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Telltale Games is bringing its crazy duo of Sam and Mac onto Wii. Sam and Max Season One has been dated for a North American release on October 7th. On that date Wii owners will be able to lay hands on the first six adventures of the downloadable PC series at an affordable price of $29.99. Wii edition will come with widescreen format, a new tutorial, and the usual point-and-click puzzles to solve crimes. Go through the episodes doing detective work and unravel the mystery that binds all the plots together. People who are completely onboard the cute doggy Sam and his deranged sidekick bunny Max may want to consider pre-ordering a copy. The reward then is a bonus CD with usual freebies like behind-the-scene clips, concept art, wallpapers etc. Jump for a couple of more screenshots.

Lo and behold! Namco Bandai’s announcement has fructified and Gundam PSP (limited Edition, of course!) has been spotted in Japan. This limited edition hand held is a go-along for the upcoming PSP game Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam, which releases in Japan on November 20th. This special PSP-3000 has the trademark robots painted on either side on the back and has “Gundam vs. Gundam” written on the bottom left of the back. With a selling price of 24,840 yen ($230), the LE will be a part of the Gundam Bundle. To me the robots seem absent, but the real fans will swear that silhouettes are indeed the real deal. By the way there are other games to be bundled along with PSP-3000, hopefully they’ll receive similar beauty treatments.

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Xbox owners get ready to swing your way to the top. Heading your way this fall on Xbox Live Arcade is a Major League Baseball-licensed game of stickball. 2K Sports has just revealed that MLB Stickball will be released on October 8 for 800 Microsoft Points. MLB Stickball is worth checking out for a lot of reasons. One of these is a feature that allows gamers to buy and collect Topps MLB cards, which will unlock and add players to a Major League team. Users are also allowed to build their own teams. And what would be stickball without an option to adjust rules as you go along. Like the street version, gamers can just build custom rules as they go along. So gear up to hit streets of NY, SF and Boston! A variety of objects scattered in the background serve as hazards or targets. Target a window and cool your heels in the dugout.

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D3 Publisher has launched a number of fake game mock-ups and has created a several such fake fansites and a full back catalog of fake previous Matt Hazard games as part of a viral campaign in order to promote and support the upcoming Matt Hazard video game. Some of the fake games include one that looks like a 16-bit action game and an 8-bit side-scroller. Though there are many fake stories and fake ‘facts’, one must know that it is all part of the promotional campaign and not get confused with it as being real. This makes me wonder if viral campaigns are really ethical and could be opted as part of game promotions.

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White Knight Chronicles may remind you of the Shadow of the Colossus because of the gigantic size of the enemies. In fact, in a concept artwork, one can find an enormous turtle carrying an entire city on its back. Narrated in third person, White Knight Chronicles is one of the coolest Level 5 RPG and is going to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3. The release dates have been confirmed as December 25 in Japan. However, since the date speculation is by Famitsu, one has to think twice before getting excited about the dates. We can keep our fingers crossed before till then. Nevertheless, the very fact that it would be released in a few months is reason enough to feel great.

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Here is something that would please any Nintendo DS fan. The Club Nintendo “Premium” DS Lites were announced last July and comes with a groovy puch. “What’s new?” you may ask. Well, there are only 3,000 of these cover plated “Premium” DS Lites and of these Premium Silver, Premium Black and Premium Rose constitute come in 1000 pieces each. These are treated with a special metallic plating cover and if you plan to get hold of one of these, you need to get yourself registered. There is a limit of 5 entries per member and 3,000 winners will be selected randomly. Doesn’t that make you want to have this all the more?

Via: Kotaku

Hardcore fans of the Call of Duty series can breathe a sigh of relief. Activision Blizzard has let the kitty out of the bag and confirmed that the much feted team Infinity Ward will be returning to handle sixth outing of the franchise. They took a break after Call of Duty 4, which went on to sell over 10 million units. One thing that is not yet clear is the release date of the game, which some sources put as 2009 and the others as 2010. Anyhow, returning to the point, fans can rest assured that their favorite team is on the scene. What’s wrong with Treyarch though? Shouldn’t we perhaps be more restrained in passing judgment? After all, Call of Duty: World at War is returning to its WWII roots.

