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Ubisoft Announces ‘The Black Eyed Peas Experience’

Monday, July 4th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

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When you think of Dance Central type dance games, what’s the first band you think of? Well, you’re getting The Black Peas. Ubisoft proclaimed the glorious existence of The Black Eyed Peas Experience for Xbox 360/Kinect and Nintendo Wii. Expected soon, the game is supposedly the second in the “Experience” series, after The Michael Jackson Experience.

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Nintendo Responds to “Operation: Rainfall”

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments

Those involved with Operation: Rainfall, a grassroots effort to localize several IP for the Nintendo Wii, finally got an answer from the Big N, although it wasn’t what they were looking for. After promising more information via Facebook updates, Nintendo stated that there were no plans to bring Monolith Soft-produced RPG Xenoblade Chronicles, Nintendo’s own Pandora’s Tower, or Final Fantasy-creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s The Last Story to the West. While by no means a nail in the localization coffin, there seems to be little likelihood the games will see ports across the Atlantic.  Operation: Rainfall currently has mail in campaigns prepared for all three games starting later this month.

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Play as Robin in ‘Arkham City’ w/ Best Buy Pre-Order

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Those wondering when the Caped Crusader’s ward would finally make an appearance in a Rocksteady game finally have their answer. For those pre-ordering Arkham City at Best Buy, Tim Drake’s Robin will be unlocked in the game’s series of challenge rooms (similar to how the Joker was a PS3-exclusive download for Arkham Asylum). The Boy Wonder has his own move sets and gadgets to utilize, and comes with an additional character skin (Red Robin) in the download pack. At this rate, here’s hoping for a co-op campaign with Nightwing in Bats’ next video game outing.

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More Details on ‘BIT.TRIP’ Collections Surface

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

[Initial research done by Eli English]

Gaijin Games have announced BIT.TRIP Collection for the Nintendo Wii, and additional details on the previously announced BIT.TRIP Saga for the 3DS. For a list of new features to both games – according to a post on the official Gaijin Games site, and in addition to containing all 6 BIT.TRIP games in one package – please follow the jump.

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HUD: PSN Store Back Up, Konami Pre-E3 Show, and Call of Duty Elite!

Monday, June 6th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off

Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.

For the details of all the stories featured in this week’s show head to the news sections of elder-geek.com

PS: This will be our last episode for a few weeks because of E3 so we’ve chosen to make it a extra big one. Stay tuned to elder-geek.com/news for up-to-date coverage of everything E3.

Majesco Making New “Jaws” Game

Friday, June 3rd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

Majesco just announced a follow-up of sorts to their 2006 Jaws Unleashed, based off the film series initially directed by Steven Spielberg. Jaws: Ultimate Predator will release on Nintendo’s Wii and 3DS, and is being co-developed by n-Space (Call of Duty DS versions) and Tectonic Games (Suze Orman’s Money Game). The game is set 35 years after the first film.

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Release Date Bonanza, Vol. 5 (‘Ratchet and Clank’, ‘Anarchy Reigns’, ‘No More Heroes PS3′)

Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Hey, it’s been awhile since we last threw together a bunch of release dates for your convenience, hasn’t it? Well, we got a lot of announcements with little story beyond the numbers, so for your pleasure, here is your latest Release Date Bonanza!

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HUD: Wii 2 won’t have a Hard Drive? PSN back up? And Assassin’s Creed: Revalations!

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off


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‘Dragon Quest’ Getting 25th Anniversary Wii Bundle

Sunday, May 15th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Much like the limited edition of Super Mario All-Stars before it, the original adventures in the famed Dragon Quest RPG franchise are getting a special 25-year anniversary bundle for the Wii. Combining both the original NES and the updated SNES versions of Dragon Quest 1, 2, and 3, the Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I, II, III collection (not our title) will release this September in Japan. No word has been given on a Western release.

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‘Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ Delayed

Friday, May 13th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Ubisoft has delayed Ghost Recon: Future Soldier yet again, this time until Q1 2012. The French publisher made its reasons clear, saying the delay will allow the game a less crowded holiday market, consisting mostly of Modern Warfare 3. Ubisoft also canceled many unnamed projects due to “major changes in the industry”.

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Rumor: ‘Rayman Origins’ Coming to Wii, DS?

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Ubisoft has stated multiple times since updating Rayman Origins from digital download to retail release that it will come only to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Now, some retailer listings are saying otherwise. Found out by NeoGAF (Via Extra Guy), an Amazon listing for the title includes Nintendo’s Wii as a release platform, with box art included. With the listings were corroborated by two release schedules (one for Wii, one for DS) acquired from Gamestop. Ubisoft has not released a comment on the matter.

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Report: No Hard Drive for Wii 2, 1080p Not Confirmed

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments

Everyone in the industry has thoughts on what Nintendo’s next console needs to have to succeed in the marketplace. But one of the more universally theorized features, a hard drive, may not be a part of the system, if a Kotaku report is correct. Citing only “sources”, the website states the “Project Cafe” will not come equipped with a hard drive, and only 8gb of on-board flash memory and SD card input.

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Nintendo Announces $150 Wii Bundle

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Confirming weeks of rumors, Nintendo has revealed that, starting May 15th, a bundled version of their Wii home console will go on sale for $150. The bundle includes a Wii (black or white), a copy of Mario Kart Wii, and the Wii Wheel peripheral. The same day, many popular titles on the console will be discounted to a new $20 “Nintendo Selects” line, including The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Mario Super Sluggers, Wii Sports Resort, and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

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HUD: Continued PSN Drama, New Soul Calibur and Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

Monday, May 2nd, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | 5 Comments

Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.

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HUD: God of War 4, Project Cafe and PSN Hack.

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off

Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.

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