Nintendo confirmed that as part of the forthcoming launch of the Wii console around the World, it will be offering the Opera Web browser as a free download for a limited time.
Videogamesblogger.com reports that …

“Counter strike” is a new game with a difference, the target is American war tankers in the gulf, through the straits of Hormuz. In real life if these straits were to blocked then it would …

New Zealand filmmaker, Peter Jackson and screenwriter wife, Fran Walsh announced at the X06 convention, Wednesday, that they are teaming up with Microsoft to create Xbox and Xbox 360 games with their new company, Wingnut …

NFL star Shaun Alexander, featured on the cover of Madden NFL 2007, has suffered a fracture in his left foot which will put out the Seahawk player for two weeks. American football is a rough sport and of course a few incidents are going to happen but they seem even more likely to occur when the player happens to be cursed.

Before the year 2000 all the Madden covers featured John madden on the cover. Since the year 2000 when Electronic Arts began featuring real players on their box art players featured on the covers have been seemingly put through various unfortunate events….

Microsoft announced today at their pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference that they will be able to support 1080p through a simple software upgrade.

This upgrade will be able to upscale all resolutions from 720p or 1080i to 1080p…

The Nintendo Wii is set for launch in North America first on November 19. The cost of the system is $249.99 with the games being around $49.99. Nintendo said earlier this year it would not be over $250 but many expected it to be $200 as most systems made by Nintendo launch at that price…

Good news for the few gamers without a portable video game system. If you have an iPod you can now download games from iTunes for just a few bucks.

The downloads cost just $4.99 from the iTunes online store. The games will only play on fifth-generation iPod and will not be able to play on your computer. The games will be controlled using the basic iPod scroll wheel and buttons.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced today a new launch day for Playstation 3. This will effect all PAL territories including PAL territories including Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia.

The launch was previously set for, the same time as the American launch, November 17 2006. The new launch date is March 2007. With no exact date one would wonder if further delays are imminent.

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1up.com has recently released a list of confirmed songs for the sequeal to the massively popular Guitar Hero. The list is part of a cover story that is set appear in the October issue of EGM.

Nirvana; “Heart-Shaped Box”
Primus (original recording); “John the Fisherman”
Stone Temple Pilots; “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Anthrax; “Madhouse
Motley Crue; “Shout at the Devil”
The Police; “Message in a Bottle”
The Pretenders; Tattooed Love Boys
Spinal Tap; “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight
Heart; “Crazy on You”
Allman Brothers Band; “Jessica”
Lynyrd Skynrd; “Freebird”
Avenged Sevenfold; “Beast and the Harlot”
Dick Dale; “Misirlou”
Lamb of God; “Laid to Rest”
Alice in Chains; “Them Bones”
Reverend Horton Heat; “Psychobilly Freakout”
Black Sabbath; “War Pigs”
KISS; “Strutter”
Butthole Surfers; “Who Was in My Room Last Night?”
Van Halen; “You Really Got Me”
Guns N’ Roses; “Sweet Child O’Mine
The Rolling Stones; “Can You Hear Me Knocking?”
Rush; “YYZ”

With the Playstation 3 there are two different models; a high end and a low end model. Sony has been tring to push the systems high def qualities of the machine and it’s Blu-Ray medium. Just one problem the higher end HDMI compatable system will not come with HDMI cables.

Only the expensive $599 system includes HDMI. Copy-protected Blu-ray video discs can only output at 1080p using an HDMI cable but according to a recent update on their site Sony has decided not to include the HDMI cable is not included.

Nintendo is inviting Japanese press to a special event on September 14th.
Nintendo of America is also inviting American press to an event on the 14th, and Nintendo is also holding a similar event in Europe …

Microsoft has launched three new gaming peripherals at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany (click thumbnails for a larger images)
The first is an old favourite, the IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, which is almost the same as …

Nintendo used its high-profile press conference at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, this morning to announce two new games for the Wii but disappointed anyone waiting for information about the launch price of the …

It shouldn’t really be a suprise as shortages have become common with system launches. Last Friday gamespot.com interviewed Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai. Some points in the interview suggested that Sony is expecting system shortages.

Hirai said in the interview, “The company is targeting 2 million PS3s available at launch, and an additional 2 million by the end of 2006.] Since we’re going with three territories, we haven’t really come up with an allocation just yet. But even if you do the simple math you’re talking about less than 700,000 units per territory, per major territory, between launch and the end of the year. So even if there was some fluctuation–you give Japan more, you give the US more, what have you–you’re going to end up with some shortages….

Following Nintendo’s lead Sony will be changing the color of their PlayStation 2 to boost their demographic. Today Sony of Europe has announced the release of their up coming Pink PlayStation 2.

“Following the increasingly widespread appeal of PlayStation 2, through the popularity of socially interactive games such as BUZZ and Sing Star, the decision to produce a Pink console reflects the growing and diverse demographic that PlayStation 2 has developed.” , Sony said in the press release. …

Final Fantasy III classed as one the most eagerly awaited titles for the Nintendo Ds has been reported to have suffered a minor delay.
The title was set for a high profile launch in America November …