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MadWorld Not Planning Releases in Censor-Heavy Countries

PlatinumGames' MadWorld, the action-adventure Wii game from the studio composed of Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand and Okami veterans, is so violent that publisher Sega isn't optimistic about getting the game released in Japan.

And PlatinumGames and Sega are both Japanese companies.

Sega doesn't even plan to show the game at next week's Tokyo Game Show, according to MTV Multiplayer. In fact, "any Japanese release will be evaluated after MadWorld ...

Tetris Party Falls Onto WiiWare in October for 1200 Points

Hudson's WiiWare remix of classic puzzle game Tetris will descend onto the Wii Shop Channel, inch-by-inch, this month.

Announced back in May, the game--now entitled Tetris Party--will cost 1200 Wii Points ($12) and will sport a whopping 18 modes of play, according to a Nintendo press release.

Tetris Party will also support online multiplayer for up to six players, as well as a mode controlled entirely by the Balance Board accessory. Players lean forward and backward to control the speed of the pieces and squat to rotate them.

Viva Pinata Demo Showers Candy on Xbox Live

It's Friday, so why not put a little fiesta in your afternoon? The Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise demo is now available on Xbox Live.

Xbox Live spokesman Major Nelson reports that the demo for Rare's Xbox 360-exclusive pinata-breeder just arrived, but this time the game sports cooperative play (2 players on one console, 4 on Xbox Live), mini-games, and Xbox Live Vision support.

A full description of the demo, courtesy the Major, follows:

The Pinata Central database has been ruined by Professor Pester and his band of Ruffians. It's your job to...

(2008-10-03 16:27:00)

All Points Bulletin Gets PvP Arresting, Maybe Stealth

Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds are still making progress on their Grand Theft Auto-esque cops-vs-robbers MMO All Points Bulletin, or APB (PC, 360), and the game is set to soon leave alpha status.

The game has a system where players with law enforcement characters can arrest criminal characters. A game newsletter, reproduced on Kotaku, explains:

Enforcers have an arrest system available to them which serves to take out a criminal player until they are freed or the arrest timer expires and the...

(2008-10-03 15:38:00)

Former EA CEO to Head US Olympic Committee

Larry Probst, former CEO of mega-publisher Electronic Arts, has a new job at the top of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

"Some of his main tasks will include garnering much-needed financial support in an unstable economy and helping secure Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games," reports the New York Times.

"He brings to us a number of skills," said former committee head Peter Ueberroth. "We need to shore up and expand our partnerships with major companies in the United States, and Larry walks those halls well, or better than I do."

Probst got the call from Ueberroth, a former Major League Baseball commissioner, because of his ties to the publisher's lucrative EA Sports label and its connection to American sports. "The EA Sports brand is one of the most recognized brands in the video games industry," Probst commented. "I've been doing that for 15-plus years. As ...

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