New MGO Expansion – “MEME” Revealed

After nearly an entire 8 weeks of waiting (sic), detailed information of the new Metal Gear Online expansion has become available. A lot of information seems to be irradiating from this scan; now, I can’t speak Japanese, but the information seems simple enough. We have Liquid Ocelot and Mei Ling as playable characters and three interesting new maps.

There does seem to be little “official” information on all this, but evidently the three new maps are Silo Sunset (supposedly the very same from MPO), Forest Firefight and Winter Warehouse. The expansion is said to be playable at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show – but as of yet, a release date and price remains TBA.

Forget hardware, Nintendo is #1 game publisher

Game Developer magazine has announced it’s Top 20 Publishers for 2008, and Nintendo, last year’s #1 publisher has come out on top again.

I can’t decide if this is an impressive feat or not. Nintendo are primarily a hardware manufacturer and only publish content to be released on one console and one handheld. But both the wii and DS are the best selling systems, and whether they like it or not, Nintendo basically have a monopoly over the wii’s game lineup.

The publishers were ranked based on their performance in five fields including annual turnover, number of releases and average review sore.

More traditional publishing whores (you know, the ones that release content on every system) EA and Activision came in second and third.

 

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GTA IV gets trophies – full list revealed

Looks like our favourite borderline dystopian city will be experiencing a crime wave, as the Playstation flavour of Grand Theft Auto IV will be receiving patched in trophy support. Although currently no word on when the patch will drop and if any additional features will be included (custom soundtracks, anyone?), the full list of trophies has been released.

From the looks of the list, it appears these will not be retroactive, which is a great little incentive to replay this stunning game again. When we hear word of a solid release date, you’ll be sure to know. Until than, I’ll hedge my bets that the patch will come at a similar time to xbox’s paid content.

 

Bronze

Off The Boat – You have completed the first mission.
One Hundred And Eighty – You scored 180 with 3 darts.
Pool Shark – You beat a friend at pool.
King of QUB3D – You beat the high score in QUB3D.
Finish Him – You completed 10 melee counters in 4 minutes.
Genetically Superior – You came first in 20 singleplayer street races.
Wheelie Rider – You completed a 500 foot wheelie on a motorbike.
Gobble Gobble – You got a turkey in 10-pin bowling.
Driving Mr. Bellic – You unlocked the special ability of Roman’s taxi.
Rolled Over – You managed 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
Walk Free – You successfully lost a 4 star wanted rating.
Courier Service – You completed all 10 package delivery jobs.
Retail Therapy – You unlocked the special ability of buying guns from Little Jacob.
Chain Reaction – You exploded 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
Lowest Point – You completed the mission “Roman’s Sorrow”.
Order Fulfilled – You completed all 10 Exotic Export orders.