Archive - January 2006

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Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 31 2006
A couple of days back I wrote on the 'brain' game by Nintendo and decided that I am yet to understand what the post is all about. Anyway, the game is now crossing the oceans to hit America and will be called Brain Age. The game is called Brain Training..
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 31 2006
According to this report in Gamasutra sources from Nintendo Europe are now claiming that lifetime-to-date sale figures for the Nintendo DS console in Spain has beaten rival Sony PSP in terms of sales. It has sold 425,000 units so far which is 59% of...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 31 2006
Nintendo of America has issued a statement with respect to the strange 'Red Tulip' emails that have been circulating throughout Animal Crossing: Wild World for Nintendo DS via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. According to reports, the items appearing...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 31 2006
Rockstar Games has a brand new Midnight Club racing title being developed, according to the latest ESRB rating submissions. IGN says that the official announcement can follow in a few days. This game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition REMIX, is approved for..
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 31 2006
Microsoft has released an official update to the Xbox 360, patching in improvements to quite a few things in it. Next time, when you sign into Xbox Live you can expect to see a mandatory update message that requires a brief download time and a system...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 30 2006
The Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'Hot Coffee Mod' that allowed explicit sexual content accessible within the game thus making it look like a political sex scandal made business plunge with revenues falling short by $40 million from projections. Not...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 30 2006
According to IGN a retail source in Japan has reported that that Sega's upcoming Treasure Box compilation will have not just the Genesis and Mega Drive versions of Gunstar Heroes, but the one of the rarest Treasure games - the Game Gear version as...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 30 2006
In a report from the current issue of Japanese game magazine Weekly Famitsu, Microsoft Japan officials reflected on the Xbox 360's abysmal launch in Japan. So far, the 360 has sold only 107,800 units which is lesser than what original Xbox did in its...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 30 2006
Web Technology, the Japan-based development tools provider, has announced the release of its Optix Image Studio graphics tools for Sony's upcoming console PlayStation 3. The kit will be available starting 2/1 at $3,062. Developers using v5 of the PS 2..
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Jan 30 2006
I came across an amazing piece of tutorial that guides you step-buy-step on how to develop your own apps for PlayStation Portable. Right from the first step to getting your environment set up to create your own program using a set of tools called CYGWIN.