Walmart will offer a limited edition blue version of the Nintendo Wii as part of its Black Friday sales promotion this year, it has been revealed, with the new color console priced at $99.96. Set to go on sale at 10pm on Thursday, November 24, according to details screen-grabbed from a CBS commercial and passed to Engadget, the blue Wii has already been offered elsewhere in the world, but this will be its first official debut in the US.
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Grand Theft Auto V and the five things we’re hoping for
Just this morning it was confirmed that Rockstar games would be producing the fifth in one of the most notorious game series of all time, Grand Theft Auto – now it’s time to let our hopes run wild. There are quite a few features in previous games that are what we’d call nearly unexplored avenues. Small bits of gameplay that would, if allowed to expand, would create a whole new playground for the future of GTA. Below are just five of these items that we’re hoping Rockstar will explore further for GTA:V.
Sony DC Universe Online goes freemium
For those of you that have never heard of this game before, it's called DC Universe Online, created and run by Sony, and it functions as a MMORPG or massively multiplayer online role-playing game and it was released in January of this year to throngs of ravenous comic book hero fans. Users create their own superheroes (or villains) and move through the DC world fighting and having awesome adventures with the rest of the people working and playing in the environment. This game initially only had one payment model to play, but as more social games creep up and offer free online games with money made from goods available in-game, Sony's decided to upgrade the system to three ways to pay to play.
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Nintendo Wii makeover: Streamlined style but no GameCube support
Nintendo is readying a new version of the Wii, featuring a streamlined design intended to be placed horizontally rather than vertically, and with a new, lower price. Confirmed so far for the UK market, and expected to go on sale in time for the holiday shopping season, the updated Wii will be released as part of a new value bundle complete with Wii Party and Wii Sports. However, while there's money to be saved, there's also a cost in terms of lost backward compatibility.
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Mobile gaming will surpass consoles “within a very short time” says id co-founder
id Software co-founder John Carmack agrees that mobile gaming devices like cellphones will, in "a very short time," surpass the power that consoles offer, but still insists that traditional consoles will have a place in the market for some time to come. "It's unquestionable that within a very short time, we’re going to have portable cell phones that are more powerful than the current-gen consoles" Carmack told IndustryGamers, suggesting that while there will still be "hard core people who want to sit down all weekend and stay in a position where they can get 20 hours of gameplay in," for most people their smartphones and tablets will be "good enough."
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Xbox 720 at E3 2012 tip game devs
Nintendo’s Wii U had its moment in the sun at E3 last week, and according to the latest batch of rumors it will be Microsoft’s turn for a new console announcement at E3 2012. According to VideoGamer‘s “high-ranking industry source at Crytek” Microsoft is gearing up to unveil the console within the next year, with an E3 debut most likely. Specifications are yet to be finalized, and the name of the console – colloquially referred to as the Xbox 720, though it’s doubtful it will actually launch as such - is unknown.
Nintendo Wii U flaunts its ports
Nintendo has been pretty cautious with what it shows of its Wii U console: our own Vincent Nguyen got into trouble at E3 last week for getting too close to the behind-glass unit in our hands-on. Inside Games Japan managed to score a little extra eyes-on time, however, with some live shots of the sides and back - including ports - of the Wii U.
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Nintendo Wii U is 50% more powerful than PS3/Xbox 360 tip devs
Nintendo may not be talking hardware specifics for the Wii U, but that hasn't stopped developers with early access to the new console from muttering to anybody who'll listen. According to one analyst, Industry Gamers reports, game devs have confirmed the Wii U is 50-percent more powerful than the PS3 or Xbox 360. However, Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata maintains that processing grunt isn't the company's sole purpose with the unusual console.
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Sony VAIO L Series Touchscreen All-in-One to Launch July 13th 2011
Originally scheduled for release in March of this year, a Sony press release has just confirmed Sony’s new L Series all-in-one touchscreen desktop will be available next month. Also confirmed is the wall-mount option. This desktop doesn’t have to be on the desktop, it can be mounted on the wall (mount sold separately). Sony is marketing this as an entertainment PC that may actually replace the TV.
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Nintendo “Project Café” Wii 2 caught on video?
A video apparently showing a sneak preview of Nintendo’s “Project Café” Wii 2 prototype has emerged, supposedly shot during a closed developer meeting. The clip, spotted by VG247, shows developers watching a presentation on the next-gen console’s hardware, with what looks to be a real prototype on the desk in front of them.
Xbox 360 replacement in 2015 hints IEB designer
Microsoft could be looking to a 2015 replacement date for the Xbox 360, according to the personal portfolio of a designer working with the company. Ben Peterson was brought on in March 2011 to working with the IEB (Interactive Entertainment Business) Design group on "investigating future user experiences and hardware for 2015."
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OnLive Cloud Gaming Offers Free Console With Game Pre-Order
OnLive is trying a new tactic that could prove to be pretty smart. The company is offering a deal right now where if you pre-order THQ’s Homefront game from February 25th to March 14th you’ll get a free version of its OnLive gaming system. The system normally retails for $99, but by giving it away free they may be able to get the system into a lot more hands than otherwise.
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