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Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 20, 2008
2008-05-17 11:01:00 What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. We Ski (Namco Bandai), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 5. ... More About: System , Sales , Game , Week , Worldwide
Wii Music preview: 40 instruments, 4-player support, compositions creator a
2008-05-17 10:02:00 Wii Music is a compilation of music titles from Nintendo that use the motion control aspects of the Wii controller to simulate instruments. Since in December 2007 Nintendo of Japan’s schedule (page 9) confirmed that the music-rhythm game had been delayed to 2008, we thought it would be fun to do a recap of all ... More About: Videos , Wii , Instruments , Preview
Iron Man game video review
2008-05-17 09:00:00 Iron Man, one of Marvel’s most indestructible Super Heroes, blast onto videogame platforms with this adaptation of the big screen movie. This third-person action game immerses players in the world of Tony Stark — the brilliant industrialist and inventor who both created and became the world’s toughest hero - Iron Man. By customizing the advanced ... More About: Video , Videos , Reviews , Wii , Review
New Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia announced for DS
2008-05-16 16:29:00 Konami announced Castlevania : Order of Ecclesia exclusively for Nintendo DS due Fall 2008. Introducing the all-new Glyph attack system, players will be able to use special attack combinations as they attempt to defeat Dracula and his horde. Also introduced to the series are new outdoor locales ranging from forests to the ocean, giving players the ...
Rubik?s Cube: The Videogame coming to Wii and DS in Autumn 2008
2008-05-16 11:05:00 The Game Factory announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Seven Towns Limited to publish Rubik’s Puzzle World, a 3D puzzle game experience for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems, both inspired by the Rubik?s Cube . For those who have always wondered what the inside of a Rubik?s Cube looks like, developer Two Tribes will ... More About: News , Videogame , Autumn
WWE Legends of WrestleMania announced for Xbox 360 and PS3 due March 2009
2008-05-16 10:01:00 THQ has WWE Legends of WrestleMania in development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Joining the distinguished WWE SmackDown/SmackDown vs. Raw franchise, which has shipped more than 37 million units worldwide since 2000, WWE Legends of WrestleMania is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with the annual pinnacle of sports entertainment, WrestleMania ... More About: Xbox 360 , Wrestlemania
On the PAL Wii Virtual Console today: Star Parodier, Gley Lancer and Digita
2008-05-16 09:06:00 Today Nintendo of Europe (and Australia) added new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK (Card). The ... More About: Videos , Today , Star , Lancer
Angry Video Game Nerd reviews NES Accessories
2008-05-16 08:55:00 This is the forty-fifth in a series of bad video game reviews by the Angry Video Game Nerd . Watch as the Angry Nerd reviews a ton of NES Accessories ! From the NES Zapper and SNES Scope everyone knows to the hilarious voice-operated Laserscope and obscure U-force. Whatever the gadget, Duck Hunt causes some hilarious moments. Why ... More About: Videos , Reviews
What if River City Ransom were real? Would you save Cynd? OH BARF!
