The Playstation Blog reports that a new Firmware is due to hit your machines soon. The notice reports that this is to bring stability to some PS3 titles. One has to wonder if maybe all the reported problems with GTA IV may not have been fixed by their patch? If this fixes any remaining issues, […]
Texas-based Anascape Ltd. is about to get $21 million richer, as Nintendo has been ordered by a federal jury to pay the company for patent infringement.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2006, and stated that Nintendo infringed on Anascape’s patent during the designing of the Wii Classic, GameCube and Wavebird controllers. The Nunchuck and Wii Remote were not mentioned in the suit, says Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta.
Interestingly enough, Anascape also sued Microsoft for infringements before the Nintendo trial, but reached an agreement earlier this month.
Now that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has finally been completed, Kojima is looking forward to creating new videogame series as well as continuing existing ones, such as Zone of the Enders.
The fast-paced mecha fighting series for the PlayStation 2 launched in Spring 2001, and was met with average reception at best. It is widely considered to be one of the PS2’s most underrated games, and has gained its own cult-fanbase across the world.
In an interview with PSM UK, Kojima stated that he “would like to say that Zone of the Enders is quite near the priority list… [after MGS4] it might be good to change to outer space or robots or things like that for a change”
To make up for the delay in the European release of the WiiWare release, they are topping the five games released for North America with a total of 8 Titles. Both releases are still behind the 11 title release of Japan.
According to recent Enterbrain reports, the Nintendo Wii has finally surpassed 6 million sold in Japan. The console launched there in November 2006, meaning it has taken 18 months for it to reach this milestone.
In comparison, the Wii has reportedly sold 10.61 million units in North America, and 7.94 million in European territories. In other words, it has hit the 25 million mark worldwide.
Also worth noting, Enterbrain has also confirmed that Wii Fit has managed to move 2 million units already, barely six months after its release.
According to NeoGAF member SolidSnakex, Guitar Hero 4 will include a set of drums, a bass guitar, full microphone support, and will additionally allow you to create and share your own songs.
The game is currenly being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PS2. However sharing songs on the Wii and PS2 will be significantly less robust than in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.
The post in question boasts a new guitar peripheral that introduces a “new input mechanic” which apparently involves “see-through notes” and aims to impact the way you play GH in the future.
Poor Europe, we don’t even have the first LostWinds game yet, but already now has developer Frontier announced that a sequel is in the works. This shouldn’t come as a surprise though, as the first title clearly indicated that it was “to be continued.”
This was revealed in a recent update on the official website, asking readers to sign up for “advance information on Frontier’s forthcoming LostWinds sequel containing amazing new gameplay as Toku and Enril’s incredible adventure to save Mistralis continues.”
LostWinds 1 launched on WiiWare in the US a couple of days ago.
Atari today announced the forthcoming launch of NAMCO BANDAI Games’ Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 3 for the Nintendo DS™.
Available in Europe from October 2008, Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 3 will feature the most well-stocked store lineup to date, with 13 brand new shops to run and expand, a park to design and visit, and the ability to trade journals with your friends via Wi-Fi.
In a recent intervew, the producer of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed claims the game is the greatest Star Wars title ever created.
Speaking at an Activision & LucasArts event in London last week, the producer (Cameron Suey) said the game, in his opinion, features the greatest storyline of any previous Star Wars title.
“I’m a humble guy so I try not to use a lot of hyperbole, but it’s certainly the greatest Star Wars story that we’ve ever told in a videogame. I absolutely love the gameplay. This is the first game I’ve worked on, in about four years in the industry, in which I still love the game even a year-and-a-half after I’ve been playing it a little bit every day.”
He goes on to say that usually when you work so close to a game, you end up getting sick and fed up of it, and eventually you never want to see it again once it has been completed. However this was not the case with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
VideoGamer.com asked Suey if the game was the greatest Star Wars title ever made, re replied: “You know what, I’ll say it, it’s for me, and greatest applies to value judgement and opinion, it’s definitely the greatest Star Wars game. I’m of course biased!”
