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EA reveals MySims Party and MySimsRacing
MySims Racing for the Wii will see players facing off against MySims opponents on various exotic tracks and includes multiplayer racing for up to four players. Keep an eye out for power-ups and customize your car’s body, paint job and accessories. The DS version of MySims Racing enables pl...
Monday, Jan 5
Review: Shaun White Snowboarding (PS3)
What is good about this game? Well, it has a decent soundtrack with AudioSlave and Heart suiting this lifestyle and you get to throw snowballs at other boarders for absolutely no reason but your own cynical enjoyment. The four mountains are quite big, so if you are desperate for another sno...
UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for the week ending 05/0
Fifa 09 (EA) Need for Speed: Undercover (EA) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (SEGA) Wii Play (Nintendo) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) Quantum of Solace (Activision Blizzard) Sonic Unleashed (SEGA)
PS2 most played console of 2008 in US
The PS2 was the most played video game console of 2008, still leading the pack with 31.7% of the time spent console gaming. The Xbox 360 is next with 17.2%, ahead of the Wii with 13.4%. Surprisingly the original Xbox beat the PS3, scoring 9.7% and 7.3% respectively.
Thursday, Dec 18
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 08/12 – 14/12
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii – Namco Bandai (Wii) – 105 900 Animal Crossing: City Folk – Nintendo (Wii) – 97 700 Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode – Nintendo (DS) – 63 100 Rhythm Tengoku Gold – Nintendo (DS) – 45 200 Wii Fit – Nintendo – (Wii) - 43 000 Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo (Wii) - 34 300
Wednesday, Dec 17
Nintendo reveals Q1 of 2009 line-up for US
Below is Nintendo’s partial list of upcoming games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Wii Electronic Arts Hudson Entertainment NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. We Ski and Snowboard - March Nintendo Sega Ubisoft Nintendo DS D3Publisher of America Electronic Arts Nintendo Ubisoft
Sunday, Nov 30
Editorial: Sega Master System
The SEGA Master System was SEGA’s entry into the Household Video Game market. SEGA learned many lessons within the first three years or so which would later show with their next generation console, the SEGA Mega Drive. It had some classic games like Alex the Kid, Wonderboy and the awesome ar...
Monday, Nov 24
Editorial: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The NES is a classic and will remain one of the most important events of the videogame industry. Were it not for this little console you would not have most of the classics which we enjoy today. Nintendo are what they are today purely because of the NES. NES games sold on the GBA as classics and tod...
Thursday, Oct 23
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 13/10 – 19/10
Wii Music (Nintendo) 92,000 / NEW Culdcept DS (SEGA) 50,000 / NEW Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters (Namco Bandai) 43,000 / NEW Macross Ace Frontier (Namco Bandai) 26,000 / 130,000 Wii Fit (Nintendo) 18,000 / 2,740,000 Robot Wars Z (Namco Bandai) 13,000 / 462,000
Friday, Oct 17
Nintendo responds to September NPD numbers
Backed by a variety of unique interfaces, Nintendo’s Wii™ console topped the U.S. video game hardware sales charts with nearly 687,000 units sold in September, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Nintendo DS™ was the No. 2 best-sellin...
NPD: September 2008 down from September 2007
Wii Fit with Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii) 518 000 Rock Band 2 (MTV Games, Xbox 360) 363 000 Mario Kart Wii with Wheel (Nintendo, Wii) 353 000 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (EA, Xbox) 360 297 000 Wii Play with Remote (Nintendo, Wii) 243 000 Madden NFL 09 (EA, Xbox 360 ) 224 000
Wednesday, May 14
Family Trainer for Wii headed to Europe
Atari is bringing Namco Bandai Games’ Family Trainer to European Wiis this September. Family Trainer sees players using their whole body in various fast-paced activities. The game includes the Family Trainer mat controller which encourages “total body game play.” Players will be able to choose from over a dozen single and multiplayer outdoor challenges. You can expect to jump aboard a river raft or mine kart, test your skills in log jumping and keep up the pace in rope skipping. The game is set in various colourful locations including ruins in jungle forests, a zombie infested haunted mansion and even a fairytale world.
Monday, Feb 25
Patch: Wii Version 3.2 now available
Nintendo released a new Wii menu update yesterday. Nintendo’s message reads “Once installed, if a Game Disc is inserted into the Wii console and an update is required, a notification message will be displayed across the Disc Channel alerting you to update your system. If no update is needed, the title of the Game Disc inserted will be displayed.” Essentially then the update added a minor feature to the Disc Channel. If you load a game disc that requires a system update, a notification will stream across the Disc Channel much like Virtual Console games stream across the Wii Shop Channel. If no update is required, the game disc title will simply be displayed.
