http://www.playkon.com/ Playkon is a gaming website featuring news and rumors about games, companies and the industry, along with plenty of trailers on the side. en-us Copyright (c) Playkon 2008 120 Playkon http://www.playkon.com/templates/raw/default/img/playkon_241x50.gif http://www.playkon.com/ 144 30 Fri, 16 May 08 22:24:53 +0000 How many kids on your block own a game console? Less than 20% if you live in a third'ish-world country? Over 50% if you're among the more privileged Earthlings? Well then, imagine a whole country where over 95% of kids (fifth-year elementary (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-202-95-Of-Japans-Kids-Own-A-Game-Console.html http://www.playkon.com/news-202-95-Of-Japans-Kids-Own-A-Game-Console.html http://www.playkon.com/news-202-95-Of-Japans-Kids-Own-A-Game-Console.html#comments Fri, 16 May 08 11:43:59 +0000 As of today, the new president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) is Shuhei Yoshida. "Who?!", you might ask for various reasons, and I wouldn't blame you. For various reasons. Luckily, for all of us ignorants who (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-201-Sony-Worldwide-Studios-New-President.html http://www.playkon.com/news-201-Sony-Worldwide-Studios-New-President.html http://www.playkon.com/news-201-Sony-Worldwide-Studios-New-President.html#comments Wed, 14 May 08 20:36:28 +0000 Not that there was any doubt about it, but the Naruto gaming franchise drags on, with the announcement of Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 for the Nintendo DS (based on the second game in the franchise, Naruto RPG 2: Chidori vs. Rasengan). Like its (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-200-Naruto-Path-of-the-Ninja-2-Announced-For-The-DS.html http://www.playkon.com/news-200-Naruto-Path-of-the-Ninja-2-Announced-For-The-DS.html http://www.playkon.com/news-200-Naruto-Path-of-the-Ninja-2-Announced-For-The-DS.html#comments Wed, 14 May 08 18:16:38 +0000 The first gameplay footage from the Gears of War 2 campaign was revealed this week, and for the past couple of days, Microsoft has been shoving more materials down our throat. It may sound like a lot, but in fact it's just a bunch of (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-199-Gears-of-War-2-Gameplay-In-Action.html http://www.playkon.com/news-199-Gears-of-War-2-Gameplay-In-Action.html http://www.playkon.com/news-199-Gears-of-War-2-Gameplay-In-Action.html#comments Wed, 14 May 08 17:10:24 +0000 All's looking good for next week's public launch, as Funcom and Eidos proclaimed that over 1 million people have signed up for the Age of Conan beta, a figure shadowed only by the 5 million unique visitors tracked on the game's official website (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-198-Age-of-Conan-Beta-Lures-1-Million.html http://www.playkon.com/news-198-Age-of-Conan-Beta-Lures-1-Million.html http://www.playkon.com/news-198-Age-of-Conan-Beta-Lures-1-Million.html#comments Wed, 14 May 08 16:46:00 +0000 Playing catch-up with some Blizzard news while patching WoW to version 2.4.2, I noticed something everyone else must have known about since two days ago: BlizzCon 2008 was announced this week, "now with 50% more hall space for your (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-197-BlizzCon-2008-Announced-For-October.html http://www.playkon.com/news-197-BlizzCon-2008-Announced-For-October.html http://www.playkon.com/news-197-BlizzCon-2008-Announced-For-October.html#comments Tue, 13 May 08 17:16:36 +0000 The Japanese have found a rather interesting use for two obsolete air traffic control radars, which had previously been used at the Osaka International Airport. Instead of trashing them, they installed them in a nearby park - built on an (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-196-The-Ultimate-Flight-Control-Simulator.html http://www.playkon.com/news-196-The-Ultimate-Flight-Control-Simulator.html http://www.playkon.com/news-196-The-Ultimate-Flight-Control-Simulator.html#comments Sat, 10 May 08 18:39:45 +0000 The salesmen from Sony Computer Entertainment are over-pleased with themselves, for their impressive achievement of having shipped over 50 million games from the Gran Turismo "racing and car-life simulator" franchise. And because they obviously (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-195-Gran-Turismo-Tops-50-Million.html http://www.playkon.com/news-195-Gran-Turismo-Tops-50-Million.html http://www.playkon.com/news-195-Gran-Turismo-Tops-50-Million.html#comments Thu, 08 May 08 18:43:24 +0000 Yep, it's official. The Suzumiya Haruhi Wii game that was announced last year - along with that PS2 game and a PSP game, both released back in winter - will be a dancing game, and it could come out later this year. Shock and awe.A random (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-194-Suzumiya-Haruhi-Wii-Dance-Game.html http://www.playkon.com/news-194-Suzumiya-Haruhi-Wii-Dance-Game.html http://www.playkon.com/news-194-Suzumiya-Haruhi-Wii-Dance-Game.html#comments Thu, 08 May 08 18:25:47 +0000 Five years ago, this title alone would have been enough to make me hop around like crazy in excitement. Now, I couldn't give a rat's ass anymore. Not