Jul 31 2010

Classic Game Room HD – NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE Wii review


Classic Game Room HD reviews NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE for Nintendo Wii from Ubisoft. New playable characters include Shinobu! This outrageous game combines a 3D style hack and slash samuri game with awesome 8-bit NES style missions to earn money for new weapons and clothes. You are Travis Touchdown seeking revenge for something or other and must slaughter your way back up to the top of the rankings by killing assassins who have it coming. Giant robots, light sabers and half naked girls fill the screen as No More Heroes 2 explodes with insanity. Pizza health power ups and naughty ladies of the night keep Travis going as he fights numerous end bosses in this over the top battle / action game for the Nintendo Wii. Rated M for blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity, sexual themes and strong language. Includes a Japanese style SHMUP and dozens of other mini games to keep players challenged and entertained. This CGR review of No More Heroes 2 has gameplay from the Nintendo Wii version of No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle on Nintendo Wii from Ubisoft. Playable with the Wii Classic Controller or standard controller and nunchuk. UPC 008888175605 Ultra violence mature hack and slash action game on Nintendo Wii.


Jul 30 2010

Nintendo slumps to loss as game sales fade

Nintendo product news coming in Sept., 3DS details likely
IDG News Service – Nintendo will announce details of a new product on Sept. 29, it said Thursday.

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Nintendo kicked in the Wii, posts net loss for fiscal Q1
Nintendo reported its financials for its fiscal Q1 this week and posted a significant loss for the quarter. The quarter spanned April through June for the gaming firm. The strong Yen is pointed to as the major reason the company posted a loss. The strong Yen hurt Nintendo operations in countries other than Japan where Nintendo makes 87% of its revenue. The strong yen cancelled out cost cutting …

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Nintendo slumps to loss as game sales fade
Company places blame on strong yen and the lack of new game titles

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Jul 30 2010

Video Game Godfather – 75% Payout – Hot Niche Low Competition

How to make a killing selling video games online – by a million $ game seller. Killer template by gfx designer of Day Job Killer & 7 Figure code. (2 – million dollar CB products). Copy written by 25 year copywriting veteran. Includes coaching!
Video Game Godfather – 75% Payout – Hot Niche Low Competition


Jul 30 2010

Game Dork: Visually stunning Limbo says more with less

Microsoft’s ‘Avatar’ Project Builds on ‘Kinect’
While Microsoft’s Kinect for its Xbox 360 game console uses your body movements as input, the opposite may eventually be true: Microsoft debuted a video of a robotic “avatar” that may interact with humans.

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XBOX player sends porn to boy during game
One minute some San Antonio kids are playing XBOX online, and the next minute pornographic pictures pop up in the message box.

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Game Dork: Visually stunning Limbo says more with less
“Limbo” is a beautiful and creepy game that ought to fascinate students of art and video games.

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Jul 29 2010

Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales

Nintendo Has First-Quarter Loss on DS Demand, Yen
Nintendo Co., the world’s largest maker of video-game consoles, posted its first quarterly loss in more than two years as the stronger yen cut the value of overseas earnings and demand for DS handheld players fell.

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Highly-anticipated PS3 and Wii exclusives see delays
The PlayStation Move may be releasing this year, but the opportunity to experience motion-controlled war combat won’t be happening until 2011, as Zipper has pushed the game to next year to provide the best game possible. Meanwhile, Hudson shifted the release of light-based platformer Lost in Shadow from the Fall to January 2, 2011.

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Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales
Weak sales of its DS console and a dearth of hot new games trigger a net loss and lower revenue for Nintendo’s first quarter.

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Jul 29 2010

Bins, bags keep game controllers under control

All About Metroid: Other M’s Gameplay
The way that Team Ninja leader Yosuke Hayashi puts it, Metroid: Other M — the Wii action game his group’s developing under the watchful eye of Yoshio Sakamoto, father of the Metroid series — kicked off with the idea that it’d be a truly Wii-ready action game. “Sakamoto wanted to make a 3D action game that could be played with a single Wii remote,” he told Famitsu magazine in an interview …

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Review: ‘DeathSpank,’ ‘Limbo’ bring summer heat
– This summer has been so oppressive throughout most of the United States that even driving to the video-game store feels like an ordeal. Fortunately, you don’t have to leave home to experience some of the season’s most interesting games – you can download them directly to your console. Games – Video Games – Recreation – Technology – Heat Pumps

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Bins, bags keep game controllers under control
Many families are running into one big hassle when it comes to the Wii, PlayStation and Xbox systems: the ever-growing storage problem.

