| What's New? Friday 29/02/08 | |
| Posted: 28.02.2008 06:48 by |  Comments: 4 |
 Your weekly look at all the games that will be available to buy for money this week. | |
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| Silence is golden for online Mario Kart Wii, voice and text chat ban | |
| Posted: 28.02.2008 06:24 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 Nintendo having promised previously that gamers would get to create their own rooms where they can chat to other racers, have now reversed their decision and instead have installed fixed phrases or taunts to use.
Who'd have thought Mario Kart would be a ticking-time bomb for sass and textual debauchery? | |
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| House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return - Extreme Mode | |
| Posted: 28.02.2008 04:21 by Kres | Comments: 1 |
 Sega has informed us about a new mode that will be appearing in The House of the Dead 2 & 3 for the Wii. This mode is entitled “Extreme mode” and is exclusive to the Wii version of the classic Zombie blaster. | |
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| Japanese Gaming Charts: 18/02/08 to 24/02/08 | |
| Posted: 28.02.2008 03:54 by | Comments: 8 |
 Always wondered how the Japanese spend their hard-earned each week? Well, now's your chance to find out. | |
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| Geometry Wars: Galaxies review | |
| Posted: 27.02.2008 13:20 by | Comments: 0 |
 Geometry Wars: Galaxies, the sequel to what was originally a bonus-game in an Xbox title, has been hailed as immensely entertaining. The game is given another dimension with the unique Wii controller. Rob Rymond played the game and shares his thoughts. Read the Geometry Wars: Galaxies review. | |
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| Competition Closed: Win a copy of Geometry Wars: Galaxies for Wii/DS | |
| Posted: 27.02.2008 09:43 by Kres | Comments: 14 |
 Staff of Strategy Informer recently enjoyed playing Geometry Wars: Galaxies on the Nintendo DS, and also gave it a whopping 8.2/10 in our Wii review, so to celebrate our love for all things Geomentry Wars, we've decided to run a little competition to allow our European visitors the chance to win a copy of either the DS or Wii version. UPDATE: The Competition has now closed, winners are announced inside! | |
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| Resident Evil Zero being ported to the Wii? UPDATED | |
| Posted: 27.02.2008 03:19 by Kres | Comments: 2 |
 The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed that Capcom could be planning on developing an updated version of Resident Evil Zero for the Wii. Its been called Biohazard 0 in Japan and will be released during the Summer, but no information was given for a release in Europe. | |
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| Nintendo to Wii: 3.2 for you - firmware update available this morning | |
| Posted: 26.02.2008 06:55 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 Those looking for extra goodies will be disappointed; this latest update adds no additional functionality to the Wii. To signal the arrival of new updates the consoles disc drive flashes blue, alerting gamers to available upgrades.
Said to improve behind-the-scenes performance with Nintendo citing this as only a quick update. | |
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| The UK Charts: Week Ending 23/02/08 | |
| Posted: 26.02.2008 05:32 by | Comments: 0 |
 All the top 40 movers and shakers and whatnot. | |
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| Nintendo remain tight-lipped on Europe's launch of WiiWare service | |
| Posted: 26.02.2008 04:58 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 The US date for WiiWare, which allows users to develop their own games for the Wii, has already been set for May 12.
When asked about the Wii hungry Europeans getting their euro mitts on the home-brewing dev kit, Nintendo refuse to let up on the silence and won't even hint when an announcement could be made. | |
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