Nintendo and the Consumer Products Safety Organization have recalled 71,000 lapel pins bearing Nintendo mascots and potentially hazardous amounts of lead. The lapel pins are approximately 1-2 inches in height and contain one of 12 characters such as Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Mario, Mario Kart, Pikachu, Princess Peach, Samus, Starfox, Waluigi, and Wario. According [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2008
This past week had us hearing of two initiatives coming from the yellow and blue house of movies, Blockbuster. Last Thursday Blockbuster said in an interview with Variety that with the release of Grand Theft Auto 4, a game will for the first time grace it’s new release wall. The magnitude of the “GTA IV” [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2008
Ok, this article is REALLY about the wheel. After a long wait made harder by all the drool worthy news trickling out from the UK, Mario Kart Wii has hit the shores of North America with great fanfare. I’ve been a fan of the series since the SNES and always look forward to picking up each [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2008
PSP + A/V Cables + TV = Win. That’s exactly what Sony has done here, creating a home theater cradle for the PlayStation Portable. Unfortunately, Sony has only released this in Japan but importers should have no problem using this. The remote is straight forward, just like any remote you’ve used in the past two [...]
Continue reading...27. April 2008
Owners of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on the Xbox 360 will receive a title update next time they connect to Xbox Live and boot up the game. The PlayStation 3 version will also receive a patch, but no time frame was given. The patch irons out some bugs, makes some multiplayer balance tweaks, [...]
Continue reading...25. April 2008
The folks at IGN generally know what they’re talking about, so we can take Hilary Goldstein’s word for it when he calls every facet of Rockstar’s masterpiece an applaudable triumph of gaming. The premise is set, the stakes are high, and in a surprise to the world: you care about the story, and get invested [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2008
The Japanese love the hunting of virtual monsters, as evident from the double-platinum sales figures of Monster Hunter 2 in Japan. The game topped an impressive two million sales, a notable first for both the series and a Japanese PSP game. A hot item at retail in Japan, but an Italian plumber is still laughing to the bank [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2008
On the Capcom blog a very apologetic Capcom blogger dances around the whys of how an IGN logo watermark appeared on the boxart (although it has been talked about elsewhere), but mentions that Capcom wants to make it up to us. Simply head on over to the cover redemption page and choose from the 3 [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2008
Yes, wipe that look of shock off your face, Super Smash Bros Brawl has got a solid release date for Europe, June 27th. It seems like the wait for this game has been endless for us Europeans, especially since America and Japan have had it for months. Also announced with rough dates for Europe were WiiWare [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2008
Following in the footsteps of Electroplankton, Agetec plans to release its upcoming Nintendo DS game, LOL, exclusively online. While they’re still in search for an online retailer to seal an exclusive pre-order deal, the company sounds pretty confident in their title - they must if they feel like cutting out the Wal-Marts and EB-Games copies, [...]
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30. April 2008
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