Nintendo is releasing a new Excitebike game for the Wii, based on the 1985 NES classic from Shigeru Miyamoto. Excitebike: World Rally is a WiiWare game from Nintendo, to be available from the Wii Shop on November 9th. The game was unveiled yesterday on the Wii's Nintendo Week show (10/26/09), which is viewable from the Nintendo Channel on the Wii. You can watch the trailer there, or see it below.
As you can see in the video, it has a very similar style to the original, but puts some more 3D into it. The original Excitebike NES game is available from the Wii Shop's Virtual Console for $5 (500 Wii Points). See more on the original here on wii.com.
Excitebike: World Rally will allow you to play using the Wii Remote's motion controls or using the Classic Controller. You'll also get to compete online in multiplayer races using the Wii's WiFi. Watch for Excitebike: World Rally this November on WiiWare.
Paranormal activity. EVPs. U/V light. Apparitions. These are all the kind of things that make a ghost hunter's spine tingle. Soon, you'll be able to do a bit of ghost hunting yourself in Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal. It's a new DSi game from A Different Game, to be published by Majesco Entertainment. Ghostwire will keep you moving around and searching for ghosts in the augmented reality game. It blends your immediate surroundings with the game using the Nintendo DSi's cameras.
Details from Majesco Entertainment:
"In Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal, players are challenged to find and capture apparitions trapped within their own environment by using the Nintendo DSi™ Camera and ghost tuner to access alternative frequencies beyond the standard Wi-Fi range. Spirits, shadows and demons all have their own personalities, so finding and “solving” them is anything but easy. Some are shy. Some are evil. And some will only interact with you if you bring them something they want. What’s more, factors like time of day and light levels will further challenge your ghost hunting abilities, but a wide range of upgradeable equipment is available to help you communicate with the other side."
Visit the official Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal website at www.ghostwiregame.com. Watch for Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal to be available for the Nintendo DSi "in late 2010."
Yesterday's new Nintendo Week episode, available from the Wii's Nintendo Channel, included a special sneak peek of Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth. It's a new WiiWare game coming from Konami, which was just released in Japan. The release date was not mentioned for North America, other than "coming soon."
Watch for more details soon from Konami. Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth is a WiiWare release, expected to be 1000 Wii Points ($10), in-line with the pricing of Konami's other "ReBirth" games on WiiWare.
Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth was released today on Japan's Wii Shop. You can see more screenshots and details (if you can read Japanese!) here on Nintendo Japan's WiiWare website.
Don't put down your Separator or Clementine just yet! Today Double Fine Productions and Electronic Arts have announced the first downloadable content (DLC) for Brutal Legend. It's called "Tears of the Hextadon" and it'll be available next week on Xbox LIVE on November 3rd and on the PlayStation Network on November 5th. The Tears of the Hextadon DLC includes two new multiplayer maps, Circle of Tears and Death's Fjord. In addition, you may be able to put down your Separator, as a free axe will be available. Read on below.
Here are the details on the Tears of the Hextadon DLC:
"The Brütal Legend Tears of the Hextadon map pack expands the Brütal Legend Stage Battle multiplayer experience with two new multiplayer maps. In the first map, Circle of Tears, vile waters have carved a rough-hewn circular battlefield into a forsaken land that players must circumvent to destroy their opponent. In the second map, Death's Fjord, players find themselves on an icy mountain pass with a dense cluster of fans that lie below, waiting to be harvested by those brave enough to capture them without cover from enemy attack. All players who download the new map pack will receive a free axe, the Blade of Ormagöden."
The Tears of the Hextadon DLC will be free until November 19th, when it goes up to 400 Microsoft Points ($5 on PSN) after that. See more on Brutal Legendhere at the official website and read our review of it here!
A major zombie outbreak is expected on gaming website Kongregate this month. Will you become a zombie or one of the survivors? Electronic Arts is running a promotion for Left 4 Dead 2 on Kongregate. The entire Kongregate website is participating, now until November 20th.
Here are the details on Infected Fury Month, from Kongregate:
"During Infected Fury Month, Kongregate will unleash a pandemic, able to turn all Kongregate players into infected zombies. One small group of Kongregate users will be turned into zombies while another group will be turned into survivors. Zombies will infect new zombies, and survivors will train others to become new survivors. Players will earn points by infecting, or training, other players during chat, or by visiting players’ profile pages on Kongregate and pushing a Left 4 Dead 2 button. When players become “infected,” both their avatar and profile page will get grayed out and spattered with red blood and gore. Survivor avatars will display a glowing silver shield."
