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Archive for October 2005

October 31st, 2005

Microsoft Game Advisor

Microsoft is coming out with a new tool for the soon-to-be released Windows Vista entitled Microsoft Game Advisor, which will act as a gamer’s best friend. The tool is part of Microsoft’s ongoing campaign to prove that they love gamers, and gamers should love them right back. Or essentially, to lure us further […]

By Ingrid -- 3 comments

October 31st, 2005

MarioKart DS ‘Filler’ Website

Nintendo launched a MarioKart DS site, filled with lots of …. well, nothing. Well, not nothing, but not much. They have some screenshots, and a couple of wallpapers. For now, anyway. They promise a “full site coming soon”, but in the meantime, you can stare at Mario doing some kind of complicated capoeira-like dance […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

October 31st, 2005

Voice-Enabled Chat Coming to PSP

Getting harder and harder to ignore the rumors of voice chat coming to PSP’s Fire Team Bravo. Especially with photo evidence of the PSP headsets. This has pretty much left the rumor mill and stepped into fact.
Gizmodo bets that the headset is coming out November 8th.
And you can pre-order it for $19.99 […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

October 31st, 2005

Single-Threaded Xbox 360 Launch Games?

According to a rumor source at GameSpot, all the new launch games for the Xbox 360 are going to be single-threaded. Apparently, the developers - in a rush to get the games out by the launch date - have turned to shortcuts for getting things done.
I find this highly unlikely, in terms of all […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

October 31st, 2005

Nintendo Mobile Launches in Japan

Nintendo is launching a new mobile service in Japan, whereby users can access Nintendo news, images, and other Nintendo goodies right from their cellphones by typing “nintendo.jp”.
The service has its official debut in Japan tomorrow, November 1st.
No news yet as to a US/Europe/rest of the world release, but if it proves popular, then […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

October 31st, 2005

City of Villains So Far

Allow me to introduce you to Thryn. She’s currently a level 4 Magic Brute on the Defiant (England) server. She might not look too evil, but she’ll kick your ass with her Stone Mallet of Eeeevil.
If you’ve played City of Heroes, then City of Villains should be a breeze to figure out. It’s […]

By Ingrid -- 6 comments

October 29th, 2005

More Xbox 360 News for France

Today I went out to get an early copy of City of Villains (my precioussss), and got some information at the game store. The guys said France was getting 60,000 Xbox 360’s, and advised strongly that people pre-order the console. They also said they sampled the 360 and that once we tried it, we’d know […]

By Ingrid -- 5 comments

October 28th, 2005

The Burning Crusade Revealed!

First came the leaked details, and now Blizzard has announced the official ones.
You’ll find that they were almost accurate, save for a 5 level difference in the caps, and a few other things. The main thing I was excited about - the Blood Elves - are indeed true, and I’m delighted to read about […]

By Ingrid -- 2 comments

October 27th, 2005

Top 20 Game Publishers Announced

Game Developer magazine has released the 2005 edition of their annual “Top 20 Game Publishers” list.
The survey is not solely dependent upon revenue, also consideringnumber of title releases, average review score, producer quality, reliability of milestone payments, and staff-oriented indicators such as annual turnover, and the quality of staff pay and perks. Shock […]

By Erin -- 2 comments

October 27th, 2005

Halo 2 Videos: Round 2

Just because I can’t let Ingrid have all the fun, I have my very own Halo 2 video for you. Using Windows Movie Maker and “too much free time”, Halo 2 fans Hickadam and Dark 72 have rounded up enough in-game footage to make a modern musical Masterpiece. It’s a little less…erm…filthy than […]

By Erin -- 0 comments

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