Reuters - French telecom and media group Vivendi won permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to merge its videogame unit with Activision Inc in a $9.85 billion deal.
AP - Can the stylus be mightier than the sword?
AP - Spring is well under way, and you know what that means: Time to put down that joystick, get off the couch, go outside and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine.
Hudson confirmed today that space blaster \’Star Soldier R\’, which was a WiiWare launch title in Japan, is coming will also be made available for North America. Hudson have not announced a release date but the WiiWare service is set to launch in North America on May 12.
Nintendo have revealed that it will be releasing 3 NES beat \’em ups to the Virtual Console. Coming next week is \’River City Ransom\’, Double Dragon will be released the week after and then \’Renegade\’ the week after that.
Nintendo Japan\’s head of PR has denied rumors that came from Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura stating that a new DS may be shown at E3. \”We cannot comment on the specifics of what will be announced at E3, but at the very least there won\’t be anything like what Mr. Hamamura suggested, so would like to clearly deny this. We\’re having a hard time understanding what kind of evidence [Mr. Hamamura] had for saying this.\” said Nintendo Japan\’s head of PR.
Those who that managed to get a Metal Gear Online beta code from Konami\’s Japanese site have had their KONAMI ID\’s deleted. Konami have been emailing registrants to let them know and recommending that they obtain a KONAMI ID for the region they live in provided that the public beta test is open to them. (Thanks Miguel!)
According to reports, the $150 Lite-On DH-401S can read Blu-ray discs which allow a game to be dumped directly to PC instead of using Linux/SAK.
According to reports, amazon.co.uk has informed some of its customers who pre-ordered MGS 4 that the game will \”not be supplied to Amazon\” until June 19th (7 days after the official release date). It is unclear if other retailers or regions have been affected.
The \”Inside Whispers\” section of the Official Playstation Magazine has provided the following rumors: bite sized episodic gaming will hit the Playstation Store “before the end of the year”, Heavenly Sword 2 will take place 10 years after original and feature a male lead character, in-game XMB functionality will be ready in time for summer, Ready at Dawn devs are now working on a PS3 exclusive, and “The bizarre Linger In Shadows, complete with flying dogs and deadly black smoke, will be a PSN download”
Three new Metal Gear Solid 4 screenshots have been revealed.
Below are some Gears Of War 2 images that were posted on tiscali.cz including one screenshot (top left).
The Sharjah municipality (one of the emirates of the the United Arab Emirates) is cracking down on the banned video game God of War. Residents say the game contains material offensive to religion, values and social norms. \”I knew that it was banned, but many of my friends were able to buy pirated copies from Dh5 to Dh10. I was shocked to see how much it contradicted Islamic values,\” said a UAE national.
BET Networks today announced that it will add a broad selection of full-length BET television shows for download on Xbox LIVE. Effective immediately, a growing catalog of episodes from BET\’s top-rated programming will be available for download from Xbox LIVE, including, but not limited to, COLLEGE HILL 4, AMERICAN GANGSTER and COMIC VIEW, with IRON RING featuring a free download of the premiere episode to consumers for one full week.
Namco Bandai have announced that they will be bringing the original Soulcalibur exclusively to XBLA later this year. Namco revealed the game will feature every character and game mode from the original, plus online leaderboards, and local multiplier matches.