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Batman: Arkham Asylum Takes Game of the Year at BAFTA Awards

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:32:19 +0000

Next Spider-Man Game Subtitled "Shattered Dimensions"

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:32:06 +0000

The latest issue of GamePro has a juicy reveal for fans of Marvel’s webhead right on its cover: Evidently, the next Spider-Man game out of Activision will be called Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Probably more details will be found inside the issue, but right now all we know is the title of this still-unannounced game on the mag’s cover (via MTV Multiplayer). Activision CEO Bobby Kotick recently made news by stating their past Spider-Man games “sucked,” saying that a Spider-Man game should be “about web-slinging. If you don’t do web-slinging, what is the fantasy of Spider-Man?” So, probably expect a big focus on web-slinging in the next Spider-Man game.

What else to expect is anyone’s guess, but as Multiplayer points out, the name “Shattered Dimensions” might suggest a crossover between Spider-Men other than Peter Parker, like the Scarlet Spider and Spider-Man 2099. It’ll also be interesting to see how the changes in the movie franchise’s schedule will affect Activision’s plans for it’s Spider-Man games. No doubt they would have had a game ready for Spider-Man 4 in 2011, but now that Sony has decided to reboot the franchise with a new movie in 2012, it leaves some open room for what will likely be another original game starring the wall-crawler. We’ll probably find out more soon.

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South Park ‘Previews’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:32:01 +0000

When Tiger Woods’s extra-marital issues first started making news, EA Sports was one of Woods’s sponsors to stick by the golfer from the get-go. But somehow, we have a feeling their next Tiger Woods game won’t have much resemblance to the vision of the future South Park presented earlier this week.

As you can see in the clip above (which we warn you is, unlike the television airing, completely bleep-free and packed with NSFW language), South Park started its new season this week with their unique reenactment of the fateful night that started the Tiger Woods saga, and they give it a uniquely gamer-spin to boot. The episode revisited this version of “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11″ throughout the story, and you can see another (also very NSFW!) clip featuring the dreaded “Pre-Nup Power Up” below.

The real Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, meanwhile, will be released on June 8. And will probably be far less violent.

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XBOX 360 Super Elite 250GB + FFXIII

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:32:00 +0000

A new Super Elite 250GB model of the XBOX 360 Console will be released next month. The Limited Edition package features a Microsoft XBOX 360 Super Elite 250GB Console, with two XBOX 360 Wireless Controllers and a XBOX 360 Live Headset, plus a copy of Square Enix’s epic RPG adventure Final Fantasy XIII and exclusive FFXIII avatar items. Celebrating Final Fantasy’s debut on the XBOX 360, this Special Edition Super Elite console bundle will be available on 9th of March, retailing at £249.99

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Next week on Rock Band: X, Carrie Underwood, Little Fish, OneRepublic and more

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:59 +0000

Harmonix and MTV Games has announced that a four pack of songs from American punk rockers X will headline next weeks Rock Band music Store update. It will also include three singles from British garage rockers Little

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Miyamoto Says Pikmin 3 Development ‘Well Underway’

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:34 +0000

We learned over a year ago that a brand new Pikmin game is on Shigeru Miyamoto’s plate, and now we have more confirmation from the great man himself: According to the Twitter feed of the Official Nintendo Magazine UK (via Joystiq), they were told by Miyamoto at last night’s BAFTA Video Game Awards that development of Pikmin 3 is “well underway.”

Unfortunately it seems that’s all Miyamoto had to say, so details are still nearly non-existent. We’re going to assume this game will be for the Wii (the Wiimote seems such a natural fit for Pikmin’s gameplay that Nintendo already remade the first Pikmin for the Wii), but other than that, it’s anyone’s guess what Pikmin 3 will look or play like — or when it’ll be released. Hopefully Nintendo will have more to show soon, more than likely at E3 in June.

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Free Realms gets Pirate’s Plunder update

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:19 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment has released a new content update for their fantasy themed massively multiplayer online adventure game, Free Realms. It include loads of pirate themed goodies, including housing items, swashbuckling wearables, Marketplace items and an all-new,

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DS homebrew - NitroGrafx v0.1

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:15 +0000

Big fan of homebrew emulators? Well here’s the initial version of FluBBa’s PC-Engine TurboGrafx16 emulator for the DS, NitroGrafx. More after the jump.

Download: NitroGrafx v0.1 (http://dl.qj.net/nintendo-ds/emulators/nitrografx-v01.html)

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Wii homebrew - UAE Wii v5

Wii Gamer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:03 +0000

Homebrew coder Simon Kagstrom has released a new version of UAE Wii, a Commodore Amiga emulator for the Nintendo Wii. The latest update of the classic emulator has added some new features, more fixes and various other

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Final Fantasy XIII Breaks Franchise Sales Record

Wii Gamer — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:33:00 +0000

Even despite some controversy, Final Fantasy XIII is selling well. Square Enix sent word today that the RPG has sold more than a million units in North America, in the five days following its March 9 launch. This makes it set the record for the best first-week sales in Final Fantasy history, which is no small feat considering the pedigree. The name still carries a lot of weight, even as the game is facing some negative feedback based on its departure from the traditional tropes of Japanese RPGs.

The news comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that the company had shipped 3 million units to North America and Europe alone, helping the series as a whole cross 96 million units. The game is still readily available in stores and Square is shipping to retailers, so we should see a strong showing in the March NPD data. We may even find a tight race between it and PS3-exclusive God of War 3 for the month’s top seller.

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