Do you Remember Road Rash?

In the 90's, there was a great motorcycle racing game called Road Rash. You illegally raced a souped up motorcycle over hills, twists and turns against a group of eeeevil competitors wielding bats and chains. All the while, you had to be on the lookout for the stray cow, dog or slow moving tractor.

Many of you younglings may not even have been around when this game was out. Well, now it may be coming back. The last release was 7 years ago PS One's Road Rash:Jailbreak but EA Games is thinking about bringing it back. Game on!

Nintendo Wii Demonstration a Fake

Wow. I just ran across this article (I know, I am a little late). However, it was pretty amazing. According to the Inquirer (not the Enquirer), the E3 demo of the Wii was smoke and mirrors.

THE RECENT demonstration by Nintendo of its new Wii machine at the E3 show was all fabricated, according to the Nintendo insider forum.

Apparently, the system was not quite ready and they knew they had to put on a good show. Wow.

Nintendo Wii - October 2nd ???

Although Nintendo won't tell anybody about when the Wii will arrive, it seems GameStop may have inadvertently given a hint at when we can expect to be waving our arms around, discovering all-new gameplay techniques.

A leaked listing from the US retailer has a provisional line-up of titles, with Rayman Raving Rabbids, Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab all listed for release on October 2nd - perhaps the same date that the Wii goes on sale across North America.

Madden NFL 2007, Need for Speed: Carbon, Red Steel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Call of Duty 3 and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam are all scheduled to follow shortly after in November if the list is accurate, with confirmation that EA's Medal of Honor: Airbourne will arrive on the Wii during February 2007.

Naturally it's all speculation at this stage; however, what we want to know is whether Nintendo will be able to follow the others and get the Wii to Europe shortly after this date.

Apple: IGame Coming Soon?

Rumors are rife that Apple is going to recruit a development team for a new videogame project. According to Gamespot, Apple is recruiting industry engineers with former LucasArts technical director, Mike Lampell as the head of the secret division. Gamespot has received the tip off from one ’secret’ tech sector recruiter.

Apple though has launched some small titles on Mac platform, but did not show any interest in the videogame earlier. On the iPod also it has only few simple and basic built-in games. Gamespot reveals that the rumored games will be available in iTune itself. What it suggests that Apple itself will probably distribute the games.

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Xbox 360 Awaits a Major Face Lift

Since it’s hyped launch about six months ago, Xbox 360 is ready for its first ever major facelift. Gamespot informs that Microsoft has announced the first major bi-annual major updates to the console’s functions and user interface.

Keeping a more than a modest aim to sell more than 10 million cases before Sony makes its debut, Microsoft does not yet declare any official release date as of yet. However, it hopes to make things ready for download on Xbox Live in about a week.

New ‘Perfect Dark’ Demo Released

Microsoft has announced the release of a new playable demo of Perfect Dark Zero on Xbox 360. Gamers without shelling out a single penny can download the title from Xbox Live Marketplace. However, they have to make sure that they have plenty of free space on their hard drive. The demo comes in at just over 860MB.

It comprises of the Outpost mission, which you can easily play solo or may go for with a friend by either using split screen or over Xbox Live. The demo is also featuring a brand new multiplayer map that goes under the name of Plaza.

EA Rolling back Battlefield 2 Plans

BF2 won't be ready until the recent hiccups are resolved. I think this is a very wise move. It is better to delay than to release something that has holes for people to start 'dissin.

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Nintendo Wii to be less than $250

Reportedly, Nintendo Wii is going to be less than $250 ($249.99). Maybe that means that Sony will have some price reductions on the PS3 :)

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Half-Life: Episode 1 Already Gone Gold

Valve has confirmed that Episode 1 has already gone gold. Thus it is sure to be released on June 1. In the Episode 1, players will go to trip beyond City 17, while accompanying Alyx and her robot.

Valve has unveiled the second expansion to Half-Life 2 and has confirmed that it will be released at the end of this year. The third and the final part will be completed (the trilogy) before Christmas 2007.