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PS3 costs $838 in the UK at the European launch on March 23

kramkoob — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:04:00 -0500

Sony has said the PlayStation 3 in Europe is still lined up for the March 23 launch date. However, the pricing is different all over Europe. Gamers in the UK get the worst deal on the 60GB price of a PS3, which in America is $599, in comparison in the UK you pay $838. Tagged by kramkoob under ps3, playstation-3, sony, game, console, launch, price, europe, uk, ireland, australia, america,

Sony announces PS3 gets pack-in Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights, 21 launch games list, online store service detailed, peripherals

kramkoob — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:31:00 -0400

Sony today announced its debut game titles and unveiled the online strategy for the PS3. The company ’s PS3 along with 21 launch window games as well as downloadable games will be available in North America on November 17, 2006. Tagged by kramkoob under ps3, playstation-3, sony, playstation, game, console, blu-ray, video-games, Talladega-Nights, resistance-fall-of-man, genji, nba-07, call-of-duty-3, oblivion,

Wii to hit Americas on November 19 for $250!

kramkoob — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:25:00 -0400

The Wii will cost $250 and will launch in both North & South America on Saturday, November 19th. The Wii will SHIP with a free game, that game being Wii Sports. Tagged by kramkoob under wii, wii-price, release-date, zelda, twilight-princess, nintendo, game, nintendo-wii,

400,000 PlayStation 3 units at the American launch, Japan gets only 100,000

kramkoob — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:25:00 -0400

What kind of shortages can you expect with only 400,000 PlayStation 3 units at the American launch, and Japan geting a mere 100,000 PS3s, and Europe with 0 will see many importers. Tagged by kramkoob under playstation-3, ps3, sony, launch, release-date, games, console, europe, america, japan,

Yggdrasil Labyrinth DS renamed Etrian Odyssey for trip to America

kramkoob — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:01:00 -0400

Atlus U.S.A. today announced the acquisition of the American publishing rights to Etrian Odyssey, formerly titled Yggdrasil Labyrinth in Japan, a new RPG for the Nintendo DS. Tagged by kramkoob under Etrian-Odyssey, ds, rpg, game, atlus, nintendo-ds, Yggdrasil-Labyrinth,

Nanostray 2 announced for Nintendo DS

kramkoob — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:35:00 -0400

Shin’en Multimedia today announced the development of Nanostray 2 for the Nintendo DS. Nanostray 2 is the sequel to the Shoot ’em up Nanostray which has been successfully released in America, Europe and Japan. Tagged by kramkoob under Nanostray, Nanostray-2, ds, nintendo-ds, game, shinen,

Nintendo DS Lite goes Pink in America & Europe this autumn, US finally gets Black too

kramkoob — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:55:00 -0400

The Nintendo DS Lite Pink & Black colors will be released in America, where only White was released so far, on September 13. Europe will go Pink on October 27. Tagged by kramkoob under nintendo, ds-lite, handheld, nintendo-ds, colors,

Get Mew in your Pokemon games via Toys R Us on September 19

kramkoob — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:56:00 -0400

To celebrate the release of Pokemon: Lucario & The Mystery of Mew, which is coming to DVD on September 19th, as well as the launch of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Toys R Us stores all over America for one day will be distributing the mysterious Pokemon Mew. Tagged by kramkoob under pokemon, mew, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen,

Nintendo will release new games for classic consoles on Wii’s Virtual Console, Earthbound 2 hinted

kramkoob — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:19:00 -0400

Over at Camp Hyrule George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication at Nintendo of America, answered some questions of Nintendo fans in a chat yesterday. Singled out are the Virtual Console answers he gave, very interesting. Tagged by kramkoob under virtual-console, nintendo, wii, nintendo-wii, games, earthbound, mother-3, nes, snes, n64, gamecube, Sega-Genesis, TurboGrafx,

Bullet Witch coming to America & Europe, Xbox 360 exclusive video preview included

kramkoob — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:54:00 -0400

Atari today announced a publishing agreement with Japanese publisher AQ Interactive to release Bullet Witch on the Xbox 360 in America and Europe. In 2013 human kind is on the brink of extinction and hideous demons are creating a tidal wave of destruction and havoc. Alicia, the Bullet Witch, will of course try and save Earth with her magic & gun. Tagged by kramkoob under bullet-witch, xbox-360, game, atari,