Zombie or survivor? As you can imagine, zombie hordes are currently overtaking Kongregate. Check out the latest stats and start playing Infected Fury Month now on Kongregate.com!
Left 4 Dead 2 will be released on the Xbox 360 and the PC on November 17, 2009. See more about Left 4 Dead 2here.
This past weekend in Miami, the Infinite Bits inaugural videogame convention took place. The Infinite Bits convention is not your usual press event convention, but was more of a videogame fan service and an ode to videogame history.
Several events took place at the Infinite Bits event, such as the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Level Design Contest, performances by bitcore bands such as Starscream, and many tournaments with prizes.
Some of the special guests who showed up were Billy Mitchell (all-time high score champion in Donkey Kong and Pac-Man), Walter Day (creator of the first videogame scoreboard, from Twin Galaxies) and Ben Heckendorn (a well known console modder within the gaming scene, from benheck.com).
Infinite Bits was more of a presentation on the influence and history of gaming. I saw game systems there that I never had seen before, some which were mere legend to me. It was a sight to see and I must say I had a great time. I will be there again next year!
There's a special Wii game sale going on today only at Amazon.com. Today's Amazon.com Gold Box and Lightning Deals feature a sale on 7 Wii games. The Deal of the Day is Ubisoft's recent brawler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up, available for $29.98. Throughout the day, various Wii games will go on sale. Show up on the hours below, since the Lightning Deals may go fast. Here are the times (in PDT) that the different Wii game deals begin, along with hints on what game they could be:
6:00 AM PDT - Relive your glory days in the arcades with this horror shooter.
9:00 AM PDT - Work out for the Cure!
12:00 PM PDT - Ninjas can be cute.
2:00 PM PDT - This is one house where you don't want to trick or treat.
4:00 PM PDT - Join our favorite detective on this chilling mystery.
6:00 PM PDT - Bring it on!
Any ideas what games they could be? Let us know if you think you know with your comment(s) below!
Earlier this afternoon, GamingBits.com received a curious crate. It definitely was one of the most uniquely packaged promotional items we've received. If you followed us on Twitter (@gamingbits), you would have caught a couple of shots of the outside of the crate. So, it's been cracked open and below you can see what was inside: 12 Squeeballs accompanied by the Wii Squeeballs Party game.
Squeeballs Party is a collection of 11 game challenges, which have over 150 mini-games. Those include painting, cooking, bowling, and more; all with a unique cast of Squeeball characters. Squeeballs Party is available for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and iPhone/iPod touch, just released last week. Squeeballs is also headed to the Xbox 360 in 2010, and will include an Xbox 360 motion controller in the package. More details will be coming on that soon, but it's likely to be the first Xbox 360 motion controller game and peripheral package.
In the meantime, be sure to follow us on Twitter from @gamingbits for details on how you can get one of the Squeeballs below shipped to you! Thanks to Performance Designed Products (PDP) for sending in the package.
See more details on Squeeballs Party here at www.squeeballs.com. Watch for our review of Squeeballs Party for the Wii here on GamingBits.com soon!
Game publisher SouthPeak Games and developer Renegade Kid are going out on a limb for you and offering a special, limited time pre-order treat for Dementium II. Dementium II is a first-person, Mature-rated horror game for the Nintendo DS and DSi. As developer Jools Watsham explains in his pre-order video below, if you pre-order Dementium II from GameStop.com before October 31, 2009 at 11:59am, you can get a signed poster for Dementium II.
To be eligible for the signed poster by Dementium II's creators Jools Watsham and Gregg Hargrove, pre-order Dementium II from GameStop (in-store or online) and email a copy of your pre-order receipt to and include your mailing address. Another pre-order bonus is in the works for Dementium II as well, which you will be eligible for too. Early supporters of the game get this rare pre-order opportunity. How often does a developer offer a personally signed poster for your support? Not often! So put Jools Watsham and Gregg Hargrove to work on getting those posters signed and support Mature gaming on the Nintendo DS and DSi. Dementium II is sure to be a treat in itself from the developers of the original Dementium game and Moon on the DS!
Watch for more details on Dementium II soon, scheduled for a February 2010 release on the Nintendo DS and DSi. See the teaser trailer from Dementium IIbelow.
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Available for Xbox 360, PC
Developer: Telltale Games
Publisher: Telltale Games
Release Date (XBLA): October 14, 2009 Official website: www.telltalegames.com
Review Summary: Although the episodes which comprise Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space have been out for over a year on the PC, only recently have they come to the Xbox 360's Xbox LIVE Arcade. Knowing this still does not harm the game's overall luster. It is a fun game with the best character acting and art seen in a game by Telltale Games.
