The Simpsons Game, Need for Speed: Carbon, Madden NFL 09, and more.

Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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The Past, Platforms And Future Of Final Fantasy XIII, Agito And Versus [Square Enix] on Kotaku
Final Fantasy XIII is just a few weeks away for gamers in North America, Europe and Australia, the debut game in Square Enix’s grand Fabula Nova Crystallis project. What does the future hold for the trio of Final Fantasy XIII games? Let’s first talk…

A New Eternal Darkness Trademark? What’s That About? [Nintendo] on Kotaku
Silicon Knights’ psychological horror game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was one of the bright spots in the GameCube library, so Nintendo’s new refiling of the Eternal Darkness trademark warrants at least a modicum of excitement. Or does…

EA Takes Nine More Games Offline [Electronic Arts] on Kotaku
Achievement hunters, beware! Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on nine more games with online components, titles like The Godfather, Def Jam: Icon and The Simpsons Game, which will go offline forever starting in March. Some of those titles are…

White Chili [Note] on Kotaku
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I’m making white chili tonight, also known as Chicken Chili Verde. I haven’t made chili in a good year or so, which is weird because I love making and eating it. Typically I make a straight-forward Texas red chili. No…

First Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screens, Gameplay Videos Leak [Sega] on Kotaku
The announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4—Sega’s episodic, downloadable return to 2D hedgehog platforming for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare—was exciting, but lacking in both screen shots and video. That’s why we have…


NBA Live 09, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, SimCity, and more.

Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Can’t Stop LOLing [Note] on Kotaku
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Micro-Bash Stood Up By Himself Today This is bad, real bad. We’re in the middle of the busy reviewing season, gift guides, review guides, year end guides, game of the year awards are all circling in and I can’t stop playing…

Wiiwaa Lets Wii Owners Penetrate, Play With Puppets [Wii] on Kotaku
Swedish game developer Zoink Games presents Wiiwaa, a Wii adventure game “designed around the concept of puppeteering” that’s based around the concept of playing with a stuffed puppet with a Wii Remote jammed inside. Is this for real? Zoink’s trailer…

How Many Hours People Play EA And Activision’s Wii Games [Wii] on Kotaku
EA and Activision have released dozens of games on the Wii, and sold a bunch. But once people get these games home, how much do they play them? I pulled the stats. Some results are pretty. Not all. The following data was pulled from the Wii’s…

PETA Doesn’t Want You To Buy The Ringling Bros. Game [Protest] on Kotaku
PETA doesn’t want you rushing to the store to pick up the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus game for the Wii on November 10th without considering elephant abuse. I know you all had your heart set on purchasing Take-Two’s Ringling Bros. circus…

Domo Games Micro-Review: No Thanks, Nintendo [Review] on Kotaku
If there’s a good Nintendo and a bad Nintendo, then the release of five linked, downloadable games on the DSi represents that latter corporate personality at its worst. 1) Take five mini-games from what must have been an underwhelming 2002 Game Boy…

Micro-Bash Stood Up By Himself Today [Note] on Kotaku
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Never Gonna Give You Up… Next up, WALKING. What you missed last night Five New PSP Bundles For Japan Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records KFC Madden NFL Box Unboxing and Review GameStop: PS3, Borderlands &…

Nintendo Planning To Offer WiiWare Demos on 1UP RSS feed
There are a whole lot of WiiWare games out there, and quite a large number of them are downright awful. If you’re worried the game you’re looking at is a piece of junk rather than a gem though, Nintendo will soon be here to help you out. Nintendo…

Mario and Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games (Nintendo DS) on Cubed3.com News
Mario and Sonic have teamed up once again, this time for a trip to the Winter Olympics. Can the DS version compare to its bigger Wii brother? Find out in our review…

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
25 years ago today, Dell Computers was founded as PCs Limited. Celebrate by buying yourself their 14z laptop for $699. Or show them how you really feel by getting a deal on one of their competitor’s laptops. We have several. Top Deals: • 14″ Asus…


Wii Remote, Brain Challenge, Need for Speed: Carbon, and more.

Posted: May 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Ubisoft closes a year of expansion and profits for game business on VentureBeat
Ubisoft reported fiscal year results with good sales growth and a decent profit despite the recession. For the year ended March 31, the French game publisher reported sales of $1.47 billion, up 18.4 percent from $1.3 billion a year earlier. Net…
 

Atari Gives Gamers the Chance to Win $1,000 in GameStop Gift Cards in Backyard Baseball Kid of the Year Contest on GoNintendo
New York – May 27, 2009 – Do you have what it takes to be the best Backyard Baseball ‘10 player? That’s what Atari is asking young sports gamers this season in the Backyard Baseball Kid of the Year contest. The contest gives players the chance…
 

TEYON enters DSiWare with two exciting games ROBOT RESCUE and BALL FIGHTER on GoNintendo
Kraków, Poland – May 27, 2009 Teyon announced today their plans to enter the DSiWare with two absorbing games: Robot Rescue and Ball Fighter. Robot Rescue: A puzzle game with plenty of little robots that need to find their way to escape the tricky…
 

City Interactive’s E3 lineup…more Redneck games on the way on GoNintendo
DS Ancient Quest of Saqqarah Animal Country: Life on the Farm Chronicles Of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple Mind Training: Think Positive Party Designer Wii Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII Redneck Chicken Riot I have an opportunity to…
 

Another Code: R – developer interview translated! on GoNintendo
Direct link here Yesterday we posted up the same interview you see above, but many of us were left wondering what was being said! Lucky for us, reader Tyrian3 actually sat down and translated the entire thing! While English isn’t his first…
 

Zeebo ships game consoles to stores in Brazil on VentureBeat
Readying its launch of a new game console, Zeebo said today that it has shipped game machines to retailers in Brazil. That’s the beginning of a test as to whether there is room for a bargain console in emerging countries. The Zeebo console will…
 

Sushi Go Round coming to DS and Wii on Joystiq [Nintendo]
We have to admit, we’re always a little bummed when we see free games coming to cartridges. Take Sushi Go Round, for instance. It’s a tough time management game that’s been downloaded more than 60 million times from Miniclip.com. Now, SouthPeak and…