Chris Satchell, general manager of Microsoft’s Game Development Group, has questioned whether the Wii, despite being the fastest selling console in history, has got what it takes to hold gamers interest in the long run.
“I’m not sure what its long term potential is. It’s a super-strong for Nintendo’s first-party IP” he says, “It’s going to […]

According to a recent statement from communications boss David Karraker, All PS3 manufacturing issues have been resolved and Sony is still on target to ship one million PS3 consoles before the year is out.
“We will continue to utilise airfreight delivery for PlayStation 3 to assure a steady stream of systems for North American consumers through […]

In an interview with CS Nation, Valve Software has confirmed that in-game ads will be coming to Counterstrike 1.6 in the near future. Faced with often hostile questions from the interviewer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi refused point-blank to answer some of them, but did reveal the essence of the company’s plans. These are :
“to put ads […]

Sony Style Store have listings for 7 PS3 launch games, each priced at $59.99.
The titles available for pre-order are: Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Tony Hawk Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Sonic the Hedgehog and Full Auto 2: Battlelines, as well as Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom.
Last week Nintendo announced that games […]

Opera have announced that their web browser software will be free on the Wii until June 2007. After that, it will be available to purchase on the Wii Shop Channel. From Opera’s press release:
Opera Software today announced details on its browser for Nintendo’s soon-to-be released game console, Wii. Opera’s full Web browser is available for […]

Released last week, THQ’s Company of Heroes and LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are the first two titles to feature the new “Games For Windows” packaging. An initive from Microsoft to “more closely align Xbox 360 and PC gaming”. A Microsoft spokesperson explained to Next-Gen:
“With the retail branding for console games, […]

For a brief period on friday, Amazon.com began taking pre-orders for the Wii Console, only to pull the offer from their site a few hours later.
Many believed Amazon had sold out of their initial quota, but according to a recent post by Amazon Video Game Editor “Jon G”, the offer was pulled from the site […]

This picture was taken from a Circuit City in Newport Beach, California. Basically, the sign says that Circuit City will install the backward compatibilty software on your Xbox 360 for the low price of $28.99.
As you probably already know, this software is available for free through an auto-update on Xbox Live, or if you don’t […]

GameSpot have revealed that Nintendo are teaming up with Ronald McDonald to provide Happy Meal toys based on their popular games characters Mario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong. Children are being invited to “Take the Mario Challenge” whatever that means, with the range of “active” toys that include flying disks, and bat and balls, themed […]

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” […]