because the announcement was innevitable, nor because I've become a grumpy gamer. But simply (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-193-Doom-4-Production-Has-Begun.html http://www.playkon.com/news-193-Doom-4-Production-Has-Begun.html http://www.playkon.com/news-193-Doom-4-Production-Has-Begun.html#comments Thu, 08 May 08 17:50:23 +0000 If all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, you can imagine how we feel after our overly-extended leave of absence, most of which we so shamelessly spent by playing WoW day in, day out (well, that and doing various other highly-enjoyable and (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-192-All-Play-And-No-Work.html http://www.playkon.com/news-192-All-Play-And-No-Work.html http://www.playkon.com/news-192-All-Play-And-No-Work.html#comments Wed, 19 Mar 08 18:44:23 +0000 A new press release has come up on the Internetz, giving us some insight in the much anticipated (by desk secretaries) Sims 3. Along with a brand new engine that is bound to rock our stinky socks one way or the other (and which seems to be in (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-191-Sims-3-New-Details-Emerge.html http://www.playkon.com/news-191-Sims-3-New-Details-Emerge.html http://www.playkon.com/news-191-Sims-3-New-Details-Emerge.html#comments Wed, 19 Mar 08 13:04:10 +0000 Despite the usual trend when it comes to recent games, it seems that Prey 2, along with all those asshole-like doors and… wall grafitti, will not come to all the consoles and their mother, when it will eventually ship. More exactly, the guys (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-190-Prey-2-Will-Not-Get-PS3-Treatment.html http://www.playkon.com/news-190-Prey-2-Will-Not-Get-PS3-Treatment.html http://www.playkon.com/news-190-Prey-2-Will-Not-Get-PS3-Treatment.html#comments Wed, 19 Mar 08 11:21:56 +0000 Can you say… Cnet? Hell yea, I bet you can. This little company has been responsible lately for all sorts of scandalous decisions regarding (so far) the online gaming press. We all know they have acquired major known websites to do their (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-189-Another-One-At-Gamespot-Bites-The-Dust.html http://www.playkon.com/news-189-Another-One-At-Gamespot-Bites-The-Dust.html http://www.playkon.com/news-189-Another-One-At-Gamespot-Bites-The-Dust.html#comments Wed, 19 Mar 08 04:35:54 +0000 Taking a cue from the hollywoodian habit of milking games from movies before they even premiere, the Japanese anime and gaming industries are coming together in the production of a Wii game based on the upcoming The Sky Crawlers animation film. (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-188-The-Sky-Crawlers-Gets-Wii-Game.html http://www.playkon.com/news-188-The-Sky-Crawlers-Gets-Wii-Game.html http://www.playkon.com/news-188-The-Sky-Crawlers-Gets-Wii-Game.html#comments Mon, 17 Mar 08 19:11:40 +0000 Take-Two are continuing to keep themselves busy these days... and so are Electronic Arts' bidding artificers. Clearly incapable of waiting until the agonizing (for them) release of GTA IV at the end of April, EA is making another move in the (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-187-Take-Two-About-Dates-Max-Payne-3-New-EA-Bid.html http://www.playkon.com/news-187-Take-Two-About-Dates-Max-Payne-3-New-EA-Bid.html http://www.playkon.com/news-187-Take-Two-About-Dates-Max-Payne-3-New-EA-Bid.html#comments Mon, 17 Mar 08 18:12:00 +0000 A rather pretentious title, for what really looks more like a Half-Life 2 MOD. Nevertheless, the recently announced third-person shooter Salvation (anti-rhymes with Damnation, but not to be confused with Dark Salvation) is being developed as a (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-186-Salvation-Cybernetic-Dystopian-Shooter.html http://www.playkon.com/news-186-Salvation-Cybernetic-Dystopian-Shooter.html http://www.playkon.com/news-186-Salvation-Cybernetic-Dystopian-Shooter.html#comments Mon, 17 Mar 08 17:15:37 +0000 Old news are best served with a bit of catch-up, and so we return to some of the stories we missed a few days ago due to excessive WoW'ing *cough* various reasons. Having successfully tackled the sci-fi and fantasy RPG sub-genres (and (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-185-Alpha-Protocol-Is-Obsidians-New-Spy-RPG.html http://www.playkon.com/news-185-Alpha-Protocol-Is-Obsidians-New-Spy-RPG.html http://www.playkon.com/news-185-Alpha-Protocol-Is-Obsidians-New-Spy-RPG.html#comments Fri, 14 Mar 08 03:38:34 +0000 That Zerg trailer was all fine and well, but a bit more detail never hurts. So here is the latest double-pack of StarCraft II screenshots issued by Blizzard this month, showing more diverse gameplay (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-183-StarCraft-II-Screenshots.html http://www.playkon.com/news-183-StarCraft-II-Screenshots.html http://www.playkon.com/news-183-StarCraft-II-Screenshots.html#comments Thu, 13 Mar 08 18:31:41 +0000 I can almost hear Stephane Grappelli's jazzy violin (...) http://www.playkon.com/news-181-Mafia-2-Screenshots.html http://www.playkon.com/news-181-Mafia-2-Screenshots.html http://www.playkon.com/news-181-Mafia-2-Screenshots.html#comments