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The Nintendo DS is praised as a gaming platform especially for the novel ways in which the dual stylus and buttons input system can be put to good use in creating new and interesting ways of controlling the game. This has encouraged game creators to come up with titles that are specifically designed for the DS rather... |
28 March 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Japan is being the first country to benefit from the launch of Nintendo's WiiWare service. As of today, all Japanese Wii users will be able to buy and download games designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii gaming consoles using the new application.WiiWare is part of the WiiShop Nintendo initiative, created to... |
26 March 2008
04:16 GMT |
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KBC Securities Japan has recently downgraded the financial rating of games giant Nintendo, saying that it expects the sales of hardware like the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS to fall after the record numbers that the company has recently released. Being Japanese-based, KBC is in a unique position to monitor Nintendo&#... |
24 March 2008
06:20 GMT |
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Nunchuck's Ninja Reflex, previously exclusive to the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS, is receiving a PC version, courtesy of Valve and their Steamworks package. Valve and Nunchuck have announced that the game is now available for download from Steam at the price of $9.95. It's worth noting that the Wii ver... |
24 March 2008
05:40 GMT |
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The consoles are not only competing when it comes to numbers of units sold and numbers of console specific games that appear. The three-way battle that is today's console market is now focusing on the community aspect and on the on-line market for games.Sony already has the PlayStation Store and is poised to lau... |
19 March 2008
11:33 GMT |
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We all remember Looney Tunes from the early days of our childhood. The animated characters that got shot, bombed and run over but always managed to get back up and be ready for the next humorous adventure. New generations may grow up watching Happy Tree Friends and being accustomed to random and explicit violence, bu... |
14 March 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Probably game developers have already thought about filling a Blu-Ray disc with anti-piracy protection for a game that has about 900MB, but eventually the game hackers or the game pirates will manage to crack it and offer it on torrent websites. It happened with every big game (just remember the Assassin's Creed... |
13 March 2008
06:19 GMT |
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Cooking ain't what it used to be. Let's face it. The fast-moving and time-consuming modern world rarely allows us the time needed to prepare an à-la-carte home-cooked meal. We now pre-heat or microwave our meals and, sometimes, we eat out. But I bet none of us can forget the taste of the meals that our moth... |
12 March 2008
06:21 GMT |
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THQ is one of the most diverse publishers in the video game business and probably best known for their long running series Warhammer 40,000 and for their revolutionary RTS Company of Heroes. Less well known, but equally innovative and interesting, is the range of games THQ aims to bring to the Nintendo Wii.All Star C... |
7 March 2008
05:08 GMT |
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A hospital in South East England has begun using the Nintendo Wii console as part of the recovery program for some of its patients that have been treated for burns. When the damage done by the burns themselves is light to moderate, the immobilization of the arm needed for treatment can result in sluggish arm movement... |
4 March 2008
02:26 GMT |
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One of the oldest and most frustrating problems for a gamer is that of availability. There are plenty of games that are not available at the same time on all markets. Sometimes, the USA gets the game a few days before Europe. Europe rarely gets a game while American gaming fingers stand idle. There are plenty of game... |
3 March 2008
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PC and server vendor Hewlett-Packard bought $15 billion worth of semiconductors during the last year, which positions the company as world's biggest semiconductor purchaser for the last year. The report has been issued by market analysis company Gartner, and includes a top of the greatest chip crunching companie... |
26 February 2008
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Arguably, Oscar night is the most important event in the movie industry. The stars are out in force, glamorous dresses are rented, expensive jewelry gets lent, the red carpet is rolled out for the guests at the Kodak Theater, the venue for the awards show. Then, a long and sometimes boring festivity takes place in wh... |
25 February 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Fly Mobile, a UK handset manufacturer, unveiled its latest device, Fly MC100, a music phone that comes to offer a high-quality sound experience thanks to a special chip made by Yamaha, the famous Japanese musical instruments producer. Fly MC100 comes with an easy to use Media Player, different profiles of dimensiona... |
25 February 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Dr. Michael Rich of Children's Hospital has declared, for a network television in the U.S., that when using the Wii "you are learning the muscle memory necessary to do those acts, to stab someone, to chop someone, to shoot someone. It's one step closer to a virtual reality in which you are actually doing th... |
22 February 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has filed a "Special 301" report to the U.S Trade Representative (USTR), following the same action done by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), highlighting the issues of software piracy. Nintendo has asked the USTR to encourage specific world governments to fight more aggressively against the game ... |
18 February 2008
