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Nintendo president Saturo Iwata claims that the company has had over 100 software proposals for games on its upcoming Wii Ware games download service. Wii Ware will differ from the existing Virtual Console offering in that its content will be original, and developed specifically for the Wii hardware. It is …
Read More »Is Google trying out patents?
TITLE: ‘Method and system for enhancing video games and video game systems’ DESCRIPTION: A system making use of video games and data communications external to video games is used to provide advertisements, prizes and other benefits to gamers. The prizes relate to either of real world products and services as …
Read More »Is Google trying out patents?
TITLE: ‘Method and system for enhancing video games and video game systems’ DESCRIPTION: A system making use of video games and data communications external to video games is used to provide advertisements, prizes and other benefits to gamers. The prizes relate to either of real world products and services as …
Read More »Nintendo updates Wii web browser
A new update is available for Nintendo’s Opera-based Wii Internet Channel that adds support for USB keyboards and also allows for the easy sharing of web links with people on Wii Friends lists. As well as the keyboard support, which makes typing out messages and entering information on web pages …
Read More »Nintendo updates Wii web browser
A new update is available for Nintendo’s Opera-based Wii Internet Channel that adds support for USB keyboards and also allows for the easy sharing of web links with people on Wii Friends lists. As well as the keyboard support, which makes typing out messages and entering information on web pages …
Read More »Atari to distribute Legendary: The Box
It has been announced that Atari to distribute upcoming FPS Legendary: The Box in European territories. The 360, PS3 and PC game is being developed by Spark Unlimited, the studio behind Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, and is due for release next Spring. The …
Read More »Atari to distribute Legendary: The Box
It has been announced that Atari to distribute upcoming FPS Legendary: The Box in European territories. The 360, PS3 and PC game is being developed by Spark Unlimited, the studio behind Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, and is due for release next Spring. The …
Read More »WiiMusic takes to the podium
It’s been in the works for a while, and now Nintendo has finally unveiled Wii’s much discussed music game, which is titled, perhaps unsurprisingly, WiiMusic. Whether or not it is the same game, or an evolution of, the title Shigeru Miyamoto famously played at Nintendo’s E3 press conference in 2006 …
Read More »WiiMusic takes to the podium
It’s been in the works for a while, and now Nintendo has finally unveiled Wii’s much discussed music game, which is titled, perhaps unsurprisingly, WiiMusic. Whether or not it is the same game, or an evolution of, the title Shigeru Miyamoto famously played at Nintendo’s E3 press conference in 2006 …
Read More »Orange Box to be highest rated release ever?
Following its arrival on Valve’s Steam network and ahead of its retail release in the UK next week, The Orange Box is on target to become possibly the highest rated games release of all time. CVG reports that The Orange Box currently has an average review score of 98 on …
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