Variety reports that EA has shut down its mysterious Blueprint Division though not the projects that were being worked on. One of these ‘projects’ that will be allocated elsewhere is the previously unannounced Boom Blox 2. (working title) Apparently, work is already underway on the sequel to the spring’s innovative Wii puzzle game that received critical acclaim [...] [...more]
A heads-up to all you bargain hunters as Target will be offering a buy two, get one free deal on Wii games starting this Sunday. The deal applies to all regularly-priced, $49.99 Wii games offered at the retailer and, unsurprisingly, the free titles must be of equal or lesser value to the two purchased titles. [...more]
Here’s the new No More Heroes 2 trailer from the Tokyo Game Show. The Wii exclusive is still a ways off, tentatively scheduled for 2010. [...more]
Capcom today used its blog to announce the release dates for Mega Man 9, revealing that Wii owners will get first crack with Playstation owners getting the title a few days later. No reason was provided for why the Xbox 360 version won’t be ready until Wednesday, October 1st. The title’s price point has had unconfirmed [...] [...more]
According to reports over at Famistu, the Xbox 360 has outsold the Wii and PS3 for the week of September 8th. The 360 sold an absurd 28,68 during the week, compared to about 840 the previous week. The Wii came in second and got 27,057 units out, while the PS3 clocked a distant thrid at 8,050 units sold. You can credit the price [...] [...more]
GameSpot reports that four more songs have been unveiled for Activision’s upcoming cash-cow Guitar Hero World Tour: The Living End - “Prisoner of Society” Los Lobos - “La Bamba” Bullet for My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire” Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth” [...more]
4 months after Capcom publically apoligized for its odd use of an IGN stock photo in the Wii port Okami’s box art, owners have begun to receive the replcement covers in the mail. With how they turned out, I’d say it was much better late than never. [...more]
Nintendo has issued details on the latest Virtual Console downloads, available today from the Wii Shop Channel. Samurai Showdown, a fighting title, joins Ys Book I & 2, apparently an old school RPG that I have yet to play, here’s the full rundown: Samurai Showdown 2 (SNK / NeoGeo) - 900 Wii Points ($9) Ys Book I & [...] [...more]
Ghostfire Games’ original music-rhythm game, Helix, will arrive tomorrow on WiiWare. Helix includes 25 tracks, hand-picked by Ghostfire Games from a pool of over a thousand songs; leading me to believe we probably won’t recognize a single one. Ghostfire CEO Ed Roman commented: “It’s the type of music you want to hear over and over again [...] [...more]
Sega has announced that its upgraded Wii-exclusive rhythm game remake Samba de Amigo is on the way out, hitting shelves September 23rd. In celebration they’ve dropped a flock of screens for you, letter grades and combos included. [...more]
