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Report: WiiWare sales threshold factors in dev profit
Nintendo’s WiiWare service has a minimum sales threshold set for each individual region, according to a new Gamasutra report. If indie developers fail to reach the established minimum sales mark, then they don’t see one dime. Gamasutra speculates that the mystery figure is somewhere in the thousands for North America and Europe.
So is WiiWare still [...]
We ain’t afraid of new Ghostbusters screens
Look, we’re tired. Atari sent over a bunch of new screens for the upcoming Ghostbusters game on Wii and DS and, with all of the clicking and ogling, we’re exhausted. So, we’re just going to take the easy way out: juice up your Proton pack, point your way towards our galleries below, and try not [...]
Virtua Tennis 2009 serves up Wii MotionPlus support
The rumors were true: Sega has confirmed the Wii version of Virtua Tennis 2009 will support Nintendo’s upcoming MotionPlus remote add-on. The publisher is making a racket about the fact its game will be out before EA Sports’ Grand Slam Tennis, which hits in June, making it the first title on the market to utilize [...]
Jenny McCarthy has been gaming longer than you
When she’s not busy appearing in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 or starring in commercials for amazing PS1 games, Jenny McCarthy is a gaming mom. Speaking to WhatTheyPlay this week, McCarthy says she started playing Pac-Man at the age of eight. “I even made my own Atari glove because I had blisters all over [...]
Wii games unlikely to be patched with MotionPlus support
Trying to make sense of the month-and-a-half delay between the release of Nintendo’s MotionPlus and the first Nintendo game to use it, Wii Sports Resort, GameDaily proposed a theory. Maybe there would be games to play at launch — old games! “With a nearly two-month span of time between the accessory release and the game’s [...]
Surprise! Nintendo dismisses WiiWare sales threshold as ‘rumour and speculation’
Whenever a topic comes up that Nintendo doesn’t want to address, the company responds with, “We don’t comment on rumors and speculation.” Basically, anything other than a press release or recorded statement from an executive is considered rumor and speculation. MotionPlus release date? Rumors and speculation! A new DS model? Rumors and speculation! (Well, “research [...]
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan hits the beach
Great news for — well, pervs! And also people like us who think skeezy DS games are hilarious. SNK Playmore’s infamous witch-touching adventure series, Doki Doki Majo Shinpan is returning this summer with an appropriately summery sequel. Doki Majo Plus includes unspecified “new scenarios” and “new systems,” as well as new characters like the demure [...]
You have the right to watch this Miami Law trailer
Hudson released this brief trailer of Miami Law that offers us an even briefer look at the game in action — and a bit of confusion. We thought the male cop’s name was Law Martin!
Despite the fact that they’re totally different games, Miami Law looks a lot like Atlus’s Tokyo Beat Down in motion, [...]
Pre-order The Conduit’s ‘Exclusive Limited Edition Special Upgrade with Bonus’ at GameStop!
Boy, that GameStop sure has a way with words, huh? The retailer’s game page for The Conduit declares an “Exclusive Limited Edition — with Bonus!” It’s the usual: Pre-order the game with a down payment and secure your “Special Edition upgrade.” But just how limited/special/upgraded, you ask? Well, you’re looking at it. Don’t see it? [...]
Rumor: Beatles Rock Band supports multiple mics, harmonies
From the pages of Game Informer, according to Destructoid, comes a rumor that the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band will support multiple microphones so that players can harmonize on vocal tracks. Apart from making sense, given the wide use of harmonies in Beatles music, the rumor raises a question: Where are we going to keep [...]