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By Randy Nelson Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters A couple of weeks back during X08, we learned that the "fall" release time frame Activision had been giving for the latest Call of Duty installment actually meant "November." Today, the publish...

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By Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Alexander Sliwinski We're starting to head into the holiday season, which means our collective capitalist guilt tells us it's time to start thinking about the less fortunate for five seconds as we spend $4 on a Frappuccino. Electronics trade-in site VenJuvo.com is now offering its Trade4Cause program. The pr...

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii. We've got some great features and other original content that went down on the Nintendo Fanboys over the past week. Below, you'll find some great content to jam into your eyeballs from the world ...

By Kyle Orland Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm It may seem odd that we're still talking about leaking Guitar Hero World Tour tracks, especially when we've had a full set list for the competing Rock Band 2 for months now (heck, we've had the wh...

By Kyle Orland Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm Who says you can't teach old bands new tracks? (Insert groans from audience). Activision sent word today that the Guitar Hero World Tour track list will include three classic songs that have be...

By Randy Nelson Under the new leadership of Fatal Frame alumni Jin Hasegawa, Tecmo's Itagaki-less Team Ninja is poised to unveil its latest titles at Tokyo Game Show, IGN reports. Newly appointed Tecmo president Yasuhara Kakihara began a press conference in Tokyo today with an announcement that the st...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

By Ross Miller Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm Serving as a great anecdote for the old saying, "you don't know what you got 'til it's gone," an Activision representative has confirmed that Guitar Hero: World Tour will be lacking Rock Band 2's party-friend...

By Ludwig Kietzmann Aural squash annihilation news now, with Activision already promoting Guitar Hero: World Tour DLC in the form of a Smashing Pumpkins track pack. In addition to the hits "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze," the downloadable pack will feature the exclusive debut of a new single dubbed "G.L.O.W....

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By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

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By Ludwig Kietzmann The Xbox 360's continued struggle to win the hearts, minds and tightly shut wallets of Japanese gamers is not without benefits for tardy adopters. Microsoft has announced a new price drop for the system in the region, with the Xbox 360 Arcade model costing 19,800 yen ($180) as of September...

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

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By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

Filed under: Features, PC, Nintendo Wii, Adventure, Interviews Tell Tale, purveyors of all things pointy and clicky, were kind enough to have a natter with us on the PAX show floor. Designer, Mark Darin, and PR Manager, Emily Morgant, chat to us regarding developing for the Wii, how deals...

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii It's been well over two years since Nintendo unveiled its "revolutionary" console name (2 years, 3 months and 17 days to be precise). But, much like truthiness, it'd be silly to think it had been the first time the term had been used. Just ask Wii Yatani, a 26...

By Joystiq Staff So, we guess you heard about the homebrew app that lets you play DVDs on your Wii? Well, Wii Fanboy has put together a simple guide on how to do this yourself. All you have to do is click here to check it out. Gallery: Nintendo Wii mockups Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3 The Joystiq Team is pretty evenly divided on our initial reaction a life-sized LittleBigPlanet Sack Boy. Some of us would run away, some of us would force a hug on the LittleBigGuy. We all thought it was funny that the big zipper in front is not how you g...

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Ross Miller Nintendo: Wii Music not competing against Rock Band, Guitar Hero Nintendo doesn't have exclusive rights to MotionPlus Carmack: Xbox 360 Rage 'a little blurry,' 'key scenes' same as PS3 Nintendo spins false assumptions on software sales iXboxLive is like Live Anywhere for the iPhone

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, RhythmIGN was able to pin down seven new tracks for Guitar Hero World Tour and it's, well ... it's a mixed bag, to put it kindly. Let's take a look:

By Ross Miller 360 system update goes live, new features don't Namco Bandai profits take a dip in Q109 Xbox 360 DLC has brought in $240 million Phantasy Star Portable sells like a Monster in Japan Rock Band 2 for Wii won't skimp on features John Madden impersonator in Blitz: The League II

By Christopher Grant Best of Show Fallout 3(Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Original Game Mirror's Edge(DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Console Game LittleBigPlanet(Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3) Best PC Game Spore(...

