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Oct
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From our “Well, duh” department, it appears that the Nintendo Wii absolutely crushed the PS3 in Japan, Reuters reports.
Enterbrain, who is the end-all be-all in terms of sales research, has released their new figures for both the PS3 and Wii. The final numbers?
Nintendo Wii: 1.6 Million
PlayStation 3: 385,492
So, in summary: The PS3 got royally owned […]
Oct
1
Mill o’ Rumour: Ted Price to leave Insomniac Games?
Category: Industry, Mill o' Rumour | 
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Today seems to be quite the day for friends of friends. First we heard of how an e-mail of a friend of a friend has spawned a million rumors regarding Microsoft and Bungie parting ways, and now a friend of a friend has broke the news that Ted Price, the founder of Insomniac Games, may […]
Oct
1
COLUMN: ‘Marketing Melancholy’: Building A Better Online Game Ad Campaign
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[“Marketing Melancholy” is an occasional column by Siliconera’s Spencer Yip that examines multiple facets of marketing games from an end user’s point of view, from advertising campaigns through box art and beyond. This second column discusses Spencer’s opinions on .]
This past week, Vivendi Games launched an amazingly successful ad campaign for Geometry Wars Galaxies. […]
Oct
1
Neo Geo joining the VC family
Category: Nintendo Wii, Announcements, Wii Virtual Console | Leave a Comment
Nintendo has officially confirmed the addition of the Neo Geo to it’s ever-growing Virtual Console library.
While no definitive date has been announced for the first Neo Geo titles, we do know that they will arrive sometime “soon”, and will retail for 900 points.
Now, for a brief history lesson. The Neo Geo was a console developed […]
Oct
1
Capcom warns commuting programmers: You’re either going to die or get hired
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The Tokyo subway system was efficiently designed to transport millions of Japanese people with precision timing. By proxy, the system also ensures that any American that ever set foot would require at least three hours of walking before arriving at the wrong end of the track and contemplating a mortal leap across. If you’re also […]
Oct
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Developer walkthrough on God of War: Chains of Olympus
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Ru Weerasuriya, game directer for Chains of Olympus gives us a little walkthrough of one of the early levels from the game, Battle of Attica. Kratos has been sent by the Gods to protect Attica from the Persian invasion. What’s amazing to me is watching everything that’s going on in the first part of the […]
Oct
1
Bungie forcing Matchmaking on players
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Apparently, Bungie hates search features in their online games. When asked why there was no search feature in Halo 3 to help you find a match, Bungie essentially said it was because they want you to use their matchmaking.
“The reality is that it’s not something that is getting changed or tweaked, so what exactly would […]
Oct
1
Winter is coming: Nintendo announces new Wii Remote Jacket accessory
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File this one under "Crap you didn’t know you needed, but you guess you’ll take one if it’s free."
Nintendo has announced the Wii Remote Jacket, a silicon cover that covers the current Wii remote. The Wii Remote Jacket will begin shipping with all Wii consoles, all single SKU Wii remotes, and all Wii remotes boxed […]
Oct
1
An anonymous e-mail to 8BitJoystick has spurred a bit of controvery, as the e-mailer claims that Microsoft has, essentially, fired Bungie.
Citing Microsoft’s distaste for how Bungie interacts with its fans and Bungie’s handling of its profits, as well as Bungie’s distaste for how Microsoft’s marketing and overall handling, the anonymous e-mailer cialms that Microsoft has […]
Oct
1
Remember how last month Reggie Fils-Aime promised that there would be an “unprecidented” number of Nintendo Wii consoles? Yeah, now he seems to be backtracking on that claim just a bit.
In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime conceided that the Nintendo Wii will NOT be able to meet the demand […]