Game News: December 04, 2006

New Halo 3 Ad Airs Tonight on Monday Night Football
   

We wanted to send you a friendly reminder that the new Halo 3 ad will air tonight during ESPN's broadcast of Monday Night Football. Fans can tune in to ESPN tonight, Monday, Dec. 4 between 5:50 and 6:20 p.m. PST to catch this stunning new look at Halo 3. Additionally, the ad will also be aired tonight on Xbox.com at 8 p.m. PST 04.00 GMT-05.00 CET (Tuesday, Dec. 5 in Europe).

The Greatest Band on Earth Tenacious D Xbox Live Artist of the Month
   

Tenacious D has become The Pick of Xbox. Beginning December 1, Xbox Live members can download exclusive Tenacious D content from Xbox Live Marketplace to their Xbox 360 consoles, including free videos from their new album The Pick of Destiny. Fans can download their latest video The Pick of Destiny for free on Xbox Live Marketplace, and select Xbox Live Gold members will also have the opportunity to go head to head with the band during their 90-minute Xbox Live Game with Fame session.

Save the World With RoboBlitz on Xbox Live Arcade
   

Experience the power of the Unreal Engine 3 for the first time in an Xbox Live Arcade game in RoboBlitz, this week's Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday's release. This independently developed breakthrough game will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, December 6, after 0800 GMT 1:00 a.m. PST.

Game Console Battle Still Heating Up (NewsFactor)
   NewsFactor - After bringing the fight to North American shores last month, the world's top console makers have slowly been releasing their wares around the globe, hoping to gobble up customers the way their products did in the United States over Thanksgiving weekend.

Konami and Burger King Team up for kids Fitness
   

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. and Burger King Corporation should have children dancing at the dinner table this holiday season with an unbeatable combo that delivers the fun and excitement of the world's top selling dance video game Dance Dance Revolution to children everywhere. Participating BURGER KING restaurants nationwide will offer one of eight exclusive Dance Dance Revolution toy premiums with each purchase of a Kids Meal from Dec. 4 through 31 or while supplies last.

Japan's fallen IT hero making do with a PlayStation: report (AFP)
   

AFP - Japan's disgraced Internet mogul Takafumi Horie, who boasted at the height of his fame that he would one day try to buy Sony, has had to settle for a smaller purchase -- Sony's PlayStation 3.

A Wii Dilemma for Sony (The Motley Fool)
   The Motley Fool - In his book, The Innovator's Solution, Clayton Christensen defines disruptive innovations as those that aren't necessarily improvements on existing products, but which compensate by being easier and more convenient for more people. Instead of impressing customers in an existing market, disruptive innovations reach out to create entirely new markets of their own. I don't know whether Nintendo (OTC BB: NTDOY.CC - News) executives read Christensen's book, but their new Wii video game console seems every inch a classic example of disruptive technology.

Halo 3 fighting talk begins
   Latest Bungie update teases with new weapon hints and first Halo 3 dialogue.
The CGI TV ad is airing in the US today, but already developer Bungie has more to say about its massive 360 three-quel Halo 3, revealing that combat dialogue recording has just begun at its Kirkland HQ.

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Napster founder eyes Warcraft's ill communication
   Shawn Fanning to create a WoW community site, similar to MySpace, to improve communication between players.
Dubbed Rapture, Fanning upcoming community site aims to capture information and data directly from the game and post it on a user's personalised page.

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flOw good to go
   Flagship PS3 download title out on Dec 19, deal struck for more games.
Sony Computer Entertainment and thatgamecompany have revealed that flagship PlayStation 3 download title flOw will be available for purchase via the PS3's online store on December 19, and that Sony has subsequently struck a deal with the developer to create more downloadable games.

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Ask the Experts: 'Interview Dress Code'
   

In this week's Ask the Experts column from educational site Game Career Guide, contributing editor Jill Duffy answers a query about dress code for game industry interviews.

Civ is perfect for DS
   That's what we reckon anyway, and Firaxis' Sid Meier seems to be coming round to the idea too.
We've spent the last few weeks hammering the awesome Age Of Empires on DS. And with the touch screen, strategy games are a no-brainer on Nintendo's handheld. We just need a lot more.

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David Jaffe talks God Of War 3
   His note book's out and his has ideas for the Sixaxis controller.
According to creator David Jaffe, initial design for the franchise's PS3 debut started on November 10 between him and the director. But that doesn't mean God Of War 3 has got the green light from Sony HQ. Even though Jaffe is "dying to make a new one".

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Prince of Persia on Wii "fun and intuitive"
   Ubisoft CEO drops first details on Prince of Persia's Wii controls.
It's been a while since Ubisoft quietly announced a new Prince of Persia for Nintendo's Wii, but the French publisher has finally revealed the first details of the games control scheme.

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No More Heroes on Wii
   Suda 51's cell-shaded Wii action game gets a name change.
Thanks to the latest issue of Famitsu, it has been revealed that Killer 7 creator Goichi 'Suda 51' Suda's cell-shaded Wii action game, Heroes is no more; it will now be known as the slightly edgier-sounding No More Heroes, billed for release in Japan summer next year.

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First Theme Park shots on DS
   Another classic heads for Nintendo DS - and it's looking rather good.
Freshly offloaded from EA's screenshot rollercoaster are these first Theme Park DS screenshots, which show a rather impressive-looking port of the classic PC strategy game.



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Wii Virtual Console gets MOnday update
   Columns, Donkey Kong Jr., Ristar and Victory Run now available for re-purchasing.
The promised weekly Monday update is due to hit the Wii virtual console this afternoon, unlocking four new retro titles for you to re-purchase (if you're lucky enough to own a US console).

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First SSX Wii footage spotted
   New Wii instalment of EA's much-loved snowboarding series debuts on US telly.
As promised last week, the first footage of the new Wii instalment of EA's seminal snowboarding series, SSX Blur has been shown on US TV - and you can watch it for yourself thanks to ye olde internet.

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Wii sells out in Japan
   Nintendo's console sells out across Japan, putting the total sold number at 1 million consoles.
After the successful North American launch two weeks ago, Nintendo's Wii has finally reached Japanese stores, attracting huge crowds and reportedly selling out all its 400,000 allotted consoles.



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