The title pretty much says it all, SEGA has just launched the official website for Samba De Amigo for the Wii, check it out and all the associated content at Sambademamigoagame.co.uk.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. This week\’s additions are SPOGS racing and King of the Monsters (NeoGeo).
FaceBreaker producer Trey Smith was recently asked if there\’s anything special on the PS3/360 version of FaceBreaker that isn\’t in the Wii title. He remarked, that he truly believes there is a reason to pick up BOTH versions as with the Wii version you get a unique experience and with the 360/PS3 versions you get \”lightning fast gameplay and responsiveness, killer visuals, a best in show online experience\” and then some…
Pool Party is a fully-featured pool and snooker simulation featuring a diverse range of game modes and settings and, of course, will make the best possible use of the Wii\’s control system. Or at least that\’s what they say…
Reports indicate that Nintendo is currently litigating another federal patent lawsuit filed by an Illinois man. John Martin alleges that he patented touch screen and pointing device gaming technology originally.
The Thomson Financial indicates that Nintendo is to release what is known as a \’localized\’ version of the DS in Taiwan. The handheld will be released later on in this month in Taiwan and will be available at the end of the year in the Chinese market.
Rumors indicate that a special E3 edition of the Nintendo Power magazine includes a mock shot of the widescreen DS handheld which is featured in an advert for Disgaea DS.
According to reports, Sony will be rolling out PS3 firmware v2.41 by Wednesday at the latest, so everyone should be able to sample the joys of in-game XMB and trophy support in a safe manner!
KOEI today announced that Fatal Inertia EX will be released on PlayStation Network on July 15. The game’s European release follows its successful US launch which was accompanied by a very positive critical response.
High school kids Carrie, Andy, Zack and Jennifer get together for a party while their parents are away, but before Zack can pledge his undying love for Carrie unexpected guests come knocking and they are hungry for brains! Monster Madness: Grave Danger is a fast-paced action adventure game coming to PS3 in Q3 thanks to SouthPeak Games. For more information go to: Monster-Madness.com.
Speaking as part of an article in which Australian IT indicate that add-ons are no longer on the periphery, Sony\’s Ephraim commented that they pioneered the modularisation of gaming. He commented - \”We respect what the Wii has done, which is taking up what we started. The market has broadened to the point that you have some very different markets.\”
The President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that he believes now in the second and third years of the PS3, we will start to see games that are really unique and interesting and will not focus just on the graphics. He also indicated that the PS3 should have a life cycle that is longer than the PS2 and they want to make it a really relevant system for another 10 years. More at ThreeSpeech.com.
Sony has announced that there is planned PSN maintenance on Wednesday from 07:00 to 13:00 BST.
A rumored specification sheet is floating around for the PSP phone. Some of the highlights include a 4.3\” TFT LCD display, video calling, flight mode, built in web browser, 2 megapixel camera and the ability to rotate the screen to turn the phone into a full PSP console. See what you think of these features by clicking the image below…
A customer service manager at a leading UK console repair company has told a publication that \”I can\’t really comment on that story in today\’s Mirror. All I can say is that we have had very few Elites in for repair since they launched last year.\” With a bit more time, we\’ll know for sure if these stories about huge amounts of Xbox 360 Elite RRoD repairs are excessivley stretching the truth.