth is it did only 2 percent better. So they were a little bit off.. The full lists after the jump:

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Izuna 2 Finds Work

Written on July 22, 2008 at 7:25 pm, by James Fudge

Okay, I lied, she’s still unemployed and loving it. NIS America’s Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns is now in stores across North America. The sequel sees everyone’s favorite raspberry haired ninja in an all new set of adventures featuring wacky characters, zippy dialogue and that devil may care attitude fans have grown to appreciate. The sequel promises more game content, combat options, and RPG depth. Oh and it might just pass the time until Disgaea 3 and Spectral Force 3 are released next month.

Find out more at www.atlus.com.