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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Sims 3 on Consoles Announced

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | February 9th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Filed under: DS, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360 Tags: Electronic Arts, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, The Sims 3, Ubisoft

A few new(ish) games have been announced today, first up Ubisoft has announced that the Ghost Recon series is set to return this fall with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier with a beta coming this summer to those 360 owners who pick up Splinter Cell: Conviction this April. Future Soldier will be coming to the 360 & PS3, with a Wii, DS, PSP version coming sometime in the future, possibly by a different studio.

Also announced, EA will be bringing The Sims 3 to consoles and handhelds sometime in Q3 2010. Not much information was available on the games besides this, but more is sure to come in the near future.

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Scribblenauts E3 Demo

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | June 10th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Filed under: DS Tags: Media, Scribblenauts

Scribblenauts is a very interesting game for the Nintendo DS. The game itself is a very simple concept, go through levels of puzzles and try to get the star in each. What makes this game so different and outstanding is the means to which you can get the star. You can type in literally any word and that thing or object will come up on screen and do something in your environment. Need to get the star out of a tree, try typing in elephant and then see-saw, make the elephant catapult you to the star. If you can think it, you can use it. Check out the IGN E3 walkthrough below.

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Nintendo E3 2009 Trailers

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | June 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Filed under: DS, Wii Tags: E3 2009, Media, Nintendo

A look at some of the new Nintendo trailers from E3 2009.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

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Ubisoft E309 Press Conference Wrap-up

Posted by StingJR | June 1st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Filed under: DS, PC, PS3, Wii, X360 Tags: E3 2009, Ubisoft

The Ubisoft Press Conference opened with Joel McHale hosting and then moved on to Ubisoft’s future in entertainment. The projects they showed are listed below.

Avatar – James Cameron talked about the movie and the game
Red Steel 2 – will have Wii Motion Plus bundled in
Shawn White Snowboarding: World Stage
Academy of Champions Football – Soccer game which Pelé helped with
Splinter Cell Convictions
RUSE
Imagine Series
Petz Series
Style Lab Series – New line of tween games
Your Shape – fitness game that uses a camera to help you with your workout
Rabbids Go Home
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up – Game by the Smash Bros. team
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Assassin’s Creed 2

Ubisoft also announced a new game in the works by Tetsuya Mizuguchi.

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EA E309 Press Conference Wrap-up

Posted by StingJR | June 1st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Filed under: DS, Mac, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360 Tags: E3 2009, Electronic Arts

EA had a wide selection of games to show at their Press Conference. The games hit about every audience you could think of. Here is a list of what was shown.

Dante Inferno
Sims 3
Littlest Pet Shop
Charm Girls Club
Need for Speed Shift
Dragon Age Origins
Mass Effect 2
The Saboteur

EA Sports
Fight Night Round 4
EA Sports MMA – coming in 2010
Teambuilder – browser based editor for NCAA Football 10 (teambuilder.easports.com)
Madden 10 – Online franchise mode added
EA Sports Active
EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis

EA Partners
Brutal Legend
Crysis 2 – coming to PS3, PC, and Xbox 360
ABP (All Points Bulletin)
Star Wars: The Old Republic

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DiRT 2 Developer Studio Tour

Posted by StingJR | May 7th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Filed under: DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360 Tags: Colin McRae: DiRT 2, Media

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Lego Rock Band Announced by MTV Games/Harmonix

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | April 21st, 2009 at 10:34 am
Filed under: DS, PS3, Wii, X360 Tags: Harmonix, Lego Rock band, MTV Games

Lego Rock Band Announced by MTV Games/Harmonix

MTV Games, Harmonix, and a slew of other publishers have announced Lego Rock Band coming to Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS in 2009. The games are being developed by TT Games in partnership with Harmonix and will “allow families, tweens and teens to experience a wild journey to rock stardom where they can ‘Build a Band and Rock the Universe.’”

“LEGO Rock Band combines the multiplayer music experience of Rock Band® with the fun, customization and humour of the LEGO videogame franchise packed with brilliant chart-topping songs and classic favourites suitable for younger audiences, including:

Blur: “Song 2”

Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”

Europe: “The Final Countdown”

Good Charlotte: “Boys and Girls”

Pink: “So What”

Looks like a great game for family gatherings, but we do feel the need to ask where we draw the line in the music genre. Is there really a need for so many music games in one year? This genre seems to even be putting EA sports to shame.

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Results from Nintendo’s GDC Keynote

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | March 25th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Filed under: DS, Wii Tags: GDC 09, Nintendo

Nintendo’s GDC ‘09 keynote is now completed, below is what happened (which is not much). Stay tuned to GPU for GDC ‘09 coverage!

Interesting points:

The Nintendo Wii has overtaken the 50 million sold mark to become the best selling console in history.
The install base for the Wii balance board is quickly approaching the total install base for the Playstation 3.

Rock and Roll Climber for WiiWare Announced
Uses the balance board along with the Wiimote and nunchuck to simulate rock climbing.

Wii System Menu 4.0 Announced, Available Now
Allows support of high capacity SD cards up to 32GB
You can download from the Wiishop channel directly to a SD card, and then launch from there as well.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, Unnamed new Final Fantasy coming to WiiWare Later this Year

New Games Debuted for DSiWare
Moving Memo – Looks like a drawing program where you can see your designs move, and also see them on the game’s website.
WarioWare Snapped! – Microgame collection played with the internal camera.

Virtual Console Arcade Announced, Available Today
Space Harrier, Gaplus, Star Force, Solvalou, The Tower of Druaga, Mappy and more are coming.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Announced for DS, Coming This Year
Not much is known yet, the demo video had Link riding on a train of sorts, interesting concept.

That is all for Nintendo, no new huge games announced yet. Stay tuned to GPU!

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Nintendo DS Sales Top 100 Million Units

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | March 11th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Filed under: DS Tags: Business, Nintendo

Nintendo DS Sales Top 100 Million Units

The Nintendo DS was first released in 2004, and here we are a mere 5 years later with news that the portable has eclipsed the 100 million unit sales mark. I am seriously beginning to think I may be the only person still without one (or one of each color for that matter). With Nintendo updating the hardware every few years (DS Lite in 2006, and now the DSi in 2009) it is easy to see why the portable continues to sell in mass amounts. The games have been a big part of the sales as well. Nintendo’s press release states that as of December 2008 there were 83 DS titles, of which 7 topped 10 million sold.

So what is next for the DS? The reigning sales champ Gameboy, with 118 million units sold, is in the DS’ sights. Although it took the GameBoy 16 years to reach that mark, which means we could see the DS top 300 million in the same time span if the sales stay regular. Nintendo truly has the handheld market in the palm of its, well, hand.

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GTA Chinatown Wars Hacking & Sniping Gameplay

Posted by Deadly Cyclone | March 9th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Filed under: DS Tags: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, Media, Rockstar

Rockstar has released a new video detailing the mini “games” associated with hacking locks/terminals and assembling a sniper rifle in GTA Chinatown Wars for the DS.

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