Analysis: Inevitably, and for many reasons, the Wii bubble has finally burst. In the half year to the end of September sales were down by 40% compared with the year before. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has no option but to admit: "Wii has stalled" he even admitted that the price drop has failed to arrest the decline.
NE writes: "As gamers on Halloween, many of us don’t have plans and shan’t do anything this evening other than do what we do every night: Play games. I’m joking of course, but what about those of us that really don’t have plans tonight?"
French game retailer Micromania leaked the EU/NA release date for FFXIII. It’s 15 April 2010! (Rumor)
Micromania held an event in France today called Micromania Game Show. Tonight there will be a special FFXIII "event" (The press could register for it yesterday) and probably the release date will be confirmed there. The game is being published by Eidos.
Keep in mind that it’s currently a rumor. A recent casting call also leaked that a release date would be announced soon.
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French game retailer Micromania leaked the EU/NA release date for FFXIII. It’s 15 April 2010! (Rumor)
Micromania held an event in France today called Micromania Game Show. Tonight there will be a special FFXIII "event" (The press could register for it yesterday) and probably the release date will be confirmed there. The game is being published by Eidos.
Keep in mind that it’s currently a rumor. A recent casting call also leaked that a release date would be announced soon.
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A new Wii peripheral has been released, and while it provides realistic experiences, it’s not exactly the safest product around.
TPG Says, " Want a Rooster Hat? All you need to do is post your pictures of the best Scribblenauts Halloween costumes you see out there. "
Examiner: The Nintendo Wii port for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is getting a minor name change in addition to a slightly modified box art.
VGC takes a look at a group of ghouls deemed "The worst monsters of all…", happy Halloween!
Infinity Ward is seeing backlash due to their decision to forgo using dedicated servers for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Here’s why gamers are pissed.
GamingUnion.net writes, "GamingUnion.net spoke with Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal, the studio behind Assassin’s Creed, at this week’s GameOn: Finance conference. We asked Mallat what his expectations are for Assassin’s Creed 2 compared to the original’s sales and reception."