By Griffin McElroy We've grown quite content to simply sit on our fat surpluses and crank out Japanese hardware sales charts to the enraptured masses week after week -- however, the all-important figures you see at the bottom of every entry seem to always get lost in a maelstrom of eloquent prose. We thought l...

By Ross Miller uery The games that weren't there: Missing from E3 E3 hands-on: Tomb Raider: Underworld impressions: FutureU, Kaplan's SAT prep game for DS interview: Nintendo spins 'core' gamer appeal, more Ryan Davis talks up Giant Bomb's explosive re-launch Wii Fanboy Weekly: July 10 - July 23

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 56,998 559 (0.99%) DS Lite: 48,540 1,085 (2.29%) Wii: 41,768 2,757 (6.19%) PS3: 12,458 1,901 (13.24%) PS2: 10,405 1,363 (11.58%) Xbox 360: 3,807 969 (20.29%) Source: Media Create] See: The mullet-clad archivesRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Majed Athab Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure, Interviews, E3 We've been wondering what everyone's favorite Sega mascot, Sonic, has been up to lately. Since Sega's Gamers Day in May, the company has been pretty quiet regarding Sonic U...

By Griffin McElroy Here's an amusing anecdote -- while all my fellow co-workers will be soaking up the sun and the overwhelming PR spin at E3 2008 during the next few days, I'll be the only 'Stiqer not in attendance. It's nobody's fault but my own, really -- due to an incident last year involving me, Jamie Kenned...

By Ross Miller uery BigDownload plays conference-wide PC bingo DS Fanboy Lite: July 5 - July 11 Podcast 057 - Girls or vacations edition Nintendo E3 2008 press conference: Let's play bingo This Week in Review is preparing for the storm WRUP: One million polygons per second edition

By Ross Miller uery E3 1995-2007: A Retrospective interview: Mercenaries 2 senior producer Jonathan Zamkoff Microsoft E3 2008 press conference: Let's play bingo! Vote in Big Download's Spore creature contest X3F Week in Review: July 4, 2008 - July 10, 2008 The Xbox 360 $299 price drop gallery

By Ross Miller uery Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitar compatibility matrix v2 Sony's E3 2008 press conference: let's play bingo! Law of the Game on Joystiq: Time for Trademarks Zero Punctuation whips it good with Lego Indy Wii Fanboy Weekly: July 3 - July 9

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Ross Miller The Rise and Fall of PS3 Firmware 2.40 and (the Spiders from Super Stardust HD) PS3 Firmware 2.40 is now live PS3 firmware 2.40 spruces up PSN Store PlayStation 3 2.40 firmware update not available (pulled?) Sony responds to adverse firmware 2.40 effects

By Christopher Grant Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Metareviews

By Ross Miller Rumors & Speculation Sony denies PS2 downloads on PSN, image 'mocked up' Third-party 360s 'unlikely,' analyst says Rumor: Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 Achievements leaked Rumor: Rock Band 2 partial setlist revealed on G4

By Ross Miller Sony officially reveals PS3 firmware 2.40 features, coming July 2 Surprise! Rock Band 2 announced Europe gets DualShock 3 July 2, UK on July 4 AP: The Who coming July 15 to Rock Band Wii with DVD playback for Japan delayed SNK beats down Virtual Console with Fatal Fury 2

By Griffin McElroy With all the recent buzz surrounding big-budget film adaptations of major video game licenses, we began to wonder -- if films based off of games can find funding with movie production companies, why couldn't a film based off of a video game news column? As our minds began to race with thoug...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 A freshly-inked arm feature BioShock's Big Daddy and Little Sister, made Wednesday and sent in by Joystiq reader Nate G. He offered to send us pics after it heals, but we think the tinge of blood and pain is appropriate given the t...

