Category: Gaming
Top 30 things you’ll need for Wii launch day
Over at Shiny's Nintendo Wii Blog, Wii Wii, excitement is heading towards fever pitch for the European launch of the console. So much do that they've compiled a list of the Top 30 things you’ll need for Wii launch day….
Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 announced
The fifth edition of the Electronic Sports Wold Cup will take place between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th July 2007 at the Expo Park in Paris, France. This major gaming event gathers the thousand best video games players in the…
Nokia reveals worldwide mobile gaming habits
Nokia have done some research into people who play games on their mobile phones. A diverse group of 1800 people from China, Germany, India, Spain, Thailand and the United States were asked about their gaming habits. 80% of those interviewed…
Farewell to the Air Guitar, bring on Guitar Hero II for PS2
PS2 software developers RedOctane held a rock (mock) funeral yesterday to mark the sad departure of the air guitar. They're confident that their latest Guitar Hero II music game for the Playstation 2 will kiss goodbye to the legendary air…
Cocktail Arcade Table – retro gaming in the living room
If you're going to buy a functional piece of furniture, you might as well make that function gaming – as is the case with this Cocktail Arcade Table – spotted by the Brandish team. Admittedly, it's more gaming than occasional…
Amazon sells entire UK pre-order stock of Nintendo Wii in just seven minutes
After the US launch and with no PS3 here until 2007, excitement over the European Nintendo Wii launch grows by the day. But don't think it's going to be easy getting one. Over at Shiny's Wii Wii blog, the team…
Sony PlayStation 3 sells for $9.99 on eBay
You've got to feel for the person who rushed out to buy a PS3 on launch day, and promptly slapped it on eBay trying to get $1,250 for it, only to end up accidentally selling it for $9.99. That's what's…
Mobile game of the week: Twin Kingdom Valley
Gamers of a certain age will have fond memories of the humble text adventure, albeit with the odd psychotic flashback to that time they tried to GIVE THE SWORD TO THE FROG but mistyped, and got killed by the troll…
Second Life hit by deliberate attack
The online virtual reality gaming phenomenon that is Second Life was hit by a malicious attack over the weekend, which caused self-replicating golden rings to appear in the virtual world, and significantly slowed down the servers….
Nintendo Wii launches in the US
As you'd expect from Shiny's Ninendo Wii blog Wii Wii, there's coverage on the site of yesterday's US launch of the Wii console. Check out some video footage of Reggie Fils-Aime (that's the President of Nintendo of America) giving a…