Less than a week after the new Wii Speak Channel and solo hardware bundle was announced , Nintendo has announced that both will be arriving in Europe on December 5th. Wii Speak allows users to chat to other players on their friends list both through the dedicated Wii channel and …
Read More »Wii Music dated in UK
Hot on the heels of this morning’s news that Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is to be released in the UK in December , Nintendo has now confirmed that Wii Music will be released in Europe on November 14th. The title, which was officially named and confirmed at …
Read More »Animal Crossing Wii this December
The European arm of Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii iteration of Animal Crossing will be released in Europe this December – along with a new name for the title. Mirroring the recent announcement about the Australian release, the game will be called Animal Crossing: …
Read More »LA Noire to boast biggest ever budget?
After a long period of silence regarding Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, a number of details have emerged about the title from its homeland down under – including the claim that it could have the largest development budget ever seen in gaming. IGN reports that Tom Crago, the president of the Game …
Read More »Endwar confirmed for November 7th
French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed the UK release date of its upcoming voice-controlled RTS, Tom Clancy: Endwar – it will hit UK retail on November 7th. Other news to emerge from the publisher’s release schedule includes the slight slippage of Gearbox’s Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway on PC, which will …
Read More »Professor Layton dated for UK
Nintendo has finally confirmed a UK release date of November 7th for the tremendously popular Professor Layton and the Curious Village on Nintendo DS. The title combines over 100 logic puzzles with a charming story line and an appealing graphical style reminiscent of French animation. New puzzles are released over …
Read More »Football Manager 2009 kicks off
Sega has confirmed that Sports Interactive’s Football Manager 2009 will be released on PC, Mac and PSP on November 14th – but there’s bad news for console owners with the confirmation that there’s no Xbox 360 version planned this year. The details were revealed last night at a London press …
Read More »Crysis Warhead dated
EA has dated the release of its anticipated expansion to the hugely popular PC FPS Crysis – and the surprise news is that Europeans will get access on September 12th, four full days ahead of those in North America. That’s according to Joystiq, who also reports that the title will …
Read More »80GB PS3 pre-orders appear
A number of online retailers have begun taking pre-orders on Sony’s new 80GB PS3, which will go on sale on August 27th. Whilst many are reporting this as new news, it actually just confirms the announcement made by SCEE president David Reeves at E3 last month. However, the listings do …
Read More »360 Rock Band 2 exclusivity for just one month?
Microsoft was coy about its Rock Band 2 exclusivity deal when it was unveiled at E3 recently – but now it seems that its agreed deal to see the game locked out from PS3 could last for just one month. Eagle-eyed Spong has noticed that a handful of North American …
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