2008-05-16 08:31:00 Did you enjoy last month’s Wii Virtual Console classic NES release River City Ransom? No doubt nostalgia led you to punch some gang thugs and save Cyndi once again. If that’s you, you’ll love Mega64’s real-life take on the scenarios taking place in that game. “You’ve defeated me before… “ Share This More About: Videos , Real
Super Real Sonic the scary hedgehog
2008-05-16 08:15:00 After seeing Super Real Mario, Marcus thought a realistic Sonic should be the next famous videogame character drawn. To quote: “This time I tried to imagine how Sonic would look like if he would be a real hedgehog. The biggest challenge about this one was, that the original Sonic looks everything but realistic. He is ... More About: Scary
System and game sales for April 2008 in the USA
2008-05-16 01:17:00 April’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month past year, it shows an unchanged result: The Nintendo Wii outsold all other systems, and this time it’s extra suprising that eventhough Grand Theft Auto IV was out for five days after launch on Xbox 360 and PS3, it ... More About: System , April , Sales
On PlayStation Network today: Dragonball Z: Burst Limit, Overlord and Secre
2008-05-16 00:53:00 Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP today. American Games (Demos): * Dragonball Z: Burst Limit demo * Overlord : Raising Hell demo * Secret Agent Clank (PSP) demo American Games (Content): * American Idol Encore, 21 song tracks * Rock Band songs: Blondie’s “Hanging on the Telephone”, ... More About: Playstation , Today
Beyond Good and Evil 2 in pre-production by the original?s creator Michel A
2008-05-15 17:43:00 Michel Ancel (father of Rayman) was interviewed in JeuxVideo Magazine issue #91 and declared that “Beyond Good and Evil 2” is actually in the pre-production phase. Considered one of the best games of 2003, “Beyond Good and Evil” (on PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC) unfortunately did not achieve the expected level of commercial success. To quote: “I’m ... More About: News , Wii , Original , Xbox 360 , Creator
LEGO Indiana Jones PC demo ready to download
2008-05-15 14:15:00 LucasArts has released a playable PC demo of LEGO Indiana Jones : The Original Adventures, allowing you to try out this game before it’s available on June 3rd in America and June 6th in Europe, on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS3, PSP, Wii and DS. Click the link above to download the 465MB file. The LEGO Indiana ... More About: Indiana Jones , Download , Lego
First Pokemon Platinum DS screenshots (Giratina origin form revealed)
2008-05-15 12:23:00 The first Pokemon Platinum screenshots of the upcoming Nintendo DS RPG have been revealed. The third game in the Diamond and Pearl series will be released in Japan in fall 2008, with worldwide releases following in 2009. According to Impress, various new elements will be added to the story over Pokemon Diamond and Pearl such ... More About: Screenshots , Form , Origin
Guitar Hero 4 drums kit pictured with cymbals and foot pedal
2008-05-15 11:01:00 Game Informer’s June 2008 issue cover feature of Guitar Hero 4 revealed Neversoft?s plan for the future of the franchise: vocals, drums and the ultimate form of creative control with the ability to craft your own songs. But that’s not all, as you can see from the magazine scan above, there’s a new drum kit which ... More About: Wii , Xbox 360 , Drums
Play the Race Driver: GRID demo to win a BMW M3 in Europe and a Ford Mustan
2008-05-15 10:04:00 A brand new BMW 3-Series car will be the ultimate champion’s reward as Codemasters revealed an incredible pan-Europe an fastest lap challenge to mark the launch of the Race Driver: GRID playable demo for home consoles. The demo is now available to download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 and the Play Station Network for ... More About: Ford , Mustang
First 3 titles from PlatinumGames revealed (formerly Capcom?s Clover Studio
2008-05-15 09:11:00 The development team including Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil creator), Atsushi Inaba (Okami producer) and Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry creator) from Capcom’s Clover Studio s has gone through quite a few name changes, from Capcom to SEEDS to now PlatinumGames. These are the 3 PlatinumGames they are working on: 1. Bayonetta for PS3 and Xbox 360 , directed by ... More About: Videos , News , Wii
Apple filed Wii Remote-like patent
2008-05-15 08:35:00 Back in November 2006 Apple applied for a patent for a pointer-remote device that communicates via infrared. Not that unusual, until you hear the Wii Remote -like part: it also uses a sensor bar that you put in front of the TV to detect 3D movement. To quote the patent description: “…the absolute x- and y-positions of ... More About: Patent , Wii remote
Zero Punctuation stabs Grand Theft Auto 4
