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Aug 9, 2008
Aug 11 Release Date for Strong Bad premiere game episode
Aug 9, 2008
SAN RAFAEL, CA, August 5, 2008 Telltale Inc., the leader in interactive episodic entertainment, is announcing that “Homestar Ruiner”, the first of five monthly Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People episodes, will premiere Monday, August 11. “Homestar Ruiner” will release on Nintendo’s WiiWare download service in North and South America and worldwide on PC [...]
Jul 25, 2008
Commando: Steel Disaster Announced
Jul 25, 2008
NEW YORK, NY - July 24, 2008 - Videogame publisher XS Games announced today its new action game, Commando: Steel Disaster, for the Nintendo DS™. Scheduled for release in September, the game puts the player in the role of elite commando Storm as he battles archrival Rattlesnake and his henchmen in a battle royal, [...]
Jul 23, 2008
Popstar Guitar Announced for Wii
Jul 23, 2008
NEW YORK, NY - July 22, 2008 - Videogame publisher XS Games announced today its new music rhythm game, PopStar Guitar™, featuring songs from top pop music stars including 3 Doors Down, Simple Plan, Blink 182 and many more. PopStar Guitar allows players to unlock their inner pop celebrity and star as the lead guitarist [...]
Jun 25, 2008
Rune Factory 2 coming to Nintendo DS this fall
Jun 25, 2008
Burlingame, Calif., June 24, 2008 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon will be released for the Nintendo DST system later this fall. The company has also released the first screen shots of the game. The Rune Factory series is [...]
May 28, 2008
Tournament & Sweepstakes for Star Soldier R announced
May 28, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, CA - May 27, 2008 - Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, today announced that
registration for both a tournament and a sweepstakes for the recently launched galactic shooter, Star Soldier R for WiiWare on Wii begins May 27, 2008 and will go through June 24, 2008, concurrent with the contests.
For [...]
Oct 23, 2007
Another Import Hits the Virtual Console
Oct 23, 2007
Three more games were released on the Virtual Console today: Lunar Pool (500 points) and Ninja JaJaMaru-kun (600) for the NES and Golden Axe III (800) for the Sega Genesis. Of particular interest is that Ninja JaJaMaru-kun is an import game from Japan. On that same note, Golden Axe III has, technically, never been released [...]
Oct 4, 2007
Nintendo’s “Wiimote” gets cushion
Oct 4, 2007
TOKYO - Nintendo’s “Wiimote” is getting a cushion cover.
The Japanese gamemaker’s Wii machine has become a global hit among players young and old alike who use its wandlike remote control for fishing, golfing, tennis and other video games.
To help prevent accidents and soften possible blows, Nintendo Co. is shipping for free rubbery silicone covers for [...]
Oct 1, 2007
New Virtual Console Titles
Oct 1, 2007
Only two titles made the Virtual Console list on October 1st, but they are both [once] Japan-only games. Sin and Punishment for the Nintendo 64 is an on-rails shooter by Treasure and goes for 1200 Wii points. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels saw a US release years ago in Super Mario All-Stars, but this [...]
Sep 18, 2007
Smash Bros. Online
Sep 18, 2007
The official site for Super Smash Bros. Brawl has revealed that Nintendo’s four-player beat-’em-up will feature online multiplayer.
The game will allow Wii owners to battle with up to three friends or complete strangers over the wi-fi connection. Playing with friends will require the exchange of Friend Codes in order to see each other’s names, taunt [...]
Aug 30, 2007
Worms on Wii
Aug 30, 2007
THQ has announced that the long-running Worms franchise will be coming to Wii in an all-new exclusive game. Worms: A Space Oddity, currently penned in for Spring 2008 release, will see the diminuitive, helium voiced creatures wielding their ever outlandish and devastating weapons across the galaxy.
A Space Oddity will feature a sci-fi visual theme, with [...]