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day sells 4 million worldwide

kramkoob — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:16:00 -0400

The latest craze to sweep the planet is Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for the portable Nintendo DS. Selling more than 4 million units worldwide, including 600,000 in the Americas, 3 million in Japan and 500,000 in Europe. Tagged by kramkoob under Brain-Age, Nintendo, DS, game, Train-Your-Brain-in-Minutes-a-Day,

Guild Wars hits 2 million accounts, NCsoft talks other MMOs

kramkoob — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:39:00 -0400

Thanks to Factions, in the second quarter of 2006 the Guild Wars franchise surpassed two million account activations worldwide and became the number one game in both North America and Europe. Tagged by kramkoob under Guild-Wars, Guild-Wars-Factions, Guild-Wars-Nightfall, Lineage, Lineage-II, Auto-Assault, Aion, mmo, mmorpg, online-game, game,

Gears of War release date on Xbox 360 set for November 12-17

kramkoob — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:13:00 -0400

Gears of War will be available in America on November 12 and in Europe on November 17. If that date sounds familar, it ’s because the PlayStation 3 is launching in America and Europe on that date and this clearly is the 360’s move to give their gamers something extra during that time. Tagged by kramkoob under Gears-of-War, xbox-360, fps, game, epic-games, microsoft, cliffyb,

Call of Duty 3 PS3 and Wii pre-order bonus

kramkoob — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:16:00 -0400

Order Call of Duty 3 for the Nintendo Wii or the Sony PlayStation 3 at America Gamestop or EB Games (online and retail) stores and receive a Sneak Peek into Call of Duty 3 Bonus DVD for free. Tagged by kramkoob under Call-of-Duty-3, ps3, wii, playstation-3, nintendo-wii, game, fps, Call-of-Duty,

Reggie Fils-Aime Revolution interview

kramkoob — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:15:00 -0400

Before becoming president of Nintendo of America in May, Reggie Fils-Aime gave an interview on Spike TV in February 2006. It ’s about the DS Lite, Wii (then still called Revolution), Zelda: Twilight Princess release date woes and even Nintendo fanboys. Tagged by kramkoob under nintendo, zelda, ds-lite, ds, twilight-princess, fanboys, Reggie-Fils-Aime,

Okami for PS2 shows its colors

kramkoob — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:29:00 -0400

Okami is Japanese for Great Wolf Deity. Okami is the first original title from Capcom ’s Clover Studio, headed up by Viewtiful Joe producer Atsushi Inaba. This singleplayer action/adventure game is a PS2 exclusive coming to America & Europe on September 12. The storyline and gameplay can be seen in the included movies. Tagged by kramkoob under okami, ps2, game, cel-shaded, capcom, clover-studio,

Wii region-free? Nintendo still deciding

kramkoob — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:50:00 -0400

Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America mentions that the success of Nintendo DS has offered a lot of lessons about what works in the marketplace and we certainly intend to keep our fans satisfied. For the Wii system, we are finalizing all the relevant details and will be making announcements in the coming months. Tagged by kramkoob under wii, nintendo, nintendo-wii, console, region-free, games,

New DDR game Dance Factory makes dancing routines to all your CD songs!

kramkoob — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:01:00 -0400

With Dance Factory for the PS2 you can put in any music CD and have the game generate dance steps on the fly for you. You put in the disc, it gives you a routine, and you get to play it. The release date is August 29th in Europe & America. Tagged by kramkoob under ddr, dance-factory, ps2, playstation-2, codemasters, game, dancing,

Weightlifting for little kids being considered

kramkoob — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:56:00 -0400

America’s battle against obesity never ends. Adding weights to children ’s toys may help them improve their fitness during playtime, the results of a small study suggest. Tagged by kramkoob under Weightlifting, kids, fitness, exercise, obesity, america,

Sega speaks about PS3 & Wii, reveals Virtua Fighter 5 & Sonic Wild Fire due March 2007

kramkoob — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:09:00 -0400

…and Full Auto 2: Battlelines coming to PS3 as launch title on November 17, 2006, and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is set for the Wii launch in the last three months of 2006. Sega of America ’s VP of Marketing, Scott Steinberg, talks about Sega’s approach to next-gen consoles... Tagged by kramkoob under sega, nintendo, wii, sony, ps3, playstation-3, virtua-fighter-5, sonic-wild-fire, full-auto-2, Super-Monkey-Ball,