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General Gaming News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Sunday, 18 June 2006 |
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Look for more insider coverage of Halo 3 from Bungie with its upcoming Podcast.
From Bungie's weekly update: "Speaking of speaking, we're looking at building a - gasp - podcast! Yes, we invented the idea. It is like a kind of mini-radio show and nobody has ever thought of it before. Anyway, so yeah, there are loads of podcasts out there, and we're not trying to be bigger or better or brainier - but we will be more Bungie-fied. More news on that as it progresses, but we already got a couple of cool interviews in the can with our matchmaking playlist Ninja and one of multiplayer designers from Halo 3, who will speak with frankness and clarity on the process of making multiplayer maps for Halo 3. We also have some other luminaries lined up for it, including the normally publicity shy Marty O'Donnell."
Read more from Bungie.net here.
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Nintendo DS and DSi News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Nintendo Japan has announced a special offer for its "Club Nintendo" gamers. By accumulating points from Nintendo games, club members can get a "Game & Watch" compilation. The first Game & Watch compilation includes Donkey Kong, Greenhouse and Oil Panic. This is currently an exclusive in Japan. See the Club Nintendo page in Japan here with the images. Read up on the history of Nintendo's Game & Watch handheld gaming series here.
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Nintendo News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Here's some updates on the latest developments with the Wii:
- No microphone will built-in to the Wii controller. A headset may be used in favor, according to Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview with EGM.
- The name "Wii" has been under evaluation from Nintendo after massive amounts of email complaints: "We have received over 200,000 e-mails with complaints about the Wii, and the console name has been commonly associated with urine. We have been the target of many jokes, and we strongly believe that it’s a bad thing for the company’s reputation," said a representative at Nintendo's marketing department.
- The Wii's controller is still undergoing development/revisions. "We're still debating on the area of how many buttons to use," said Miyamoto, as noted by Infendo.
- A gamestore in Australia listed the release date of the Wii console around November 30, 2006.
- GoNintendo reveals Iga's thoughts, from an interview with Play magazine, over developing Castlevania on the Wii. "Wii is targeting some short gameplay, whereas Castlevania is a longer game. Once you get into the game you’ve been playing for so many hours it doesn’t really fit with Wii," said Iga.
- The Wii's Sensor Bar is rumored to be the cause of the delay over a concrete launch date announcement from Nintendo. The Sensor Bar is the receiver of the Wii's controller movements.
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Nintendo News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Ubisoft's Red Steel web site has been updated with game footage of the upcoming Wii game. Visit the web site here or download the video (Quicktime) directly here.
Check out the official Red Steel forum here.
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Nintendo DS and DSi News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Nintendo has introduced a new brand to bring the hardcore and casual gamers together with "Touch Generations."
From Nintendo: "The Touch Generations brand will include titles that anyone can pick up and play, even with little or no experience with video games. It represents one of the many ways that Nintendo is making it easy for new demographics of people to be introduced to video games. Three new games, including a second brain-training game, will be added to the Touch Generations category in June."
June releases added to Touch Generations are:
- Big Brain Academy
- Magnetica
- Sudoku Gridmaster (coming June 26, 2006)
Games previously released which have been included in the Touch Generations catalgo include:
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
- Nintendogs
- Tetris DS
- True Swing Golf
Games that are part of the Touch Generation will be branded with the logo below.
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General Gaming News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Marc Ecko, the designer of the game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, will be featured on G4 TV's Icons tonight, Saturday, at 7:30pm Eastern Time.
Read more and find out where to watch it at g4tv.com/icons.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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IGN has posted a trailer video from Kaos Studio's upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game, Frontlines Fuel Of War (FFOW).
From the official site, here is a summary of the game: "Set in a fictional near future based upon the headlines of today, FFOW brings players into the world's next great war. As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this gritty backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines as the Western Coalition (U.S./E.U.) or the Red Star Alliance (Russia/China)."
Watch the video from IGN here.
Watch this page for an updated official video.
FFOW will be published by THQ. Read more at the official web site here.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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New video clips show more of the upcoming PC game, Crysis, another chapter in the "Far Cry" saga.
See in Windows Media Video format here.
Check out the videos at Gametrailers:
Quicktime Video 1
Quicktime Video 2
Quicktime Video 3
Want more? Check out more videos at the Crysis site here.
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Games Coming Soon
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Double Agent web site has been updated with new content including character info, downloads, video and screenshots.
The game is scheduled for release in September 2006 for Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube systems.
Visit the Splinter Cell Double Agent Official Web Site here. 
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Xbox 360 News Bits
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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A posting at an IGN Insider Forum responds to yesterday's plea from Tim Schafer for his Xbox game, Psychonauts, to be made backwards compatible on the Xbox 360. The posting says that Psychonauts will make it to the Xbox 360 backwards compatible list soon.
From Shacknews: "one of the Microsoft-employed "emulation ninjas" working on the 360's backwards compatibility code has posted an encouraging message (membership required to view) on the IGN Insider forums. "Rest assured, we are working on Psychonauts."
Read the posting at Shacknews.
See the current list of Xbox 1 games that are compatible on the Xbox 360 here, from Microsoft. 
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