Fresh from GC2006 and also from chatting up Activision, CoD3 is shown and it is looking very sweet. As much as it pains me to say, CoD3 looks better than CoD2 by a good way. Some of the info from the event is as follows.
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24 Aug 2006

The big Wii let down...

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Thursday 24 August 2006 As the Leipzig Game Convention opens its doors to the public today, show-goers eager to try out Nintendo's motion-sensing wonder box for the first time will be mighty disappointed to find that it's nowhere to be found on the show floor and is only available for members of the press to play behind closed doors. The Nintendo stand is dominated entirely by DS Lite, so with Wii nowhere to be seen we asked several third-party publishers attending the event why they weren't ...
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23 Aug 2006

Newsdump

Wii News | Wii

Bull in sheep's clothing Rockstar's upcoming "thug in a snooty school" simulation Bully has found itself the latest target of self-righteous parents' groups and opportunistic politicians determined to blame videogames for all the world's evils. Apparently, pretend swirlies and dodgeball are now as bad for our youth as virtual murder and muggings. So imagine the mess we're going to have to clean up when the game's oppressors' heads explode after seeing our new screens and the latest trailer - ...
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23 Aug 2006

Nintendo's army grows by two

Wii News | Mario Strikers Charged

Now that E3 is pushing up daisies, Germany's Leipzig Game Convention may be the next big thing - Nintendo today used the conference to announce sequels to two of its 2005 hits, Battalion Wars and Super Mario Strikers. The biggest news bundled with this announcement is that Wars 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) will support three online multiplayer modes. Yes, after what seems like a lifetime of dancing around the obvious, one of Nintendo's consoles is openly embracing online play. ...
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23 Aug 2006

Wii gets 2 new online games Mario Strikers 2: Charged & Battalion Wars 2

Wii News from N4G | Battalion Wars 2

Wii - Battalion Wars 2 - Wii gets 2 new online games Mario Strikers 2: Charged & Battalion Wars 2

Nintendo of Europe has announced two new games for the Wii at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. Super Mario Strikers 2: Charged and Battalion Wars 2.

Both feature much use of the Wii controller and even online modes via the Nintendo WiFi Connection!
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23 Aug 2006

Wii scores Mario Strikers Charged

Wii News | Mario Strikers Charged

Wednesday 23 August 2006 Mario Strikers Charged has been announced for Wii, as a Wii-mote enabled follow up to GameCube footie mash-up Mario Smash Football. With Nunchuk and Wii remote in hand, you'll be controlling Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and a host of other laced-up characters to fill your opponent's goal mouth with iron balls. We've seen the game in full flow, and special skills like Mega Strikes - near-unstoppable multi-ball assaults on goal - use the Wii-mote's pointer for defending. If ...
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23 Aug 2006

Sword Controls For Zelda

Wii News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Wii - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Sword Controls For Zelda

Nintendo has made some major changes to the control scheme for the Wii version of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Speaking to Japan's monthly Nintendo Dream publication, producer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the game will now allow players to swing the controller for sword slashes.
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23 Aug 2006

Battalion Wars 2 deployed to Wii

Wii News | Battalion Wars 2

Wednesday 23 August 2006 A sequel to the not-quite-Advance-Wars action title has just been announced for Wii at the Leipzig Game Convention. Featuring a new (but still not exactly subtle) conflict between the stiff upper lips of the Anglo Isles and the Coral Atolls-dwelling Solar Empire, Battalion Wars 2 will also feature three online multiplayer modes - sorely missing from the original. Assault multiplayer will allow players to simply jump in and start blowing each other up, whereas Skirmish ...
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22 Aug 2006

Midway presents interactive entertainment of the future at GC 2006

Wii News from N4G | Happy Feet

Wii - Happy Feet - Midway presents interactive entertainment of the future at GC 2006

Unveiling one of the most diversified and high powered lineups in its company history, Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, announced today its product portfolio to be shown at the annual Games Convention (GC), August 23-27 in Leipzig. This year's lineup showcases proven brands such as Unreal Tournament 2007 and Mortal KombatÒ: Armageddon; exciting new properties such as Stranglehold; kid's properties like Happy Feet and The Ant Bully along with full support for both handheld and next generation game systems.
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22 Aug 2006

Newsdump

Wii News | Wii

Wii three Wii news, big and small: our British sister site has three interesting reports up. The first concerns 128 Marios, a game Nintendo mentioned (and even showed a demo of) that was originally in the works for the GameCube. Yeah, we weren't exactly expecting it to come out, at this point. But it turns out that 128 Marios, did, in fact, provide the underpinnings for Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. You can check the UK story to find out more, but be careful - it says that Galaxy is ...
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