Nintendo has today come forth to announce PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Big Adventure, a Wii title developed by Creatures Inc.. If you’re a gamer, you’ll undoubtedly recognize Creatures Inc. as the creators of the megapopular Gameboy Pokemon titles.
But anyways, PokePark Wii won’t be fashioned after the Gameboy games but instead will star Pikachu as he works with other Pokemon to complete mini games and the like. Yes, more mini games for the Wii but this one is with Pokemon so it’s sure to sell like hot cakes.
PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Big Adventure will hit store shelves in Japan on December 5th for around $53.
Sony has announced a 250 GB version of the fast selling PS3 Slim console. The console will be available on November 3, and will retail for $350 — just $50 more than the 120 GB version. The new PS3 will come in a grey box, to slightly differentiate between the retail SKUs of the 120 and 250 GB versions.
Logitech, makers of the very popular G11 gaming keyboard, have revealed its successor; the G110. The new keyboard doesn’t have as an aggressive look as the predecessor, but the technology inside has been improves somewhat; the G110 features 13 programmable keys, automatic game detection that loads custom profiles for each game, and red or blue LED back-lighting on all keys. There’s no mention of price or release date at this point, but we expect the initial price point to be a notch above the older model.
The Left 4 Dead boycott was started by two L4D players, called Agent of Chaos and Walking_Target, a few months ago, and gathered considerable attention. The players were disappointed by Valve for releasing a sequel only a year after the original game, and not fulfilling the promise of DLC and updates to the original game, have now ended the boycott, saying they are satisfied with what they achieved. Valve recently released a free DLC for L4D, less than a month before the sequel hits the stores. The two gamers who started the boycott group (which grew to some 30,000 members), were flown to Seattle and demonstrated Left 4 Dead 2 a few weeks ago, which probably affected their views on the sequel. Just a bit.
Nintendo has revealed a new, black Wiimote bundle, which includes the Wiimote, a Wii Motion Plus attachment, and a sleeve, all in shiny black. The new bundle will be available on November 17 and will retail for $50, which is a good deal, considering a Wiimote and Motion Plus attachment would run you $10 more if bought separately. If you wish to complete your black Wiimote controller, the black nun-chuck will be sold separately for $20.
Valve has revealed that those who pre-ordered Left 4 Dead 2 will have a chance of getting hold of the demo on October 27 and try the game (or perhaps, train in some zombie killing), while the public will get hold of the demo on November 3. On the Xbox 360, Live Gold members will receive the demo on Nov 3, while Live Silver members will have to wait until November 10. Left 4 Dead 2 is slated for release on November 17.
Yesterday we wrote about the release of Crytek’s CryEngine 3, an now we have a video to back up the claims made about “Beauty, Speed, Interaction” (Crytek’s words). The video shows the engine in action, on all three major platforms; PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Left 4 Dead 2 is out in only a few weeks time, and the last DLC for Left 4 Dead, Crash Course, is finally available for download. The new DLC includes a new campaign consisting of two chapters, and what’s best, it’s free. That is, if you’re playing Left 4 Dead on the PC, Xbox 360 owners will have to fork out $7. It’s sad, but Valve wanted for the DLC to be free on console as well, against the wish of Microsoft. Anyways, to the review…
In Left 4 Dead: Crash Course, the story picks up where the No Mercy campaign ended, with the downed helicopter, from where you mist fight you way to a getaway vehicle. The new campaign can be played like previous campaigns, in single player, co-op mode with fellow humans, and versus mode, where one team are the survivors while the other team are the zombies. The gameplay is as crazy and tense as it always was in Left 4 Dead, however this time, the new locations are considerably darker than before, leading to a lot surprises with enemies jumping out of nearly every dark corner — this is especially useful to the ones playing the infected zombies in versus mode. READ ON »
Amazon.com has today announced that they will be holding a buy 2 games get 1 free deal through Saturday, October 17th. In such an economy, this is a perfect time for gamers to rejoice and hop on this deal as fast as they can.
What’s better is games such as Madden NFL 10, Need for Speed: Shift, NHL 10 and Call of Duty: World at War all make the cut, among other titles.
Check out the full list of qualifying titles for the various consoles here.
“It’s a really different type of market now; I remember five or six years ago, you’d get a game, finish it, put it back on the shelf and that was it. But now it’s almost as though the game’s release is just the beginning, really. Ours is a game that lends itself very well to expansion – there will be weapons packs, map packs – all sorts of things we can do to get our product out there.”
He then further elaborates on the game’s DLC future:
“We’ve got some very ambitious plans with DLC – our first pack is coming up in a matter of weeks,” Lenton said. “We’ll also have title updates coming up because once the game’s out there, we’ll need to get feedback from the people who are playing it, and if need be make a few adjustments and tweaks.”
So basically, instead of shipping the full game this new market gives developers the tools needed to continue to exploit support gamers for as long as they want.
The Left 4 Dead boycott was started by two L4D players, called Agent of Chaos and Walking_Target, a few months ago, and gathered considerable attention. The players were disappointed by Valve for releasing a sequel only a year after the original game, and not fulfilling the promise of DLC and updates to the original game, have now 
Left 4 Dead 2 is out in only a few weeks time, and the last DLC for Left 4 Dead, Crash Course, is finally available for download. The new DLC includes a new campaign consisting of two chapters, and what’s best, it’s free. That is, if you’re playing Left 4 Dead on the PC, Xbox 360 owners will have to fork out $7. It’s sad, but Valve wanted for the DLC to be free on console as well, against the wish of Microsoft. Anyways, to the review…