Black Box’s next generation skateboarding game, Skate, is getting a spin-off game which is heading to the Wii and DS. It is titled Skate It. The game will still use the core of the original game’s engine, but developed from that point on for the Wii. It sports 480p, widescreen, support the Wii Balance Board and will have a few multi-player modes alongside it’s in depth single-player career mode. The game will be released sometime in 2008. EA is expected to officially announce the game next week.
IGN had the chance to interviewScott Blackwood who is the executive producer of Skate It and ask him a few questions about the game.
The recently announced ‘next-gen’ Prince of Persia title has been confirmed for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS, but sadly not the Wii.
In a recent interview, developer Ubisoft says the game will never be ported to the Nintendo console. But that doesn’t mean Wii owners isn’t getting anything. Speaking to Edge magazine this week, Ubisoft explained:
“We ported Two Thrones to the Wii. It was a quick and dirty port, i can say. With that we saw a lot of potential. The controls were not fully optimised, did not take full advantage of the Wii, but a lot of people saw the POP universe could certainly have a home on Wii.”“
Nintendo not to be outdone by the massively huge success of GTA IV, release two games this week for it’s Virtual Console. Although I would love to say these are a pair of classic games are must haves, I can’t. This week brings you Pokemon Puzzle League, 1000 points, and Renegade, 500 points.
Renegade is your slightly above average beat ‘em up game while Pokemon Puzzle League is, well, a Puzzle game.
I remember hearing about the Kama a while back, but I never followed up on it. The Kama is basically a wireless version of the Wiimote’s Nunchuck. Nintendo said they that were going to develop the same thing, but for all I know that was just a baseless idea. IGN finally got their hands on the final product and have mostly good things to say about the Kama while giving it an overall score of 9.4.
Aside from being wireless, the main differences are that it’s a little bit bigger and the plastic is not textured the same as Nintendo’s Nunchuck. Other than that, it works perfectly. You insert it’s accompanying receiver into the the Wiimote like you would the wired Nunchuck, turn it on and start playing. It takes two AAA batteries which should give you about thirty or so hours of power. One draw back is the price which is about $35. That’s almost as much as a Wiimote itself. So if you were looking to have four complete sets of wireless controllers, that’s will set you back quite a bit. You could buy another Wii with that much money.
ESRB has recently classified the fourteen year old Super Nintendo RPG EarthBound as a title for the Wii. This means the game coming to the Virtual Console. Eventually.
It would be nice if Nintendo brought the whole Mother trilogy to the Virtual Console, but that is extremely wishful thinking. On second thought, that’s borderline impossible.
Accorind to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, SEGA is now teaming up with developer Chunsoft to bring the very first (but most likely not the last) port of a PlayStation 3 game to the Nintendo Wii.
Imabikisō was the first visual novel to be released on a seventh generation console. The game imagery consists mostly consists of static photographs, though live-action clips scattered throughout.
It’s nothing major, but here are three new screenshots of Kung Fu Panda - the videogame based on the Dreamworks animation film with the same name.
In Kung Fu Panda, player will embark on an epic action-packed adventure, in which they master the art of Kung Fu fighting styles. The game features 13 legendary levels from the movie, and players must work hard to become the Dragon Warrior and defeat the ultimate villain.
Good news for winter sports fans, Nintendo Europe has announced that it is bringing Family Ski to the Wii in June this year.
“Players use the intuitive control combination of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, with the option to use the Wii Board too, to guide their character around the ski resort while taking in the sights.”
The first scans with images from the next installment of Prince of Persia surfaced the Web earlier this week, revealing a new art style for the series.
It seems Ubisoft is attempting to mix several different styles, with influences from Assassin’s Creed and a more serious take on cel-shading (Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy).
Well it certainly looks intriguing, now we have to wait for some HQ screenshots to show up. Keep an eye on the official website for some new media.
Square Enix launched the official website for it’s upcoming video game rendition for Soul Eater on the Wii. Yes, it is in Japanese in case you were wondering. Not much up yet. Just a few character shots and models, information on the game and battle system; the usual.
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