Tag Archives: Wii
The Monetization Game: Moore calls current gen a burning platform
This past Saturday I had the chance to moderate the keynote panel at Play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference, an annual Haas Business School conference that covers a variety of tech, media, and business issues. It was a gorgeous day … Continue reading
Filed under Sports, Tech, Video Games
WTF? Video Games are Dying?
I got an email from an associate the other day about a mini video documentary called “Digital Trends Presents Players Only with Scott Steinberg: Video Games are Dead.” The headline irked me because to say that ‘video games are dead” … Continue reading
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NHL 2K10 Preview on GamesRadar
In 2008, Visual Concepts found itself in the unenviable position of picking up the 2K hockey series in mid-development, with only five months to build and complete NHL 2K9. The critics assailed the game with an average Metacritic rating of … Continue reading
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Iron Man 2 (The Game) Is Better, Stronger, Faster
Iron Man, the movie, rocked the Casbah. It was a supreme surprise. Robert Downey, Jr. sparked the normally stoic, dislikable drunkard/millionaire Tony Stark to life with a quirky genius and refreshing inventiveness. Iron Man the movie has become one of … Continue reading
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MTV Uncovers 15 “New” Songs from The Beatles: Rock Band
MTV and Harmonix today unveiled 15 songs from the 45 song fall release, The Beatles: Rock Band, exhibiting a broad assortment of titles from different time periods in the band’s career including Twist and Shout, Eight Days a Week, Sgt. … Continue reading
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Does Sega’s Conduit Send a Message?
The NPD’s sales report for the month of June doesn’t bode well for the highly publicized Sega shooter, the Conduit, a “hardcore” first-person shooter for the Nintendo Wii. According to NPD, sales of The Conduit reached a mild 72,000 units … Continue reading
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Madden Goes Gold for the 20th Time
Like clockwork, Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL has gone gold. Only this year, it’s the 20th anniversary since the Redwood City publisher first released the game in 1989. And what a long strange trip it’s been. From the rugged Genesis days … Continue reading
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Sega Opens Mature Gates on Wii
Risk, schmisk! Sega, the former hardware manufacturer of the Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast and known for risk taking in both hardware and software development, is rolling the dice again. With House of the Dead 4, then Mad World, The Conduit, … Continue reading
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Transformers: Revenge of Linkin Park
Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park front man, hopes his game-playing skills are as good as his musicianship, as he gears up to play Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, this Friday, June 26. Now is your chance to tell him how you … Continue reading
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