EA’s given me a reason to consider picking up the upcoming “Need for Speed Undercover” action racing game - the title will be featuring Maggie Q as the lead character in several live-action sequences for the story line. Don’t remember Maggie Q? She starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and well yeah.. just do a Google image search on her.
Need for Speed Undercover will hit the U.S. stores on Nov. 18th and European stores on Nov. 21st and will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, PC, and mobile platforms.
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Written by flung on August 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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The revenue generating machine known as the Nintendo Wii keeps on chugging along as Nintendo announced fiscal first quarter profits surged 34 percent from the year-ago quarter. The company reported a profit of 107.27 billion yen (or $996 million U.S. dollars) during the quarter from April till June which was up from 80.25 billion yen last year.
The driving force behind the profits? The Nintendo Wii and associated game titles such as the new “Wii Fit” game. Nintendo sold 5.2 million Wii consoles worldwide during the quarter which was 1.7 million than a year ago. 3.4 million “Wii Fit” games and 6.4 million “Mario Kart Wii” games were sold. Overall, sales grew 24 percent to 423.38 billion yen (or $3.9 billion) for the quarter. Yes.. that is a revenue generating machine.. actually a profit generating machine!
Overall, Nintendo has now sold more than 29.6 million Wii consoles around the world. Compare that statistic to Sony which has sold around 14.4 million PS3s and Microsoft which has sold around 19 million Xbox 360 consoles and it’s clear that the Wii is the reigning next-gen console champ. (though Next Generation is loosely applied here in our opinion)
Going forward, Nintendo announced that they are planning to sell 25 million Wii consoles and 28 million Nintendo DS devices for the fiscal year ending next March (2009). Since we’re on the topic of the DS, Nintendo DS sales dipped somewhat for the quarter - dropping 40,000 to 6.94 million units sold. Total DS sales now total 77.54 million devices around the world.
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Tired of using the Wii-mote to type characters out on the Wii? Then you’ll want to check out the newly announced Logitech Cordless Keyboard for the Wii. This compact keyboard utilizes full sized keys and comes with several special system keys (Zoom In/Out, Forward/Back, Quit and OK) designed to make life easier with the Wi. The keyboard has a polished white finish which matches the design of the Nintendo Wii and it communicates with the game console using 2.4GHz wireless technology. Expect the keyboard out in August for an MSRP of $49.99.
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Here are some pictures of the Wii headset accessory in 2010. The headset uses brainwaves to control characters and has an in-ear headphones. There is also a streamlined Wii Remote with just the one button. See more pictures after the jump. [Yanko via Video Game Blog]
Written by Joe Gadget on June 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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NPD Group announced on Thursday that the incredible sales of Grand Theft Auto IV did not translate to increased sales of next generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony. While 871,000 copies of GTA IV were sold for the Xbox 360 during the month of May, only 187,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold during the same period. Meanwhile, 443,000 copies of GTA IV were sold for the PS3 with Sony selling 209,000 PS3 consoles during the month of May.
Now compare this to the Nintendo Wii which sold 675,000 consoles during the same time period - that’s more than the two other platforms combined. This is pretty incredible when you consider that GTA IV isn’t available yet for the Wii.
Yes.. the Wii continues to rock.
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Here’s a sneak peek of the Mario Baseball game for the Wii. Picture Wii sports with an awesome Super Mario twist! Check out the video demo after the break. [Kotaku via Video Game Blog]
Written by Gizmo Girl on June 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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Look out Rock Band - you’ve got some competition coming at you this fall in the form of the newly announced Activision Guitar Hero World Tour. The new game will marry Guitar Hero’s guitar gameplay with a cooperative band experience which includes a genuine electronic drum kit, a microphone, a new Music Studio music creator system that allows players to compose, record, edit, and share music, and new online capabilities including Band Career and 8 player “Battle of the Bands” contests. The game will feature the largest on-disc set list for any game to date including master recordings from classic to modern rock bands. You’ll also be able to download localized music on all of the next generation consoles.
Here are some of the more interesting details about the new game:
- The electronic drum kit will feature three drum pads, two raised cymbals, and a bass kick pedal
- The drum controller combines larger and quieter velocity sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back
- Instruments will be wireless
- Music Studio gives players a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch using all of the instruments in the game. You can then share your content with friends online through GHTunes
- The game introduces Battle of the Bands concept which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band. There’s also a Band mode which allows up to four players to jam together online or offline
Guitar Hero World Tour will be available for the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and the Nintendo Wii.
One thought.. I’m going to run out of room storing all of this equipment if I have both Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour! Sheesh!
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Electronic Arts is bringing family board game favorites to the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 2 this fall in the form of the Hasbro Family Game Night video game. The video game will feature six favorite board games - Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, Connect Four, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders. Gamers will be able to play the classic versions of the above games or play new versions such as Connect Four Power Chips, Boggle Portal Cubes, Reverse Yahtzee and Battleship Barrage. You can play with up to four people with Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry!, and Sorry! Sliders. You can play with up to two players in Connect Four and Battleship.
Players can also customize their own digital game room within the Hasbro Family Game Night video game. This means you’ll be able to choose a setting, add earned trophies, add distinctive furniture and decorations all themed to your favorite games.
Hasbro Family Game Night is due to come out this fall for the Wii and the PS2
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EA’s given me a reason to consider picking up the upcoming “Need for Speed Undercover” action racing game - the title will be featuring Maggie Q as the lead character in several live-action sequences for the story line. Don’t remember Maggie Q? She starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and well yeah.. just do a Google image search on her. 
