Quantom of Solace, the upcoming Bond game based on Casino Royale and the film of the same name has been slated to feature two seemingly awesome things. Although it's not going to have everything that the 360 and PS3 versions will feature, Activision doesn't want to neglect us Wii owners. They're throwing in multiple control schemes, such as the Wiimote/Nunchuk combo or for those who want to make use of their Wiirepherals, the Zapper. The game will also feature online multiplayer and 4-player split screen local multiplayer, which is exclusive to the Wii version. lolsucks2bePS3/360 (sort of)

Activision is also hoping for the visuals to live up to the standards set by CoD4. I'm not worried about the graphics though, I just hope that they doesn't suck. Zapper control has always been hit/miss, more miss than hit honestly. Let's just pray that the game isn't plagued by Lag-Fi.

At a Konami press conference, an announcement was made for there new Nintendo DS release, Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry. As from the looks, this game looks like it is based off of a mixture of Animal Crossing and a Harry Potter type of look.


GameSpot wrote:


Making boyfriends and girlfriends also sounds like a Harvest Moon type of play as well. Well, until further detail, Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry is set to release Q1 2009 for Europe!

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How on earth did that happen?! Well, that's an interesting story...

For the launch of Summer Athletics on Wii (also on PS2, 360 and PC), Eidos held an event in London which combined real sports and videogames in an interesting mashup... check out the Wii-lay, Gamecube Hurling, and the Xbox Putt!

BGB was there to film the day, and the video of the event has gone online today - as well as the full results of the three events, you can also get the full verdict on the latest track and field effort.

You can find the video at http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/?p=1472.

Sources from G4TV reveals that Neversoft's Brian Bright has big news to reveal about the new mode, "Studio", features for Guitar Hero World Tour.


G4TV wrote:


Keyboard? May be a mixing board? We won't know until further details as the game will be released this October.

The staff [Ace] is in development of the new Play Now. However, it's not completely done yet. There are still some errors, and the button itself is not public. You can tell it's not done yet by trying to post something and you get a strange SQL error.

Given I'm an artistic dunce and can't make a new Info banner, and it's too late to remove it because the damage is done, I ask that no one post any Play Now bugs until you can actually see the Play Now button.

Thanks.

The latest time-wasting addiction known as Twitter has found its way to the Nintendo DS through homebrew. If you lack a smart phone but do have a DS and you'd like to take your Twitter addiction with you when you leave home, have no fear, DSTwitter is here! But, there are a few problems Twitter addicts may have when trying to add DSTwitter to their vast array of 'homebrew' stored in their flash carts.

The first problem would have to be that the app is in Spanish, making it slightly more complicated to figure out what to do if you don't speak Spanish. Luckily, those folks at Mashable have provided some simple instructions on where to download the application.

"Prepare a memory card (R4DS) and the DS's WiFi connection.

Register to the Scene Beta website. Username and email required.

Download the DSTwitter 1.3 .RAR file, you can find it on the Scene Beta website. Extract the contents "in the root of the memory card."

Input Twitter login. Run the program."

Ta-da! You've got one of the most useless Web 2.0 fads on your Nintendo DS! Although it is kind of fun.

Source: 1up

This august, Japanese gamers, business men and other target audiences of most energy drinks will be able to recharge their energy just like Mega Man does. To celebrate the upcoming release of Mega Man 9, Capcom announced the release of a "sports drink" in special E-Tank cans for 137 yen (about $1.26 US) each.

I don't think any other WiiWare title in the past has had its own energy drink, but then again, I don't think there's ever been a WiiWare title in the past that has been a sequel that people have been waiting ten years for. Now, I'm just hoping that the TNT Asian Market down at the mall will carry these...

Source: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/08/15/a-sports-drink-for-hard-working-robots/

From the makers of the original version "de Blob," Ronimo Games, a new game studio announces Swords and Soldiers for WiiWare. Swords and Soldiers is a side scrolling real-time strategy game. The game will feature a single player campaign and a splitscreen multiplayer mode as well as several other game modes. No online modes have been announced as of yet.



Swords and Soldiers is set to release in North America, Europe and Australia in Q4 '08.


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Credit to RedLink for the image. Stupid computer problems.

Rock Band has been one of the most popular music games of this year. With friends or just by yourself, you can play together in a band with guitar, bass, vocals, and drums. Downloadable Tracks (Discs on Wii) allow you to experience the game even more with more songs to play from some bands you may, or may not, like.

With Rock Band 2 coming out soon (November 18 for Wii), people are getting excited to play over 80+ new songs, new modes, and more! However, Australia and New Zealand have yet to experience the fun of the original Rock Band. Now that it is finally coming out, they will get to experience Rock Band after some of us have played Rock Band 2 already!

The prices were always ridiculous though. People would complain over buying the game for at least $190 for the full set (just to tell you guys, if you don't reserve the game, you won't be able to buy the game separately from the instruments) was crazy! After seeing the Australian price, I think we actually have a bargain. Rock Band coming out to Australia will cost a total of $520 for the full set! That's more than double our price and even more than a PS3!

Some of the Australia retailers have refused to place them on the shelf, because they know for a fact no one would want to buy a game that's a year old and is even more than the price of Rock Band 2! That, and they know that if the game doesn't increase in number (sell a lot), the store wouldn't even be making a profit!

Harmonix, denying the price to be that high a few weeks ago, "don't even know what your publisher is doing." Stay tuned for more news.

This image emerged on the internet some time today and claimed to be a Nintendo-designed hard drive for the Wii. Luckily, some guy named JC Fletcher smelled something fishy and did some research. Through Amazon Japan, Fletcher managed to bust this myth. The Big N dismissed the image as "rumor and speculation" when CVG inquired. I do admit, a hard drive to store VC games and extra channels would be pretty damn nice.

Source: Wii Fanboy