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JoWooD announces Yoga Wii for Q2 2009
via Joystiq by Ross Miller on July 07, 2008
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, SportsPictured: Wii FitJoWooD Productions has announced Yoga Wii(not to be confused with Wii Yoga), coming second quarter of 2009 for the Nintendo Wii. The game will support the Balance Board as, according to the press release, "it plays a central role for the exercising (gaming) experience." No other details or assets are currently available. We expect this to...
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Pioneer develops 16-layer, 400GB Blu-ray disc
via Joystiq by Kyle Orland on July 07, 2008
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3Dual-layer Blu-ray discs are so 2006. The new hotness is Pioneer's just-developed, 16-layer Blu-ray disc (pictured above) with a whopping 400GB of writable storage space. For reference, that disc could hold roughly eight copies of Metal Gear Solid 4, 187 copies of Final Fantasy VII, or 1.25 million copies of the original Super Mario Bros.The new discs require a...
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An exhaustive look at Game & Watch
via Joystiq by Ross Miller on July 02, 2008
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, GalleriesIt's time to take a look back at Nintendo's first foray into handheld gaming, nine years before Game Boy (and three years before Famicon/NES). Researchers at DS Fanboy have compiled an exhaustive rertrospective on the Game & Watch, in addition to interviewing two dedicated collectors. As is commonly written, know your roots.Gallery: Game &...
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Readers pick best webcomic: The Gabriel Method
via Joystiq by Ross Miller on June 25, 2008
Filed under: Culture, Online, PollsApparently putting two Penny Arcade entries doesn't split the votes but somehow garners Tycho and Gabe with over 50% of the weekly webcomic wrapup's votes. First place goes to "The Gabriel Method," third place goes to "The Flavor Method" and sanwiched in between is Rooster Teeth. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know what game-related...
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Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 19 - June 25
via Joystiq by David Hinkle on June 25, 2008
Filed under: Nintendo WiiWhat do you think of WiiWare? Love it? Hate it? Don't feel one way or the other about it? Don't own a Wii? Should we stop asking questions? Bueller?Anywho, silly introductory paragraphs aside, we're tackling the subject of WiiWare in our latest Point/Counterpoint feature. It's kind of like those ridiculous political shows you see on Fox News, where two...
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Wear your Kojima-love on your wrist with a limited edition MGS4 watch
via Joystiq by Griffin McElroy on June 21, 2008
... by Kojima himself. With only 500 units hitting the market, we imagine diehard FOXHOUND fans will snatch up the available preorders, and drop the £99.99 ($197) required to procure the sexy chronometer when it hits digital shelves this Halloween. We're sure it will go great with their more-than-slightly unsettling Psycho Mantis costumes.[Via Engadget]Permalink | Email this | Comments
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MGS4 sells 476K units first week in Japan; UK PS3 sales impact 'minimal'
via Joystiq by Alexander Sliwinski on June 17, 2008
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, BusinessIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Here is the Metal Gear Solid 4 tale of two regions. In Japan, Famitsu reports that MGS4 sold 476,334 copies in its first few days, becoming the best-selling PS3 game to date in the region. Snake also boosted sales of the PS3 itself, with Japanese sales hovering around the 10K mark, as the console...
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A week with Spore Creature Creator: Day One
via Joystiq by Ross Miller on June 17, 2008
Filed under: Mac, PC, SimulationsIn our quest to familiarize ourselves with the laws of nature (and subsequently defy them), this week we're going to share at least five abominations, one each day, that we've concocted in Spore Creature Creator. You can keep track of this writer's progress via this Spore profile page. While we've got no Murlocs today, we did try our hand at making...
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Bodysurf: Where the Wii Balance Board meets Audiosurf
via Joystiq by Justin McElroy on June 17, 2008
Filed under: PC, Nintendo Wii, RhythmWe've made no secret of our love for rhythm action game Audiosurf. But if there's one thing we've made more blatantly obvious it's our distaste for exercise. So you can understand if we have mixed feelings about Bodysurf, a hack developed by Evan Jones that allows you to play the game using the Wii Balance Board.If you're curious how you...
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Spore Creature Creator demo available now on PC and Mac
via Joystiq by Alexander Sliwinski on June 17, 2008
Filed under: Mac, PC, StrategyLike another layer in the Russian nesting doll of Spore hype creation, the Spore Creature Creator demo is out now for both Mac and PC. Big Download reports the demo contains 25% of the content available in the full $10 retail version releasing tomorrow. We've got some impressions up on the Spore Creature Creator after fiddling around with it for a week. Spore...
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