I really wish I was going to E3 now!

Nintendo to Preview the Wii 2 at E3 in June originally appeared on: WireNinja
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There have been a lot of rumours about the successor to the Wii (Project Cafe).

According to an anonymous tip to IGN:

• Project Cafe will run off AMD’s R700 GPU architecture
• It’s CPU will be a custom-built triple-core IBM PowerPC chipset
• Output at 1080p
• Support for stereoscopic 3D
• It will look like a modern re-imagining of the classic SNES form

It is expected that this new system to be priced between $350 – $400.

Wii 2 Project Cafe Will Have Some Great Specs originally appeared on: WireNinja
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NBA 2K11 is the latest installment in the best selling, and highest rated NBA videogame series. NBA 2K11 is the best way to plug into NBA culture. It’s the most fun, authentic NBA videogame experience and is for any sports fan with that competitive fire who wants to play the best NBA simulation on the market. It’s the NBA series that everyone is playing – from the most elite NBA athletes and superstars to the local court gym rats. NBA 2K10 delivered on its promise to TAKE OVER, and NBA 2K11 will build on that momentum by dialing up all of its features – gameplay, AI, presentation, visuals, audio, online and more – to deliver the best basketball videogame experience EVER.

Price: $59.99 now only $39.99. Buy here on Amazon.

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It happens that Crystal Dynamics is currently working on the new Tomb Raider game, so does this mean it will have a multiplayer feature?

Oh I really hope that Tomb Raider gets a multiplayer option.

Tomb Raider Reboot Tipped For Multiplayer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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“Strong and innovative products are launching well, there is a record installed base of consoles in each of our territories, and customers are responding positively to our specialist offer.

“However, the ongoing weakness in the market performance of hardware and casual gamer products means that we are maintaining our cautious outlook for the remainder of the current financial year.

“Our most significant weeks are still ahead of us, historically representing over 25 per cent of our annual revenues, and every part of our business is primed to deliver everything our customers need.”

That seems to be a very high amount, 25 per cent of their entire revenues come from pre-owned sales. That’s up four per cent from last year.

The retailer’s overall sales are down almost 15 per cent, but GAME say they’ve maintained their market share, and point out that the coming weeks of 2010 are likely to be their most successful by some margin.

UK Retailer GAME State 25% of Entire Revenues are from Pre-Owned Games originally appeared on: WireNinja
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There is an interesting promotion running here in the UK at the moment. Friday only, if you turn up to a Game or GameStation store with a bunch of real bananas, you will be able to exchange them for a free copy of the Wii’s excellent Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Only the first 20 customers to do this will get the game; any others will be turned away. Oh, and the other catch: only a handful of stores are currently supporting this promotion:

- All GAME stores on Oxford Street, London
- GAME at Merry Hill, Dudley
- GameStation at Prospect Centre, Hull

The offer kicks off from 8am this Friday morning.

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BioWare has just released a new hint for their new game which is scheduled to be released next month. The new teaser image seems to suggest the game will be set in London.

People in the Facebook comments thread where the image was posted have managed to translate it to some binary code, which turned out to be the cover of a Clash greatest hits album.

Whats the most famous song from The Clash? London Calling!

New BioWare to be Set in London? originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Blockbuster has already filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and it seems like they are now trying to simply get rid of as much dead stock as possible.

It seems as though Blockbuster are now selling Gran Turismo 5 for only 99p! When you trade in two titles from their list of games, of course.

The list of trade in titles eligible for this deal include Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Call of Duty: Black Ops, F1 2010 and James Bond 007: Blood Stone.

Cheap Games: Blockbuster Selling Gran Turismo 5 for 99p originally appeared on: WireNinja
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WiiWare Now Offers Game Demos originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops has set a new five-day entertainment industry record, grossing over $650 million globally. Activision has broken the previous $550 million five-day sales record set last year by Call of Duty title, Modern Warfare 2.

“Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for two consecutive years across all forms of entertainment,” said Activision Blizzard CEO, Robert Kotick, in a statement.  ”The title’s success illustrates the mass appeal of interactive entertainment as millions of consumers are choosing to play Call of Duty: Black Ops at unprecedented levels rather than engage in other forms of media.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops Breaks Five Day Sales Record: $650 million originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Activision has announced that Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars will be released on the 18th February in the UK. The game will feature 20 story-based missions and an additional 40 bonus levels, and the intriguing bonus of controlling a droid army in an RTS-style game mode.

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will be released on all formats: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and PC (and most likely the Atari Jaguar)

I still cant believe they are making more Star Wars titles! Its probably about time to give up on that brand.

Activision Announce Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars Will Be Released on February 18 originally appeared on: WireNinja
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The video states its the official trailer for Warriors of Rock, but when they start talking about Roadie features it seems like its a spoof. I know this is the official trailer, but when they try to make something so lame sound exciting, it just doesnt seem right!

