Archive for February, 2007

Vicious Engine Approved As Middleware for X360

Time to notify the people who love arcades and the Xbox 360:

Xboxic - 30 minutes ago
EGM: We talked to the Xbox Live team, and they told us its really up to developersthat if they really want to build it, they can. …23:21 GoW 2 “will look better” than GoW 1 (0)

DailyTech, IL - 1 hour ago
Microsofts Xbox 360 has been using a software emulation scheme since inception to make its system backwards compatible with original Xbox games. …European PS3 to have inferior backwards compatibility compared to …

GamersMark, AZ - 1 hour ago
The data-driven development tool permits game creation without any full-time programmers. The Vicious Engine uses core technologies to offer a flexible and …Vicious Engine Approved As Middleware for X360

GamersMark, AZ - 2 hours ago
Human Head, best known for last years highly acclaimed Prey for PC and Xbox 360, and MEE will jointly develop a title. More information about the game will …Marc Ecko Entertainment Announces Partnership With Human Head Studios

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Sony PS3 For Europe, Less Backwards Compatible

Did you hear the following breaking news about Wii innovations?

Independent Community Newspaper, New Zealand - 19 hours ago
Sales of the Xbox 360 remain strong given its maturity, and retailers have reported that the Wii is selling as fast as they can get their hands on stock. …Sony unveils PlayStation sweeteners

Video Game Generation, NC - 10 hours ago
The Wii releases in particular look thin, especially given the fact that the company supported the system’s launch last year with several titles. …Midway Updates Release Dates for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, etc.

Punch Jump, CA - 10 hours ago
In Brew #64, hosts Marcus Kirk Lai and Phil Park discuss PS3 hardware; Wii Neo Geo; Xbox 360 hits! Punch Jump Brew wants to know what you think! …PS3 hardware; Wii Neo Geo; Xbox 360 hits

NorthJersey.com, NJ - 18 hours ago
The game is available on PlayStation, Xbox, Wii and Gamecube consoles. In the process, the game has transformed John Madden a Super Bowl-winning coach and …Ridgefield Park teen wins Madden tournament

Slippery Brick, OR - 16 hours ago
Backwards compatibility has been key features in the sales of both the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii game consoles. Sony has also recently announced that …Sony PS3 For Europe, Less Backwards Compatible

Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 4 hours ago
This supposedly will be the final chapter in the first-person shooter that popularized the Xbox. Once again, you suit up as Master Chief, the fearless, …Coming soon to consoles

Portable Planet, UK - 6 hours ago
Nintendo Wii is beating the pants off of PS3 and Xbox 360 at the moment, but according to at least one research group, PS3 will have both Wii and the 360 …2010 Rankings: PS3 First, Xbox 360, Wii Last

Inside Bay Area, CA - 16 hours ago
s $250 Wii, which launched about the same time as the PS3, is being snatched up and has been out of stock at some stores. Nintendo sold 3.19 million Wii …Sony giving away freebies to boost PS3

Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - 2 hours ago
… PlayStation 3 from Sony, featuring cutting-edge technology; the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, with great graphics; and Nintendo’s lively, easy-to-use Wii. …Electronic Arts Is Ready

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Midway Reports 2006 Q4 and Year End Results

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Xbox 360 is still in the news!

FinFacts Ireland, Ireland - 11 minutes ago
In April, Lucent sued Microsoft for illegally using Lucent’s video-decoding technology in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 videogame system. …US court orders Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion for infringing two …

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 12 minutes ago
Microsoft and Alcatel are locked in a number of patent disputes including a suit over the video-decoding technology in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game …Microsoft to pay $US1.5b in damages

KOMO, WA - 20 minutes ago
Microsoft, the maker of Xbox has a "safety team" in place to crackdown on players who act inappropriately online. Aaron Greenberg, the group product manager …Online gaming world a forum for sex predators

Xboxic - 21 minutes ago
Speaking to CVG, Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, spoke on the subject of the first Xboxs sudden demise, and whether the same …22:37 Microsoft not going to kill the 360 (1)

eWeek, MA - 22 minutes ago
Microsoft and Alcatel are locked in a number of patent disputes including a suit over the video-decoding technology in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game …Microsoft Hit with $1.52B Patent Suit Damages

Business Wire (press release), CA - 24 minutes ago
Midway launched Blitz: The League for the Xbox 360, the next generation installment of our million-unit franchise which was a finalist for the GameSpot.com …Midway Reports 2006 Q4 and Year End Results

CIO Insight, IL - 30 minutes ago
Microsoft and Alcatel are locked in a number of patent disputes including a suit over the video-decoding technology in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game …Microsoft Hit with $1.52 Bln Patent Suit Damages

National Post, Canada - 33 minutes ago
Microsoft and Alcatel are locked in a number of patent disputes including a suit over the video-decoding technology in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game …Microsoft hit with US$1.5B in damages