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Jul 29 2010

Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed

SOCOM 4 Delayed Into 2011
Marquee PlayStation Move shooter won’t be out this fall.

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Madden Demo Releases; Obama Appears in Game
As release day — August 10 — approaches for Madden NFL 11 , gamers are getting a first look at the title today on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 through the game’s demo. Go forth and download it, and then return to the comments with your thoughts on the demo. In other news, EA dropped a few Super Bowl celebration videos on Monday, which you can watch over on IGN . Pay particular attention, Jags …

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Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed
Tales of Graces and a new, currently unnamed Tales of title are on the way to PlayStation 3, according to info leaked from Japanese mag Jump (translated by Andriasang ). Tales of Graces F will be the second entry in Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series to ditch platform exclusivity before undergoing enhancement for PS3. The formerly Wii-exclusive title will get a facelift and some added features …

Read more on Joystiq


Jul 28 2010

Video Game Review: ‘NCAA Football II’ features improved running game

NEWS: Ono Talks Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
The game’s producer says it will be a pure Street Fighter game through and through. This week’s Famitsu features an interview with Yoshinori Ono, the Producer of upcoming 3DS title Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition.  He revealed some interesting tidbits about the game’s development. Ono states that while the PSP and DS systems were considered for a port of Super Street Fighter IV, the Nintendo …

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Thor: The Video Game Teaser Trailer
On the heels of San Diego’s Comic-Con last week, SEGA has made available the teaser trailer for the recently announced title,”Thor: The Video Game,” that was on display at the convention.

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Video Game Review: ‘NCAA Football II’ features improved running game
You know, they say that just putting “Tim Tebow” in the headline will guarantee traffic to your Web page. I suppose Electronic Arts was thinking the same thing when they placed Jacksonville’s favorite son on the cover of “NCAA Football 11.” What they’re selling: From EA Sports — “NCAA football fans are some of the most devoted fans out there, and that’s why the NCAA Football 11 team has made …

Read more on The Florida Times-Union


Jul 28 2010

Thor: The Video Game Teaser Trailer

Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed
Tales of Graces and a new, currently unnamed Tales of title are on the way to PlayStation 3, according to info leaked from Japanese mag Jump (translated by Andriasang ). Tales of Graces F will be the second entry in Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series to ditch platform exclusivity before undergoing enhancement for PS3. The formerly Wii-exclusive title will get a facelift and some added features …

Read more on Joystiq

Video Game Review: ‘NCAA Football II’ features improved running game
You know, they say that just putting “Tim Tebow” in the headline will guarantee traffic to your Web page. I suppose Electronic Arts was thinking the same thing when they placed Jacksonville’s favorite son on the cover of “NCAA Football 11.” What they’re selling: From EA Sports — “NCAA football fans are some of the most devoted fans out there, and that’s why the NCAA Football 11 team has made …

Read more on The Florida Times-Union

Thor: The Video Game Teaser Trailer
On the heels of San Diego’s Comic-Con last week, SEGA has made available the teaser trailer for the recently announced title,”Thor: The Video Game,” that was on display at the convention.

Read more on Coming Soon


Jul 28 2010

Game on as city welcomes launch

Madden Demo Releases; Obama Appears in Game
As release day — August 10 — approaches for Madden NFL 11 , gamers are getting a first look at the title today on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 through the game’s demo. Go forth and download it, and then return to the comments with your thoughts on the demo. In other news, EA dropped a few Super Bowl celebration videos on Monday, which you can watch over on IGN . Pay particular attention, Jags …

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Review: DeathSpank for PlayStation 3
Game developers abhor a vacuum. So while Diablo 3 is on our minds, but is still far off in the future, we’re seeing a few games come along and occupy Diablo fans. Torchlight was a prime example of this and now there is the next action RPG du jour, DeathSpank. DeathSpank takes the play style of Diablo and [...]

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Game on as city welcomes launch
THE Queen Victoria Museum at Inveresk is being congratulated for its hugely successful Australian premiere of Game On 2.0. The exhibition includes more than 130 playable games, as well as rare

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