GDC 08: Portal 2 Confirmed on X-Play
On tonight's episode of X-Play, lead designer for Portal, Kimberly Swift, confirmed that there will be a Portal 2. We knew there would be more Portal on the way when Doug Lombardi, Valve's Director of Marketing, had previously stated that "more Portal is definitely on the way."
Now we know that there will actually be a sequel. Check out the video for the confirmation.
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In The News #24 – 2/12/08
Daily News for February 12th, 2008.
Makers of the hit series Major League Baseball 2K announced new content and features to be on Major League Baseball 2K8, saying it'll be more realistic mechanically speaking. The new features include, but are not limited to: Total Pitch control, Swing Stick 2.0, All-New Base-running, Precision Throw Control, Full Minor Leagues, and two of the best commentators in the business- Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. This game's got some high expectations following it in ...
Nintendo Weekly Review #3
Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii Weekly Review for the week of February 4th, 2008 - February 8th, 2008.
For handhelds, the DS has an estimated advantage over Sony’s PSP of around 8 million units. The Wii wins the estimate battle with 12 to 14 million
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has had a successful launch over in Japan. It has totaled around 700,000 copies sold since it’s release last Thursday.
Medal of Honor Heroes 2 may not have multiplayer after all. This feature has apparently been...
Wiihabilitation
According to SignOnSanDiego.com, The Nintendo Wii is becoming fairly popular in rehab therapy. Patients that have suffered from strokes, broken bones, surgeries and combat injuries find Wiihabilitation more fun that regular PT. Though Nintendo doesn't advertise the therapeutic uses of the Wii, a lot of hospitals around Chicago have purchased Wii's.
Other facilities have already begun considering purchasing Wii's for their physical therapy departments. Therapist Elizabeth Penny says she enj...
Nintendo Weekly Review #2
Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii Weekly Review for the week of January 28th, 2008 - February 1st, 2008.
The Cobalt Blue/Black Nintendo DS is official. We reported on this earlier this week and classified it as a rumor; but it has been announced it will be arriving in stores February 10th, 2008.
Brand new screenshots were released for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Go here to see them.
1080 Snowboarding (originally on Nintendo 64) is now available for Virtual Console download on the Wii syste...
Rock Band announced for the Wii
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA confirmed in a conference call today that Rock Band will soon be coming to Wii. Though no date of release was mentioned, there was at least a general confirmation that it will eventually be released. No details on instruments or new song additions have been mentioned.
As soon as more details are released, We will have them posted. Keep checking in to see the latest news on Rock Band for Wii and all of your other Gaming News....
New DS color leaked
A new color for the Nintendo DS has been leaked onto the internet on CircuitCity.com. The color is a nice, shiney looking Blue-Black combination. It resembles the Crimson-Onyx DS color combination; but of course this one is a Cobalt-Onyx type color scheme.
The listing for this DS has since been taken down off of the Circuit City site. While it was up, no release date was given; but the usual price tag of $129.99 was posted. We can expect an announcement from Nintendo very soon.
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Nintendo Weekly Review – #1
Nintendo Wii and DS Weekly Review for the week of January 21st, 2008 - January 25th, 2008.
Wii is making trips to sporting events all over the country, including PGA events, Seattle Mariners games, and even monster truck rallys. These are basically demonstrations of the console, and nothing else.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl may have been delayed, but it is coming packaged with a wide variety of game demos. It is confirmed to have:
Super Mario Bros.,
Ice Climber,
Legend of Zelda,
Kid Ica...
Playstation Update
Rumors of a price drop are circulating all over the net. The new price is set at $299 and is set to supposedly drop on January 29.
In other news: Sony said on Wednesday it is delaying the planned introduction in late January of a Skype Web phone service for PlayStation Portable (PSP) users in Japan due to technical problems. Sony's game unit said earlier this month it would start offering Skype software for downloading onto the latest PSP model, enabling PSP Users to make free W...
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