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Nintendo online: A No Fun Zone
Nintendo has a strategy. It’s called Blue Ocean and it’s meant to expand the realm of video games beyond its traditional enthusiasts and into a broader market spanning all interests and age groups. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s working.
Numbers don’t lie. According to sales-tracking site VGChartz, the Nintendo DS handheld has sold nearly 70 [...]
Fable 2: Shopping for that special someone
I know when I go shopping I like to have choices. You know, like when you go to an online store and you’re presented with the “Good, Better, Best” selection of hardware configurations for your new computer? The folks at Lionhead Studios, hard at work on the next chapter in the Fable series, seem to [...]
Grab that tennis racket, YOU could be the next rock god
Admit it, you just knew those mad air-guitar skills you’ve been honing since middle school would pay off some day. Well, today is that day, my friend. Activision is soliciting videos of would-be rock stars for inclusion as characters in some future Guitar Hero release. Your moves, your insane head-banging could be the model for [...]
Sega comes clean: Official on Sonic Unleashed
Following two weeks of rumors and buzz about a “secret” new Sonic game, Sega has officially launched the new site along with additional details and a video.
To no-one’s surprise the title is called Sonic Unleashed and will feature a “re-defined experience for fans and newcomers of the franchise alike by combining picturesque and detailed scenery, [...]
Video game industry now has it’s own “Big 4″
Video games are big business these days, with one retailer alone, GameStop, reporting sales of $7.1 billion in 2007. Their earnings report details a lot of numbers and percentages that are all very interesting, but one thing that caught my eye was this: 65 percent of all new product sales came from just four publishers. [...]
Dust off those 20-sided dice, social outcasts
Dungeons & Dragons pen and paper game guardian Wizards of the Coast, is planning a Web 2.0 revolution for the next edition of the system, due in June. According to an Associated Press story, online features including MySpace-style social networking will help bring long-lost geek gaming clubs back together. Kind of gives you a [...]
DLC for Wii? I think Satan just felt a nip in the air
What’s become commonplace for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners is finally becoming a reality for Wii owners as well. Downloadable content via Nintendo’s just-launched (in Japan) WiiWare service just debuted as part of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.
Besides getting the crown as the most long-winded game title of 2008 so [...]
Gamers now 72% of world population
Did you play a video game last year? I’m guessing if you’re reading this site then you said “yes” and you’re part of the 72 percent of the world population that could call themselves gamers in some respect in 2007. That’s up 8 percent from 2006. The stat comes from a new report released by [...]
Free yourself from those messy wires… And fill up another landfill
UK gaming peripheral maker Zappies Ltd wants to free you from that messy tangle of wires between your wireless Wii Remote and the troublesomely tethered Nunchuck. For just ₤19:95, you too can rid yourself of that annoying 18-inch length of cord that prevents you from the mad flailing of arms you’ve always dreamed of.
Sounds great, [...]
Rare trickles out some Banjo-Kazooie 3 details
An April Fools Day-dated post on game developer Rare’s official site has spilled some beans on the next installment of the popular Nintendo 64 platforming series. Well, sort of. In typical Rare fashion they’ve chosen to be as cryptic as possible in detailing some possible plot points for the coming Xbox 360 title. Instead of [...]