By Ross Miller X3F Week in Review: June 20. 2008 - July 26, 2008 Microsoft: Xbox 360 'ahead of PS3' in Europe Confirmed: Mega Man 9 a retro fit for WiiWare State of the PlayStation: Second-half FY07 numbers Rumor: Xbox 360 dropping to $299.99 Rumor: Microsoft to introduce Home-like My GamerPad

By Ross Miller hands-on: Madden NFL 09 Law of the Game on Joystiq: No Freedom of Trash Talk Poll: What's Blizzard's big WWI announcement? Readers pick best webcomic: The Gabriel Method Scared stiff: Why should we care about Silent Hill: Homecoming? Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 19 - June 25

By Ross Miller PlayStation 3's cost to Sony so far: $3.32 billion Left 4 Dead 4 November Delman replacing Bell as Microsoft VP of global marketing Ubisoft opening new studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil Ubisoft wants 'anticipation' for Assassin's Creed 2 Watch some Tales of Vesperia in Japanese

By Griffin McElroy The gaming journalism world is an ever-changing maelstrom of high-stress deadlines and headline-making breaking news, so it should come as no surprise that we here at Joystiq absolutely adore routine. Like a freshly-fluffed down pillow, we find comfort in mundane repetition, as it so...

By Ross Miller uery A guided tour of World of Warcraft patch 2.4.3 A week with Spore Creatures: Conclusion DS Fanboy Lite: June 14 - June 20 eyes and ears-on: Guitar Hero: World Tour Podcast 054 - World exclusive edition Metareview -- Alone in the Dark (Euro edition)

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 A multi-instrument Guitar Hero World Tour means only one thing: more plastic controllers strewn about our living room. So goes the life of the virtual rocker. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from t...

By Ross Miller uery A week with Spore Creature Creator: Day Three Counting Rupees: Bust Blox Metareview -- Don King Presents Prizefighter (Xbox 360) Off the Grid reviews Power Grid X3F Week in Review: June 13, 2008 - June 19, 2008 Wii Wheel + Balance Board = racing simulator

By Ross Miller uery A week with Spore Creature Creators: Day Two Law of the Game on Joystiq: The Madden Suit Massively Week in Review: June 11-17 Metareview (US Edition) -- Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) Ten uses for that extra DS Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 12 - June 18

By Ross Miller Wii Move to do "something" with the Wii Balance Board EA extends Take-Two offer to July 18 Crytek shows interest in PSP development Nintendo promises 'core' gamers will be happy with E3 showing Sega: leaked 'Crucible' video not our Silicon Knights game PS3 firmware v2.36 available now

By Ross Miller Rumors & Speculation Rumors: Xbox 360 at E3 - new 60GB model, pricecut, both? Rumor: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 wages 'Civil War' Rumor: Trioxide brings 360, Wii, PS3 games to PC Rumor: Elite Beat-dev iNiS developing Xbox 360's 'Lips' karaoke game

By Ross Miller Nintendo job posting hints at Wii USB devices Guitar Hero: On Tour DS bundle dated for June 22 Man drops lawsuit over Rock Band instrument bundling Xbox marketing chief Jeff Bell leaves Microsoft Kim promoted out of Microsoft Game Studios, Spencer takes reins

By Christopher Grant Wii: 675.1K 39.1K (-5.5%) DS: 452.6K 37.8K (+9.1%) PS3: 208.7K 21.6K (+11.5%) PSP: 182.3K 10.4K (-5.4%) X360: 186.6K 1.4K (-0.7%) PS2: Update: Sony sent the numbers along! 132.7K 8.3K (+6.7%) Continue reading May NPD: PS3 up and PS2 out; GTA IV in and CoD 4 outRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Born for Wii: new column reimagines franchises on the Wii Law of the Game on Joystiq: May the Enforce Be With You Readers pick best webcomic: Team Fortress Pooh Ready at Dawn talks abandoning the PSP, piracy and being original Wii Fanboy Weekly: June 5 - June 11

By David Hinkle Features Wii Fanboy Review: My Pokemon Ranch Our direct-feed video and commentary to this week's Virtual Console releases in North America Video Content They can't all be winners, can they?Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 The biggest event of this past week was Capcom's Captivate event, where they showed off a handful of games from the surprisingly good Neopets Adventures to the expectedly-good Bionic Commando....

By Alisha Karabinus Since Wii Fit finally hit the US market, Wii Fanboy has been teetering all over the Balance Board in an effort to work out the best (and worst) aspects of Nintendo's latest. Check out some of that featured coverage, and jog on over to put your name in the hat to win a copy of the game, as well.

By David Hinkle It's been a hectic past few weeks over at Wii Fanboy. On top of the WiiWare games we've been reviewing, we've also been hard at work reviewing retail games and pumping out original features. If you've been busy catching up with other console news here at The 'Stiq, then check out what you've be...

