Archive for January, 2006
Microsoft might release handheld
Microsoft’s Peter Moore has revealed to BusinessWeek that the company is considering entering the portable digital media market with a device of their own that would play games as well. Microsoft has not decided if they are going ahead with the plan, though. Thanks to Apple’s iPod, Microsoft’s been feeling the pressure in the digital…
Tamagotchi Corner Shop trailer
This certainly is one cute game. Check out the trailer for Tamagotchi Corner Shop on the DS. You’ll either be baffled at why this is the best selling 3rd party game on the DS (over 1 million sold in Japan already) or be totally in love. (from gonintendo).
Research on gaming parents
A new study conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates and released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shows that 35% of U.S. parents play videogames; of those, almost half (47%) are women. 80% of gaming parents say they play with their children. Other interesting data from the report, which surveyed 501 “nationally representative”…
MGS3: Subsistence to include bonus DVD w/pre-orders
Kojima-san, creator of the wildly popular Metal Gear Solid series, will be doing fans a huge service by including a bonus-DVD for those who pre-order the upcoming PS2 update Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. Which already includes a tribute to fans in the way of the original two Metal Gear MSX titles! The second of…
Ultimate Spider-Man game review video
In the Ultimate Spider-Man game you take on the role of the world’s most famous Super Hero, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and one of his most menacing nemeses, Venom, in an original storyline written and illustrated by the creative team behind the best-selling Ultimate Spider-Man comic book series. Activision and Treyarch swing back into action with Ultimate…
DS Lite redesign by Nintendo!
Nintendo of Japan released the following information just seconds ago: “Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today announced Nintendo DS Lite, a slimmer version of the best-selling Nintendo DSâ„¢. Also featuring brighter screens, Nintendo DS Lite will launch in Japan in March. Nintendo DS Lite will be less than two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS…
Video game fitness program expanded statewide
In America, a state plan may give an unexpected boost to a fitness program in local schools. West Virginia, which has one of the nation’s worst obesity problems, plans to expand its video game dance project next month to the state’s 157 middle schools. 8 of Wood County’s 27 schools use the computer game Dance…
Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic & Silent Hill Experience for PSP UMD
Konami announced 2 unorthodox PSP titles today. IGN tells us that Silent Hill Experience is an “interactive UMD†featuring content from all four Silent Hill games, plus the upcoming movie, and will also feature a series of animated comics written exclusively for the disc. Conversely, Gamespot has the scoop on what is tentatively entitled Metal…
Gradius Collection announced for PSP
The PSP Gradius Collection will include five different Gradius 2D shooter games, including Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III and Gradius IV. The last title, Gradius Gaiden, never actually shipped outside Japan so it’s the first time many will get to play this Konami game come Spring 2006. Features included are: A new save/load system will…
Singer/actress Brandy is going to star in her own video game
The Los Angeles video game firm Matty/Markus Games is developing a sci-fi action game using both the voice and likeness of TV’s “Moesha” star, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. “Brandy will play a strong female character who is put into a situation that she must react to, one which has the fate of the world…
New Fifa Street 2 exclusive features for DS version
FIFA Street follows the formula of past “Street” games, including NBA Street and NFL Street, urbanizing and brutalizing the sport with over-the-top moves and more action. The new FIFA Street will offer a new trick stick beat system, new juggling moves and gamebreakers, fresh tricks, more over-the-top moves, and bigger skills at a faster pace….
Pokemon movie “A New Future Lies Ahead”
I couldn’t let you miss out on this one. You know the Pokemon RPG / Card / Show phenomenon isn’t over when you watch this home video. Whether to laugh, to cry, cringe, or maybe smirk at his karaoke skills. That I leave up to you.
50 Cent: Bulletproof sells 1 million copies
You might’ve heard (of) the rapper $0.50. Well, he made a movie last year, and that movie was turned into a game. Now it’s officially announced by Vivendi Universal Games that rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent has officially purchased over a million copies of his own game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof. …okay, so that’s not true, but how…