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Trailer: Is this a Spoof? originally appeared on: WireNinja
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• A Perfect Circle – “The Outsider”
• Aerosmith – “Cryin’”
• AFI – “Dancing Through Sunday”
• Alice Cooper – “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
• Alter Bridge – “Ties That Bind”
• Anberlin – “The Feel Good Drag”
• Anthrax – “Indians”
• Arch Enemy – “Nemesis”
• Atreyu – “Ravenous”
• Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
• Bad Brains – “Re-Ignition (Live)”
• Band Of Skulls – “I Know What I Am”
• Black Sabbath – “Children Of The Grave”
• Blind Melon – “Tones Of Home”
• Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin’ For You”
• Bush – “Machinehead”
• Buzzcocks – “What Do I Get?”
• Children Of Bodom – “If You Want Peace… Prepare For War”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Fortunate Son”
• The Cure – “Fascination Street”
• Deep Purple – “Burn”
• Def Leppard – “Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)”
• Dethklok – “Bloodlines”
• The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants”
• Dire Straits – “Money For Nothing”
• DragonForce – “Fury of the Storm”
• Drowning Pool – “Bodies”
• Edgar Winter- “Free Ride”
• Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance”
• Five Finger Death Punch – “Hard To See”
• Flyleaf – “Again”
• Foo Fighters – “No Way Back”
• Foreigner – “Feels Like The First Time”
• George Thorogood and The Destroyers – “Move It On Over (Live)”
• The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
• Interpol – “Slow Hands”
• Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing”
• Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
• John 5 – “Black Widow Of La Porte”
• KISS – “Love Gun”
• Linkin Park – “Bleed It Out”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Call Me The Breeze (Live)”
• Megadeth – “Sudden Death”
• Megadeth – “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due”
• Megadeth – “This Day We Fight!”
• Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne – “Paranoid (Live)”
• Muse – “Uprising”
• My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”
• Neil Young – “Rockin’ In The Free World”
• Nickelback – “How You Remind Me”
• Night Ranger – “(You Can Still) Rock In America”
• Nine Inch Nails – “Wish”
• The Offspring – “Self Esteem”
• Orianthi – “Suffocated”
• Pantera – “I’m Broken”
• Phoenix – “Lasso”
• Poison – “Unskinny Bop”
• Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
• Queensrÿche – “Jet City Woman”
• Rammstein – “Waidmanns Heil”
• The Ramones – “Theme From Spiderman”
• Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe”
• R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion”
• Rise Against – “Savior”
• The Rolling Stones – “Stray Cat Blues”
• The Runaways – “Cherry Bomb”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 1 – Overture”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 2 – The Temples Of Syrinx”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 3 – Discovery”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 4 – Presentation”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 5 – Oracle: The Dream”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 6 – Soliloquy”
• Rush – “2112 Pt. 7 – Grand Finale”
• RX Bandits – “It’s Only Another Parsec…”
• Silversun Pickups – “There’s No Secrets This Year”
• Slash featuring Ian Astbury – “Ghost”
• Slayer – “Chemical Warfare”
• Slipknot – “Psychosocial”
• Snot – “Deadfall”
• Soundgarden – “Black Rain”
• Steve Vai – “Speeding” (Vault Version)
• Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”
• Strung Out – “Calling”
• Styx – “Renegade”
• Sum 41 – “Motivation”
• Tesla – “Modern Day Cowboy”
• Them Crooked Vultures – “Scumbag Blues”
• Third Eye Blind – “Graduate”
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Listen To Her Heart”
• Twisted Sister – “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
• The Vines – “Get Free”
• The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
• ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man (Live)”

Guitar Hero 6 – Full Tracklist originally appeared on: WireNinja
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More Other M footage and this time we get to take a little peak at combat. If course it looks solid, I wouldn’t expect any less although I am intrigued to see how well the shift between first person view and side view, as the discription of of it sound incredibly good. “Explore and fight in third-person by holding the Wii Remote sideways, and – at any time you choose – switch immediately to a first-person view through Samus’ eyes by simply pointing the Wii Remote at the screen.”

Again, and I can’t say this enough, I’m glad that gaming companies have figured out that 2D games are viable in a 3D era… athough in this case I suppose it is 2.5D what ever that means.

Well the vid is below so check it out.

Metroid: Other M – Combat Gameplay Trailer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Here’s a look at the cinematic footage of the intro for the up and coming Metroid Other M for Nintendo Wii. It’s only short i’m afraid but will have to tide you over for now.

Oh and the lady above, she’s from here.

Metroid Other M: Birth of Samus – Trailer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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E3 was rather disapointing this year, with Sony and Microsoft squabbling over the casual market it’s not surprising that Nintendo, which had got this out of the system, had some of the must promising looking games of the roster. Epic Mickey, this may be a game about a cartoon mouse but Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, had big plans for Epic Mickey. In an interview with Edge he said. ”I started this project wanting to merge the best of adventure games, such as Zelda, platform games, such as Mario, and my own games, such as Deus Ex.”

Of course Disney aren’t known to be the easiest people to work with however Warren seems to be positive about the experience. “it’s been a collaborative process. I’m sure there are people who are terrified, but Disney’s about innovation. Sometimes you have to do something a little scary.”
Here’s the Trailer.

