Reuters - If like many people in our technology-ruled world you can’t live without Google, video games, digital media and social networking sites like Facebook, this is your kind of art exhibit.
AP - If the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of “NCAA Football 09″ are the starting seniors, then Wii owners might feel like redshirt freshmen with EA Sports’ first college football game for Nintendo’s popular gaming console.
Reuters - Record first-half sales of video and computer games got a big boost from Rockstar Games’”Grand Theft Auto IV” and Activision’s “Guitar Hero III.”
Harmonix chief Alex Rigopulos has revealed that Wii Music is going down the wrong route, he noted that his team first considered using a Wiimote for a drumming interface but felt you needed to actually hit something like a real drum and it\’s why they built a custom drum peripheral.
Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world’s leading videogame properties, today announces that Summer Athletics, an all-new sports title featuring over 25 of the most popular summer sport disciplines, launches in the UK on 15th August on Xbox 360, PS2, PC and the Wii.
Wiili.org reports that Nintendo has issued a very minor Wii update which states it only updates the Photo channel. However the respective site speculates that it could have blocked the bug that Bushing reported last week.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Nintendo\’s Shigeru Miyamoto that we can expect more games from Nintendo\’s hit franchises soon - \”They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects,\” he said. \”And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them.\”
Some comments that Reggie Fils-Aime made seems to suggest that Nintendo isn\’t all that fussed about WiiWare, it is more a way of letting third parties take control. Aime noted \”it’s predominantly meant to be much more exploratory, experimental and for these brand new third-party developers.\”
A number of third party Wii developers have revealed that they had no advance notice about the new Wii Motion Plus peripheral from Nintendo and they were just as surprised at Nintendo\’s announcement as were the general gaming public. Don\’t expect any third party games to take advantage of the new device for at least six to nine months.
\’The Humans\’ is back! The legendary puzzle game loved by millions of players all over the world is returning in a brand-new version for PC and Nintendo DS! Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and the developer Blue Monkey Software Inc. today announce the release of this title. Koch Media owns the worldwide publishing rights.
Blast entertainment, part of the Mastertronic Group have today announced the release of Mr. Bean on Nintendo DS. The DS version follows the release of Blast Entertainment’s Mr Bean Sony PS2 game that hit retail in November last year, which still sells consistently well and continues to earn a place in the Chart track top 40 PS2 budget chart each week.
A Laser Sword for Wii, Nunchuk wireless adaptor for Wii, PS3 arcade stick and universal home and car charger are on show from Subsonic at this year\’s Games Convention.
UK Playstation boss Ray Magure has admitted that Kutaragi played a big risk in putting such high level technology in the PS3. He also noted that the slow start that the system experienced was largely due to its high RRP.
ps3-sense.nl has a number of new shots of Play TV for PS3. Although the remainder are mainly promotional shots.
Internet reports indicate that Atari has confirmed that Alone in the Dark has been delayed on the PS3 until at least November. No specific release date was given, more at xgn.nl.