PS3Center.net, Canada - 34 minutes ago
THQ made the announcement today that the Juiced racing franchise would be making its way onto the next-generation PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. …Juiced 2 Announced For PS3 and Xbox 360

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Gaming Console Power Consumption Revisited

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HispanicBusiness.com, CA - 1 hour ago
The strong sales figures showed that the innovative Wii easily outsold its competitors. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 294000 units and Sony’s Playstation 3 sold …Nintendo Back on Top as Wii Named Best-selling Console

Digitaltrends.com, OR - 43 minutes ago
For the month, Capcom’s Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for the Xbox 360 came in tops, with 329000 copies sold during the month. Other Xbox 360 titles in the …Nintendo Wii: Top Console in January

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 2 hours ago
Sales of the Xbox 360 remain strong given its maturity, and retailers have reported that the Wii is selling as fast as they can get their hands on stock. …Sony unveils PlayStation sweeteners

CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
… Microsoft got its Xbox 360 to market nearly a year earlier. Even more humiliating, the PS 3 has been upstaged by Nintendo’s Wii, a lower-tech but much …The trouble with Sony

CrunchGear, NY - 2 hours ago
The Wii uses considerably less electricity than the PS3 or Xbox 360 and makes the PC look as wasteful as a Hummer with a hole in its gas tank. …Wii Uses Less Power Than Anything Else

Gamasutra, CA - 3 hours ago
US sales data from the NPD Group this week found that the Wii sales exceeded both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in January, with 436000 Wii consoles sold …Merrill Lynch: Wii In 30% Of US Households By 2011

Punch Jump, CA - 1 hour ago
In addition, the Wii has outperformed the PS3 and Xbox 360 in week-to-week Japan sales, outselling the closest competitor by 3-to-1. …Wii in 30 percent of US homes by 2011, says analyst

Shacknews - 3 hours ago
… first look at the Xbox 360 version of the game, which is also en route to PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, Game Boy Advance, and PC. …Spider-Man 3: The Game First Look

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Microsoft Plans IPTV Euro Debut

Did you hear the following breaking news about the 2007 Xbox 360 innovations?

PressZoom (press release), Netherlands - 24 minutes ago
(PressZoom) - After the successful launch of 360Zine for Xbox 360 gamers and PCGZine for PC gamers in 2006, Cranberry Publishing Ltd is pleased to announce …Free magazine for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS gamers launches

BroadbandReports.com, NY - 25 minutes ago
… geeks playing XBOX in a Hummer is 900% more likely. It is reasonable to expect a video game is going to require a lot more attention than a cellphone? …Xbox 360, a Jeep, and Google-Fi

Playfuls.com, Romania - 32 minutes ago
… PC and Xbox 360. It seems however that the PlayStation versions are a lot further ahead in development, as implied by the large gap between the game’s …SBK 07: Superbike World Championship Details And Screens

Gaming Bits, FL - 33 minutes ago
February 20, 2007 THQ Inc. today announced plans to bring Tetris? Evolution, the newest version of the puzzle genre powerhouse, to Xbox 360 video game …Tetris Evolution Coming To Xbox 360

GameIndustry.com, DC - 42 minutes ago
… combining a gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 players on the Xbox Live online game service. …LOST PLANET IS TOP MONTHLY SELLER

Xbox 2 News, IL - 54 minutes ago
Major League Baseball 2K7, rated "E" for Everyone, will be in stores on February 27, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and Xbox? video game and entertainment systems …MLB 2K7 Soundtrack Revealed

GizmoCafe, Canada - 55 minutes ago
Most of you will be aware that Microsoft is behind the Xbox 360 console, but its also worth pointing out that the companys own Microsoft Game Studios …Microsofts Bill Gates Limits Kids Computer Time: Propaganda?

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LeBron James pairs with Microsoft on interactive website

Time to alert the people who follow Xbox 360 happenings:

Business Wire (press release), CA - 39 minutes ago
NBA STREET Homecourt is the first Xbox 360 game to support 1080p and boasts a seamless blending of animation running at 60fps(1). The game features the …We Got Next! EAs NBA STREET Homecourt Ships to Retailers

RealFooty, Australia - 46 minutes ago
"Instead of working or studying when they are not playing and training, too many of our pro footballers fill in their time playing Xbox or PlayStation. …Shame on them

Techtree.com, India - 48 minutes ago
Now, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has already launched its video download service, Xbox Live, in November 2006. Several other video download services are also …PS3 to Get Download Service

WTOP, DC - 1 hour ago
He was already a fan of Xbox, the company’s wildly popular video gaming system before adding the company to his impressive business portfolio. …LeBron Pairs With Microsoft on Web Site

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Review: Sony Playstation 3 games console

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Planet Xbox 360, MI - 1 hour ago
The Xbox consoles are notoriously pegged as gaming systems for people who love to shoot things. Why, then, does the one "kiddie" console on the market have …Who Killed the Light Gun?

