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2K Boss: Wii Market Is Full Of Crap
Anyone who has browsed the Nintendo Wii section of their favorite video game retail outlet lately has to agree with 2K Games global president Christoph Hartmann – the Wii market is flooded with crap. There are a ton of games out for the Nintendo Wii to be sure, but for the uninformed consumer, finding a…
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Zork Returns In MMO Form, Somewhat
The classic adventure game Zork is back, this time in the form of a browser-based casual MMO Legends of Zork, published by Ireland-based Jolt Online Gaming. The Great Underground Empire is in ruins, FrobozzCo International has implemented massive layoffs, and a newly unemployed traveling salesmen sets off in search of treasure and adventure in this…
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Aksys Goes Way Retro With Bit.Trip Beat For WiiWare
Aksys Games and developer Gaijin Games unveil Bit.Trip Bit, a rhythm action game that takes retro past the Nintendo Entertainment System, landing squarely in Atari 2600 territory. Bit.Trip Beat is an upcoming WiiWare title that takes the age-old concept of a paddle and balls and mixes in some of the latest Chiptune music in order…
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Novint Falcon Soon To Confuse Console Gamers Too
With the peculiar-looking Novint Falcon finally gaining some solid support in mainstream games, such as Valve’s Left 4 Dead, the company plans on bringing the 3D controller to consoles. Looking like a device you’d expect to see in a medical office or alien spaceship, the Novint Falcon is a USB device that replicates mouse movement…
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The Most Beautiful Atari 2600 Lamp Ever Created
In the long and storied history of Atari 2600-themed lighting projects there have been countless interesting creations, but only one Atari 2600 lamp deserves to be called the Ultimate. This is that lamp. Okay, so perhaps Atari 2600 lamps aren’t all that readily available in the first place, but that surely doesn’t steal away any…
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Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
With Pandemic’s Middle-Earth take on the Star Wars: Battlefront series heading to stores as we speak, EA has an unleashed the official launch trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. The trailer covers just about everything you need to know about the game. Choose good or evil, play through massive battles for the fate…
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See Space Garriott Live In Austin
Gaming legend Richard “Lord British” Garriott’s trip into space has come and gone, leaving the Ultima creator nothing but fond memories and stories, which he’ll share live on stage in Austin Texas later this month. Fresh from his historic trip to the International Space Station, Richard Garriott is making a slightly less historic trip to…
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Andrew Lloyd-Webber Video Games In The Works
The Phantom of the Opera is now…inside your Wii. Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Really Useful Group is apparently working on video games based on the famed composer’s magical works of musical theater. Just when I thought the music genre couldn’t get any stranger, this news hits. The group is looking to turn Lloyd-Webber’s body of work into…
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The Maw Opens On XBLA Next Week, Castle Crashers DLC Tides Us Over
After a couple weeks of casual releases, Xbox Live Arcade heats up this month with this week’s release of the Castle Crashers: King Pack followed immediately by Twisted Pixel’s The Maw next week. The Castle Crashers: King Pack hits XBLA tomorrow, with it gobs of new content for all the good little boys and girls.…
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New Fable 2 Screens Celebrate Knothole Island’s Release
The eagerly anticipated Knothole Island DLC for Fable 2 is now available via Xbox Live Marketplace, and to celebrate, Lionhead has released a set of six new screenshots showing off the new content. The new content will cost you 800 Microsoft Points and 500+ megs of hard disk space, but considering yesterday’s news there’s no…
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Mirror’s Edge DLC Dated
Along with the news that the PC version of the critically acclaimed first-person adventure Mirror’s Edge is now shipping to stores, EA delivers a late-January release date for the eagerly anticipated time trial DLC. When EA says late January, they really mean late January. In this case, January 29th is the planned release date for…
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FusionFall Launches Tomorrow, Retail Version Packed With Extras
Cartoon Network’s first foray into the massively-multiplayer online role-playing world is set to launch tomorrow, as FusionFall for PC and Macs heads to stores with special retail-only goodies packed in. The Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Victory Pack for PC and Mac should be arriving in stores tomorrow courtesy of a partnership with Majesco. For $19.99,…
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Vir2L Goes Medieval On The Wii
Vir2L Studios is bringing the sights, sounds, and smells (hopefully not) of the Middle Ages to the Wii with Medieval Games, which might have been more accurately titled Ye Olde Mini-Game Collection. Medieval Games will have you and up to three of your closest friends compete in a variety of medieval activities. There’ll be the…
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NY Bill Seeks To Shield Children From Racist Sterotyping In Games
New legislation under consideration by the New York Assembly seeks to keep games that promote “racist stereotypes” out of the hands of the state’s children. Crafted lovingly by Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright, measure A01474 would prohibit underage sales of games that promoted racial stereotypes or negative actions towards specific groups. The wording, exactly: Prohibits the…
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F.E.A.R. 2 Mech Combat Is Such A Tease
The folks at Monolith once again tease us mercilessly with F.E.A.R. 2 mech-combat goodness, knowing full well they should be diligently working on Shogo 2 already. Here we see what looks to be a commercial for one of the precursors to the Armacham Ordog Advanced Series 7 mobile combat armor from Shogo, which comes with…
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Street Fighter Club Punches San Francisco Right In The Face
With the game so close week can taste it, Capcom has decided to ditch the secrecy concerning their national Street Fighter Club events, with the latest event hitting San Francisco this Friday. The Street Fighter Club is an invitation only event that allows fans of Street Fighter IV get a taste of what’s to come…
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UDON Wants Your Darkstalkers Fan Art
UDON is giving Capcom’s classic horror fighting franchise the royal treatment with Darkstalkers Tribute, a giant-sized art book celebrating the franchise’s history, and your artwork might just make the cut! Now until March 1st, UDON is accepting fan submissions for artwork to be included in the definitely Darkstalkers art book. If chosen, they get to…
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Fable II’s Knothole Island Brings Good Things To Life
Without spoiling more than I already have, a post over on the Fable II dev blog indicates that players disappointed by their particular ending can find solace at Knothole Island’s mysterious resurrection shrine. Before you continue on, I warn you….this post could very well ruin the ending of Fable II for you, but it wouldn’t…
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The Wii Holiday Grey Market 3: When Supply Meets Demand
Nintendo’s apparent ability to meet demand this holiday season seems to have flattened the turbulent Wii grey market, with eBay sales of the console going for far less than in previous years, according to eBay sales data analyzed by Kotaku. Wii Fit resales, a popular add-on for the console, also seemed relatively flat, according to…
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Rosenqueen Rocks The Prinny Bundles
Fans looking to get a little more with their copy of Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? for the PSP next month need look no further that NIS’s official online store, Rosenqueen. Along with the standard retail edition of Prinny, which comes in a box with the soundtrack and a special Penny Arcade Prinny…
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