Looking Back at the Best of E3 – Epic Mickey Trailer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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These screenshots look interesting but this is Sonic so I think for the time being I will wait and see how this turns out…

Sonic Colours screenshots originally appeared on: WireNinja
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So I’m hunting my giant Clappy fire Bird, happily slapping it with a sword that is so large it defies logic  and then a bloody great big dragon turns up, nukes the bird and proceeds to eat me. Now, usually I would scream profanities at my Wii and vow to burn the disc but with Monster Hunter I laugh at the brutal murder of my character and vow to turn the dragon into rare – medium rare steaks.

I have been a casual gamer since I threw my wow character off a cliff in winter spring so, when I  picked up a copy of Monster hunter I naturally did so with some trepidation, but after a 4 hour period of being thoroughly confused by my characters mass monster Hunting tendencies and a back pack full of goodies like, “Dung”,” large Dung” and “Paramushrooms” (which makes your character violently throw up when eaten)   I  finally knew how to make  steak’s,  potion’s  and more weapons which is more or less the basics of the admin that needs to be done in-between beating up animals, taking their obscure parts and turning them into knick knacks like bombs and bug nets.  I now run around the wilderness of Monster land ducking and diving underneath fireballs like it was my calling in life.  Considering I play my Wii for only a few hours a week Monster Hunter Tri provides instant satisfaction, easily allowing the player to go heads up against the monster you wish to skin into extinction. I have already clocked up over 40 hours and am still not bored and haven’t even had a glimpse of the big bad Monsters yet. This is the beauty of Monster Hunter Tri.

The Battle system is beautiful and surprisingly intuitive. Once you have the hang of the game and understand how to make your character stop, drop, roll and decapitate, the battles become much like a ballet version of Jurassic Park. If you are facing a new monster just run around like a headless chicken evade its attacks until you know how it moves. Then move in for the kill exploiting its weakness’s. It’s as simple as that for nearly every monster but each time it feels fresh and fun.

This isn’t to say it’s not an ordeal of endurance at the same time. You can find yourself duelling with a Monster for up to 50 minutes before your timer runs out but that time flies by. I personally find that I care about your characters life and don’t want him to just crash and burn under your current foes many serrated teeth.

So remember, stop, drop and roll as much as possible so that you don’t end up as Velociraptor food.

Monster Hunter Tri Review originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Here are the official features.

• Retro Studios faithfully restores everything that made the original series great, from barrel cannons to mine carts, and then builds on those elements with stunning graphics and new layers of depth to the world and game play. The game offers the
traditional side-scrolling experience everyone loved, but with levels created in fully
rendered 3-D environments.
• Diddy Kong™ joins the quest. With his trusty backpack, he can produce a jet pack or Peanut Pop Guns to give Donkey Kong more abilities.
• For the first time ever, the franchise features the ability for two people to play together at the same time — one as Donkey Kong, one as Diddy Kong. Players can navigate
the levels separately or as one unit. Diddy Kong can ride on Donkey Kong’s back and hop off whenever he pleases, allowing novice players to ride on Donkey Kong’s back
through more challenging areas of the game.*
• Hidden items, puzzle pieces and other surprises are found all through the jungle.
Spell out K-O-N-G by the end of each level to earn an extra bonus.
• Motion controls give players a real feeling of control. Players move Donkey Kong using the Control Stick on the Nunchuk™ controller and can shake the Wii Remote™ controller to make Donkey Kong slap the ground.
• Vibrant colors, beautiful graphics and fun characters draw players in. Even people
who have never played a Donkey Kong game before can pick up a controller and start collecting loads of bananas.
• Every level offers new fun and new challenges. Sometimes Donkey Kong is running through the jungle, sometimes his action takes place on a tropical beach and other times he must become a master of timing as he jumps chasms in a mine cart.

Seems very old-school. Which is no bad thing. Here’s the vid.

Donkey Kong Country Returns originally appeared on: WireNinja
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I’ll say this about Nintendo, they have the whole, remaking the same three games again and again down to an art form.  Mario, Metroid and M… Zelda (So close!) fans rejoice. Still, there is still the issue of the modern  control system which doesn’t sit well with everyone, that won’t stop this selling in the truckloads ‘though.

The art style is in between Wind Waker and Twilight Princess which is supposed to invoke the feel of a painting. Here’s the vid.

E3 – The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Trailer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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All the interesting concepts are coming out now. In Lost in Shadow you play as a shadow of your former self in this high concept 2d/3d platformer thingy. The extra dimension comes from the ability to move the light thus affecting the shadows.

Lost in Shadow – Trailer originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Day 1 of E3 was… a little disappointing mostly due to all these leaks and Project Natal looking rather lacklustre but these videos coming in are looking sweet. It may have taken a while but it looks like Little Big planet may finally have a rival.  Don’t let the scary Kirby pic put you off, this game looks adorable.

Kirby’s Epic Yarn Gameplay Teaser originally appeared on: WireNinja
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Not heard much about this FPS set in the afterwake of an Earthquake in Chicago. Nice to know it’s still going.

I am Alive (E3 Trailer) originally appeared on: WireNinja
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