1UP.com, NY - 4 hours ago
Microsoft might have trouble meeting their Xbox Live Wednesdays week-to-week, but Nintendo remains surprisingly consistent with its Virtual Console updates. …Virtual Console: Donkey Kong Country Leads the Pack

GamesIndustry.biz, UK - 6 hours ago
"Although we expect demand to be high, we think that the addressable market will be quite small, with only approximately 13 - 14 million Xbox 360 owners at …‘Risky’ Take-Two could struggle to make profits, warns analyst

VNUNet.com, UK - 8 hours ago
Microsoft’s now-veteran-like Xbox 360 arrived in December 2005 and Nintendo’s motion-detecting Wii topped Christmas wish lists a few months ago. …Review: Sony Playstation 3 games console

Eurogamer, UK - 9 hours ago
Will you be appearing on Nintendo Wii, for example? DS? Perhaps you could name the consoles without associating the games directly? …Q&A: Gamecock’s Mike Wilson

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Week recap: PS3 gain, Wii rebound, Xbox 360 struggle

Did you hear the following about the Xbox 360 lately?

Punch Jump, CA - 1 hour ago
Xbox 360 sales struggled in Japan on strong competition from rival hardware according to the latest sales research data. In addition, the console was unable …Week recap: PS3 gain, Wii rebound, Xbox 360 struggle

TechWhack, India - 3 hours ago
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI), today announced that, as expected, on February 14, 2007 the company received a Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter indicating …Activision Announces Receipt of Additional Notice from Nasdaq

Sabah, Turkey - 1 hour ago
Through Microsoft, Massive has an in with the maker of the Xbox 360 video game console. Rival console makers Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. …Google said ready to buy Adscape

Wilkes Beacon (subscription), PA - 47 minutes ago
We all have guilty little pleasures, like reading trashy romance novels or playing Madden football on XBOX 360 for hours. These pursuits represent a way to …Celebrity fanfare craze fueled by societal vicious cycle

TheForce.net - 1 hour ago
PlayStation3 and XBox 360 are the next-gen systems. While those other platforms will have the game, the mechanics of gameplay will be decidedly different. …The Force Unleashed Game Informer Article

TechWhack, India - 3 hours ago
Under the executive production of id Software, Nerve Software is developing Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment …id Software Confirms Enemy Territory

Afterdawn.com - 1 hour ago
When asked if Sony would reveal a similar service to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace, Harrison said, "We have a hard drive, we have a commerce …Harrison talks PS3 video downloads, denies price cut

The National, Papua New Guinea - 2 hours ago
In the on going console wars, things have really tightened between the main competitors - the Xbox 360, the Play Station 2 and the Play Station 3. …The console war

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Def Jam Trailer: Iconic New Fighter Set For Playstation 3 And Xbox …

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CVG Online - 26 minutes ago
… Rein saying on Xbox 360 in connection with UT mods that "we’ll be able to do something like that there as well". Mods are the lifeblood of this game, …Can UT console mods ever work?

NorthJersey.com, NJ - 1 hour ago
Quick, what was the best-selling video game console during this past holiday season? Sony’s much-ballyhooed PlayStation 3? Microsoft’s Xbox 360? …Video Games: Playstation 2

NorthJersey.com, NJ - 2 hours ago
Quick, what was the best-selling video game console during this past holiday season? Sony’s much-ballyhooed PlayStation 3? Microsoft’s Xbox 360? …Video Games; Playstation 2

TechShout!, India - 4 hours ago
Now developers Bungie Studios have come out with a whole Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on the beta testing of the game. …Halo 3 Beta FAQ put up on Official Website by Bungie Studios

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IBM's eDRAM Helps AMD More Than It Hurts Intel

Wii - still in the news! Read about it below.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 5 hours ago
But with the highly popular active video game, Dance Dance Revolution, and gaming console’s such as Nintendo’s Wii and now Body Mechanics, the negative hype …New DVD game battles childhood obesity

I4U - 6 hours ago
Amazon started to take pre-orders for the 60GB Sony PS3 for 425 on Friday after some delay. They now stopped taking pre-orders again. …More Sony PS3 Consoles for Pre-order on Amazon UK Monday 19th

Gameinfowire.com - 9 hours ago
The hotly anticipated Godzilla: Unleashed for Wii and Nintendo DS system, Bullet Witch for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, …Atari Unveils New York Comic Con 2007 Line-Up

Inside Bay Area, CA - 13 hours ago
… out later in the year on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP. "Dewey’s Adventure" is the working title for "Elebits" creator’s new Nintendo Wii game. …Konami’s newest game releases seem promising

CRN, NY - 13 hours ago
… Sony Electronics and Toshiba, is the core CPU in all three of the best-selling video game platforms: Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. …IBM’s eDRAM Helps AMD More Than It Hurts Intel

EETimes.com - 13 hours ago
… Sony Electronics and Toshiba, is the core CPU in all three of the best-selling video game platforms: Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. …IBM’s eDRAM helps AMD more than it hurts Intel

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