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There were reports that hit games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band are boosting the sales of artists featured in the game, and that seems to be a natural thing, having in mind that there are indeed some great songs featured in the game. Still, I am really surprised when I hear that other games that are not especially fo... |
12 February 2008
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You probably got a little bored of your Catz or Dogz Pets and you got the chance to try something new right now, since My Horse and Me is available for the Nintendo Wii and DS consoles across the North America. Also, the PC version is coming soon, so don't panic if you have neither console. The suggested retail ... |
6 February 2008
03:30 GMT |
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There weren't too many supporters for the Wii console from Nintedo before the launch. Sure, it sounded great on paper (or better yet online), but the low processing power and the simplicity of the design and concept were a deterrent. After the console hit the market, things started to change and, slowly but sure... |
30 January 2008
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There have been rumors about a disc somebody found in his Nintendo Wii console when it was returned after being repaired. The person who found the disc is claiming that it is used to back up data from the Wii and, even more, to access the console's BIOS. The picture of the disc, as well as some supposed footage ... |
28 January 2008
05:08 GMT |
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The 2008 Beijing Olympics haven't yet started and already we're talking about the 2012 edition. As strange as it may seem, we'll see Wii Sports as part of the competitions included in the Olympic challenges, according to the International Olympics committee president, Jacques Rogge. Wii Sports has ju... |
22 January 2008
11:06 GMT |
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Final Fantasy VI is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) in 1994 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, then was ported by TOSE with minor differences to the Sony PlayStation and the Nintendo Game Boy Adva... |
22 January 2008
03:57 GMT |
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The Guitar Hero franchise seems to be dominating the music game market lately, replacing all the karaoke-based titles that were so hip 5 years ago. They seem to rock on all major consoles, Wii included, but |
21 January 2008
05:02 GMT |
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a sports game developed by Sega which was released on the Wii gaming console in November of 2007 and is set for release onto the Nintendo DS handheld in early 2008. It is the first official crossover game featuring both Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog, Nintendo and Sega's form... |
21 January 2008
02:28 GMT |
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Nintendo's DS is one of the best platforms for releasing fun and educational games on. It is actually perfect for games that are both fun and educational, like Majesco Entertainment's upcoming simulation title Toy Shop. The game has players struggling to get a toy shop back on its feet by creating ever more... |
18 January 2008
03:14 GMT |
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We've heard about next-gen console wars, but never to this day, has this competition seemed so fierce, specially when involving two huge names of the gaming industry, like Microsoft and Nintendo. Well, they both have their problems: the Xbox Live isn't working so well, while the Wii shortage is still a com... |
17 January 2008
15:36 GMT |
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Back in August 2007, Midway Games was announcing a publishing deal for rolling out a Nintendo DS version of Myst, one of the best adventure games ever created. Now, Empire Interactive is disclosing some of the game's features, as the source code for Myst for DS has been completely re-written specifically for per... |
17 January 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Time to race...no wires attached. The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all... |
16 January 2008
15:31 GMT |
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High School Musical: Sing It! is a video game based on the popular 2006 television movie High School Musical and its 2007 sequel High School Musical 2 for the Wii and PlayStation 2. The game features songs from both movies as well as an additional ten songs by various Disney artists and will be sold with the USB mic... |
16 January 2008
15:16 GMT |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, followed by an episodic series in 2001. The show revolves around the day-to-day acti... |
16 January 2008
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Star Trek: Tactical Assault is a video game for Nintendo DS and PSP that was developed by Quicksilver Software (The creators of Starfleet Command). It was released October 24th, 2006 in the North America, and was released in Europe in December with Ubisoft as publisher. This game strongly resembles the Star Trek: St... |
16 January 2008
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Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero (High Speed Card Battle: Card Hero) is a card battle RPG developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the successor of the Japan-only Nintendo Game Boy Color title, Trade & Battle: Card Hero. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2007, but th... |
16 January 2008
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Rather late Nintendo! Still a bit hungover from the New Year's Eve party, are we...? Well, at least they didn't totally forget to update the Wii Shop Channel. Better late than never, right? So, last week, the company responsible for the Wii was launching the first three Virtual Console classics for this yea... |
15 January 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Capcom too has recently decided to speak its intentions for 2008 and although it hasn't confirmed a rich lineup (such as SouthPeak Games and Atari), it has however announced a new installment in a very popular game series: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. Capcom has plans to release the latest iteration in the cour... |
