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News: Atari to revisit Baldur's, Test Drive

December 2, 2008

Eurogamer

But not in 09. Also: Ready 2 Rumble soon.

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Wii Horoscope Channel Not for Europe

December 3, 2008

Next Generation / Rob Crossley

Nintendo has told Edge that its new Horoscope channel will not be released in Europe.

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Santa Claus' Gmail Account Exposed [Fakemodo]

December 3, 2008

Gizmodo / Jesus Diaz

I love this santaclaus@gmail.com snapshot. Bono, Jesuschrist, Rudolph, and Steve in his contacts; him chatting about how he'll give Xboxes to bad boys instead of coal because of the energy crisis;...

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sinclair zx81 turned into pc [retro casemod]

December 2, 2008

technabob / technabob

Remember the old Sinclair ZX81 computer? You know, the tiny, little 8-bit machine with a huge following, and a horrible flat keyboard?

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Nintendo's Miyamoto On Innovation, Wii Ambitions

December 5, 2008

Slashdot: Games / Soulskill

Edge Magazine is running an interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto about some of the company's recent projects, such as Wii Music and Wii Fit.

Greenpeace: Sony is 'significantly greener' than Microsoft or Nintendo

December 4, 2008

PS3 Fanboy / Alan Tsang

Filed under: News Greennpeace, an environmental organization, had put together a report on how environmentally friendly a number of leading companies are.

Wii component that tested positive for toxic chemical may be an aftermarket component

December 4, 2008

MaxConsole.net News

Environmental group Healthytoys.org recently included the Wii in a list of chemical-laden toxic toys partly due to the fact they found toxic chemical bromine in the battery cover of a controller.

Backup Wii Games on any Wii

December 4, 2008

Instructables: exploring / thundaboy1047

This instructable teaches you how to backup your own games, as many have requested.

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Wii Drum High: Virtual Drumming Hack

December 3, 2008

Wired: Gadget Lab / Charlie Sorrel

This is possibly the purpose for which the Wiimote, and also the Wii Fit balance board, were made.

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Microsoft Brags Xbox Beat The PS3 3-to-1 In Black Friday Sales, Pretends The Wii Doesn't Exist (MSFT)

December 2, 2008

Silicon Alley Insider / Eric Krangel

Is it unsportsmanlike to gloat?

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Jogging Controller Adds The Fun Of Jogging To Your Games [Peripheral Vision]

December 4, 2008

Kotaku / Mike Fahey

New Concept Gaming Ltd. has answered the prayers of gamers who for years have wished they could combine playing of Wii and PlayStation 2 games with the fun of running in place.

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Busting Ghosts is preferable on Wii?

December 3, 2008

Nintendo Wii Fanboy / Chris Greenhough

Filed under: News, Screens Kotaku got to try out the Wii version of Ghostbusters and, predictably enough, revealed that it differs quite a lot from its high-definition cousins on the other machines.

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New Lord of the Rings: Conquest Trailer

December 3, 2008

DigitalBattle / Jeff Baker

It seems a new trailer for Pandemic Studios’ Lord of the Rings: Conquest has hit the web today.

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Ghosbusters Gets Release Date

December 2, 2008

DigitalBattle / Will Prusik

If busting makes you feel good then you’ll be excited to hear that in the Summer of 2009 the game that Atari picked up after the Blizzard/Activision merger will be released.

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Boing Boing Offworld's Monster Mii for your Wii

December 4, 2008

Boing Boing / David Pescovitz

Do you have a Nintendo Wii? Comic artist James Kochalka teamed up with Boing Boing Offworld to create a free series of Mii Monsters to customize games like Wii Sports and Wii Play.

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Activision Confirms Call of Duty: MW 2, Guitar Hero 5, James Bond Racing Game and More

December 4, 2008

DigitalBattle / Rajiv Ashrafi

Surely Call of Duty 6 isn’t new news, but it’s still news, isn’t it?

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Shane Kim’s crystal ball: videogame deals, new content

December 3, 2008

MediaFile / Anupreeta Das

Microsoft's videogame chief Shane Kim came by our New York office this morning for the Reuters Media Summit and shared his thoughts on XBox 360 sales ("cautiously optimistic") and the outlook for the ...

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Rumor: Dragon Quest IX Bound For Wii, As Well [Square Enix]

December 3, 2008

Kotaku / Michael McWhertor

When Square-Enix announced Dragon Quest IX for DS, it came as quite a blow to stay-at-home console owners. If the newest rumor from EGM's Quartermann is right, DQ fans may still get a console version.

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BK Kids Meal Nintendo toys - more details

December 3, 2008

GoNintendo / RawmeatCowboy

This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about this new line of toys, but now Burger King has opened up their online page.

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Animal Crossing: City Folk cheats for unlockable items

December 3, 2008

VideoGamesBlogger / supadupagama

Take the following steps to get lots of unlockable items and achievements in Animal Crossing: City Folk on Wii.

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Lumines, Rez Developer Working on Wii Music Game

December 2, 2008

Shacknews Games

Atari today announced that Q Entertainment's Tetsuya Mizuguchi is developing a new music title for the Wii. The new game is known only as "QJ," and is thought to be scheduled for a 2009 release.

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Ready 2 Rumble Bringing Cartoony Boxing to Wii

December 2, 2008

Shacknews Games

Continuing with this week's tendency to revive long-dormant franchises, Atari has announced that it will be reviving Midway's old Ready 2 Rumble series for Wii.

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Report: Q's Mizuguchi Developing Wii Music Title For Atari

December 2, 2008

Gamasutra News

Celebrated Rez and Lumines designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment is developing a music game for Atari, the publisher announced.

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Analyst: Wii Hardware Gets Nintendo $6 Per-Console Profit

December 2, 2008

Gamasutra News

According to new analyst estimates, Nintendo currently makes about $6 in profit on each Wii console it sells, with a higher than average gross software margin helping to make the hardware company ...

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