#commercials
One million Wii owners have tried out Netflix. It's a healthy number, but given the size of the console's install base, Netflix probably wants more. Cue the expensive commercials targeted specifically at Wii users! More »
#ea
Companies rarely, if ever, release sales figures for digital game sales. Makes compiling charts, and applauding records, difficult! We do know one thing, however: EA's Battlefield 1943 is apparently the most popular console downloadable title ever made. More »
We can already see a hot new trend surfacing in the gaming hardware modding world: Hastily conceived designs featuring the handheld ShowWX laser projector. Yesterday, we saw what happens when the pint-sized display was adhered to an iPhone 3GS; today, we see how Nirav Patel managed to stick the projector (and a Spacepoint Fusion gyrometer) to a Zapper-equipped Wii Remote. The result is a somewhat disorienting 360-degree "virtual reality" display, which is just perfect for playing simple, open source first-person shooters with.
Check out a video after the jump to see Patel's projectorgun in action. We'd hate to find ourselves on the business end of that bad boy.
I’m thinking this is a WiiWare listing, as a boxed version of this game probably wouldn’t do too well. I’m not surprised to learn about this title coming to WiiWare, as Firemint said that a console version wasn’t out of the question!
Looks like consumers are hungry for the black Wii. GameStop has had to limit purchases to two consoles per household, as they’re seeing a high level of demand. No word on just how many black Wii units GameStop is getting, but they must have trouble fulfilling orders with the way they’re limiting sales.
#art
Seeing as much of what we associate with a famous game character is related to their gender, how would you feel if, say, Lara Croft was a dude? Or Mario a plumbette? More »
A portion of an Aeropause review…
Project Runway isn’t targeted toward “gamers” in the first place, so they wouldn’t mind the mis-steps… but even non-gamers will notice the missing tension, the lack of creative design, and the cheesy, rushed use of the show’s cast. Fans of the show may enjoy spinning through a couple challenges, but [...]
Get ready for a huge influx of Netflix users on the Wii. I can’t believe Netflix did a Wii-specific commercial like that. It’s a pretty good one, at that! Thanks to Dakaggo for the heads up.
#princeofpersia
Chest this, chest that. Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal is more than a chest. He is also wonderful hair. And good hygiene. More »
Believe it or not, this is actually the second time we’ve talked about the ‘Botchamania’ franchise on GoNintendo. For thsoe that don’t know, the Botchamania YouTube series is a collection of wrestling snippets, all showing off moves that went completely wrong. The reason why we’ve talked about these features before is because the [...]
- due out in Japan on July 15th
- ¥6,090
- DSiWare card-scanning app also comes out on June 15th, costing 200 Nintendo Points
Official site here (screens, wallpapers and more)
#indie
We got a little bummed yesterday that people were pirating a games bundle released for charity. Let's put that behind us today, and instead focus on the positive aspects of said bundle. Like the fact it's made over $1 million. More »
Click to make with the embiggening
"Will there ever be new Dragon Ball games?," you begged. "Will they be sequels?," you cried. Namco Bandai has heard your pleas, Dragon Ball fans. There will be more Dragon Ball games after all! One of them is even asequel.
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 is set to fill that Goku-shaped void in your PS3 or Xbox 360 with 20 more characters than the first Raging Blast. That and a "new Raging Soul System which enables characters to reach a special state, increasing their combat abilities to the ultimate level." Yes, they can power up.
Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team is a fighting game for PSP featuring four-player simultaneous Ad Hoc battles. Both are due "this fall." Hang in there!
#ea
EA's modern-day shooter Battlefield Bad Company 2 may not have been able to stand toe-to-toe with competitor Modern Warfare 2, but it's accounted for itself regardless, selling an impressive five million copies. A feat FIFA 10 was able to double. More »
#ea
EA COO John Schappert said today that the publisher will be showing off a few new, unannounced games at E3, all of them making use of some of gaming's most promising - and potentially gimmicky - technology. More »
