Year: 2007

New video game releases week 1, 2008

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Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. Since this is the last day of the year and the first week of next year there’s not much except for downloadable games. So we’ve got today’s Bubble Bobble, Light Crusader, Top Hunter on the Wii Virtual Console, as well as Metal Slug 3 on Xbox Live …

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The Best Games of 2007 on Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC, DS, PSP and PS2

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Halo 3 for Xbox 360Super Mario Galaxy for WiiChoosing “The Best Games of 2007” is no easy task. Here at VGB we’re still heavily playing all the top titles of the past year, we haven’t played through all and as a result not reviewed them yet. So I thought it best to take our time to play and review them all into next year and let Gametrailer‘s videos do the talking of all the choices you have for each of the following platforms. Having played all the winners and most of the nominees I can safely say 2007 might’ve been one of the best years for gamers ever!

Find out which game is worth risking the Red Ring of Death for with our pick for the year’s best Xbox 360 title. The Best Xbox 360 Game = Halo 3.

Wave your Wii-mote with the greatest of ease in our pick for the year’s best Wii game. The Best Nintendo Wii Game = Super Mario Galaxy.

The next-gen powerhouse brings its A-game to this year’s competition with these hot titles. The Best PlayStation 3 Game = Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

These are the games that kept gamers clicking away night after night! The Best PC Game = Half-Life 2: The Orange Box.

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On Wii Virtual Console today: Bubble Bobble, Light Crusader, Top Hunter

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Today Nintendo adds new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon (see to your right). What …

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Top 10 greatest rhythm games of all-time

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The top 10 greatest rhythm games of all-time is a tough list to compile and will no doubt vary on personal tastes. This list focusses on games where a strict, rhythmic play style was enforced, and eliminating titles heavily influenced by music such as Rez, Lumines, or Everyday Shooter. The criteria also put a strong …

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Why you can’t play Wii Virtual Console games directly off an SD memory card

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A Nintendo customer service representative was asked why you can’t play downloaded Wii Virtual Console games directly off of the SD Card. You know, instead of having to either delete games then re-download them, or save games onto the SD cards and then transfer them back later on. His answer clears up any confusion you …

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Why you can’t pay with exact change on Xbox Live Arcade

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Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg was asked why you can’t pay exact amounts for content on Xbox Live Arcade. His answer clears up any confusion you might have: “The reason why we do that, the core reason, is around credit card transaction fees. If we do this in bulk, we don’t have to …

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First Street Fighter IV gameplay video and developer interview

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Street Fighter IV logoIn order to get a Street Fighter IV video scoop, 1UP traveled to Capcom Headquarters in Japan to interview Producer Yoshinori Ono. The editors also talk about the trip and provide hands-on gameplay impressions, they even mention online multiplayer might include worldwide tournaments and rankings, as well as the possibility of downloadable content in the shape for additional characters and stages. Although not confirmed, the game is expected to appear in Arcades and on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

Watch the first Street Fighter IV gameplay video and the developer interview to find out all about the 2.5D fighting game in the next 20 minutes.

Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen.

If you don’t want to go through the entire interview and just see the gameplay, then watch Ryu’s fireball…

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Metal Gear Solid Saga 20th Anniversary translated video goes behind-the-scenes of the series

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Metal Gear Solid Greatest HitsYou might remember the Metal Gear Saga intro video we posted back in July. It celebrated 20 years of the Metal Gear Solid series by coming out with a video that features five chapters, one chapter for each game in the Metal Gear series (MGS3, MG, MG2, MGS, MGS2). In chronological order the video gave behind-the-scenes information about the games. Since Konami have been considering bringing the Metal Gear 20th Anniversary Collection package to America since July, it seems doubtful it’ll happen. As a result fansite metalgearsolid.org translated the Metal Gear Solid Saga video.

The timeline is of the events from the first Metal Gear Solid game and shows the Snake variants Naked Snake, Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, Solidus Snake and Old Snake.

Metal Gear Saga 20th Anniversary Video Part 1:

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New Banjo-Kazooie info reveals new multiplayer mode and more about the upcoming Xbox 360 platformer

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UK developer Rare is currently hard at work on Banjo-Kazooie exclusively for the Xbox 360 (they are Microsoft owned after all). Fans of the series will forever call this game Banjo-Threeie (or Banjo-Kazooie 3, even if it’s the fifth game), but for the sake for this round of Questions and Answers, let’s reference it as …

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Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword coming in March 2008. Demo out now on DS Download Stations

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Tecmo has announced that Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS will be released sometime in March of 2008. With the intuitive use of the DS stylus, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword will let players control Master Ninja Ryu Hayabusa like never before. That’s right ladies, you get to touch him now. 😉 Developed by …

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Patapon for PSP mixes rhythm and action in new gameplay videos. Release date is February 28, 2008

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Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Patapon is a rhythm-based 2D platform/action game exclusively for the PSP. A release is expected sometime on February 28th 2008. In the single player game, players are tasked with leading the colorful Patapons, a brave and noble tribe, through a series of epic battles against opposing armies and gigantic …

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Rising game production costs killing developers. From Pac-Man’s $100,000 to PS3 average game costs of $15 million!

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The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) has big concerns about the game industry. With profit margins so tight, the line between survival and failure can rest on the sales from just one Christmas. The fear is that many companies will simply not survive the festive period. “It is not unlikely that after Christmas, we may …

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First Dragon Ball Z Budokai 4: Burst Limit trailer

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Dragon Ball Z Budokai 4: Burst Limit is the latest fighting game based on the popular anime/manga series Dragon Ball Z and will be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2008. Developer Dimps, known for creating Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1, 2 and 3, will be developing Dragon Ball Z Budokai 4: …

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First Naruto: PS3 Project trailer

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The sneak preview trailer of Naruto: PS3 Project is finally online. It reveals five characters: Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Kisame, but it’s unknown if any of these characters will be playable, outside of obviously Naruto. The game will be released exclusively for PS3 in 2008 in Japan, followed by an American release. It’s been …

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First WiiWare trailer for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land will be released by Square Enix for the WiiWare game download service next year, for starters in Japan in March 2008 at a price of 1500 Wii Points (that’s $15 / €15 / £11.25 / AU$22.50). The RPG/building game will take place after the …

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