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Xbox 360 Tops PS3 in Japan

Submitted by: KillerONE @ 12:21 PM | Friday, November 9, 2007 | (url: http://xbox360.ig...)

Microsoft is having one impressive week over in Japan. In addition to grabbing the second slot in the Media Create top 50 sales charts with Ace Combat 6, the 360 sold 17,673 hardware units in one week alone. With the new sales, the system has at last crossed the 500,000 sold mark, which is something that the original Xbox never did.

But more than that, this is what we're sure will keep people talking. The 17,673 hardware units was enough for the 360 to beat both the PS2 and PS3! Yes, the 360 is now the second hottest console in Japan (next to the Wii).

Metroid Prime 3 won't have multiplayer features.

Submitted by: Dranon @ 11:54 AM | Thursday, August 9, 2007 | (url: http://www.firing...)

What a let down. I know I won't be buying it. They took the time to add those features to the DS version but not the Wii. Even if the single player mode is incredible, once you've done it a few times, the game will just accumulute dust.

Mark Rein: PC games dumb down for Consoles

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 03:16 PM | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | (url: http://www.comput...)

Epic Games VP Mark Rein recently told CVG that, despite Microsoft's efforts to push the technology, DirectX 10 won't see much in the way of enthusiastic adoption, largely because game developers will "have to dumb the games down for the consoles" making it "less and less economically viable to do the super high-end stuff." Rein expects that Crytek's first person shooter Crysis will represent the zenith of graphical fidelity for years to come. That is, whenever Crysis is actually released.

60GB PS3 No longer available after July - Only the 599$ 80 GB will be available

Submitted by: JodoFett @ 10:14 AM | Friday, July 13, 2007 | (url: http://www.ds.joy...)

In an interesting move Sony has decided to stop producing the 60GB Ps3, which it recently dropped the price of 100$ from 599$ to 499$ and came out with a new 80GB PS3. Sony has announced that they will no longer be making the 60GB version of the Playstation 3 console after July, and so the only version available will be the 80GB version. This comes as interesting news after the price drop, since the new 80GB version will be just the same price that the 60GB version was before.

Nintendo announcing WiiWare

Submitted by: Dranon @ 09:07 AM | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | (url: http://gizmodo.co...)

If this is true, it sure will be an interesting future for the Wii. Letting people develop games that can be bought for points, like the current VC games.

I'm sure the first few games won't be the greatest will see but, with time, there'll be some good quality games to get.

I checked Wii.com but couldn't find any informations on WiiWare.

Virtual Console June 4 2007 100th game released.

Submitted by: filsinger @ 11:13 AM | Monday, June 4, 2007 | (url: http://www.virtua...)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Nintendo,

ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron - Sega Genesis,

Dead Moon - TurboGrafx-16

Milons Secret Castle - Nintendo.

I might just pick up Toejam & Earl.. great game.

Virtual Console Releases May 28 2007

Submitted by: filsinger @ 04:27 PM | Monday, May 28, 2007 | (url: http://www.virtua...)

poop in a box.

ActRaiser Super Nintendo,

Kid Chameleon on the Sega Genesis,

J.J. & Jeff on the TurboGrafx-16.


Still waiting for that SNES RPG. On the bright side there are rumours floating around that we'll get to VC demos.

Wii Virtual Console Releases for 5/21/07

Submitted by: filsinger @ 10:36 AM | Monday, May 21, 2007 | (url: http://www.gaming...)

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)

Will we ever see a SNES RPG?

Virtual Console Monday: Nintendo's new offerings for 5-07-07

Submitted by: filsinger @ 12:51 PM | Monday, May 7, 2007 | (url: http://arstechnic...)

Mighty Bomb Jack NES

Final Fight SNES

Ordyne TG-16

Another week where I don't buy anything. Please give us a good SNES RPG.

First Operation Flashpoint 2 Image

Submitted by: DudeofDeath @ 09:00 AM | Thursday, April 19, 2007 | (url: http://ve3d.ign.c...)

April 19, 2007 - Promising warfare on a scale never seen in a FPS, the biggest name in modern military simulation gaming will return in 2008 as Codemasters confirms that Operation Flashpoint 2 is in development for PC and major console formats.

Top 10 Overlooked Games

Submitted by: Rayn @ 06:12 PM | Wednesday, April 11, 2007 | (url: http://www.gamewa...)

A brief list of the top titles that didn't get the attention they deserve in their day. River City Random was kick ass!

Wii Virtual Console releases for 4/2/07

Submitted by: Skyler @ 12:30 PM | Monday, April 2, 2007 | (url: http://en.wikiped...)

Gracing the Virtual Console of Wii owners everywhere, two very classic games, and another, hit the Wii Virtual Console.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
StarFox 64 for the Nintendo 64.
Dragon's Curse for the TurboGrafx-16

PS3 launch fails across the pond

Submitted by: DudeofDeath @ 09:27 AM | Friday, March 23, 2007 | (url: http://kotaku.com...)

Last night was the midnight launch of the PlayStation 3 for our overseas brethren in Europe and Australia, and the crowds that turned out were dismal, to say the least.

Apparently one tenth of the people expected to be there actually showed up, and Sony was left with literal barges full of their newest console, in many locations. To add insult to injury, Microsoft puts a big XBox 360 banner on a ferry passing by one of the big French launch sites...

FFXIII Going Multiplatform?

Submitted by: KillerONE @ 10:32 PM | Thursday, March 22, 2007 | (url: http://www.gamesp...)

Sony Computer Entertainment France president Georges Fornay dropped the bombshell in an interview with French-language newspaper Les Dernires Nouvelles d'Alsace (subscription required). He said, "The development costs of games have exploded, and it has become more difficult to have exclusives, outside of our own games. But we have for launch day [in France] 30 games, including MotorStorm, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Virtua Fighter 5. Moreover, we are expecting 200 games [for the PS3] by the end of 2007...As far as Final Fantasy XIII goes, I can tell you that the exclusivity is in discussion."

PlayStation Takes Online Beating

Submitted by: DudeofDeath @ 09:37 AM | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | (url: http://www.next-g...)

Over the past year unique visitors to Nintendo.com increased 91 percent, but visitors to Playstation.com was down by 8 percent. Those were some of todays findings in a report by NetRatings.

Nintendos online traffic rose from 856,000 in February 2006 to 1.6 million in February 2007.

Xbox.com also saw significant year-over-year growth in February, increasing 47 percent from a unique audience of 827,000 to 1.2 million.

Traffic to Playstation.com dropped 8 percent in the same period, from 1.1 million to 1.0 million unique visitors.