Full Support for v2.70/2.71 Firmware

Awsome now I can get some homebrew on my 2.70 PSP. I have played two SNES games on it so far. There is an downgrader, but it is still…uh “buggy.” I don’t want to risk my PSP to bricking.
eLoader Version 0.99 brings us this. Read on.
The major new feature is support for v2.70 and v2.71 […]

Game-Overdrive Image Editing Contest

“Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my duty as Community Manager of Game Overdrive to inform you of something terrible. It has begun. In a stunningly unprovoked move, Iceland has started the end. It’s bombing of Denmark over their relationship with Sweden caused Britain to have to back childhood friend Denmark up by leveling Reykjavik. Having been […]

Ricky’s Revolution Rant

Nintendo is finally ready to unveil the juicy details of their plans for the Revolution launch. Whilst perusing IGN at two in the morning(as I am often apt to do, as mentioned in another rant), I happened upon an article detailing much of the information that I have wanted to know about the upcoming launch […]

Official US Wii Launch Details

The word is out. Nintendo is finally ready to announce the launch details that it has been avoiding for months now. Read for yourselves:
Nintendo fans finally have a price and release date for the company’s new generation console, Wii. The Big N is set to officially announce that the system will hit retail in North […]

Wii - November 24 for £149?

According to the industry trade magazine MCV, the highly anticipated Nintendo console is set to debut in Europe on the 24th of November, with a price tag of £149. After a quick google, that appears to convert to about $282 in US dollars.
Nintendo will release the Wii in Europe by 24 November for £149, according […]

Wii Really Can Rumble!

Turns out the ‘Wiimote’ rumble story I commented on yesterday was innacurate. See for yourself.
No Wii Remote rumble? Kittsy spotted that I’d made a mess of page 15 just after we finished the mag. It was too late to correct and resend the page to the printers (apparently yelling “Hold the presses!” doesn’t actually result […]

Interesting Revolution Tidbits

According to Joystiq, NGamer magazine was privy to some interesting tidbits regarding Nintendo’s upcoming console.
NGamer also reports that the Wii sensor bar is now “50% smaller … a little bigger than a couple of pencils glued together” and tosses in a few tidbits about the Wiimote, including its 30–60 hour battery life (with AAs) and […]

Sega Makes Hard Top-Heavy Toys Soft - Kotaku

I think the image says it all. For the record, the action figures are from Neon Genesis Evangelion. And notice that Sega is the company behind this one.
I think the next step is making fully anatomically correct action figures. How’s that for a disturbing concept?
Sega Makes Hard Top-Heavy Toys Soft - Kotaku

Wii Can’t Rumble?

I caught this one on Kotaku, and the concept disturbs me greatly.
Nevertheless, according to this scan from the UK magazine NGame, Rumble is entirely out in the Wii. The much tiny speaker has replaced it in the design and they even quote Shigeru Miyamoto.
Assuming this is true, it means that we get a speaker instead […]

NRA the Video Game

It seems that the NRA has a new video game coming out. I have to admit, this one was way out of left field.
NRA Gun Club, a target shooter for the Playstation 2, will include more than 100 firearms, 12 settings, 15 challenges and competitive play for up to eight gamers.
“In keeping with the NRA […]