Jeremy Parish at 1UP has impressions of Metroid Hunters after playing with it at Nintendo HQ. Sounds like they’ve really improved the online experience (stats, lobbies, the whole thing). It may very well be delicious. NVIDIA not expecting the PS3 any time soon: “Now you can add one of [...]
Dungeons and Dragons Online comes out tomorrow, for all five of you who aren’t playing World of Warcraft and aren’t satisified with your meatspace d20 experience. The New York Times has an article on the thinking behind the game and reminds everyone that Vin Diesel is a big nerd.
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Microsoft-Toshiba HD-DVD Alliance Changes Xbox 360:
According to the statements made by Bill Gates in Japan, Xbox 360, the new gaming console will include HD-DVD drives.
Considering that such a decision would postpone the launching date, Microsoft will equip the initial models with classic DVD drives, and only after the [...]
I’m trying to keep up with the coverage like everybody else but it’s all overwhelming even when you’re not there. Being in the middle of the nerd throng must be serious information overload. Gaming journalists, I salute you in your quest to report on the latest and greatest in vaporware.
E3 coverage to watch: * Kotaku * Joystiq * [...]
IGN reports:
According a an article published in the May 17th edition of Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun, the PlayStation 3 could be one of the most expensive mass-market videogame consoles ever created. Officials from Sony apparently told the newspaper that PlayStation 3s would sell in Japan for “less than 50,000 yen each.” That translates to [...]
More processing power than God Himself has at his fingertips. You can pretty much count on me having it pre-ordered as long as it doesn’t have a price to match.
So you know all about the PS3 now (or significantly more than you knew before), but now here’s the controller, as seen on Sony Japan! Exciting!
Looks awkward to hold but at least it doubles as a boomerang.