Friday, January 26, 2007
PlayStation 3 In Europe On March 23 (TechWeb)
Nintendo To Launch Wii News Channel (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The console will take a news feed from Associated Press where it can be accessed by activating the Wii remote.
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Vin Diesel's Wheelman is cooler than cool
New The Wheelman trailer gives fresh look at Vin Deisel's explosive action game.
A new trailer of Vin Diesel's The Wheelman has been screened at Midway's Las Vegas gamers day, and you can watch it right here thanks to CVG's fancy video player.
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A new trailer of Vin Diesel's The Wheelman has been screened at Midway's Las Vegas gamers day, and you can watch it right here thanks to CVG's fancy video player.
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New handheld titles look familiar
Hot Brain for PSP will erm, train your brain - Touchmaster DS to have touch-screen Sudoku.
No-doubt trying to tap into the success of Nintendo's Brain Training, Midway Games have unveiled Hot Brain, a compilation of puzzles and brain-teasers for PSP.
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No-doubt trying to tap into the success of Nintendo's Brain Training, Midway Games have unveiled Hot Brain, a compilation of puzzles and brain-teasers for PSP.
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Blacksite: Area 51 exposed in debut trailer
Midway's fantastic sci-fi shooter warps onto next-gen consoles.
Blacksite: Area 51 - Midway's explosive sci-fi FPS - has been officially unveiled on next-gen consoles, and after a quick play-through it proved very promising indeed.
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Blacksite: Area 51 - Midway's explosive sci-fi FPS - has been officially unveiled on next-gen consoles, and after a quick play-through it proved very promising indeed.
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mtvU, Kaiser Partner For HIV Awareness Competition
University-specific cable channel mtvU has announced a partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation for a competition aimed to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people in the United States.
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Smackdown gets competition
Midway's new wrestling game attempts to take over the genre.
Another title on Midway's long list of announcements is TNA Wrestling, which apparently stands for Total Nonstop Action, and not that other popular abbreviation with arses and boobs.
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Another title on Midway's long list of announcements is TNA Wrestling, which apparently stands for Total Nonstop Action, and not that other popular abbreviation with arses and boobs.
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Midway's new Commandos-style WWII shooter
Hour of Victory mixes character classes with Call of Duty-style FPS action.
Midway Games today unveiled its new Unreal Engine 3-powered FPS Hour of Victory, which mixes up the tired genre with Commandos-style character classes and multiple paths through missions.
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Midway Games today unveiled its new Unreal Engine 3-powered FPS Hour of Victory, which mixes up the tired genre with Commandos-style character classes and multiple paths through missions.
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I Love Bees is back
Mysterious Bungie-related viral website makes a return.
Ahead of the public beta for Halo 3, the website I Love Bees has come back online. Could it be the beginning of an underground Halo 3 movement?
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Ahead of the public beta for Halo 3, the website I Love Bees has come back online. Could it be the beginning of an underground Halo 3 movement?
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Sony wishes GTHD was PGR 3
Listen closely, and you can hear the sound of someone getting fired.
Oh dear, oh dear. Sony's made a bit of a goof promoting Gran Turismo HD. On the company's PSP Connect website, a download 'splash' encouraging folk to download a new GT HD trailer was promo-d with an image of Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham Racing 3 - whoops-a-daisy.
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Oh dear, oh dear. Sony's made a bit of a goof promoting Gran Turismo HD. On the company's PSP Connect website, a download 'splash' encouraging folk to download a new GT HD trailer was promo-d with an image of Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham Racing 3 - whoops-a-daisy.
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Unreal Tournament 3: New movie
Brand new footage and screens of Epic's monster shooter can be seen right here!.
A new trailer has been released for Unreal Tournament 3, due out later this year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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A new trailer has been released for Unreal Tournament 3, due out later this year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Latest Stranglehold screens stun
John Woo's blaster looking even sexier in latest shots.
The latest shots of John Woo-powered shooter Stranglehold have emanated from Midway's gamers day even in Las Vegas - and here they are for your eyeball-ing pleasure.
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The latest shots of John Woo-powered shooter Stranglehold have emanated from Midway's gamers day even in Las Vegas - and here they are for your eyeball-ing pleasure.
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Video game stocks down after Xbox 360 target cut (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of video game publishers THQ
Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Activision Inc. and
Electronic Arts Inc. were down on Friday, after Microsoft Corp.
cut its Xbox 360 video game console shipping target for its
fiscal year ending June 30.
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Nintendo Brings World News to the Wii (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nintendo plans to launch an online-news service for the Wii game console, featuring news stories and photographs primarily from the Associated Press.
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What? In-game Duke Nukem Forever screenshot?
New image purportedly from the shooter appears in job ad.
A job position at 3D Realms advertised on website Gamasutra carries with it what is said to in-game screenshot from the developer's Duke Nukem Forever (you can see the image here).
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A job position at 3D Realms advertised on website Gamasutra carries with it what is said to in-game screenshot from the developer's Duke Nukem Forever (you can see the image here).
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Wii news channel debuts early (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Nintendo Co. has started offering a new service that feeds national and international news headlines to its recently launched Wii console.
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FuturePlay 2007 Announces Call for Papers
FuturePlay 2007: The International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, taking place November 15-17, 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has announced its call for papers - to be submitted by June 30.
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Wii flight sim confirmed for landing
The Wii's first flight sim lands in UK on March 23.
Wing Island will join Kororinpa, Hudson's other Japanese-only Wii game, in making its way to western gamers in March.
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Wing Island will join Kororinpa, Hudson's other Japanese-only Wii game, in making its way to western gamers in March.
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Gaming for the Older Set (PC Magazine)
Nintendo to offer original game downloads for Wii
CVG gets Nintendo's response to 'New Game Channel' rumours.
A statement made by Hudson Entertainment's director of marketing, John Lee, in an interview with Game Informer, sparked a rumour that Nintendo could be making a new 'Games Channel' for Wii through which it will deliver new downloadable games.
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A statement made by Hudson Entertainment's director of marketing, John Lee, in an interview with Game Informer, sparked a rumour that Nintendo could be making a new 'Games Channel' for Wii through which it will deliver new downloadable games.
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Age of Conan slips to October
Delay will allow Funcom to "further hone the qualities of the game", it says.
Funcom's PC MMORPG Age of Conan has slipped. We were expecting it to hit in May, but the developer's now announced that the title will release on October 30, 2007. Apparently, the new date is etched in stone.
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Funcom's PC MMORPG Age of Conan has slipped. We were expecting it to hit in May, but the developer's now announced that the title will release on October 30, 2007. Apparently, the new date is etched in stone.
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Mario Kart 64 hits VC
Nintendo breaks the N64 VC drought in UK with one of the console's best multiplayer games ever.
The N64 section of the Virtual Console has been a little quiet to say the least, with Super Mario 64 being the lonesome available game, but a second N64 title has finally appeared.
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The N64 section of the Virtual Console has been a little quiet to say the least, with Super Mario 64 being the lonesome available game, but a second N64 title has finally appeared.
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Tesco hacks 360 game prices apart
Xbox 360 games going on the cheap via Tesco's online store.
Tesco is selling a selection of Xbox 360 games for as little as £15 via its online store. The SUPERmarket also has a sale on al software.
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Tesco is selling a selection of Xbox 360 games for as little as £15 via its online store. The SUPERmarket also has a sale on al software.
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Nintendo Rides DS Handheld To Higher Profits (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Japanese game maker Nintendo Co.
Ltd. on Thursday posted a 40 percent rise in quarterly profit,
driven by blistering sales of its DS handheld machine, and stood
by its forecast for record-setting annual earnings.
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