Nintendo's update may have caused a slight bump in the road, but the homebrew community is already answering back after just one short day.
Yesterday, Nintendo made a full-out assault against the Wii homebrew community by releasing a veiled update. The update did its best to wipe all hacks from the system, a task which it nearly completed successfully.
In an effort to stimulate the country's economy, Ireland may be luring Scottish developers.
According to the Herald Scotland, Ireland may be planning five-year tax holidays for game developers in an effort to boost the local economy. This incentive is proving to be attractive to developers based in Scotland, who find the UK's restrictions on their industry frustrating.
The North American license owner of Kirby and Yu-Gi-Oh nabs Mini Ninjas but makes no promise of a TV show or film.
Mini Ninjas has joined with the likes of Kirby and Yu-Gi-Oh at 4Kids Entertainment as the company is now the global licensing agent for the property in all regions except Japan and Korea.
The latest firmware isn't feature rich, but it seeks to eliminate all homebrew hacks and apps.
Today, Nintendo released their latest firmware update to the Wii, System Update 4.2. Though light on features, the firmware update makes a direct attack on all homebrew software on a user's system.
Guitar Hero fans can look forward to Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother, Billy Squier, the Misfits, and more in the month of October.
Activision announced the October track packs for Guitar Hero 5 today, and it includes a good variety of bands.
Nintendo's summer hit has blown past a million units with it's bundled peripheral, Wii MotionPlus selling close to 3 million units.
Wii Sports Resort has posted sales of 1.25 million copies and the MotionPlus has sold over 2.9 million units in the United States alone, according to statistics from Nintendo.
Plus two tracks from Foo Fighters for Rock Band Unplugged!
Cambridge, Mass. Sept. 25, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Breaking Benjamin will make their Rock Band debut next week with a three pack of songs available for download in the Rock Band Music Store. A five pack of songs from Alice in Chains, as well as songs from Kula Shaker and Just Kait will also be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii". Tracks from Foo Fighters will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP (PlayStation Portable) system.
North American Club Nintendo users can now order a set of three Legend of Zelda posters for 350 coins.
Nintendo recently unveiled a new reward, a trio of Legend of Zelda posters, on Club Nintendo, their rewards system for gamers. The three posters are 350 coins for the whole set.
Koei confirms the North American release of the Classic Controller Pro in a Samurai Warriors 3 fact sheet.
In a Tokyo Game Show fact sheet about Koei's Samurai Warriors 3, it mentions playing the game with the Classic Controller Pro, which is currently only available in Japan.
Players Experience the Panic Before the Terror in Visceral Games’ Critically-Acclaimed Wii-Exclusive Action Horror Prequel
Redwood City, CA – September 25, 2009 – Visceral Games, an award-winning studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Dead Space Extraction has shipped to retail in Europe and will be shipping in North America on September 29th. Designed exclusively for the Wii, Dead Space Extraction is the first title to ship under Visceral Games' new studio name. Dead Space Extraction is the prequel to last year’s critical darling Dead Space, winner of over 70 international critics awards and widely recognized for evolving the action horror genre. Dead Space Extraction is already following in its predecessor's footsteps, earning a perfect "5-out-of-5" stars from GamePro, whose review said that "Extraction is one hell of a ride… well paced and directed; the story is strong and the gun fights are satisfying."
