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Don’t Confuse Jewel Quest With Crystal Quest
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade,
For all of you less-attentive types out there, here’s a heads up on a couple of game titles that can be confusing on the Xbox Live Arcade. Crystal Quest went live a few days ago, and later this month we should see a game with a very similar title hit Xbox Live. Jewel Quest is your typical “match the shapes and make the disappear” puzzler, but looks and plays nothing like Crystal Quest. We have been playing both titles over the past few days, and haven’t been too impressed with either. Check out an image of each game after the jump.
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Secret Xbox 360 Console Achievements Revealed
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Culture, Internet, Xbox 360,
The folks over at CheapAssGamer certainly had us chuckling at their secret Xbox 360 achievements list. I mean, imagine that you reboot your console after having it overheat, only to be greeted by a notification that you have just earned 10 points for the “En Fuego!” achievement. The list pokes fun at the more noticeable problems and complaints that users have been having with their 360 boxes. You see, it’s funny because it’s true. Follow the link for the full list.
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LEGO Star Wars II Preview
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Action, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Gamecube, PC, PlayStation 2, PSP, Screenshots, Xbox,
IGN has put up a great preview, with screens, of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars II title that will feature the original three Star Wars episodes.
The first one was a blast so the sequel is definitely something to look forward to. Unfortunately, the game won’t be coming out for the 360 or PS3, but we’ll manage. And besides, if the game did hit the next-gen consoles, it’d probably take longer to develop and would retail for a higher price than what the game will go for otherwise.
LEGO Star Wars II will feature two-player co-op on the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, PSP and PC, with four-player co-op for the DS version. It’s due out later this year.
Read More | IGN
For all you Da Vinci fans out there, here’s a reason to smile - well, maybe. This spring, a Da Vinci Code video game will be released. The big question is whether the game will be any good. We’re skeptical only because of how poorly games based on movies/books usually turn out. This game’s being developed by The Collective - the guys who made Indiana Jones & The Emperor’s Tomb and Ecko’s Getting Up: Content Under Pressure. At any rate, we’ll keep our eyes peeled for this one, although we’re not expecting much.
Read More | Kikizo
Bad news for Atari. The company reports almost $5 million in losses due to poor holiday sales, its CFO quits, and the company loses its main credit provider. Heck, the company even says its unsure of its future. Is it game over for Atari? Apparently Path of Neo and Dragon Ball titles didn’t sell well enough over the holidays. I honestly don’t see how Atari can stay alive, considering everything that’s ben going on. Unless another company purchases Atari (EA or Microsoft, I’m looking at you), I’d say it’s over.
Read More | IGN
Ah, the fond memories of playing Lemmings back in the day. In fact, I can recall playing the game over a decade ago, along with Oregon Trail. If you’re looking to try your skills at the classic Lemmings title, click the link below. Good luck manipulating those little buggers and preventing them from falling to their untimely demise.
Read More | Elizium
New Super Mario Bros. Screen Shots
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Action, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Screenshots,
A bunch of new screenshots of the yet-untitled New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo DS game have surfaced. I tried the game at last year’s E3 and honestly wasn’t very impressed. Of course, E3 ‘05 was a while ago so hopefully the game’s much better now. And hey, we’re talking about Nintendo here. Head on over to Kotaku for a host of more images.
Read More | Kotaku
Downloadable Demos and Voice Chat Coming to the DS
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Wireless,
Good news for DS owners today:
Owners of the dual-screen DS who go near the kiosks will automatically receive a notice on their devices offering game demos, movie trailers and other content for temporary download. The information will be erased from the DS once it’s turned off.
Nintendo also said it was adding voice chat to the sci-fi action game “Metroid Prime: Hunters,” available March 20. Players who join up for multiplayer battles over Nintendo’s wireless Internet service will be able to talk to each other through the system’s built-in microphone before and after games, but not during, said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America Inc.‘s executive vice president of sales and marketing.
We’d like to hear more details on the demos. How many demos will we be seeing? Obviously, they will disappear once you turn off the DS, unless they decide to sell some sort of memory module. Any way you cut it though, the DS’s future is brighter than ever.
Read More | Nintendo
Halo 2 Coming To Windows Vista
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: First Person Shooters, PC,
For all of you who have been looking forward to playing Halo 2 on your souped up PC, it looks like you’ll have to update to Windows Vista first - that is, once it comes out. I doubt the Windows Vista requirement will be much of a downer for those who have been anticipating Halo 2 on the PC, since they’d most likely be updating to Windows Vista anyway. Additionally, it’s looking like Halo 2 won’t make it out on PC until the end of the year at the soonest - which would be a good two years after the game debuted on the Xbox.
Read More | BBC
Nintendo’s Perrin Kaplin Discusses Company’s ‘New Look’
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Corporate News, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Wii,
Well all know that if Nintendo wants to gain a significant amount of market-share in the upcoming console war, they’ve gotta change their image - and fast. Perrin Kaplan, VP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, discusses the industry, Nintendo, and its “new look” in the linked Forbes article.
The major difference for Nintendo right now (indeed, the key to its “new look”) is its “Blue Ocean” philosophy—something that executive vp of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime has discussed many times now. “Inside Nintendo, we call our strategy ‘Blue Ocean.’ This is in contrast to a ‘Red Ocean.’ Seeing a Blue Ocean is the notion of creating a market where there initially was none—going out where nobody has yet gone. Red Ocean is what our competitors do—heated competition where sales are finite and the product is fairly predictable,” Kaplan explained. “We’re making games that are expanding our base of consumers in Japan and America. Yes, those who’ve always played games are still playing, but we’ve got people who’ve never played to start loving it with titles like Nintendogs, Animal Crossing and Brain Games. These games are Blue Ocean in action.”
So what do you think of this ‘Blue Ocen’ strategy? Will it actually work?
Read More | Forbes
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