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by Mike Bantick
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Calling it a street date seems a little inaccurate; Nintendo has announced the release date for Wii Fit Plus in Australia. This is an upgrade to the exercise game/activity that has topped charts worldwide, so it is time to start balancing on the board again.
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by Mike Bantick
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Film Victoria’s sponsored Digital Distribution Summit kicks off today with game developers, venture capitalists and enthusiasts meeting to disucc the rapidly growing business of digital game distribution. Game retailers will no doubt have ears pressed to walls as well as faces and fingers splayed across the windows trying to get a peek at the future of game publishing.
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by Mike Bantick
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Sony announcements from the Tokyo Game Show today include an expected date for the PS3 motion controller as well as games that will use the feature. Sony has also released sales details for the recently marketed remodelling of the PlayStation 3, the PS3 Slim.
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by Mike Bantick
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Project Natal promises a gaming experience requiring no controller to play. Unveiled at E3, the Project Natal device plugs into an Xbox 360 and gives players a chance to control in-game action with their own body movements. At the Tokyo Game Show today Microsoft has announced the publishers and developers who are hard at work to bring Project Natal enabled titles into the living room.
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by Mike Bantick
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It was a strong rumour going into the Tokyo Game Show and now Nintendo have confirmed a significant price cut to the very popular Wii video game console. Nintendo also announced release dates for Wii-Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros.
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by Mike Bantick
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Electronic Arts has pulled together a few words, stating the obvious in response to the recent banning of Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia. Whilst working with the Australian Classification Board in getting Left 4 Dead 2 across the line, EA have pointed out the beliefs of many when it comes to the hypocrisy of video-game classification in a country that has produced some wonderful, yet violence-based, entertainment media in the past.
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by Mike Bantick
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Rockstar Games has the upcoming Beaterator for PSP to spruik. Now the debate begins on whether this application is a game or a tool for hand-held music creation. At the recent MTV Video Music Awards Rockstar handed Beaterator around the audience for some reactions: footage after the click.
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by David Swan
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Xboxers everywhere, rejoice! You can soon co-operate with (and insult)
others online more quickly than ever before, in full 802.11n glory.
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by Stephen Withers
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Accessory manufacturer Kensington is pushing a raft of iPod and iPhone add-ons under the Play It banner.
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by Mike Bantick
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Using your iPhone, or other GPS enabled smartphone to navigate whilst driving has become illegal in at least one Australian state. Police say, that using a mobile phone when driving, regardless of the active application is not on.
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by David Heath
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After a long history in monitors, ViewSonic has expanded their offering to include full PCs. Shipping with WinXP Home edition, this PC-in-a-monitor is definitely for the 'stylish' market.
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by Mike Bantick
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Again we venture into the watery world of Rapture, 2K Games announces the release date for the much anticipated sequel to the highly decorated 2007 game BioShock. From early 2010 BioShock 2 will have players shambling around as a Big Daddy in the crumbling ruins of one man’s utopian vision.
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by Mike Bantick
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A special Weasle News report has been produced to cover the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. All the shocking footage and dramatic voice-overs are contained herein.
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by Mike Bantick
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Whoa! While Nintendo sit back, languishing upon its ever increasing pile of cash, Microsoft and Sony are slugging it out in a fresh round of video-game console wars. The latest riposte looks to be coming from Sony with a 250GB PS3 Slim bundled with Uncharted 2.
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by David Swan
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The OFLC has effectively banned upcoming 360 and PC title Left 4 Dead
2, refusing it classification and therefore deciding it cannot be
released in Australia.
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by Mike Bantick
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Flying around in a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) game is hard enough at the best of times. But the experience becomes excruciating when lag interferes with your playing experience. The extremely-popular-in-Asia MMO Aion is about to be launched in the west, and for Australian and New Zealand players there is good news.
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by Mike Bantick
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The war is escalating again! The video game console war that is. Feeling the sales pressure from the PS3 Slim and its new sexy price tag Microsoft has revealed its new weapon, a 250GB hard drive equipped Xbox 360, themed and bundled with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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by David Swan
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Opera Software today released Opera Mini 5 beta, the newest update to
the world's most popular Web browser for mobiles. What’s new, and is it
an essential download?
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