Nintendo’s Media Summit went down in San Fransisco yesterday and among the big titles being talked about was Super Mario Galaxy 2. We’ve already told you when it’s going to be released, but the media summit also came with a bally load of trailers and gameplay footage, which we’re very proud to bring you. I am a huge fan of the original Super Mario Galaxy and from just seeing the [...]
When we received word earlier today that Super Mario Galaxy 2 would be released before Christmas this year, we didn’t think they meant quite this early… Nintendo has just confirmed at its San Francisco media summit that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be hitting stores in the US on May 23. The release date was revealed by Nintendo of America executive Cammie Dunaway at the summit mere minutes before this [...]
SEGA’s been complaining a bit lately on the lack of a more hardcore audience on the Wii. So SEGA Australia is making one final ditch effort at sprucing up the sales of their mature titles by releasing a triple pack of their mature Wii titles. “Welcome to Violence” is, according to SEGA, “a pack no self-respecting Wii-owning Aussie bloke should be without”. You gotta give it up for that Oscar [...]
[UPDATE] Super Mario Galaxy has a confirmed release date of May 23 Well this certainly is surprising. According to a report from IGN Australia, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Other M are not going to be Christmas releases. Nintendo Australia’s Greg Arhurton confirmed that both titles were not holiday season releases, but are due for release between June and August of this year. Keep in mind that this has [...]
According to Kotaku, Namco-Bandai has had to recall Tales of Graces in Japan. The company said the decision was based on the game having too many bugs. Certain items could not be acquired, freezing issues were brought up by players, and several other items were brought into question. Namco-Bandai also said that as a result, they would be revising their quality control program. No word on how long the game [...]
Visceral Games GM Nick Earl said to Gamasutra that the studio would be releasing at least one title per year. “What I’ve learned being general manager of the studio for the past nine years is you can overload a studio, and conversely, you can do extremely well financially, and at the end of the day, we need to be able to do that to continue to attract investment and be [...]
Jason Vandenberghe, creative director for Red Steel 2, spoke with Play.tm and said that the success of Red Steel 2 was “absolutely crucial” if there is to be a Red Steel 3. “It was clear from the beginning we had to succeed. It was absolutely crucial,” Vandenberghe said. “It was obvious that, if Red Steel 2 came out and it was not well-received by the fans, we were done. There [...]
Majesco has released an impressive collection of 15 fan-favorite games by developers Data East. This fantastic bundle will be seeing the Wii for $19.99. The collection’s titles include: BurgerTime, Peter Pepper’s Ice Cream Factory, Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja, Burnin’ Rubber, Caveman Ninja, Crude Buster, Express Raider, Heavy Barrel, Lock ‘n’ Chase, Magical Drop III, Secret Agent, Side Pocket, Street Hoop, Super Real Darwin and Wizard Fire. All games feature [...]
We all know that Sonic’s recent outings on home consoles have been lackluster at best, but we’ve all got high hopes for the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog 4. Another reason for having high hopes surfaced today, as it turns out Sonic Team isn’t developing the game. That task goes to Osaka-based company Dimps, best known among Sonic fans as the developers behind games like Sonic Rush and Sonic Advance, so [...]
“All You Need Is Love,” currently exclusive to the 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band, will be making its appearance on the Wii and PS3 version of the game very soon. For the Wii, the song will be released on February 16th, but the PS3 version won’t be getting the song until March 4th. The price for the song will be 200 Wii Points or $1.99, respectively. Press releases [...]
