14 Jul
Posted by Stuart as Announcements, Hardware, News, Nintendo, Wii
Nintendo announced today that they will be releasing the Wii Motion Plus, a new Wii remote accessory addon that traces movements in 3d space more accurately. Though the Wii seems to do fine in terms of movement so far, this tiny accessory could supposedly work in conjunction with basic body movements.
There aren’t many details [...]
14 Jul
Posted by Stuart as Announcements, Microsoft, News, Xbox 360
It has just been announced at this year’s E3 that the already loved Xbox Live service will receive an update overhaul this holiday season. Expect Facebook/Myspace-like features, Mii-like avatars, and many other new features that the service should have already had. Sure, they may not be the most original, but it is all easily and [...]
Today, Take-Two denied EA’s offer for a fourth time, announcing that they are not interested in letting EA acquire all of their outstanding shares. They claim that the proposal “significantly undervalues” what Take-Two would want if a takeover ever were to take place.
13 Jun
Posted by Stuart as Announcements, Delays, Entertainment, Industry, News, PC
Remember Qtrax, the supposedly free and extremely delayed legal P2P music service? Well the wait is finally over, as an official release date has surfaced on their website. With the negative reputation they have created by delaying the release over and over, this release date might not mean anything, but we really hope it does.
It’s not really all that odd to see a smaller game developer simply stop making games for a particular system, however it is kind of odd when the two games that a particular developer actually did make for the system are two of the best games in the system’s entire library.
Ready At Dawn Studios, the [...]
We apologize, we try to stay away from math formulas also, but this one is pretty cool and should be brought to attention. The Depreciation Guild, an independent rock band consisting of two above average looking guys, (with black hair,) and their modded and at this point abused SNES console, rock out alongside their little [...]
05 Jun
Posted by Alex as Announcements, Delays, Industry, Microsoft, News, PS3, Xbox 360
While most video game players would probably not care less about what gets talked about during big game publisher’s conference calls, these conference calls are actually great places to glean bits of information relating to new items that publishers currently have in the works.
Today was no different, as Take-Two held a quarterly review call for [...]
Although not completely out of the ordinary for the average MMORPG player, basement-dwellers across the country are up in arms due to recent changes that were accidentally applied to Funcom’s new MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures . The source of such nerd ire? Why boobies, of course!
29 May
Posted by Stuart as Handheld, Media, News, Nintendo, Previews
Just when you got comfortable blowing into your DS in public, you can now be even cooler with your friends by yelling “Rock Out!” while dancing, listening to bad rock music, and pretending to play guitar in the real world. You’re going to be one swell gamer…
28 May
Posted by Stuart as Handheld, Media, News, PC, PS3, Previews, Wii
Will Wright, creator of The Sims and the extremely hyped up Spore, discusses how Science plays a roll in his latest title. This isn’t the boring kind of science either, it’s the fun kind. (Yes, it exists.) Check the break for the full video, and the awesome Sim City music playing the background.