By Kyle Orland Filed under: Nintendo DS, Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Ah, review scores. Besides letting us skip all that long, boring text that actually describes a game's high and low points, it also allows for some excellent statistical analysis and fanboy-...

By David Hinkle Filed under: Nintendo Wii Welcome to mid-week, where the Wii reigns supreme and Wii Fanboy hijacks a little space on Joystiq to spread our propaganda. Do not believe the lies of the Sony and Microsoft camps, there is only one true answer to all of your gaming needs: the Wii.

By David Hinkle Hey, did you know Wii Fanboy is giving away one copy of No More Heroes for the Wii? It's something we try to do as often as we can and if your Wii has sat dormant and cold since the exploits of a certain plumber were complete, then perhaps you should get in on our giveaway. All one needs to do is stop b...

By David Hinkle Features Hail to the king, babyNyko introduces first third-party Wii guitar Not a bad deal and it's modeled after the Fender TelecasterDeca Sporta gets sorta new name for North America Love Samus?Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Kyle Orland Here at Joystiq, we like to have some fun with our Nega-reviews. When the critical apparatus tells us almost unanimously that a game is undeniably good, we like to pick apart their words and find out what small negatives can be found in the overwhelmingly positive whole. This was a bit tough f...

By Kyle Orland Super Mario Galaxy "isn't quite perfect." (6) "It doesn't invent new kinds of gameplay" (2) and "It's not as revolutionary as Mario 64." (3) "If you played that seminal game, Mario Galaxy's star hunt progression probably sounds familiar to you." (6) "There's no denying that Super Mario Gal...

By Alexander Sliwinski Super Mario Galaxy might not be out until next week but all the reviews are pretty much in. It's a hit with the critics! According to almost every review it is the game Wii owners have been waiting for (but please don't forget about Zack and Wiki, if only for the sake of third-party support). Gal...

By Alexander Sliwinski This week the British-born Yahtzee, who harnesses his rage on the outskirts of Brisbane, Australia, takes on Super Paper Mario. Yes, he knows it's old, but apparently the Australians just got it. So, for many, this will be like a review down memory lane -- as others relive their own issues wi...

By Ludwig Kietzmann We were initially going to suggest that opposing analysts Jesse Divnich and Michael Pachter engage in battle to establish this holiday's winner (or Wii-ner, as it were), but this line of thought invariably winds up with two people hurling calculators across the room, yelling percenta...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo Wii, First Person Shooters, E3 After our initial trial with the Wii zapper, we decided to take a second look at it. Is the newly-revealed attachment a gimmick or an integral part of gameplay? Capcom has the attachment on display at their mini-booth in the Barker Hange...

By Kyle Orland Nintendo has been characteristically stingy with details about the highly-anticipated game, releasing no new information since a trailer last November. Could this be a sign the game will indeed make the 2007 release date promised way back at the last E3? Here's hoping.

By Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, BusinessAccording to a Gamesindustry.biz article, the UK's online retailer, Play.com, is currently taking six times more PlayStation 3 pre-orders than it did for the Xbox 360 and 15 times more than it did for the Nintendo Wii. The retailer offers a £524.99 c...

By Kyle Orland Those of you lucky enough to get a Wii on launch day have probably already blazed through Twilight Princess and are clamoring for more Zelda goodness. Well, if you don't mind going through back to two dimensions and undertaking some light ROM hacking, Parallel Worlds means more Zelda, les...

By Blake Snow Filed under: Nintendo Wii, BusinessSelf proclaimed novice gamer and AP business writer Barbara Ortuatay gets candid and descriptive in a recent review of the non-gamer aiming Wii. Having never been coordinated in the controller button department, Ortuatay was thrilled to learn that...

By Vladimir Cole We can't answer those questions, but we can't say we're surprised. Anyone that dares voice a negative opinion about the sacred Zelda cow gets harassed by fans who don't read game blogs so much for information but to confirm personal bias towards the popular franchise. It's called confirma...

By Alisha Karabinus Yeah, it was, and is, silly that the console doesn't play DVDs. It was frankly a bit silly that the GameCube didn't play DVDs, back when it mattered, back when everyone didn't already own multiple DVD players. But these days, is it even an issue? How many DVD players do you already own? If the Wi...