2008-05-15 08:09:00 This week on Zero Punctuation, Grand Theft Auto 4 is reviewed. We just rated Grand Theft Auto 4 with a 10 out of 10 fun factor. As Stuart put it: This game deserves the stellar recognition and record-breaking 6 million week-one sales it has received. It is an incredible achievement, an outstanding piece of entertainment, ... More About: Videos , Xbox 360
Classic Game Boy Review: Game & Watch Gallery
2008-05-15 01:34:00 Before Nintendo was famous with their mustachioed plumber known as Mario, they released little handheld systems called Game & Watch that were hugely successful in Japan as well as the U.S. Each had a single game built into them (you couldn’t change the game that was on it) that used rudimentary graphics on it’s LCD ... More About: News , Reviews , Review , Classic
Review: Grand Theft Auto IV
2008-05-14 18:29:00 Niko Bellic receives letters and emails from his cousin Roman, speaking of wealth and luxury beyond his wildest dreams in Liberty City. After only a few years in America, Roman Bellic has a mansion, a sports car and many beautiful women in his life, and urges Niko to join him. After working the passage on ... More About: Videos , Reviews , Review , Xbox 360 , Auto
On Xbox Live Arcade today: Assault Heroes 2 and Rock Band songs
2008-05-14 17:02:00 From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Sierra Online’s Assault Heroes 2 on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Assault Heroes 2 will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that?s US$10 / ?9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). In Assault Heroes 2 you keep up the fight against new enemies with ... More About: Videos , Band , Songs
Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer breakdown trailer
2008-05-14 15:33:00 Battlefield Bad Company ’s multiplayer will support up to 24 players, and will run on PC-dedicated servers. Gold Rush is one of the game modes, it has an Attackers vs. Defenders scenario, in which one team must defend two crates filled with gold while the other team attempts to destroy the crates. Once the crates are ... More About: Videos , Trailer , Xbox 360 , Multiplayer
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King video interview
2008-05-14 11:01:00 Much like our past World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King preview. In this recent World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King video interview with Blizzard’s Designer J. Kaplan and Producer J. Allen Brack, the two talk for 10 minutes about scroll inscription creating and what else World of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion has ... More About: Video , Videos , Interviews
One million people sign up for the Age of Conan beta
2008-05-14 10:05:00 Funcom and Eidos are proud to confirm some of the impressive figures powering the Age of Conan launch, and the two companies are happy to reveal that the Age of Conan Beta has passed 1 million sign-ups and their website got 5 million unique visitors this year. As one of the most anticipated MMO’s ever, ... More About: Videos , People , Sign , Million
Why there are next to no Square Enix games on the Wii Virtual Console
2008-05-14 09:00:00 A recent interview by Jeremy Parish and Brandon Sheffield with the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wii Ware) lead programmer Fumiaki Shiraishi and producer Toshihiro Tsuchida has revealed why there are next to no Square Enix games on the Wii Virtual Console , it’s because Square-Enix can ask more money for remakes. Question: Do ... More About: Games , Interviews
Zelda: Ocarina Of Time could?ve been an FPS
2008-05-14 08:25:00 The latest edition of Iwata Asks on the official Nintendo Wii website talks about the development of Link?s Crossbow Training, with a couple of very interesting tidbits about The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina Of Time beta being a First-Person Shooter concept, some of which you can still see when you zoom in in the game ... More About: Interviews
Microsoft Spring Showcase 2008 Xbox 360 games lineup
2008-05-14 02:51:00 Today Microsoft Game Studios and industry luminaries from the world?s top development studios were on hand to show off the latest features of the year?s most in-demand titles at the Spring Showcase 2008 event in San Francisco. In attendance were Epic Games ’ Cliff Bleszinski, Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux, Tecmo/Team Ninja’s Tomonobu Itagaki, and Silicon Knights’ Denis ... More About: Videos , Xbox , Xbox 360
BattleForge trading card fantasy-RTS announced by EA for PC
More articles from this author:2008-05-14 02:10:00 BattleForge (release: Q4 2008 on PC) is a newly announced fantasy online real-time strategy game from EA, where you assemble your own army with collectible trading cards. Win, trade and buy your cards online to create your ultimate deck. Mix and match the elements of your cards to play with your friends online and conquer ... More About: Videos , Card , Fantasy , Trading 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
