Guitar Hero III replacement registration online

Previously, you had to call Activision in order to pre-register for a replacement Guitar Hero III disc (one containing Dolby Pro Logic II, that is). All you phone-o-phobics can rest easy, though, as the company has finally enabled online pre-registration.
Owners of the Wii edition of Guitar Hero can now fill out this form, which will [...]

Nyko introduces first third-party Wii guitar

Nyko showed off some new accessories for the Wii and other systems (but most importantly the Wii) at the CES trade show. The company offered some more concrete information about the release of their Wireless Nunchuck, specifying a Q1 2008 release window and $30 price point for this product.
Their other Wii peripheral is something that [...]

Toys”R”Us Offering Wii “Bend Over” Bundle

Toys”R”Us has just gone above and beyond the call of corporate greed, in an effort to take advantage of every consumer interested in purchasing the popular Nintendo Wii console. The retailer is offering what is perhaps the worst next-gen console “bundle” in the history of gaming: a Nintendo Wii and 10 games (no first party [...]

Chinese Wii knock-off gets sequel, Vii 2

While Nintendo is too busy these days, keeping up with demand for the Wii, to even consider working on an improved version of their revolutionary system, the Chinese that created the Vii, that funny replica of the Nintendo Wii, already have a sequel ready, the Vii 2.

Sure it might not have been as good [...]

11 Year-Old-Boy Donates Wii to Help Needy

Every now and then when you read about someone performing a selfless, heart warming act of kindness, it just sort of makes you feel like a jerk. Such is the case with 11-year-old Tyler Strasser, who’s been helping out those in need since he was a young toddler in diapers. Scratch that; since he was [...]

Retail chain scalping Wii allotment on eBay

Nintendo is taking a tough stance against price hikes based on the Wii’s shortage. Slackers, an Illinois and Missouri gaming chain, appears to be ignoring Nintendo’s warnings, however, hawking the systems on eBay for well over the $249 MSRP.
There is no doubt that this holiday season, one of the hottest gifts is the Nintendo [...]

Guitar Hero III gets sleighful of fresh tracks

You may remember drooling over/staring quizzically at a load of new tracks we first reported on earlier this month. We just wanted to drop a line and let you know they’d become available, with “The Warner/Reprise Track Pack” (catchy title, guys) going for 500 points or $6.25 and the “popular European bands” going for 200 [...]

Downloadable Content for Guitar Hero III (Wii) Next Year.

Wow, well this was certainly an unexpected surprise. It’s now been confirmed that next year downloadable content will start to become available for the Wii Guitar Hero III in a letter from Red Octane. Naturally, it’s highly likely they’ll only be used to download new songs however I guess this could be for a range [...]

Top 25 Celebrity Miis You Got To See

When I first found out, Nintendo was releasing the Check Mii Out channel I was somewhat excited. I still hoping for a better online experience on the Nintendo Wii, so I thought that a channel like this was created to keep gamers (casual gamers of course) busy until Nintendo set up their online infrastructure. [...]

Pictures: A 30-Year History of Video Games

After decades of painstakingly collecting video games and consoles, He’s finally decided to part with his entire collection. From Atari to PlayStation 2, there’s something for everybody in this collection. Even the unbelievably rare games are included.
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Best PS3 Deal around is from Dell

For $399, you can get the 40 gig PS3, that includes the Spiderman 3 Blu ray, Ratchet and clank Future: Tools of destruction and Startech 6 foot HDMI cable. If you have been waiting for the best deal around it has arrived.
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Playstation 3 also available from Amazon.com:PlayStation 3 (60GB)
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LucasArts to unveil Wii Lightsaber next week

British fans of Nintendo Wii and Star Wars will get a first glimpse of the console’s upcoming Lightsaber peripheral at a gaming festival being held later this month.…
LucasArts will be exhibiting the peripheral alongside its forthcoming Wii title Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, at the GameCity festival, due to be held between 24 and [...]

1UP.com reviews Halo 3 – 10/10

Master Chief just wouldn’t shut up. For a few years now, the sci-fi action hero has been going on and on about “finishing the fight” whenever video trailers and Microsoft marketing materials would allow him. But now the time’s come — Halo 3, the finale to the epic first-person-shooter trilogy, is here, and we finally [...]

LucasArts Unleashes The Force On The Wii

So what if the Wii cannot handle the awesome ‘next-generation’ physics engine the other consoles will enjoy when Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is released. They get duel mode! DUEL MODE! LucasArts announced today that Krome Studios is developing a version of the game for the Nintendo console, and players will finally get to use [...]

Nintendo and Apple Platforms are Gaming Each Other

Call it the clash of the titans.
Two of the hottest tech companies – Nintendo and Apple – appeared headed for a showdown after Nintendo moved to patent its tilt sensitivity on its best-selling portable system, Nintendo DS – essentially to turn it into mobile Nintendo Wii.
That sounds a lot like the motion-based accelerometer [...]