14 January 2008
06:15 GMT |
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X-Men: The Official Game is Activision's tie-in video game to the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand. The game covers the events of the films X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, specifically following the characters of Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler. It also bridges the gap between the two films, expl... |
14 January 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Heroes of Might and Magic (sometimes called simply Heroes or HoMM) is a series of turn-based computer games developed by New World Computing, a division of The 3DO Company. The games are fantasy-themed strategy conflicts in which characters called heroes have pivotal roles as leaders of armies of mythical creatures ... |
14 January 2008
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Time to race...no wires attached. The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all... |
11 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Sonic Advance 2 is a side-scrolling platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance. The game was released in Japan on December 19, 2002, in North America on March 10, 2003, in Europe on March 18, 2003. It is based on a modified version of Sonic Advanc... |
11 January 2008
05:29 GMT |
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Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a hoverboard-racing video game for the Wii and PlayStation 2. Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is the sequel to Sonic Riders. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are alerted to robots from Meteor Tech attacking the city of Monopole, the famous city of the future. They set out to retrieve the legendary... |
11 January 2008
04:51 GMT |
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"NHL 2004", developed by the EA Black Box studios, add 3 European Elite Leagues - Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Sweden's Elitserien and Finland's SM-liiga. (This is not the first time that European teams are included in an EA game; EA released both Elitserien 95 and Elitserien 96 for the Mega Dri... |
11 January 2008
03:41 GMT |
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The game follows Tal' Set, a Native American who is transported to the Lost Land while fighting Captain Tobias Bruckner of the United States Army; apparently this occurs in the late 19th century, around the time of the Indian Wars. He is rescued by the seer Tarkeen that says he is the legendary Son of Stone, kn... |
10 January 2008
14:16 GMT |
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Since the Wii's becoming as scarce as a victory of the English national soccer team , we might as well sit back and wait for a second generation of Nintendo's consoles, or keep looking for bargains. 2.500 people did (look for cheap deals) at Christmas time, being "punk'd" by a British company that off... |
10 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is a Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color video game released in August of 2000. It is a sequel to Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, and is itself followed by the 2002 entry in the Turok video games series, Turok: Evolution. The storyline for Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion picks up where Turok 2: Seeds of E... |
10 January 2008
08:49 GMT |
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Violence Killer: Turok New Generation in Japan) is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64, Windows and the Game Boy Color. It was originally released in 1998, and is the sequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, so is the second game in the Turok video games series. It was a highly ant... |
10 January 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Turok: Evolution is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The game was released for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance in 2002. A port for the PC was released in 2003 for the European market, but never distributed in North America.It is to be... |
10 January 2008
07:27 GMT |
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90% of the world's population perishes, meteor storms, earthquakes and all sorts of natural calamities constantly ravage the world while clouds of smoke and "evergray" ash turn the day into an eternal night. What could intelligent, rational human beings do in Advance Wars: Dark Conflict's opinion? Divide in... |
10 January 2008
03:36 GMT |
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Rayman is an anthropomorphic video game character, and is the official mascot of the video game publisher Ubisoft. Rayman (pronounced 'Ray-man') was created in 1992 by graphic artist Michel Ancel, to star in a 2D platforming game for the Atari Jaguar and DOS, then for Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Although ... |
9 January 2008
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A recent report reveals, unsurprisingly, that Nintendo has received another Emmy Award, this time for excellence in engineering creativity. The award was presented to the company behind the Wii and DS by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Read on for details and a few words from Don James, Nintendo o... |
9 January 2008
03:23 GMT |
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With all this CES 08 commotion, why don't we relax a bit and feast our eyes with these new screenshots of Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts for PSP and DS? Hudson Entertainment has made them available just recently and so we've rushed in posting them ourselves as soon as possible. Have a look below... |
8 January 2008
06:56 GMT |
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Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity is a video game for the Wii console. It is the second game based on the French animated television series Code Lyoko. Having discovered Xana's Replikas within the digital sea, the Lyoko Warriors set out to destroy them. However, that is made difficult by the fact that each one has... |
7 January 2008
07:45 GMT |
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