| 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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| Nintendo plan some online service charges, funds for flexibility? | |
| Posted: 25.02.2008 05:28 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 Currently Wii games come with a blue Wi-Fi symbol to show they support online interaction, now a new red 'Pay and Play' icon will appear on those planned to include the subscriptions.
Group manager for Nintendo's Network Administration Group, Takashi Aoyama, said at this year's GDC that these fees "will allow us to adapt flexibly." | |
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| The Strategy Informer Weekly Round Up | |
| Posted: 23.02.2008 08:11 by | Comments: 5 |
 After a short break we're back! Look inside for all the latest reviews, interviews and articles from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd February. | |
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| What's New? Friday 22nd February | |
| Posted: 23.02.2008 01:54 by | Comments: 2 |
 Sorry it's late! | |
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| Beach! HB Studios and THQ launch ball sports on Wii this summer | |
| Posted: 22.02.2008 07:36 by Jamie | Comments: 0 |
 Aside from the double entendre of mentioning balls on the Wii, THQ along with HB Studios will be bringing 'Big Beach Sports', which includes games like football, volleyball, American football, cricket, disc golf, and bocce sometime this summer exclusively to the Nintendo console. | |
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| Nintendo's Virtual Console expands to the extinct Commodore 64 | |
| Posted: 22.02.2008 06:28 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 Released in 1982, the Commodore "breadbox" 64 paved the way for the video games industry making it an iconic product of the 20th century, selling around 30 million units with over 4,000 games to its name.
Nintendo will be rolling out the games for this retired legend with International Karate and Uridium the first contenders. The games will be made available shortly to the European Wii Shop at 500 Wii points each. | |
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| Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 review | |
| Posted: 21.02.2008 09:20 by | Comments: 2 |
 Andi Hamilton played Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. The third game in this popular series, it features 161 characters (the most in the series), a replay system and online capability, among other features. But if one owns one or both of the other titles, is this worth picking up? The author shares his opinion. Read the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 review. | |
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| Bethesda Softworks Announces the European Release of STAR TREK: Conquest | |
| Posted: 21.02.2008 06:04 by Kres | Comments: 2 |
 Bethesda Softworks announced today that the European release of Star Trek: Conquest, a blend of strategy and action set in the Next Generation era, will be available on the Wii and PlayStation 2 in Q1 2008. | |
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| Nintendo to release Mario Kart Wii in Europe on 11th April 2008 | |
| Posted: 20.02.2008 04:15 by Kres | Comments: 5 |
 Nintendo announced this morning that the next installment in the Mario Kart Series, Mario Kart Wii, is set to be released in Europe on April 11th 2008. | |
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| Big media companies to end licensing, bring game development in-house | |
| Posted: 19.02.2008 13:28 by | Comments: 4 |
 The general idea about games based on movies is that they suck. Simply put, they are almost always poorly rated and just low-quality titles. That isn't for no reason, of course. Game developers and publishers who make these games are usually on serious time restraints that force them to pump out a game by the movie's release date. | |
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