Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Nintendo, Nyko Settle Wireless Nunchuk Suit
11:20PM Brian Crecente | Nyko will continue to sell a redesigned version of their wireless Nunchuk controller for the Wii under an agreement made between the third-party hardware developer and Nintendo, the companies announced today. More »
Madworld Trailer, Now With 100% Less Censorship
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Great Madworld trailer turned up last week. Pity, then, that the best bits – and by best bits, we of course mean the bloodiest bits – were obscured by the censor’s bright yellow stickers. More »
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Here’s One Place Sony WON’T Be Sacking Anybody
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Sony are firing 8000 employees. That’s a lot. Some cuts are bound to be made somewhere in the games division, but one area that won’t be seeing them is Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. More »
360 Has Outsold PS3 In Western Europe
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | There’s been a constant tit-for-tat between Microsoft and Sony all year long over just who has sold more consoles in Europe. Problem being, Europe being what it is, you can never really tell. More »
First Of The Home Fixes Coming This Week
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Home launched broken. Since then, things have improved, as servers stabilised and less people tried to kick down the door. It’s still far from perfect, however, so Sony are rolling up their sleeves. More »
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Turbine Get Into The Spirit Of Things, Sack Some People
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | It’s not just Midway employees staring down the prospect of an unemployed start to 2009, as job cuts were also announced today for Lord of the Rings Online developers Turbine. More »
Konami Also Bringing Silent Hill, DDR & Frogger To The iPhone
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Metal Gear isn’t the only Konami cash-cow that can make the jump to the iPhone. It’s been announced tonight that two further Konami franchises – Silent Hill and DDR – will be joining it. More »
EA: Wii Graphics ‘Not Of Broadcast Quality’
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yeah, you read that right. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority have busted EA trying to pass the 360 version of Tiger Woods 09 off as the Wii version. And EA’s defence is just delicious. More »
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Mirror’s Edge Demo Unlocked
5:00PM Luke Plunkett | So nobody bought Mirror’s Edge. Time to drum up some extra sales! To this effect, EA and DICE announced today that the game’s demo has been “unlocked”, giving access to previously locked time trials. More »
