Numerous headlines report that, in an interview with eWeek’s Darryl K. Taft, Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division president Robbie Bach called the Nintendo Wii no more than GameCube 1.5. And that he said even the original Xbox is better than Nintendo’s supposed next-generation console. So, some folks dug in and decided that yes, the Wii …

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Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健), the Father of the PlayStation, has resigned his position as Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and will instead become Honorary Chairman. The resignation is effective June 19, 2007, when he will be replaced by the currect President and COO, Kazuo Hirai.
Kutaragi was responsible for the PlayStation, which debuted in …

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SCEA has dropped the price of the PSP Core Pack $30 from $199.99 to $169.99 to celebrate the second birthday of the PSP. The SCEA press release also indicates that Sony has added Daxter and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror to the Greatest Hits Collection.
This brings Sony’s mobile gaming platform closer to the price point of …

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Sega Crush, being developed for the Sony PSP by Kuju Brighton, is expected to be released this summer. It is a platform puzzler that switches from 2D to 3D in a flash. Wild. The transitions from between modes is nothing really new but is done so well (at least in the gameplay video below) that …

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Nintendo issued a press release on Jan 23rd, listing some upcoming titles for first quarter 2007 (see below). Wii Play, slated for Feb 14th, comes with a Wii Remote and beefs up the Wii Sports lineup with Billiards, Fishing and Shooting Range, and a target game styled after Duck Hunt, a Nintendo classic. From the press release, supplemented with listed Amazon release dates where available.

Nintendo schedule for a dozen upcoming games plus info on twelve more games after the jump.

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If the Command & Conquer 3 trailer embedded below is any indication, EA’s upcoming title is sure to be a success when it arrives on March 28, 2007.
C&C3 will be released in two editions, the standard Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars package and in a collector’s Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars: Kane Edition …

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This morning (12/29/2006), sometime between 7 AM and 11 AM PST, Amazon will have some number of Wiis for sale. It’s likely to last not longer than a few seconds, judging by the rate at which Wiis sold the previous time Amazon had some in stock.
Related PostsWii SecretsIf you have a Wii, you might …

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FreeGamesNews has an interesting interview with Tonypa, a superb Flash game designer.
In it, he talks about the challenges he has faced with people stealing his games for use on other sites and his basic approach to protecting his content.
If you’re not aware, Tonypa is a newspaper and magazine designer who picked up Flash programming back …

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Another Sony PlayStation 3 commercial, this time focusing on Blu-Ray capacity. More hype, but still compelling. Initial comparisons of movies released both on Blu-ray and HD DVD show HD DVD has a slight quality advantage — no doubt a gap that will be closed. However, it makes sense that raw capacity and speed are what …

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This promo for the Sony PlayStation 3 and its IBM Cell Processor illustrates the PS3’s raw computing power well and makes a compelling case for its potential. Yes, the ad has got its share of hype, but the Cell is snazzy regardless.
Pretty nice ad, but unfortunately it ends with this line, “Which begs the question: …

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