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Rumor: Warner Bros. had no interest in wrestling game, rights may return to TNA
When Midway filed bankruptcy, one of the potentially lucrative licenses it had was the right to make games based on TNA Wrestling. When Warner Bros. bought the company it picked up the rights to several Midway games but PWInsider said the TNA game wasn’t one of them. PWInsider’s TNA sources said the rights may bounce back to TNA since Warner Bros. wasn’t interested in purchasing them. TNA officials won’t comment on what, if anything, is…
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Rumor: The Who could be the next supergroup to get its own Rock Band game
The Who could be the next supergroup to appear in a Rock Band game, at least according to what frontman Roger Daltrey let slip in a recent interview.
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Rumor Mill: French site claims Wii 2 to feature Blu-ray, available 2010 (updated)
If this rumor is correct, the new sysytem will play Blu-ray movies and there might be a trade-up program…
Miyamoto says next Wii might be more wee
In an interview with Popular Mechanics, gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto talked about what he feels will be the natural evolution of the Wii and its various control devices. They have the technology. They can rebuild it and make it better, cuter and, yes, smaller than before… Continue Reading »
Rumor: Nintendo to release DSi with larger screen in Japan
Nintendo usually waits a couple years before changing the hardware on its handheld devices but it just may break tradition this time around. According to a report from Nikkei news service (via a quick NeoGaf translation of a blog post), Nintendo will release a new DSi in Japan this year… Continue Reading »
No Blu-ray for You 2: Major Nelson refutes Ballmer’s Blu-ray-for-Xbox 360 comment
In response to to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments concerning the possible future use of Blu-ray drives as accessories on the Xbox 360, Xbox Live’s Director of Programming, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb posted this on his web site: During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the… Continue Reading »
Confirmed: Star Wars Trench Run for iPhone “launching soon”
FROM APPLETELL - Yesterday’s video of Star Wars: Trench Run for iPhone left a lot of unanswered questions, the most notable being, “Is this fake?” Well, I’m happy to say that…
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Maybe Blu-ray for You: Microsoft’s Ballmer talks about Blu-ray for the Xbox 360
In an interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Gizmodo pulled out a revealing tidbit concerning the possibility of Blu-ray being playable on the Xbox 360 game system. Microsoft, which had sided with HD-DVD and then HD digital downloads in the late, great high-def format war of 2008, has basically flipped… Continue Reading »
Star Wars Trench Run on an iPhone not so far, far away
FROM APPLETELL - We know virtually nothing except for a YouTube video but it appears that THQ Wireless will be bringing a new version of the classic Star Wars game to the iPhone.
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GameStop director unloads $60 million worth of stock
In a move drawing a lot of industry attention, GameStop director Leonard Riggio has sold 2.3 million shares of the company’s stock. He earned $60.2 million from the sale and reduced his ownership in the game retail company from 6.9 percent to 5.5 percent. The timing seems odd as the… Continue Reading »
Rock Band coming to iPhone very soon
FROM APPLETELL - EA Games has confirmed that a version of Rock Band is currently awaiting approval in the long line of iPhone applications and should hopefully be available next week.
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Rumor: Resistance 3 teased via Louisiana billboard ad
The Resistance series was one of the first franchises to grace the PS3. Both Fall of Man and its sequel have been well received by the general public and Resistance: Retribution on the PSP followed suit. We really haven’t started thinking about the inevitable Resistance sequel yet but apparently Insomniac… Continue Reading »
Peer Pressure: U2 interested in starring in Beatles: Rock Band-like game
Considering the success of The Beatles: Rock Band what band, mega or not, doesn’t want to add “Uber Popular Game Franchise” to its resume? Continue Reading »
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Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
