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Xbox 360 News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
See the upcoming Xbox 360 game on the big theatre screen in 5.1 sound. The cinema trailer for Gears of War will be shown before the following (R rated) movies:
· Miami Vice
· Pulse
· A Scanner Darkly
· Clerks 2
· Little Miss Sunshine
From the President of Epic Games, Inc, Michael Capps!
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Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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If you have a Sony PSP, a TiVo recorder, subscribe to TiVo Series2 and a Windows PC, you can transfer content from a TiVo digital recorder to your PSP.
From TiVO: "The enhanced TiVoToGo offers automatic transfers and conversions so TV programs recorded the night before can be synced and waiting for you on your PSP system the next morning. TiVoToGo requires a TiVo Series2 box connected to a Windows PC or laptop through a home network. To convert recorded content for viewing on a PSP system, TiVo offers an upgraded version of its TiVo Desktop software for $24.95."
Read more at TiVo's web site here.
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Xbox 360 News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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Microsoft plans to bring several of its Xbox Live Arcade games to retail game shelves to give the casual gaming players as well as offline Xbox 360 gamers the chance to purchase the games.
From Next-Gen: "Moore recently told industry sources that a retail SKU is being planned. Whether this will take the form of low-priced series of individual titles or, more likely, a compilation of some sort is yet to be determined."
Concrete details such as specific Live Arcade titles, pricing and availablity have yet to be officially announced by Microsoft.
In the meantime, Xbox 360 gamers who are online can download the Xbox Live Arcade games on their memory cards to share with their offline Xbox 360 friends.
From Next-Gen.
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Nintendo DS and DSi News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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Today Opera Software announced that the Opera web browser will be released on July 24th in Japan. Initially available online only, the Opera browser will come with a Gameboy Advance Cartridge which will fit into the bottom slot of the Nintendo DS or DS Lite handhelds. It will retail for 3,800 Yen. No official announcements for other regions has been announced, however Opera Software said more will be revealed on July 24th.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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Game Informer Online has posted a new teaser trailer video clip of EA's street racing series, Need For Speed: Carbon. Coming from EA in Fall.
From Game Informer: "The game has a team focus, and this time racers will have AI teammates that have RPG-light upgradable skill sets. Members helping you blaze across the finish line include a blocker, pathfinder, drafter, fabricators, mechanics, and fixer."
Look for more in the July issue of Game Informer.
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Nintendo DS and DSi News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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One of the higher rated Nintendo DS games has gone missing. Konami's Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is out of stock at most retailers. Released a little less than a year ago in October 2005, Castlevania DS was the first entry of the Castlevania series into the DS world.
Here's the status, from several online retailers:
The "Buy Now" link from Konami's Official Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow page links to amazon.com, which has it listed as "used" for $49.95.
Gamestop does not list it new; used is backordered.
Best Buy is listing it as backordered.
Ebgames.com does not list it new; used is backordered.
Other major online retailers such as Target and Walmart are also showing it out of stock.
Used prices on eBay are going beyond the $34.99 MSRP. If you can find one, pick it up! It looks great on the DS Lite. Let us know if you are able to find it new somewhere.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is the next Nintendo DS Castlevania game scheduled to appear in October 2006 from Konami.
Update: You can get Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow here, directly from Konami's online store KonamiStyle.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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LucasArts released more info on its follow-up Lego Star Wars game, this time about playable Star Wars vehicles.
From Jonathan Smith, director at TT Games: “We had three vehicle-based levels in the original game, and while they added some neat variety, they didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the gameplay,” says Smith. “We knew up front for LEGO Star Wars II that the universe of the Original Trilogy had a lot of fantastic ships and cool vehicles: the Millennium Falcon, X-wings, AT-STs, speeder bikes and so on. So we worked hard at the start to integrate them more effectively into the game.”
David Perkinson, producer at LucasArts says: “We’ve taken the vehicle levels off rails. Now you have a free range of movement in all directions, which enables you to fully explore a level and even come back to it later in Free Play mode with any of the vehicles you may have unlocked.”
Check out these screenshots from some classic Star Wars vehicles found in the game.
"LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy" is scheduled for all home consoles and PCs for a September 12, 2006 release date.
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Xbox 360 News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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The Vice President of Creative Development at Electronic Arts and co-founder of Westwood Studios, Louis Castle, revealed in a podcast with Gaming Steve that "Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars" will be coming to the Xbox 360.
Gaming Steve reveals that the upcoming Xbox 360 real time strategy game (RTS) The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II is the testing waters for C&C 3 on the Xbox 360: "I know for a fact that they are doing this because these are the same guys, the same team, who's doing Command & Conquer 3 and they're definitely going to release it for the 360, you heard it here," said Steve "and so what they are doing is they are really using Battle for Middle-earth II to sort of use it as a spring board to test, to see, how it is going to work for Command & Conquer 3."
A bit on Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars from EA: "It is 2047 and the stakes could not be higher. Tiberium-a self-replicating alien substance that has infected the Earth-is spreading like a radioactive ice age. The GDI, a high-tech alliance of the world's most advanced nations, is fighting to contain Tiberium, but Kane, the megalomaniacal leader of The Brotherhood of NOD has other plans for Earth. Kane's secret society turned superpower is bent on using Tiberium to take control and transform humanity into his twisted vision of the future. All-out war rages over Tiberium and the fate of the planet rests in the balance."
The PC version of C&C 3 is currently under development and scheduled for a 2007 release.
Download Gaming Steve's podcast here.
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Xbox 360 News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Monday, 19 June 2006 |
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TriXie, back from a trip to Italy for the PGR 3 Global Tournament finals, brings videos and pics from the competition, a tour of the Lamborghini factory and the winner's ride in a Lamborghini. Check out all the details at Xbox.com here.
Check out TriXie's pics of the Xbox 360 PGR players here.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Monday, 19 June 2006 |
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Vivendi Universal Games has posted a trailer online from the upcoming Scarface game. Starting with some clips from the movie, then gameplay footage. Scarface is coming to PS2, Xbox and PCs in 2006.
Select a trailer here.
(Caution: Not for kiddies!)
Read more about "Scarface: The World is Yours" here.
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