Reuters - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc’s iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.
AFP - A bomb explodes in a busy shopping street, leaving injured shoppers requiring rapid assistance — thankfully it is only on a computer screen, but it has a deadly serious purpose.
AP - Real news from the virtual world:
Reuters - Let the games begin.
AP - Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game.
PC Magazine - PlayStation 3 owners who had to suffer through the long weekend without the perks of the recently released and then pulled 2.40 update can officially end their gnashing of teeth.
AFP - Ubisoft said Tuesday it has bought Canadian special effects studio Hybride Technologies in a move that will wed the French firm’s hot videogames with Hollywood films.
Reuters - Activision Inc shareholders approved a deal on Tuesday to merge with French telecommunications and media group Vivendi SA’s games unit, creating a public company called Activision Blizzard.
Reuters - “Guitar Hero” won’t be the only music videogame to launch its sequel in time for the holidays.
Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a regulator’s request for more information on its Take-Two Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to buying its rival.
AFP - Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous.
Well well here\’s a surprise, little known All Star Cheer Squad seems very impressive. Its so impressive, that IGN states \”…\”the gameplay is fun and responsive, even pulling off the DDR-like experience on Wii better than Konami has. Score one for All-Star Cheer Squad in that department.\”
Epic Games\’ Mark Rein has once again confirmed that the talented team has no plans to make something for the Wii, he remarked that its like asking a sculptor when he\’s going to start painting - i.e the Wii is just not Epic\’s medium. Rein went on to say that there area of expertise is high end consoles and things that push technology higher.
Now here\’s what true backwards compatibility is all about. Some clever homebrew developer has made it so that you can play Mike Tyson\’s Punch Out on the Wii complete with Gamecube bongos. The controls work really well, for example the top button on the bongo is a high punch, to dodge you simply clap and to block you hold the start button on the bongos. More at Glorioustrainwrecks.
The latest issue of Ngamer Magzine indicates that Capcom\’s next gen title is based off a next gen favorite. Here\’s the revealing quote - \”there\’s a bullet with our name on it if we speak of their ultra top secret Wii title (a surprising take on a next-gen favourite), so we\’ll stick to the safer, though still intruiging, Spyborgs.\”