Nintendo bring photo printing service to Japanese Wiis through the new Wii Digicam Print Channel. The channel is only available for Japanese Wii consoles to access(for now), which gives wii owners the ability to upload images from their SD cards and receive customized prints, like photo books, business cards, etc. in the mail. This feature is making the Wii to be like a actual computer, but for people in North America, Europe, do expect the service to bounce through WiiWare Channel Downloads sometime in the future.
The highly hyped game "The Conduit" is going to put more "smiles" on every Wii owner/first person shooter fan's faces. Adding a cherry to the desert, "The Conduit" will have 16 Mutiplayer-Online and WiiSpeak, other than Medal of Honor 2 as of right now, there is no other Wii game that have 16 multiplayers, can't wait for this one.
Quote from Kombo.com
"During today's E3 showing, we came across a bit of info that's sure to get Wii owners excited. High Voltage, developer behind The Conduit for the Wii, has revealed that the game will include an online multiplayer mode.
Even more, the team currently has a build that supports up to 16 players at once. They also revealed functionality with WiiSpeak, Nintendo's new communication peripheral unveiled at yesterday's press conference."
Microsoft today announced an Xbox 360 console with 3 times the storage space of the original Pro sku, but for the same price of $349. The 60GB console will be available in retail stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August (No words for Europe yet). In addition, Microsoft today dropped the price of its 20GB Xbox 360 console in the U.S. and Canada to just $299 (U.S.) (ERP) while supplies last, a savings of $50. Read Below is the press release lettering.
Press Release
Xbox 360 Console Now Offers Triple the Storage
Published July 13, 2008
Redmond, Washington—Microsoft is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360® console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.) estimated retail price.
Available in retail stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August, the upgraded Xbox 360 will include a 60GB hard drive for storing the growing wealth of digital entertainment available for the console, including music, movies, television shows, and game content. In addition, Microsoft today dropped the price of its 20GB Xbox 360 console in the U.S. and Canada to just $299 (U.S.) (ERP) while supplies last, a savings of $50.
"We know consumers need more and more space to store the amazing digital content Xbox 360 offers, and we're giving it to them at no extra charge," said Albert Penello, Xbox director of product management at Microsoft. "No one device offers the depth and breadth of entertainment that Xbox 360 can deliver, and now you'll have three times the storage to manage all that great content."
Xbox 360 is just one of three Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment systems Microsoft offers. Microsoft's Xbox 360 Arcade, which comes with a 256MB memory unit and five Xbox LIVE Arcade games, is a value for the whole family for $279 (U.S.) (ERP), and the premium Xbox 360 Elite console is available with a 120GB hard drive for $449 (U.S.) (ERP).
Out of the box, the Xbox 360 console is ready to provide an incredible gaming and entertainment experience:
* Xbox 360 console: The console is equipped with a cool white finish and three powerful core processors capable of producing the best in High Definition (HD) entertainment (up to 1080p for gaming), 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing for smooth textures, full surround sound, and high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) output.
* 60GB Hard Drive: The 60GB detachable hard drive allows you to save your games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, levels, demos, and other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace, the premier one-stop digital download center for entertainment.
* Upscaling DVD Player: With an HDMI cable (sold separately), watch your favorite DVDs in near high-definition using the upscaling capabilities of Xbox 360.
* Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: This award-winning, high-performance Wireless Controller features the Xbox Guide Button for quick, in-game access to friends and music. It has a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of up to 30 hours on two AA batteries.
* Xbox 360 Headset: The headset lets friends and family around the world chat while playing games, watching movies, or sending voice messages on Xbox LIVE.
* Xbox LIVE Silver Membership: For no additional cost, Xbox 360 owners can chat with friends online, collect Achievements to improve their Gamerscores, send and receive voice and text messages, and access Xbox LIVE Marketplace content such as game demos, and purchase or rent HD movies and TV shows, as well as the best in downloadable games from Xbox LIVE Arcade. (Broadband Internet access required.)
* One-month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold: An Xbox LIVE Gold Membership provides a complete online entertainment experience. Those who subscribe to this premium service can engage in competitive online multiplayer matches, tailor their matchmaking via feedback and accomplishments, and chat with an entire group of friends at a time.
Hold your Pokemon! The Pokemon DS Universe just got bigger. Pokemon Platinum just got full detailed in the August issue of CoroCoro comics. Besides the official Japanese release date, which is September 13th, it also have new game details. A new "Wi-Fi Club" area that can hold up to 20 players at the same time and the brand new "Battle Recorder" that allows the players to record and share battles, and the legendary Pokemons from Diamond & Pearl, both will set foot in story.
According to angry gamers, the Xbox 360 ranks on GRID have been reset after the latest update. Neither resetting the leaderboards or the ranks are unacceptable, but imagine all the gamers that worked their sweat and tears for the game, just a simple reset kills vibe about the game. I hope you all can move on up again.
UPDATE:
"The GRID Ranking Was Reset Because of Glitch Abuse" - Codemaster Responded
"Hi all,
Given the number of reports we've had of people abusing the ranking system to get unfair ranks, it was only fair that we did a reset.
It's never an easy decision to make, and we'd rather it hadn't come to this, but changes in the patch should make gaining those ranking points back fairer.
