OMFG News of the Year 2007

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All the videogame news that made us go "WTF?!!1"

E3 2007: The Barker Hangar

It was enough of a shock last year to discover that The World's Biggest Videogame Show (TM, etc) had been mercilessly cut down and replaced with a glitz-free 'Media & Business Summit' yawnfest. But when we resolutely turned up to this July's E3, we were presented with the decidedly un-awe-inspiring - and often desperately barren - Barker Hangar.

And Nintendo's brand new IP is... *drumroll* ...a plastic plate that looks like a set of bathroom scales. "Nintendo's next casual carpet bomb" is how we described Wii Fit when it was announced back at this year's E3. Obviously it'll sell like, well, Wii and DS. But, by Lucifer's singed beard, what in the hell is Nintendo going to pull out next?

Red Ring of Death sees Microsoft extend 360 warranty

In July, Microsoft extended the Xbox 360 warranty for the second time, in just over six months. Every Xbox 360 now has a three year warranty, as a result of "an unacceptable number of repairs", and Microsoft even refunded anyone who had paid for a repair back when the warranty was just 90 days.

So what do we draw from this? A) That Microsoft knows most 360 owners will experience the RROD problem; B) That if your Xbox 360 hasn't died, it probably will sometime in the future; and C) That Microsoft is likely to lose around a billion dollars because of a single hardware error. Cripes.

Nintendo reveals Wii Fit

And Nintendo's brand new IP is... *drumroll* ...a plastic plate that looks like a set of bathroom scales. "Nintendo's next casual carpet bomb" is how we described Wii Fit when it was announced back at this year's E3.Obviously it'll sell like, well, Wii and DS. But, by Lucifer's singed beard, what in the hell is Nintendo going to pull out next?

Red Ring of Death sees Microsoft extend 360 warranty

In July, Microsoft extended the Xbox 360 warranty for the second time, in just over six months. Every Xbox 360 now has a three year warranty, as a result of "an unacceptable number of repairs", and Microsoft even refunded anyone who had paid for a repair back when the warranty was just 90 days.

So what do we draw from this? A) That Microsoft knows most 360 owners will experience the RROD problem; B) That if your Xbox 360 hasn't died, it probably will sometime in the future; and C) That Microsoft is likely to lose around a billion dollars because of a single hardware error. Cripes.

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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.