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Mirroring the incident that saw a staff writer inflict pain upon a colleague when Nintendo’s Wii first arrived at the Intent office, American pop star Christina Aguilera has reportedly suffered an injury whilst playing popular multiplayer romp Wii Sports. GameDaily reports that a source stated: Christina loves her Wii as …
Read More »Nintendo to take over Time Square
The usual expanses of concrete, bright lights and yellow cabs will make way for sandy beaches, swimming pools and tropical plants next week when Nintendo stages a very high-profile takeover of New York’s Time Square to promote the release of Wii Sport Resort. Based on Military Island, the installation will …
Read More »Sega dates Mario & Sonics winter outing
Publisher Sega has revealed that Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, the existence of which was exclusively broken by MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz, will be released in Europe on both Wii and the DS on October 16th. The dual-SKU release brings both the home and portable versions in …
Read More »Vitality Sensor not understood
Outspoken Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the muted reception to Nintendo’s Vitality Sensor reveal at last month’s E3 is down to the fact that it’s not yet understood. It’s true potential, he argues, will not be realised until the first software to sue the device is …
Read More »Sony, MS and Nintendo will never support OnLive
The Big Three platform holders – Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – will not support OnLive with their software, according to Gaikai founder David Perry. A pretty obvious difference between Gaikai and OnLive is the fact that they’ll never have a Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft game on their system,” Perry told …
Read More »David Perry: Cloud nine
Gaikaiâ??s founder uncovers key details of the service, that latency issue, and how it differs from OnLive.
Read More »Nintendo, Sony and MS â??will never support OnLiveâ??
â??OnLive is trying to directly compete with the platform holders,â?? says Gaikai founder David Perry
Read More »JAPAN: Chinatown Wars gets Z rating
Following the precedent Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars set in the UK when it became the first 18 rated DS game to hit the shelves, the critically acclaimed title is set to become the first Cero Z rated title for Nintendo’s handheld in Japan. A Cero Z rating is …
Read More »UK weekly game sales remain steady during heat wave
The UK video games market weekly value has dropped just one per cent following last week’s heat wave. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, 20.1 million for the weekend ending July 4th. Unit sales dipped two per cent to 836,461. Game sales are typically low during …
Read More »Bleszinski: Looking ahead
Epic's design director talks Natal, Nintendo, Levine and Gears
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