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Nintendo has announced a brand new fitness title in its growing healthy-gaming roster – Active Health with Carol Vorderman. Rather than focusing on a specific activity such as sudoku or pilates, Active Health offers users a complete health overview with recommendations regarding both diet and exercise, with Carol ‘acting as …
Read More »Facebook advertises new R4
Social networking site Facebook has allowed advertising for a new piracy-enabling R4-style card on its pages. Ads for the DSTT card appear on profiles of subscribers to the site who have shown an interest in gaming. Like the R4, the DSTT allows consumers to download pirated DS games via a …
Read More »NPD: Hardware and software suffers in April
The US saw an 8 per cent year-on-year decline in hardware sales while software tumbled 23 per cent, according to data provided bythe NPD group. Physical software sales stood at $510.74 million, a significant drop from the 660.1 million during April 2008. However, NPD analyst Anita Frazier was quick to …
Read More »New Harry Potter game dated
EA has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game will be released worldwide on June 30th, and July 3rd in the UK The game, which is based on the Warner Bros. film which in turn is based on J.K. Rowling’s novel, was originally scheduled for November last year …
Read More »EA spills the beans on Spore for Wii and DS
The home console debut and second DS outing for Maxis’ popular universe sim Spore have been officially revealed by publisher EA, with both titles due to hit retail by the end of the year. Spore Hero, the first Wii version of the series, offers ‘an accessible, story-driven action-adventure’. Players must …
Read More »US: Cooking Mama serves up 4m
With the fifth game in the series having recently arrived at UK retail, North American publisher Majesco Entertainment has revealed that total sales of the franchise in the region have now passed the 4m unit mark. To read the full story, click here to visit CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Pokemon duo on for DS remake
Ahead of the rumour mill reaching fever point, Nintendo has reportedly confirmed that legendary Pokemon pair Heart Gold and Soul Silver are to be remade for DS.IGN reports that both games, which were initially released for Game Boy Colour in 2000, will feature a number of enhancements alongside the obligatory …
Read More »54 Wii titles sell over a million
As part of today’s financial results, Nintendo has revealed some impressive sales numbers that demonstrate the true impact of leading IPs such as Wii Fit and Brain Training. In its last financial year Nintendo sold 26m Wii consoles, bringing its lifetime sales to over 50m. 31m DS consoles were sold …
Read More »Ghostbusters will hit 360, Wii and DS eventually
Ghostbusters on 360, Wii and DS will be published before the end of the year, Atari has told MCV. Concerns were raised over the non-PlayStation editions, following news that Sony had picked up the rights to the PS3, PSP and PS2 versions of the game. An Atari spokesperson told MCV: …
Read More »JAPAN: Wii VOD arriving May 1st
Nintendo’s entry into the video on demand service will hit Japan on May 1st, though in typical Nintendo style the ‘Wii no Ma’ channel is set to be far more than simply a video portal. Andriasang reports that the channel will take the shape of a virtual living room where …
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