Nintendo has revealed their new $149.99 Wii bundle. Consumers can pick up either the black or the white Wii for $149.99. The previous titles included with the bundle, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, will be replaced with Mario Kart Wii and a matching colored Wii Wheel, beginning May 15.
The voice of Modern Warfare 2's Ghost (Craig Fairbrass) was interviewed on talkSPORT this weekend about his Call of Duty work, said he's "just been out in LA doing something that's going to be announced in May.... I've just been out there doing some bits and pieces and one of it's to do with...
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Ever since I saw the article about the Figure Prints Xbox LIVE Avatar figures, I had to have one. I wanted to order one for each family member, so that we could have them up on display in our home. I ended up ordering one, just to see how they would look, since they came out to $49.95 each, plus about $10 shipping.
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President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata discusses a few key issues regarding the future of the gaming industry. Two notable subjects are the rise of Apples claws in the gaming industry and the surfacing importance of western developers. The full interview can be found here.
For those of you who want something to do with their Kinect other than dance, you're in luck.
The new Microsoft Studio MGS Vancouver is developing a "core AAA shooter experience using Kinect." No details have been unveiled yet but according to the job listings
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Developer: Dimps Publisher: Sega Platform: DS Genre: Action/Adventure, Platformer Rating: Everyone Release Date: November 16, 2010
The Nintendo DS features yet another Sonic the Hedgehog game and this one’s quite good and manages to include as much content as the Wii version does. Sonic Colors features great side-scrolling action, and if this is your thing, or if you’re a fan of the original Sonic games on the Sega Genesis, this game is just for you and for just about everyone.
Namco is known for being a bit stingy in localizing their tales games to western audiences. Good news for Tales fans and 3ds owners. Tales of the Abyss is heading to North America for the Nintendo 3ds. Tales of the Abyss is one of the more critically acclaimed entries in the Tales franchises and one
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Developer: Netherrealm Studios Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Platform: PS3, 360 Genre: Fighting Rating: Mature Release Date: April 19th, 2011 For Fans of: Blood, No Sidestepping, Citizen Cage
One of the most celebrated fighting games returns with it's ninth installment in the series and a slew of new features, including, wait for it, the past. Can Mortal Kombat win back the fans it lost during it's venture into 3D fighting? Or has the fighting game market shifted once again making a series twenty
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In this episode of 8bit LIVE Ruben Z, Drumming Panda, Sneaky Slacker, XJason, Gusto, and Beatboxtaun get together to hit on what news is current and circulating the industry.
Topics touched on:
Gears of War 3 beta
Portal 2
Wii 2
E3
3DS
Mortal Kombat
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
and much more...
In a Tokyo press conference, Sony's Chairman Kaz Hirai addressed the status of the Playstation Network which was a victim of a vicious attack by hackers last week.
The culprits still have yet to be identified and the data stolen unclear, but Sony has stepped up to mitigate losses and
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Valve has made an announcement that will leave any Portal fan jumping out of their seats. They will be offering free DLC for Portal 2 that is targeted for a release this summer. Portal 2 DLC #1 will "offer new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more," according to the PR announcement.
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If you are like me and you are probably not, you might have played some of the games in the bit.trip series on Wiiware or wherever. These games are very simplistic and demonstrate an evolution of video games with each new entry. Didn't feel like buying a Wii? Getting a 3ds? If so the entire series
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The beloved classic Cave Story is getting a remake for the 3ds and is releasing August 9th this year. A new stage will also be added to the game but no details are known about it yet. Cave Story 3ds will only use the 3d feature of the 3ds and nothing else. Stay tuned if any new info surfaces.
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Escalation is the second DLC to come out for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
It features 5 new maps with 4 multiplayer, and 1 Zombie map.
The 4 multiplayer maps are Hotel, Convoy, Zoo, and Stockpile.
Hotel: Is a small close quarters style map with players inside and on the roofs
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A recent magazine scan shows image of an upcoming Pokemon game for the Nintendo 3ds. The character shown resembles the main character from Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness for the Nintendo Gamecube. Not much is known about the game other than an announcement for a Pokemon game is coming soon. As a hardcore
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Remember that coaster that came with a wiimote back in the day? Now Nintendo is releasing a new Wii Play game that utilizes wiimotion+. Similar to the old bundle the game features several mini games at a count of 12 this time around. Also the bundle will come with a black Nintendo Wiimote with wiimotion+
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LOS ANGELES (April 27, 2011) – Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in the Americas, today announced the upcoming launch of FINAL FANTASY® XIUltimate Collection Abyssea Edition. A comprehensive package of all FINAL FANTASY XI content released to date for this acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG),
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Kristopher Johns, of Birmingham, Alabama has filed a lawsuit against Sony spouting allegations that Sony has failed to take "reasonable care to protect, encrypt, and secure the private and sensitive data of its users." He also claimed that Sony did not disclose that users
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Naughty Dog recently let out a neat detail for the upcoming release: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Uncharted 3 will be able to support Facebook and Youtube. This means that you can share information on the game in real time while playing the game.
From the main menu, you can see a feed of which of your friends are
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For those who are tracking the outage that began for PSN last week, we have heard that the network has been hacked. We have also read that the person or persons responsible for hacking the network, could have personal information of those who have an account.
I can see this working in Microsoft's favor, as many have even told me that they can trade in their PS3's for an Xbox 360. Since they cost less, I could see someone selling it. Those of us that own more than one console, or love our PlayStation 3's would not do it. However, you can imagine those who play online on PSN everyday, jumping ship with this indefinite outage. Are you ready to give up your PlayStation 3? Will you tough it out? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
What does Sony have to say about everyone's personal information being compromised? They have sent the following email to PSN owners.
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Castle Crashers Publisher Behemoth Developer Behemoth Platform XBLA Genre 2D Beat-em-up Rating Teen For Fans Of Double Dragon, Alien Hominoid, Helmets
Castle Crashers is a game that is for the light of heart and for the silly kid hanging out by the carts at your local supermarket. Castle Crashers, is for everyone.
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All is merry in the land, everyone is dancing around their oversized feasts like they have just came back from conquering
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