Back when the Nintendo Wii launched in 2006, the company showed possible console colors: White, red, silver, lime green and black. White was the launch color, and that’s all customers have had. Until now. Today, Nintendo announced that it will be launching a black-colored Wii in Japan on August 1 for ¥25,000 (US$260). Besides the…
Nintendo is releasing add-on for the Wii Remote called Wii MotionPlus. It brings much needed accuracy to the Wii-mote. Why wasn’t it included in the original Wii-mote? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata asks just that in the Iwata Asks column on Wii.com. Here’s the exchange between Iwata and Nintendo R&D’s Junji Takamoto : Iwata: I suppose the…
Rendition: Guantanamo was slated for January 2010. That is, until Scottish developers T-Enterprise pulled the plug. The game was set in a Guantanamo staffed not by US forces but by mercenaries, with prisoners subjected to scientific experiments. The developers brought in Moazzam Begg to consult. Begg, a British citizen, was arrested in January of 2002…
Peter Molyneux, the designer between the Fable franchise, has been given a promotion: Creative Director of European studios at Microsoft Games Studios. Previously, Molyneux founded Bullfrog Productions where he created “god games” like Populous. After leaving Bullfrog, Molyneux created Lionhead Studios, which has churned out titles like Black & White and The Movies. That studio…
Hey! Big time famous game designers don’t just come to E3 to promote their own titles, they also come to check out the competition. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo is doing just that. With the DS and the Game Boy platform before that, Nintendo has traditionally dominated the portable game market, but recently the…
So, Mario and Luigi are Italian, but are they Italian stereotypes? Be warned, bad words and bad fake facial hair ahead! Thanks, B W!
.html Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has taken the reins of the Castlevania series from fellow Konami designer Koji Igarashi for the series’ latest title Lords of Shadow. The game has been farmed out to Madrid-based developer Mercury Steam and brings together a star studded cast that features Patrick Stewart and Robert Carlyle. This is…
Yes, you too can be the proud owner of that with Sony’s family title for the PlayStation 3, EyePet. Using the PlayStation Eye, the pet will interact with every object placed in front of it. For example, wave your fingers in front of the camera, and the EyePet will laugh. Roll a ball, and he’ll…
Ratchet and Clank return once again, this time with Ratchet searching for his buddy Clank and trying to save the universe. A Crack in Time tries to tie-up loose ends from the previous titles and at the same time offer new game play elements like time manipulation. The game is slated for this fall. And…
Endless Ocean 2 is the sequel to Endless Ocean 1. Shocking, we know. Players can dive in the big blue, explore shipwrecks and escape sharks. Loot you find can be sold so you can decorate your reef to attract more fish. That’s much better than what I usually do. Saying “Here fishy fishy” doesn’t really…
Game art? These aren’t traditional screens, because WarioWare D.I.Y. isn’t your typical game. Released in Japan this April as Made In Ore, the game is outfitted with tools so that players can make their own mini-games and upload them for others to play. Check out Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai trying his expert hand at…
To: You (Yes, you, you insolent strumpet!) From: Bashcraft Oh ho ho ho ho! E3 thunders on and guess who spent the entire day writing a buncha posts and now sees spots? Why, because there was a buncha news, a buncha announcements, and now, right now, I’d like a bunch of grapes. Blue grapes. Do…
Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to Wii Sports brings more Wii Remote waggling fun — with bonus Wii MotionPlus precision. Out this July, Wii Sports Resort will usher in fresh mini-games, including new additions like ping pong and sword slicing. Yay for swords and little bouncy balls!
Mario is back and ready to circle around planets in spaaaaaaaaaace. As we posted previously, Miyamoto said that the original plan was to “essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy.” But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that Miyamoto estimates that 90% of the game’s levels are all…
This fall, action flick Gamers will shoot up theaters. Not to be confused with Hollywood flick Game, this movie’s plot centers around the transfers of gaming skills to real life: Fighting, shooting, etc. There’s something about paintball, too. The hand-to-hand combat scenes are filmed like traditional 2D fighters, while the shoot-outs use first-person camera angles.…
Well, Sony’s E3 press conference is over. Let’s take a look back, a walk down memory lane and review our Sony E3 press conference coverage. Hooray! Sony’s E3 Expo Live Blog Oh Yeah, PSP Getting Its Own Resident Evil The Last Guardian Is Team Ico’s Latest PSP Go Hands-On Video PSP Go Hands-On Impressions PSP…
.html Pretty cutscenes, check. Gameplay footage, check. Here’s the FFXIII trailer shown at Sony’s E3 press conference.
You’ve seen the screenshots. You’ve seen the gameplay footage. Now watch the E3 trailer. Do it. Heavy Rain will be released on the PS3 later this year.
Got to give it to Nintendo — this year’s E3 press conference was better than last year’s train wreck, don’t cha think? The company announced some big news. All that and more after the jump. Nintendo’s E3 Expo Live Blog Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, Flipnote Studios Coming To DSiWare New Metroid Game Announced: Metroid Other…
Another Resident Evil game is coming to the Nintendo Wii. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is a game developed to one up Wii million-seller The Umbrella Chronicles with better design, better atmosphere, and the best graphics ever seen on the Wii.
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