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 New Wii Wheel Brings Motion Controls to Nintendo’s Racing Franchise

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Since the invention of the automobile, kids have pantomimed driving with pretend steering wheels. Since the dawn of the video game age, people of all ages playing racing games have twisted and turned their controllers to steer their vehicles, even though it had no effect on the action on the screen. Now, Mario Kart^® Wii makes these fantasies a reality and brings a new level of immersion and interaction to video games.

The raucous driving game, which launched Sunday, comes packaged with the Wii Wheel^™ steering wheel accessory that houses the Wii Remote^™ controller and lets players steer just as though they were driving a real car. The accessory has been specifically designed and engineered so that even someone who has never played a video game before can pick up the Wii Wheel and start racing instantly.

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IGN has an interview with Vice President of Public Relations Pete Hines regarding Fallout 3. Here’s the crucial question that most fans already know:

IGN: Fallout’s got a massive following and quite a vocal community. Have you at any point consulted the fan-base to see what they want from a Fallout game?

Pete Hines: Back when we first announced we were doing it in 2004, there was tons of feedback with people saying here’s what we want and here’s what we don’t want. We’re not really into consulting, in that we’ve got 75 people who spend all day every day working on this game, so we look for information and feedback for the kinds of things the fans are looking for, and feedback from the last game that we made. Even though it’s an Elder Scroll game, we’ve looked at the things they liked or didn’t like from that, and we have our own opinions about what we liked and didn’t like, and look at what things may be applicable to Fallout. Whether its how fast travel works, or for example how we’ve changed the way leveling works, so it’s very different from Oblivion.

I can already hear the hardcore crowd screaming for blood. They were not consulted? Oh, the drama!

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I’m stoked about the Vault Boy Bobblehead.

Bethesda today officially announced that it will release a special Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition worldwide for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

This limited edition will be available through pre-orders and certain retailers, and will include a customized Vault-Tec lunch-box, an art book, ‘the making of’ DVD, and a collectible Vault-Tec Vault Boy Bobblehead.

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Speaking to videogaming247, Peter Hines (Bethesda Marketing Boss) stated that the lead development format for Fallout 3 is in fact the Xbox 360.“The 360 is our lead development platform, so we got it working on that one first. I mean, we develop them all simultaneously, but one of them’s got to be the lead, so it was 360.”

I can hear the PS3 fanboys screaming bloody murder right about now. Or maybe not, considering the possibility that they played Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. That’s one title fans of the series would rather forget.

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Miles Edgeworth, rival and friend of Phoenix Wright, is going to get his own spinoff game entitled Perfect Prosecutor.

From what we can ascertain from the new scan that recently popped up in Famitsu, Perfect Prosecutor places you in the role of the prosecutor and has you after familar faces such as Miles Edgeworth and Dick Gumshoe (which might be the greatest names for supporting chararcters in a game ever.) Edgeworth seems to be combing crime scenes for possible missed evidence. Also, new detective mechanics will be introduced, which ought to please many a fan of the original series.

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Hands-on Mobile and Magmic Games Bring the Number-One Selling Mobile Game to BlackBerry Handsets

Game Has Achieved Major Milestones in Mobile Gaming Including 7.5 Million Songs Downloaded in Less Than Six Months
CTIA Wireless 2008

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected games and applications, in partnership with Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) today announced that the highly successful Guitar Hero® III Mobile game is now available on BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM).

Published as part of Hands-On Mobile’s exclusive worldwide partnership with Activision, the award winning Guitar Hero III Mobile game maintains the same high quality gameplay experience that fans around the world have embraced with the Guitar Hero® console games. Already breaking mobile game records on two of the largest U.S. operators, the game will be available on the nation’s top four mobile carriers by April 2008.

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The Expansion Pack to 2007’s Best-Selling RTS¹ Features More Missions, More Factions, More Units and Most Importantly More Kane!

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Messiah has risen again! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath has shipped to retail outlets in North America and Europe for the PC. The expansion pack to last year’s award-winning² real-time strategy game Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™, Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath introduces a new, hand-crafted campaign spanning two decades of Tiberium lore, six sub-factions and game-changing epic units to the Command & Conquer universe. And gamers who purchase Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath or the Command & Conquer 3 Limited Collection will also receive an exclusive key to the Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 beta starting this summer.

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World of Warcraft players will now be able to enjoy patch 2.4, which opens Sunwell Isle. New dungeons, items and rewards are now accessible to players. The update also includes bug fixes, balance changes and UI improvements. Head over to the patch notes for the full details.

Highlights of Fury of the Sunwell:

Sunwell Isle:
The glorious fount of arcane energy known as the Sunwell empowered the high elves for millennia, until the death knight Arthas laid siege to the elven kingdom and corrupted its sacred energies. Seeing no other alternative, a band of survivors led by Prince Kael’thas destroyed the ancient fount, and over time the surviving elves fell prey to a crippling magical withdrawal. Now, promising salvation for his people, Kael’thas has returned. Soon the Sunwell will shine once again, but whether the sacred fount will usher in deliverance or destruction remains to be seen.
This area includes:

• A new quest hub
• Magisters’ Terrace - a 5-player instance
• Sunwell Plateau - a 25-player instance
• New badge rewards

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The ESRB has the rating for GTA IV. Here it is:

You weren’t expecting anything less than an “M”, were you?

EA recently announced the next chapter in its popular series with The Sims 3. The official website is now live and it’s loaded with screenshots so you take a preview of what’s in store. Here’s additional information courtesy of the About page.

The Sims 3 lets you immerse truly unique Sims in an open, living neighborhood just outside their door! The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

New Seamless, Open Neighborhood—Explore the neighborhood freely.
Your Sims can roam throughout their neighborhood, visit neighbors’ homes, and explore the surroundings. They can stroll downtown to hang out with friends, meet someone new at the park, or run into colleagues on the street. If your Sims are in the right place at the right time, who knows what might happen?!

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