the Games on Demand service doesn't officially go live until August 11.So there's a chance these might be placeholder prices

It's a similar story with Call of Duty 2; in the US, it's 2400 MSP, but in New Zealand, it's 4400 MSP.Now, before you go bananas, the Games on Demand service doesn't officially go live until August 11.So there's a chance these might be placeholder prices (or in the case of the previously-unannounced BioShock, placeholder...games?).Then Swiss Chanel Ceramic again, they might not be.We've got some questions in with Microsoft about how permanent these listings and prices are, and will update if we hear back from them.In the meantime, you can consult the GAF thread below, which is being constantly updated with prices from around the world.

[Gowans007 @ NeoGAF]""ToHeart2 on the go! The PC erotic game is coming to the PlayStation Portable — minus the underpants.Developed by Leaf, the game was originally released on the PlayStation 2.An adult 18-years-old-and-up version dubbed ToHeart2 XRATED was released in December 2005.ToHeart2 is arriving Swiss Rolex ETA back on the PlayStation platform with ToHeart2 Portable.How do the event scenes stack up to the adult PC version?Sure, the more explicit stuff is gone, but it's some of the smaller changes that are most puzzling.

ToHeart2""Normally, we wouldn't care so deeply about merely the genre a developer was working on, but since the developer in question is 2K Boston - the team behind BioShock - yeah, we care.Because rumour has it - and has had it for a while now - that Ken Levine and crew are working on a new X-Com game.Whether they are or not, Tudor nobody knows.But if they are, that game is a shooter, with job ads for the company revealing that 2K Boston's ""next big project"" is ""an unannounced shooter"".Who would have thought that the company behind one of the best shooters of the current generation would be working on another shooter?!?

our program is about giving people 24 x 7 convenience and selection when shopping for Xbox 360 games

That's fine.So we asked Xbox Australia.Their response?No one retailer has the lowest pricing for every product, and our program is about giving people 24 x 7 convenience and selection when shopping for Xbox 360 games.We're incredibly excited about what Games on Demand means for digital distribution, and will continue to evaluate and Rado evolve the service to meet market and consumer demands.Anybody think paying double the asking price for a game is worth the convenience? Anyone? Anyone?""Did you think that when Microsoft's Games on Demand service launched, it'd be an egalitarian wonderland where every game would be the same price around the world? Well sorry.

That's not the case.The service (well, the listing for it; you can't download the games yet) is popping up all over the world for those signed up to Microsoft's new dashboard preview, and along with the game listings are game prices.Not every Raymond Weil game seems to have turned up yet, but most have.Some of them are fine.They're exactly what you'd pay at retail for the game, and although you could say that's still a rip-off (since your digital product lacks a box and printed manual), that's how digital delivery rolls these days.

Sorry.Most games are divided between two main price points.$20Mass EffectNeed for SpeedSonic the HedgehogViva Pinata$30Lego Star WarsOblivionCall of Duty 2BioShockAssassin's CreedBut others? Others are ridiculous, especially when you compare Rolex Ladies prices across different regions.Take poor Australia, for example.In Australia, if you want to buy Mass Effect from the safety of your couch, it'll cost you 6000 Microsoft Points.6000.The game retails in stores for AUD$30-50, but on Games on Demand, that's AUD$99.Over twice the price.

According to Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs

According to Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Denise Kaigler, the DSi has sold more units in its first three months on sale in the United States (1.7 million) than the original DS (1.38 million) could manage.More than the Philip Stein Lite (1.07 million) could manage.Heck, it's more than even the Wii (1.52 million) could manage.Whether it can sustain that level of growth is doubtful, but hey, we're not talking about the future right now.We're only talking the present.Well, the present and the immediate past.

Nintendo Minute: 08.10.10 [IGN]""Japanese game maker tri-Ace is famous for its Square Enix published games.Titles like the Star Ocean series and the Valkyrie Profile games have cemented tri-Ace's reputation.But tri-Ace's upcoming role-playing-game End of Eternity (Resonance of Fate in the West) is being published by SEGA, not Square Piaget Enix.Explains tri-Ace developer and EoE director Takayuki Suguro, ""Because SEGA has a more open attitude towards accepting new RPG ideas than Square Enix, we'd decided to have SEGA release End of Eternity."" Previously, Suguro worked on Square Enix titles Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy Tactics.

The multi-platform End of Eternity is set in a future where mankind near extinction due to environmental changes.EoE is slated for release late in 2009.Resonance of Fate [Spong via]""Microsoft's Games on Demand pricing isn't exactly consistent across this orbiting ball of dirt we all call home.What costs $20 in one place costs $40 (or sometimes more) in another.So we asked Microsoft, why the discrepancy?Microsoft HQ said the Porsche pricing decisions outside the US were the responsibility of that particular territory.So, for example, if Mass Effect is priced at 6000 Microsoft Points in Australia (as opposed to only 1600 MSP in the US), then that's Xbox Australia's decision.

the trick with those games is coming up with what's right for the time now

They were right for their time, and the trick with those games is coming up with what's right for the time now.I'm going to look at them at some point, I think there's an opportunity to bring those back in the future, but only if it's right for the time Michele not just a 'remake' or something.We'd need to do it in a way that's true to the original values, but would still make a great game today.Know what would make Syndicate great today? Take the original Syndicate, put it in a new box and sell it.

Why there's hope for Bullfrog IP returning [Kikizo]""Frito pie, Dr.Pepper and Six Flags Over Texas.Memories of my childhood growing up in 1980s Texas.And I have vague, vague memories of this: Pac-Man Land.Sure, these could be fuzzy memories of something I wish I would've have experienced between the ages of 5 and 7 years old, but here it is, Mont Blanc Pac-Man Land at theme park Six Flags Over Texas.This Pac-Man children's play area was open from 1983-1985.It was awesome.Pacman Land [Flickr via Technabob via Tiny Cartridge]""Modder Pocket Lucho is a mini-arcade cabinet modding genius.

For the last five months, he's been fine tuning his small-sized Neo Geo cabinet design.In the above clip, Lucho shows the fruits of his labor. applause Elotrolado via YouTube via Hack A Day via Gizmodo]""Because it's still ""just"" a DS, there doesn't Panerai seem to be as much buzz over the DSi as there was the last DS handheld revision, the DS Lite.Just because there's no buzz, however, doesn't mean the thing's not selling.As we've told you the third iteration of the DS has already sold 6.86 million units worldwide.But what's more remarkable than that impressive number is the speed at which consumers have snapped the device up.