What is Ubisoft planning?
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Mvern78
Posted April 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I'm sure you have all seen the teaser for Assassins Creed 2, but did you catch the date in the message (see mirror image below).Looks like Ubisoft will be keeping us in the dark for another week - big things appear to be planned for 04/16/09?I have also heard that if you have a web cam and visit the site - special interactions and information will be reveled - unfortunately I do not have a web cam handy, care to share what you see?...
Nintendo’s Most Wanted | April 2009
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Mvern78
Posted April 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Returning favourites and first party Nintendo properties continue to dominate the most wanted titles lists for both the Wii and DS April Most wanted report.Wii™The Wii has been on fire recording 44.9 million units sold as of December 2008. Many new and surprising titles are running up the list, like the luke warm Wii Music being the #1 place holder for the the Wii... Who saw that coming - I sure didn't. Here are your Wii Most wanted for April:Wii Music™Animal Crossing™: City FolkMario Kar...
IMHO: Episode 2 – To Wii or Not to Wii…
Welcome to the 2nd IMHO segment where we discuss certain aspects of the gaming industry or express our point of views on the subject. Today’s segment is going to be a little different. I’m going to pose an opinion and my counterpart Matt is going to provide us with his rebuttal. We still want your feedback though so please don’t be shy.It seems that everywhere you turn; people are talking about the Nintendo Wii. People have been clamouring for this new “Buzz Word” since its release Nov...
Elan Awards announce Honourary Award Winners for 2009
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Mvern78
Posted April 6th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Vancouver, BC - April 6, 2009 - The 3rd Annual ELAN Awards announced today that their first year of arranging industry and media online-voting at IGN.com for their three Honorary Awards was a great success. The voting closed on Friday and the winners are:For "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT in ANIMATION", Hayao Miyazaki is a prominent director of many popular animated feature films.For "VISIONARY AWARD" for VFX, Paul Debevec is a researcher in computer graphics at the University of Southern California's In...
Review: Obulis
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Mvern78
Posted April 4th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
What do you get when you add Balls, Pots, Chains, Rope, Catapults and Physics? You guessed it you get Obulis a Puzzle based games using gravity, chain reactions and cannon fire to move the coloured balls across each board in to the corresponding coloured pot. When I first installed Obulis I sat down intending to play a few boards before dinner and ended up playing for over half an hour. Quickly I found this game to be both addictive and challenging. Game play consists of selecting a rope (right...
Break Free From The Cords
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Mvern78
Posted April 4th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
So you have Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Lips. With each new game bundle you get a separate microphone, and all of these are now laying about taking up space. Well it is time to celebrate, your problems are coming to an end. Go forth and break free from the cords.Microsoft recently announced that the newly released Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2 will be among the first music titles to support the Lips wireless microphones. Lips microphones are equipped with motio...
Great White North Gears Edition
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Mvern78
Posted April 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Canadian nights in early April are usually temperate and hover around the freezing point (0°C or 32°F for our US friends), but last night things got significantly colder around here. I'm talking about Jade hosting the Gears of War 2 Canadian Gamer night featuring the Snowblind Map Pack (referred to as the "Great White North Gears" in the Xbox forums) DLC. A great time was had by all... now lets get down to the business of reviewing these maps.Gameplay will be one you're already comfortable wit...
Quebec law to prohibit English-only games if French version exists
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Mvern78
Posted April 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Sadly this is not an April Fools Joke... File this under "WTF are they thinking?"The Toronto Star is reporting that effective Yesterday (April 1, 2009) it is now illegal to sell the English-only version of a game if a French version is available to consumers. This is in a move to "promote and protect the French language" quotes the Star.This has given concern to many of the retailers in the province, some even thinking this will drive them into bankruptcy.While talking to the Toronto Start retai...
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