This is a new video of the Nintendo Wii game Christmas Clix

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ACTIVISION PUBLISHING RETURNS TO THE
BATTER’S BOX THIS SUMMER WITH LITTLE
LEAGUE® WORLD SERIES BASEBALL 2009

SANTA
MONICA, CA – MARCH 10, 2009 – Activision
Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI)
announced today that Little League® World Series Baseball 2009,
the sequel to 2008’s acclaimed hit baseball game, will be released this
June for Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. The title is a natural progression
for the franchise, offering Little Leaguers and their families more features
and refined, accessible gameplay.

“We are very proud of the warm reception
our first Little League baseball video game received last year,” said
David Oxford, Activision Publishing. “Little League® World Series Baseball 2009 aims
to broaden the franchise’s appeal even wider, giving experienced gamers a sense
of depth and to feel more challenged while still making it easy for parents or
grandparents to pick up and play!”

Little League® World Series Baseball 2009 is the
second officially licensed Little League® video game for next-generation
consoles, and once again it is being developed by world renowned Japanese
studio NOW Production. Players will
have the chance to become a Little League World® Series baseball Champion,
or play with up to three other friends in a variety of exhibition modes. New
features include a full team editor, regional tournaments, all new stadiums,
new skills challenges, an expanded set of collectible content and much more.
Both versions improve upon the popular motion and stylus controls,
respectively, for batting and pitching.

“The response to last year’s game was phenomenal,
and Little League fans have been enthusiastic in giving us ideas for the 2009
version,” Jud Rogers, Sr. Marketing Executive, Little League
International. “Activision and NOW Production are the best partners
imaginable and we look forward to creating the best family-friendly baseball
game of all time.”

For more information, visit www.activision.com.

OASIS JOINS FORCES WITH GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR TO BRING NEW ALBUM, DIG OUT YOUR SOUL, AS DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

“Bag it Up,” “Waiting for the Rapture” and Hit Single “The Shock of the Lighting” to arrive in November; Full Album Available in 2009

SANTA MONICA, CA – October 17, 2008 – Gamers looking to shred, drum and wail away to the new sounds of beloved, multi-platinum UK rock band, Oasis, need not wait much longer as music from the band’s critically acclaimed Dig Out Your Soul album will soon be available for download in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® World Tour.
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THQ Announces Plans to Launch Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E Across All Major Gaming Systems

Gamers Will Bring Humanity Back to Earth in Summer 2008

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Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii™ Shop Channel every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are: (more…)

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2K Sports Announces Don King Presents: Prizefighter

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GameCrazy’s Holiday 07 Most Wanted survey show kids/teens are looking towards Nintendo

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Video games and game systems will continue to be hot holiday gifts this year, with more than 80 percent of tweens and teens expecting to ask for a video game title, game console or handheld system, according to a recent survey by Game Crazy, a video game specialty retailer. Game Crazy went straight to the source to find out the video game gifts that will make kids happiest during the holidays. The survey found that, across all ages and genders, Guitar Hero, Mario Party DS, Super Mario Galaxy, My Sims and Halo 3 are some of the most-wanted video game titles. The Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3
will also continue to be hot sellers.

Most-Wanted Games (8-17 Year-Old Boys and Girls)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)

Girls
– 8-10 Years-Old:
– Nintendogs (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Rating Pending)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)

– 11-13 Years-Old:
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Nintendogs (Rated E)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)

– 14-17 Years-Old:
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
Boys
– 8-10 Years-Old:
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Pokemon Battle Revolution (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Transformers (Rated E10+ or T)
– Mario Strikers Charged (Rated E10+)

– 11-13 Years-Old:
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
– Madden 08 (Rated E)
– Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)
– Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (Rated E10+ or T)

– 14-17 Years-Old:
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Madden 08 (Rated E)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)

Most-Wanted Video Game Systems:

Girls
– 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
– 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
– 14-17 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360

Boys
– 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
– 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
– 14-17 Years-Old: Sony PS3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii

SURVEY METHODOLOGY
The Game Crazy survey was conducted online August 17-20, 2007, by Weekly Reader Research. 1,000 U.S. male and female participants, ages 8-17, were recruited from Weekly Reader Research’s INSIDERS survey research community. Random sampling procedures were employed to ensure the respondents accurately reflect the nation’s 42.7 million 8-17 year olds in terms of age, race/ethnicity, gender and census region. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval.

This is an excerpt from the Preview of the Nintendo Wii game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption by Eurogamer

One thing we did notice over the course of the first couple of levels is the Retro appears to have given Corruption a more cinematic push, with a greater emphasis on longer animated cut scene interludes, and more characters to talk to on your travels. Whether this approach extends to the rest of the game we’ll have to see, but it’s a promising venture into making the game feel a little more ‘alive’ than previous the almost ’silent movie’ approach of old.

With the review code a matter of days away, we’re certainly looking forward to getting stuck into the next Metroid - and being tested to the very limit once again. Check back soon for our in-depth thoughts on this first-rate Wii exclusive.

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Chris@ONM from Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) played the demo version of  Super Mario Galaxy. He has answered a ton of questions posted on the magazine’s online forums. These this are some of them : (more…)

July 12, 2007 - The launch of Twilight Princess with the Wii was a first for Nintendo, which has never delivered a Zelda game so early in the life cycle of a new console. So does that mean fans may not be treated to another Zelda project, this time developed exclusively for Wii? Well, at the very least, it looks like it’s going to be awhile, Speaking with IGN Wii, Twilight Princess director Eiji Aonuma and Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto collectively indicated that while some ideas are being tossed around for a new Wii Zelda project, nothing is very far along, or set in stone.

Asked if Twilight Princess would be Wii’s last Zelda, Aonuma said, “I can’t say, but I guess for now, maybe, yeah [laughs]. Not to say that it’s going to be the final game. There’s still a lot of potential with the Wii so there’s still a possibility that there could be another Zelda for it. We do have some ideas in the works, but I can’t say for sure because none of them have been approved and we’re still very much in the planning process, so I hope you look forward to whatever comes out.”

While Twilight Princess performed under expectations in Japan, the newly released DS title, Phantom Hourglass, is selling very well, and Nintendo is taking notice of gamers’ reactions. “The Phantom Hourglass has been released in Japan and reception has been very, very positive,” said Aonuma. “We’ve actually been able to receive feedback from the users and we’ll definitely take all of those comments into consideration when creating the next Zelda, whether it be for Wii or DS.”

Shigeru Miyamoto elaborated on the likelihood of another Wii Zelda. “It’s really hard to say because we’ve never had a Zelda that’s appeared so early in the life cycle of the system, so it’s definitely possible that there would be another Zelda on Wii,” he said. “Of course, the challenge is that typically a Zelda game is something that takes three years to develop, so we’ll just have to wait and see.”

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