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Mar 19, 2008

Greenpeace: Nintendo must clean up its act

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Environmental campaign body Greenpeace has once again slammed Nintendo for its policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. In Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks the 18 top manufacturers of PCs, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on tackling environmental waste, Nintendo remains bottom of the pile, having been the first brand to score a zero out of ten when it was first included in the ... » Read More

Mar 19, 2008

Next week: it's the Week of Hate on GR!

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Gamers hate everything. Of all people, doing all sorts of hobbies, all over the world, gamers hate the most. Whether it's moaning about console prices or release dates, complaining that a game is too long, or too short, or too hard, or too easy, or too realistic, or too unrealistic. Or typing bile at each other on forums, or screaming it down the headset on LIVE. Gamers love to hate.So in celebration of this integral piece of gaming ... » Read More

Mar 17, 2008

Reggie: big game to be announced at E3

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has promised a brand new big game will be announced at E3, which Nintendo intends to release in time for Christmas this year.Speaking to Game Trailers TV, Reggie stated that the line-up for the second half of 2008 had yet to be announced, but things would be changing soon. "There's gonna be a big game for the holiday that gamers will want," he said."All I can tell you is what we announce ... » Read More

Mar 17, 2008

Become a music producer using your DS

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Story courtesy of our friends at musicradar.com "While games such as Guitar Hero demonstrate that the boundaries between video games and music making applications are blurring, up until now, no established synth manufacturer had authorised a console version of one of its products.That’s all changed at Musikmesse 08, though, where a company called AQ Interactive is showcasing what appears to be an officially sanctioned version of ... » Read More

Mar 13, 2008

EA gets aggressive with Take-Two

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EA's conquest to buy GTA IV publisher Take-Two has stepped up a gear as it extends a tender offer directly to Take-Two shareholders, following the company's rejection of its original offer. EA has made a tender offer of $26 per share to Take-Two's shareholders, which is valued at approximately $2 Billion - the same sum Take-Two itself turned down last month. The offer is scheduled to expire at 5am GMT on Saturday, April 12. Take-Two is due to ... » Read More

Mar 11, 2008

Elebits sequel on its way to DS?

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A sequel to Elebits/Eledees (depending on where in the world you live) is on its way according to US games rental service GameFly, except it's for DS rather than Wii. The original title was an early release for Konami on Nintendo's console, tasking the player with finding hidden Elebits/Eledees within domestic settings, like a treasure hunt. With electricity. Check out our review ... » Read More

Mar 10, 2008

Official: Britain prefers games to sex

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In Britain gaming is better than sex. That's according to a poll of our favourite bedroom activities by Bedroom specialist Sharps, which brings the state of the country (and its sex lives) to a horrible light.The Daily Mirror quizzed over 2,000 Britons on what they like to get up to in the bedroom, and embarrassingly shagging ranked at the very bottom of the list, under net surfing, using the phone and work. Lazy gits.Sleep came top with the ... » Read More

Mar 7, 2008

Japan: PSP slaps Wii/DS down to size

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It seems Sony's recent push to drive up PSP sales is working - last week, the console utterly owned both DS and Wii in the hardware charts. 73,702 PSP consoles were plucked from Japanese stores in the week ending March 2, according to Media Create figures - a massive 20,000 more than the previous week. This blew both of Nintendo's usually dominating consoles out of the ball park, with 51,922 DS units sold, and Wii selling 64,535 consoles. ... » Read More

Mar 5, 2008

Ziff Davis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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Ziff Davis Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York City today in an attempt to restructure its operations and pay off its debts. "The restructuring, if approved by the court," says business publication BtoBonline, "would reduce Ziff Davis Media’s $225 million senior-note debt. That amount will be exchanged for a new $50 million (face amount) senior secured note and at least 88.8% of the common stock in the reorganized ... » Read More

Mar 5, 2008

Uwe Boll: Spielberg is sloppy

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Dungeon Siege and BloodRayne movie director, Uwe Boll, has lashed out at Stephen Spielberg - pitting his film, an adaptation of videogame Postal, against the new Indiana Jones flick. In an email sent to horror website Bloody Disgusting, Boll said: "On the Indiana Jones weekend - May 23 - we will go out and destroy Indiana Jones in the Box Office! We all know that Harrison Ford is older as my grandpa and his time is up - would Michael ... » Read More

Mar 5, 2008

Disgaea DS confirmed

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The latest copy of Famitsu Weekly has confirmed that a DS version of Disgaea is in development, dubbed Disgaea DS: Prince, according to translators on AkaYuki. The original title, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, was a cult tactical role-playing game developed by Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation 2 back in 2003. Niche US distributor Altus (who else) brought the title to the west that very same year, but unfortunately it was largely ... » Read More

Mar 3, 2008

"38% of gamers are female"

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Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ... » Read More

Feb 22, 2008

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection no longer free?

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All those free matches of Mario Kart DS you've been playing? Cherish them while you can, because Nintendo announced in a GDC panel today that it'll be rolling out a new "Pay & Play" service. A brand new red logo could be seen hovering just under the standard blue, "free" Wi-Fi Connection symbol during the talk, ideally to help differentiate the two services. Full details were not revealed, but speaker Takashi Aoyama did have this to say ... » Read More

Feb 22, 2008

Japan: Nintendo platforms dominant

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The Wii held onto the top spot in Japan while the DS fought back to outsell the PSP during the week ended February 17. ... » Read More

Feb 22, 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

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In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ... » Read More

Feb 14, 2008

World of Nintendo

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This month’s Top 20 things is a festival of old and new, scary and nice, handy and, erm, useless. And with millions more consoles out there, 2008 will be even more packed with the kind of random nonsense that makes the world of Nintendo such a fun place to be. Enjoy! ... » Read More

Feb 7, 2008

Mature-rated games declining rapidly

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) says that the percentage of Mature-rated games released halved from 2005 to 2007.In a winter newsletter, Patricia Vance, president of the ESRB, said that the amount of Mature-rated titles is declining each year despite the fact that more and more games are being released."The ESRB also had the biggest year ever in 2007, having assigned 1,563 ratings, a 22% increase over the prior year. And, as ... » Read More

Feb 6, 2008

The new look GamesRadar is HERE!

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Welcome to the new look GamesRadar. Firstly, and most importantly, we hope you like it. The entire GamesRadar team has worked extremely hard to deliver this redesign and we hope you'll agree it's a massive leap forward for the site. ... » Read More

Feb 1, 2008

The End of Games: 2007

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We've compiled a group of 22 endings of games from last year and paired them with our professional quality breakdown, so that you dont have to bother actually playing the game to figure out what's going on. After all, now that it's 2008 you shouldn't be spending time going back to play through last year's games (youve got more important things to do). In case you missed an ending or two, you can now cheat and watch them here. Don't think about how you're ruining the entire experience of ... » Read More

Feb 1, 2008

E-rated games that are evil

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Censors exist to protect vulnerable youngling minds. They are upstanding guardians fighting valiantly to keep unsavoury adult gametertainment away from innocent little Johnny and Jane Couch Potato. And, generally, they do sterling work. Virtual re-enactments of murder, foul-language, filthy dirty sex and other such heinous stains on humanity's under-gusset are correctly branded as suitable only for a mature audience. An audience that is righteous and incorruptible. But sometimes ... » Read More