Nintendo announces the DS Lite
Posted by inpheaux on January 26th, 2006 at 9:24 am Just over a week after Nintendo claimed a DS redesign was "purely speculation", we - of course - get a counter-announcement claiming the exact opposite.
Thismorning we got word from Nintendo of Japan [ie: the Nintendo that Matters] announcing this new DS redesign. Let me give you the executive summary:
Significantly smaller than the DS in [...]
Mother 3 gets a Japanese release date
Posted by inpheaux on January 24th, 2006 at 2:51 amStraight from Shigesato Itoi's website comes news that Mother 3 [or Earthbound 2] now has an official Japanese release date: 20 APR 2006.
Here's a translation of the announcement, via Starmen.net:
"Mother 3's release date has been set. It will be April 20th, 2006 (Thursday). At least it's spring. It'll go on sale before the start of [...]
Stargate: SG1 – The Alliance Canned? Again?
Posted by inpheaux on January 22nd, 2006 at 2:35 amSorry if this is starting to sound repetitive, but it looks like Stargate: SG1 - The Alliance may be down for the count this time.
In a post to their forums yesterday, one of the admins of the semi-official fansite Stargate-Game.com announced that he had word from inside Perception [the game's developers] stating that after years [...]
Majesco calls it quits
Posted by inpheaux on January 19th, 2006 at 1:07 pmWe've previously reported on the shaky ground Console & PC game publisher Majesco Games has been on over the course of the past year. From massive stock problems, to funding problems, to class action lawsuits brought on by their stockholders, to backing games that just didn't do well. Well, it seems Majesco has had enough.
Yesterday, [...]
Star Wars: Empire at War Demo out tomorrow
Posted by inpheaux on January 17th, 2006 at 6:02 pmI'll admit, this one snuck up on me. Looks like I totally forgot the releasedate was coming around. And where there's release dates, there's demos.
As we reported three months back, Empire at War is the latest attempt at a Star Wars RTS, this time taking place in the uncharted territory between the two trilogies. It'll [...]
No DS redesign yet, is anyone surprised?
Posted by inpheaux on January 17th, 2006 at 1:04 amWell, since the 16th is now officially gone in all but a couple timezones that matter, it's pretty safe to assume that the rumors that came to a head last week about a theoretical redesign of the Nintendo DS are completely unfounded. It also helps that Nintendo of Europe [everyone's least-favourite Branch of Nintendo, whose [...]
Mega Man ZX announced for the DS
Posted by inpheaux on January 11th, 2006 at 8:36 pmIt's been four years since the last Mega Man series was spun-off. In those four years, Capcom has delivered four iterations in the series, all of which have been really wonderful games, some of the best 2d platforming out there. Since Capcom tends to use new hardware as a time to re-invision the Mega Man [...]
WiFi-Enabled Tetris DS coming in March
Posted by inpheaux on January 10th, 2006 at 1:17 pmHell yes.
Nintendo just pushed out a press release announcing the upcoming release of Tetris DS. On March 20th, they'll be releasing a Nintendo WiFi Connection-enabled version of the classic game Tetris, a game synonymous with handheld gaming thanks to being the pack-in with the original Gameboy. I was personally very saddened when I got my [...]
Half-Life 2: Aftermath gets a releasedate
Posted by inpheaux on January 9th, 2006 at 10:17 pmIt's been a few months since we last heard anything about the upcoming HL2 single player expansion pack. Today, Planet Half-Life brings us news straight from Doug Lombardi:
"Aftermath and Half-Life 2: Platinum are due out on April 24.
HL1 DM will be included in Aftermath, and released fairly close to the same time."
"Half-Life 2: Platinum" is [...]
Take-Two picks up Irrational Games
Posted by inpheaux on January 9th, 2006 at 6:08 pmQuick little industry news tidbit today: Gamasutra is reporting that Take Two [publisher of a bajillion different series, including stuff from Rockstar] has acquired Irrational Games [developer of such epic games as System Shock 2]. This kind of acquisition isn't completely unheard of, seeing as just last November Take Two made a similar acquisition of [...]