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Standalone Wii Wheel Costs $15

Most of us already know that Mario Kart Wii is going to launch near the end of April (that’s less than a month away!), but we’ve been left wondering how much it would cost to buy additional Wii Wheels for all of our Wii-racing friends. After all, Mario Kart Wii only comes bundled with a [...]

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Paramount Wants to Publish Games Too

Paramount is already one of the biggest movie studios on the planet, but they’re not satisfied with getting you into theatres and getting you to buy DVDs. Paramount has now indicated that they will be expanding their “interactive department” with a particular focus on mobile, handheld and casual games. This is instead of, you know, [...]

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Reviews: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

Final Fantasy fans know that the English version of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for the PSP was released recently. Does it give justice to the original or does it disappoint? Destructoid has a review: Crisis Core is a truly new adventure, and deserves to be treated as such. As much as it will likely [...]

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Sony: PSP Will Have Ten Year Life Span

Even though the Nintendo DS Lite is performing better in the marketplace, the crew at Sony are still very confident that the PSP is and will continue to be a successful portable entertainment device for the masses. They believe this so much so that they claim the PSP will be a 10-year platform. This is [...]

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Fallout 3 To Have 200 Endings

When you talk about multiple endings in gaming, what number do you think of? 2, 3, maybe 12? Fallout 3 is going to raise that figure to the exponential value of 200. Here are excerpts of the interview with OXM: OXM: Have the number of endings been finalized…..how’s that coming along? Todd Howard: Being that [...]

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Yo Fiddy! You Got Blood on the Sand

And you thought Bulletproof was cool? 50 Cent is back and he’s apparently found himself in the desert somewhere. And then someone just started bleeding all over that yellow stuff on the ground. The name of the game for “Fiddy & friends” has now been announced and Curtis Jackson’s latest video exploit is called Blood [...]

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Patch 2.4 For World Of Warcraft Now Available

Blizzard has released patch 2.4 for World of Warcraft, opening up Sunwell Isle to all its subscribers. It was expected to be out last week, so apparently we didn’t have to wait too long for the real thing. Thanks to the Public Test Realm, veteran WoW gamers know what to expect, but if you need [...]

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Guitar Hero Meets American Idol

If you thought American Idol brought out the crazies, you’ve got to check out this competition being hosted by Activision. They’ve taken an American Idol-like stage, complete with a trio of judges and a rocking backdrop, and they’re asking for entrants to rock out with a little plastic guitar. It’s almost like an air guitar [...]

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Confirmed: Rock Band Wii on June 22

You know, Wii owners have pretty much been screwed with this latest smattering of rhythm games. The Wii version of Guitar Hero III lacked stereo sound and then they got left in the cold with Rock Band altogether. Activision is working on correcting the former and now it has been confirmed that Harmonix is correcting [...]

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id Software On PC Gaming

id Software’s Steve Nix is seeing and recognizing that former hardcore PC gamers are now shifting to consoles. id Software is the company that made first-person shooters a household name in PC gaming. The source article reveals that while id still remains loyal to PCs, it can’t ignore the financial impact of consoles. “There’s no [...]

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