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Report: Nintendo Scaling Back Wii Production

According to a report from Nikkei, Nintendo has begun the process of reducing the number of Wiis being manufactured. The report says that two Japanese companies – Mitsumi and Hosiden – are facing massive losses in revenue this year due to the “declining fortunes” of the Wii and a “drop-off in orders from Nintendo to…

Netherlands Hospital Blackout Blamed on Silent Hill

A psych ward patient in Holland skated on an insanity plea after he killed power to an entire hospital thinking he was solving a puzzle in Silent Hill. You might have heard of this, but a month ago or so, Jan H., the patient, shut down power to Sophia Hospital in the Netherlands thinking that…

Here Are Your FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Screens

To go with its announcement that FIFA 10 sold more than 4.5 million units so far this year, EA also announced that downloadable content FIFA 10 Ultimate Team is on its way in February 2010. The DLC is priced at 400 Microsoft points for Xbox Live and has yet to receive a price listing for…

Microsoft Puts Crackdown, Katamari On Demand

The Xbox Live Marketplace offers two new ways to fill up your Xbox 360‘s hard drive. Crackdown and Beautiful Katamari join the list of available Games On Demand titles as of today. Availability and pricing in your country of choice may vary, but with Crackdown a mere $19.99 USD, I may finally take the plunge.…

ESRB Launches Free iPhone Search App

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has published a free iPhone app that allows content-conscious shoppers to search out ratings and content descriptions while they’re in line wondering if Left 4 Dead 2 is appropriate for little Billy’s stocking. The ESRB’s entire ratings database is searchable, with full certificates available for titles back to July 1,…

Rumor: Say Goodnight To Edge of Twilight

Steampunk fantasy RPG Edge of Twilight may never see the light of day. The Fuzzeyes Studios developed game, originally planned for release this year on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is rumored to have been canceled. Despite looking pretty in screen shots, improving dramatically since it was first announced, work on Edge of Twilight…

Ain’t No LAN Party Like A Swedish LAN Party

As seen on the “world’s largest digital festival” host Dreamhack‘s Flickr feed. [via Gizmodo]

Rock Band Unplugged Unplugs Weekly DLC Plans

Harmonix appears to be taking a break from Rock Band Unplugged releases, moving away from a weekly batch of downloadable tunes for the Frequency-esque PSP spin-off. But that doesn’t mean it’s ditching the portable rhythm game altogether. Joystiq reports that Harmonix is diverting its resources away from Unplugged DLC and toward Rock Band Network deployment,…

2008 GOTY?

To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: The Tetsujin 28-go Statue Is GIGANTIC Sooo…. not feeling the backwards text thing, huh? Nice statue pic. I filled out my Spike VGA ballot today, declaring the Game of the Year (the year being that which started in December 2008 and ended in late November 2009). Here’s something fascinating about…

FIFA 10 Sells “More Than” 4.5 Million Worldwide

Based on internal figures, EA says FIFA 10 has sold 4.5 million units worldwide since it’s launch in early October. This is in addition to FIFA 10 being the fastest-selling game ever, mind you. Besides that, the company also announced that the first downloadable content pack, FIFA 10 Ultimate Team, will be available in February…

Rumor: Banjo Kazooie Karting In Sega All-Stars Racing

Sonic the Hedgehog’s list of furry friends may be expanding in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, as purported box art for the Xbox 360 version of the Sega game shows Rare’s Banjo and Kazooie. Fan site Sonic Stadium spotted the box art—with a little help from Spindash.de—at designer Chris Lewis’ personal web site, a site…

Qix++ Is Probably Your XBLA Game Of Next Week

If you’re not excited about the possibility of playing a new Qix game on your Xbox 360, I can only assume that you’ve never played Qix. Or the Qix-like Gal’s Panic, but I find that actually harder to believe. Regardless of your feelings about Taito’s arcade classic Qix, it appears that Microsoft will release the…

Here’s Your Daily Dose Of Bayonetta

Time cliches are one of the joys that movies, books and games get to savor when they market their use of time travel. That pleasure has now been extended to bullet time games in Bayonetta’s latest trailer. Witch Time is what they call bullet time in Bayonetta. In the strictest sense of the gameplay term,…

Modern Warfare 2 Came *This* Close To A Perfect Famitsu Score

Japanese video game mag Famitsu is somewhat famous for its rarely awarded “perfect” 40 out of 40 review scores, having only issued only 13 of them during the publication’s lifespan. And Modern Warfare 2 came within spitting distance of that “perfection.” The newest issue of Famitsu weighs in on Infinity Ward’s blockbuster, crippling it with…

Credit Card Fraudsters Love Their Video Games

Credit card fraud prevention experts Retail Decisions have detailed the four most fraud prone products on the internet this holiday season, and wouldn’t you know it, three of them are video game related. Virtual shoppers spent a great deal of money online between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but according to Retail Decisions, people perpetrating…

Lost Planet 2’s Episode 1 Boss Has A Name, You Know

That’s not just some random giant akrid you’ve been battling in the Lost Planet 2 demo for the PS3 and Xbox 360. That’s Gordiant, and it’s a pleasure to put a name to the digestive tract. We can finally stop calling the Episode 1 boss for Lost Planet that giant monster thing or “Sir Om…

Changing Video Game Cases Go For The Green

Xbox 360 owners who have recently invested in holiday season hits like Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed II, Brutal Legend or Left 4 Dead 2 may have noticed a change in their game cases. Meet the Eco-box, gamer. The lighter, thinner cases from manufacturer Viva Group are becoming the new Xbox 360 game case standard.…

DJ Hero Controller Now Sold By Its Lonesome

Players interested in making their DJ Hero experience slightly more social can now order standalone controllers online from GuitarHeroStore.com. Up until now, if you wanted to play DJ Hero multiplayer you were limited to playing online, playing with a guitar controller during select songs, or purchasing two prohibitively expensive copies of the game. GuitarHeroStore.com (formerly…

Assassin’s Creed II DLC Raises Questions, Possibly Fills Gaps

You don’t make an expected hit game with a 200-plus-person development team and not plan some sort of downloadable content. Assassin’s Creed II is getting two large add-ons. The names of these packs suggest key story gaps will be filled. Ubisoft’s announced the DLC for ACII this afternoon and provided some basic facts. One release…