Wii / PS3 rumors: Preorders and Kiosks
Posted by inpheaux on September 28th, 2006 at 8:42 pmWelcome to Rumor Land!
Today's set: Wii and PS3 preorders and kiosks.
A Gamestop employee on the Something Awful Forums mentioned that today he read in an internal e-mail that Gamestop and EB locations in the US will start accepting preorders for the Nintendo Wii on October 9th. Put down $50 and you'll be put in line [...]
PS3 gets an upgrade and price drop in Japan
Posted by inpheaux on September 23rd, 2006 at 9:34 pmOh, Sony. Not even out of the gate yet, and you're already having to drop MSRP to make your product relevant.
The Tokyo Game Show took place last week, and during Sony's keynote, Ken Kutaragi dropped two last-minute changes. First item: Upgrade. HDMI is in now, for real, on both models of PS3. No, you probably [...]
Harmonix to be acquired by MTV for $175 Mil
Posted by inpheaux on September 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 amAccording to the New York Times, MTV is slated to pick up Harmonix immediately for $175 Million in cash. The article says it's more than just a branding thing, citing some crazy stuff about "expanding web channels" and "remixing songs", but really it boils down to branding.
MTV obviously wants some street cred, and having one [...]
Wii in Europe - 8 DEC 2006, Australia - 7 DEC 2006
Posted by inpheaux on September 15th, 2006 at 10:38 amWell, the three press conferences are now all over, and we've got the last set of dates & prices. First, Europe:
European Release: 08 DEC 2006
Price: £179 / €249
Includes Wii Sports
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and 15-20 other games available at launch
Games retail for £34 - £39 / €49 - €59.
Bundle includes all the same stuff [...]
New batch of games available on Steam
Posted by inpheaux on September 14th, 2006 at 3:31 pmIt seems like every other week Valve is hopping in bed with some new publisher or developer to push their stuff out via Steam. And to think that some people said online delivery via Steam would never take off. First it was X2 and X3 popping up without Starforce, then Popcap dumping all their games [...]
Reggie confirms it: Wii in US - 19 NOV 2006, $250
Posted by inpheaux on September 14th, 2006 at 10:28 amAt Nintendo of America's press conference today, unofficially dubbed "THURSDAYTON", Reggie confirmed everything we were told early thismorning. Sorta takes all the wind out of it when it was leaked 8 hrs before it got confirmed, right? But who cares? Confirmation is Confirmation.
Here's the essentials:
US Release: 19 NOV 2006
Price: $250
Wii Sports is now a pack-in.
Legend [...]
Wii in Japan - 02 DEC 2006
Posted by inpheaux on September 14th, 2006 at 2:16 amWell, the Japan Press Conference finally actually happened, after several hilarious false starts. Here's a rundown of what we learned: (Please note these are only the Japanese confirmed details)
Release Date: 02 DEC 2006
Price: 25,000¥
30 Nintendo games and 30 TurboGrafix16/Genesis games by the end of the year, 10 new games each month.
Virtual Console Pricing: NES: 500¥; [...]
Thursdayton pre-show speculation
Posted by inpheaux on September 13th, 2006 at 11:53 amOver the next 48 hrs, Nintendo has three press events of substantial size taking place. First in Japan, tonight (???) at 8pm EDT. Then in New York, tomorrow at 9am EDT. Then in Europe, Friday at 7am EDT. Hopefully we should really be getting some serious information in the near future regarding Nintendo's worldwide plans [...]
Double Fine scores a publishing contract with Vivendi Games
Posted by inpheaux on September 8th, 2006 at 1:08 pmThings were kinda sketchy there for awhile, between the falling out with Majesco (and Majesco's implosion that followed shortly thereafter) and heading into the bunker of non-communication that most developers head to when they start a new project, but it all seems to have worked out nicely for Tim Schafer and friends at Double Fine. [...]
Double dose of PS3 blunders: delays and shortages
Posted by inpheaux on September 6th, 2006 at 11:49 amThe never-ending PLAYSTATION! 3! (SPIDERMAN FONT!) comedy of errors continues.
Problem #1: Hey guys! Remember that "worldwide" launch planned for November? Well Europe, Asia, Australia, and everybody else gets to watch from the bench, as the November launch is now limited to Japan and North America. The rest of the world gets to wait until March [...]