Three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan was killed in what can only be called a very unfortunate tragedy. She shot herself in the abdomen after apparently mistaking a loaded gun for a Wii gun controller. According to the Sheriff on duty, Terry Ashe : The child had been playing a Nintendo Wii video game, Ashe said. The game’s controller was shaped like …
The most common complaint about the Wii is that it doesn’t have any real hardcore games and cannot rally satisfy that true gaming desire. Nintendo however thinks this is a misconception and points to the fact that you will be able to get a AAA title next month to satisfy any hardcore gaming desires. Last Updated: March 1, 2010
Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway has been talking to Gamespot at the Nintendo Media Summit about the Wii’s successor or lack thereof. According to Cammie (keep wanting to call her Faye) Nintendo are eyeballing the success of PS2 and are wanting to copy that which means we should be preparing ourselves for a really long lifespan. Last Updated: February 26, 2010
Besides being a generation behind in terms of hardware, the Nintendo Wii, complete with motion controllers and all, should be at the forefront of console shooters. In reality, it just isn’t. While there have been a few attempts at the genre on the Wii, none have gone so far as to really stand out and feel like something special. The …
It’s a well known fact to gamers that prices are not even across the board and it often feels like the grass is greener on the other side when it comes to gaming. So let’s take a quick trip across the most popular English speaking countries to see where would be the best place to pick up a gaming console. …
The numbers are in for January and it’s easy to see that a ton of games were moved thanks to so many publishers holding their games out for the first quarter of 2010. Of those games, the most impressive of the lot is Mass Effect 2, which we already reported as outselling everything else 6-1. While only having a couple …
First we had the return of the Microsoft X-events and now Nintendo is throwing themselves a big shindig. I hope this isn’t the start of a move away from the major conventions to individual mini ones, I think that will take some of the glitz away from the industry to be honest. Either way Nintendo are hosting an event in …
Like Voltron, Chart tracking companies from around the world have combined to give us a peek at the top selling games of the year from around the globe. The NPD Group (North America), GfK Chart-Track (UK) and Enterbrain (Japan) have colluded to show you which games flew of shelves most worldwide. No mention of which formed the head. Ok, not …
AI assistants, wearables, home robots, connected health tools and smart homes are changing familiar routines. Here is what they offer—and where their limits remain.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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