Nintendo has officially announced that their wildly successful Wii console is now only $199. The $50 price cut comes after a few weeks of rumors, and of course, denial from Nintendo. Included in the press release is also word that the New Super Mario Bros Wii will ship on November 15th.
Put this one in your back pocket...it's thin. Several outlets are quoting Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling from yesterday's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 event, and they're running wild with the possibilities. So far, the most plausible theories have been in regards to the single-player campaign story; Infinity Ward has a reputation for outdoing themselves with incredible setpieces, cutscenes, and all-around production value.
Notice how the headline doesn't say "the Lost Planet 2 co-op demo"? That's because PlayStation 3 owners are getting an expanded demo on the PlayStation Network tomorrow, September 24th.
Just when we thought the Guitar Hero franchise might actually be headed in the right direction, Bobby Kotick has to go and ruin it. The oft-despised, Machiavellian Activision CEO offered some hints as to his plans to, in essence, ruin Guitar Hero specifically, and video games in general, eventually.
In this episode, the post-PAX malaise has lifted and we resume your regularly-scheduled podcast. Mike and Nick explore this week's news, call out net-based game streaming services, spout random game knowledge and yes, Nick got to play ODST. With proper restraint, his 5-minute review lasted a mere nine minutes! All this and more await you when you click the fabled "Listen Now" link!
Good news for fans of the delightful co-op title Trine! In an interview with Frozenbyte's CEO, Lauri Hyvärinen, Patrick Klepek of G4.com asked the question that's certainly been on our minds since we got our hands on this game: "Will there be more?" His response?
Don't panic! But Borderlands on the PC just had its release date delayed. Thankfully it's only been moved back six days from October 20th to October 26th. The reason? Adding that spit shine and polish the game so desperately deserves. According to Gearbox that optimization process is taking just a bit longer than expected.
We've got a regular cornucopia of Left 4 Dead news today for you. First lets start at the upcoming DLC for Left 4 Dead 1 called Crash Course. Valve has announced a release date of September 29th on both Xbox Live and Steam. It looks like we were wrong, and so was Paramore. We're crush crush crushed.
Sick of Halo 3: ODST news yet? Well too bad! I got a quick one for you here. The co-op revolution continues as over 4 million co-op matches of ODST have taken place since the game launched just 24 hour ago. That's pretty impressive.
A Civil War divides the Marvel universe. Who will you side with? Captain America, or Iron Man? How awesome are the new Fusion attacks? Is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 as good as the first game? Find out in our review!
Wired provided a public notice yesterday warning players to manually save their Halo 3: ODST campaign before hopping over to the Firefight mode. Apparently, the game's autosave doesn't really care that you don't want to leave your friends waiting on you.
Microsoft has effectively lowered the price of their Xbox 360 Elite console to $249 by offering a $50 mail in rebate on the system. The offer is valid for purchases made between now and October 5th - no doubt an effort to boost sales with ODST.