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It is not the first time we are bringing a motion-controlling product here on this blog, but then the market is flooded with such products. In2Games has unveiled the first image of its motion controller for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Gametrak Freedom is equipped with an ultrasonic 3D motion sensing technology. This helps the controller to be a high performance gadget, which gives you control and flexibility. It even tracks true 3D position and precise movements of up to 4 players, so playing with thing can get really exciting. We must wait and watch if this thing ever gets support from the software developers.

Via: Engadget

Here is some good news for gamers. Xbox 360 Arcade, which is a non-hard drive model of the console, will cost only £129 and the 60GB hard drive based console is also coming down in price to £169. If this was not enough the all black elite version will cost only £229. Seems like a new price war is going to happen among the major consoles. The slashing of prices would definitely have worried PS3 and Wii. They may have to slash prices too, very soon. However, what most gamers are looking for is some free games being thrown along with the consoles, which is already happening. However, we gamers are a greedy lot and always expect more than what is offered.

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Via: TechDigest

Finally a hack is upon us, one that promises to run ISOs without a need to obtain legal (read pricey) original copies of the game(read piracy). Developer Waninkoko has released a video that shows the application in action. The “work in progress” v0.1 backup ISO loader is demonstrated running The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess from Wii Homebrew Channel. And yes there’s no modchip involved! The plan of action instead involves creating a legal backup (yeah right) of the title, then converting the ISO file via this app and burning it on a DVD. Thereafter, the user needs to copy the ISO loader onto Wii Homebrew channel and get cracking.

If you have been waiting for something new from the guys at World of Warcraft, then you are in for a surprise. The Wrath of the Lich King is going to be in stores on November 13. Blizzard is planning to release the game on the same day in Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia. However, fans in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand would have to wait for a day more and in these countries, the game would be released on November 14. On the 18th of November, Wrath of the Lich King would be released in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.

The Spider-Man 3 game had disappointed many and now gamers may be more demanding, unless Activision has already realized their mistake. So, when they release the new screenshot of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, not many people would be overtly excited. If you are still crazy about anything that is related to Spider Man, you could go ahead and pre order it from Best Buy. The art book and the screenshots may not be enough to make people running to purchase on October 21st when it is going to be released. The art book itself looks good but lacks the punch to make someone want to buy a game or continue playing it.

Lately there has been a barrage of interesting concepts and designs for the Xbox consoles. Many who took part in the Xbox competition had interesting concepts to offer, however the one that really stood out was the design by Petettt from the Xbox design forum at ProductdesignForums. The console is supported by 3 legs and looks like a futuristic flying machine from a space game. The concept console looks too chic and dainty for an Xbox 360 but then, glamour is always welcome. In fact, Xbox fanboys would love to have something that not only allows great gaming experiences but also looks really good. However, the idea was to create a 360 degrees design and hence the futuristic shape, going by the Xbox 360 name. The concept has a better chance of winning hearts if it were rugged, and also had a larger space to store cds and the like.

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Xbox Live Arcade will get Duke Nukem 3D as early as later this month. 3D Realms has announced that the game will be released on XBLA September 24. Don’t get too smug, though, cause the announcement ain’t official MS. So the date may be shifted as yet. Another thing that remains undisclosed as of now is the exact number of points that this thing’s going to cost gamers. Duke Nukem 3D is an installment that’s breaking a six-year-long draught so it is kinda big relief. However, the gamers are still looking for an update that’s been eluding for a long time – something on Duke Nukem Forever. Anyhow, 3D Realms expects us to check out Major Nelson’s website with regularity for updates.

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Fans of Sony’s hover-racing remix European WipEout HD is soon going to be released. The game features 1080p, 60 frames-per-second visuals, 5.1 soundtrack, custom tunes support, five game modes, eight reversible tracks, eight-player multiplayer option and, of course, great graphics. However, it is quite annoying to see the capital ‘E’ again, which could have been dropped. Well, they wouldn’t. Rumors in fact have it that it might be released as soon as September 25 and will cost $19.99. Looks like racing game fans will have a gala time playing this kick-ass game, day in and day out.

Via: VideoGaming247