We'd like to think that people play online for the fun of it, not so much the amassing of points, but if you find yourself in this sort of situation, it's the fairest solution." - Codemaster Spokesperson
People, stop glitching and play the game like a man!
Brian Brinegar, Dan May and John Groth, are three avid gamers that are trying to raise money for Child's Play Charity and are doing that by holding a Super Mario Marathon. The event is live as we speak and a chatroom and livecast of the event are available to visitors of the site. Here's a small quote from the site:
Why are you doing this?
The concept was borrowed (with permission) from a guy named Cameron Banga and some of his friends, who attempted to complete Four 3D Zelda games in 48 hours. Watching how much fun they had, I couldn't help but want to attempt something similar. It started out with me asking a couple of my friends if they'd be down for a weekend of non-stop gaming, that turned into us deciding that we might as well make it official and document the whole thing online and see if we can raise some money for charity.
*Roger* The official SOCOM headset has been officially revealed. The headset promises to be of super high quality and even features an un-common mute button. *Over*
The following video seems to show a look at the next generation of PS3 controller (been flowing around the web) which has taken a bigger leaf out of the Wii's playbook. Keep in mind, it could just be a clever fake, so watch out any bad video editing.
Capcom are giving Street Fighter fans the chance to appear as background characters in Street Fighter IV. Entrants will have to explain the reasons they should be in SF IV and send in high-res mug shots of their faces to contest@capcom.com by next Wednesday, June 18th. What are you still reading? Go and take some mugshots!
The Bethesda legal team is checking into earlier reports which revealed that some of the environments in 'Limbo of the Lost' (by Majestic Studios) are identical to those of Bethesda's 'The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion'. "We aren't going to comment. Screens pretty much speak for themselves. Legal is looking into it." said a Bethesda PR Representive.
* FOR WINDOWS XP
* * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* * 512 MB RAM
* * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
* * At least 6 GB of hard drive space
* FOR WINDOWS VISTA
* * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* * 768 MB RAM
* * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
* * At least 6 GB of hard drive space
* When launching the game, some Microsoft Vista users may receive a warning about running out of address space along with a link to the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If you see this message, it is recommended that you follow the instructions and go to the website listed in the message to update your system.
* For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* * Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above.
* * 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent.
* * 768 MB RAM
* Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slowly. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts, such as the 945GU, GML, and GMS, will not perform adequately.
* Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.
* Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.
* The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
* Spore requires at least the following:
* * Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
* * Intel Core Duo Processor
* * 1024 MB RAM
* * ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
* * At least 4.7GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for creations.*
* This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac).
* For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* * Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3100
* * Dual 2.0GHz CPUs, or 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* Supported Video Cards
* ATI Radeon(TM) series
* X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
* NVIDIA GeForce series
* 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
* Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
* GMA X3100
* This game will not run on the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
The latest issue of GamePro has revealed that Halo Wars will support six player online muliplayer games on Live. The mag also confirmed that it will feature two-player online co-op play. Ensemble designer, Dav Pottinger, said the strategy decisions remain in the game, but the game style is more adrenaline-filled. The game is set to be released later this year. Also of note was the revelation of the title's resource system. Unlike other RTS games which might have you gathering wood, iron, or Vespene gas, Halo Wars only requires "supplies". The single resource system is meant to streamline action and keep things simple but stategic, allowing players to focus on battle over preparations.
Hideo Kojima, the internationally acclaimed games designer, was in London this week to receive his Guinness World Record certificates, as listed in the Guinness World Record: Gamer's Edition 2008. His achievements are for Metal Gear, the first video game to fully utilize stealth as part of the gameplay and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of liberty, the biggest selling stealth game on Play Station 2.
Earlier adventure games had used elements of stealth, such as hiding and disguises, but Kojima's creation Metal Gear was the first game to concentrate solely on these elements, effectively creating the "stealth game" sub-genre.
Keith Pullin, Editor of the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008 book, was on hand to present the certificates and said 'I would like to welcome Mr. Kojima to our family of gaming record breakers and we hope he breaks many more!'.
For more spectacular gaming records see Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008 (RRP £15), the first Guinness World Records book devoted solely to the world of gaming, is on shelves now and bursting with new records, high score statistics and fascinating facts.
Insomniac's Ted Price has said that both Resistance 1 and 2 will support PlayStation Home and the Trophy system. He has also revealed that the game runs in 720p, 30fps and that its "campaign should be as long or longer than [Resistance: Fall of Man's]." "I liked the fact that its campaign wasn't 10-15 hours. It made for a more intense experience." Says Price,
Bethesda has released details of the contents in the Fallout 3 Collector's Edition. When you purchase the CE, you'll get the following:
* Vault Boy Bobblehead: Enjoy your very own Vault Boy with this collector's item direct from Vault-Tec.
* The Art of Fallout 3: This hardcover book features nearly 100 pages of never-before seen concept art and commentary from Bethesda Game Studios artists.
* The Making of Fallout 3: Get an exclusive, inside look at Bethesda Game Studios and the team behind the game with this special DVD.
* Vault-Tec Lunch Box: The entire package comes in a fully customized metal lunchbox.
The Fallout 3 Collector's Edition will release the same day as the regular edition of the game and is available for pre-order now.
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