Archives - August, 2006

Nintendo Wi-Fi Exceeds 2 Million Users

Posted August 28th, 2006

Nintendo announced that 2 million people have logged onto Nintendo WiFi with their DS since the service launched.
“To put that number in perspective, the population of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection users now surpasses the population of 15 different U.S. states, including Montana, Nebraska and New Mexico. In addition to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection surpassing […]

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EA Looking To Aquire Crytek?

Posted August 27th, 2006

A report published in a German newspaper today suggests that Electronic Arts (EA) could be looking to aquire Crytek, developers of the upcoming Crysis first-person-shooter, into its ever expanding empire.
EA has already secured the publishing rights to Crysis, and according to Die Welt, EA’s Gerhard Florin described Crytek as a “very, very interesting candidate” […]

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C&C: The Return Of Kane

Posted August 26th, 2006

Not the name of the next C&C game, but possibly the best news I’ve heard in the last few months, courtesy of GameCentral. EA have bought back Joe Kucan to reprise his role as Kane in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. This is good as it may indicate EA appreciate what made […]

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Gran Turismo HD: A Taste Of What’s To Come

Posted August 25th, 2006

In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi spoke about the next Gran Turismo, saying the game was merely a "port" of the data from Gran Turismo 4, upgraded to take advantage of the PlayStation 3’s graphical capabilities. He also said that it is "a step in the process […]

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HL2: Episode 2 Delayed Until Q1 2007

Posted August 25th, 2006

Speaking to Eurogamer at Leipzig’s Game Convention, Valve’s Doug Lombardi revealed that Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s release date has been put back to February 2007, In a case of "classic Valve being overly aggressive on our dates."
The latest installment in the Half-Life series had been originally scheduled for release at the end of […]

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Logitech’s New Controller Cools Your Hands

Posted August 24th, 2006

Logitech recently unveiled the ChillStream controller for the PC, a controller that circulates up to 3.41 cubic feet of air across your palms every minute to keep them sweat free.
Logitech licenced the technology from a company called Nyko, also known for building an Xbox 360 Intercooler.
The controller also features "Logitech’s patented floating D-pad, […]

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Resistance: Fall Of Man Over 22GB

Posted August 22nd, 2006

Boomtown.net is reporting that Insomniac Games upcoming PlayStation 3 shooter, Resistance: Fall of Man, will take up a staggering 22GB of disk space. Insomniac Games Ryan Schneider said:
"Thanks to high-res graphics and orchestral music, the game currently takes up 22 Gigabytes of memory on a Blu-Ray disc, We’re going to fit more on […]

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Wii.com Now Owned By Nintendo

Posted August 22nd, 2006

After previously stating that they weren’t interested, Nintendo have now finally secured the domain name wii.com (which now points to Nintendo.com) from the lumber company Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
Nintendo currently own somewhere between 60 to 80 Wii-related domain names, all of which point to nintendo.com.
According to the DNS records for Wii.com, The transfer took place on […]

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Now The PSP Is Coming In Pink

Posted August 22nd, 2006

Yesterday we reported on Sony’s plans to release a new Pink limited edition Playstation 2 console.
Today we hear the company have now announced that a limited edition Pink PSP will be making its way onto UK and european store shelves on October 27th for £169 (roughly $320).
The new Pink PSP will come with […]

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EA Picks Up Unreal Engine 3

Posted August 22nd, 2006

Electronic Arts has licensed the Unreal Engine 3 for some of their future Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC titles. It is currently unknown what titles Unreal 3 will be used for, nor if Renderware, a platform EA currently often uses, will be dropped completely in favor of this platform.
"At EA, we give our development […]

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