Mikami: Motion Controls "Won’t Be Mainstream for 10 Years"
The PlayStation 3′s Move and Xbox 360′s Kinect are right around the corner, but even when all three major consoles have dedicated motion controls, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami thinks it’ll still be a decade before such controls really become “mainstream.” Speaking to PSM3 magazine (via CVG ), Mikami — who, in addition to creating the Resident Evil series, also worked on the Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe series — said he’s still not interested in what motion controls currently have to offer.
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Mikami: Motion Controls "Won’t Be Mainstream for 10 Years"
Nintendo Planning Super Mario All-Stars Revival for Wii in Japan
The original Super Mario Bros. was first released in 1985
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Nintendo Planning Super Mario All-Stars Revival for Wii in Japan
Madden 11 Top-Selling Game in August by EA’s Estimates
Madden has once again topped sales charts in the month of August. Though NPD numbers won’t be out for several weeks, EA has already issued a statement talking up the game’s success in August, trumpeting it as the best selling game last month
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Madden 11 Top-Selling Game in August by EA’s Estimates
Ubisoft "Cautious" of New IPs Until Next Generation of Consoles
We hope you really love Tom Clancy games, because it looks like we’ll be seeing more of them before we see much else new out of Ubisoft for a while. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz , Ubisoft European managing director Alain Corre said Ubisoft is steering clear of introducing new IPs until the next generation of consoles, and instead will focus on improving their established brands.
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Sex in Games, Five Years After "Hot Coffee"
Feature Sex in Games, Five Years After “Hot Coffee” How the Grand Theft Auto scandal changed videogames and the state of digital intimacy, with thoughts from the developers of God of War and Heavy Rain.
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Sex in Games, Five Years After "Hot Coffee"
How to Anger a Gamer in 12 Easy Steps
Feature How to Anger a Gamer in 12 Easy Steps Hell hath no fury like a video game comments troll. By Michael Drucker Throughout the years of our lives, we gamers have faced many injustices.
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How to Anger a Gamer in 12 Easy Steps
Nintendo to Debut New WiiWare Game at PAX
In addition to the selection of games you’d expect Nintendo to have with it to showcase at its PAX booth next weekend, such as Donkey Kong Country Returns , Kirby’s Epic Yarn , GoldenEye , and NBA Jam , a new WiiWare game will also be making its debut.
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Top 5 Enemy Plants
Feature Top 5 Enemy Plants Organisms that use photosynthesis to transform carbon dioxide… into pure evil. By David Wolinsky Not that anyone outside of Cartman needs more reasons to hate hippies, but it’s obvious that none of them are gamers.
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Target Latest Retailer to Try Used Game Trade-Ins
As much as the industry disdains the used games business , it seems to only keep growing. Toys R Us , Best Buy , and Wal-Mart all dabbled with used game trade-ins last year, and now Target is the latest major retailer to institute a used games program of their own. Target will introduce their used games trade-in program in Northern California stores first, with more stores added across the country until the program is rolled out to 850 locatons by the end of the year
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