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Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii

Sega has announced that Virtua Tennis 2009 is coming to Wii in the US and Europe. It will feature, among others, players like: Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Maria Sharapova Venus Williams Andy Murray Ana Ivanovic Sega's Vice President of Marketing, Sean Ratcliffe commented: "The Virtua Tennis series is perfect for the Wii platform. SEGA is excited to be able to bring this uniquely interactive... read more

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Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics trailer

An early trailer for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games has been made available on the game's official website. One thing's for certain, it will have snowboarding. Support for the Wii Balance Board is also present. Exclusive to the Wii and DS, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (mouthful) is coming out at the end of 2009.... read more

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Onslaught of pirates hit WiiWare

Some new WiiWare games have hit the PAL region of this world. Onslaught (WiiWare) Pop-Up Pirate (WiiWare) Some DLC for Lonpos - content packs featuring 25 new levels each and extra backgrounds. Why are pirates called pirates? They just arrrrr. Ba-dum tsshh. More downloadable game news on Monday, check back then.... read more

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NPD figures for January 2009

The hardware sales figures for January 2009 are in, courtesy of the NPD group. *SPOILER ALERT* Nintendo wins again! Nintendo Wii - 679,200 Nintendo DS - 510,800 Xbox 360 - 309,000 Sony PS3 - 203,200 Sony PSP - 172,300 Big N laughin' all the way to the bank. As if that wasn't enough, they've dominated the software chart for the month too: Wii Fit (Wii, by Nintendo) - 777,000 Wii Play (Wii,... read more

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Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers new screenshots

Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers screenshot

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Sonic and the Black Knight new screenshots

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MySims Party new screenshots

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Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis new screenshots

Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis screenshot

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Hysteria Hospital needs you

Publishers Oxygen issued a press release earlier on today announcing a new medical-themed game: Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward for Wii, DS and the PC. Your career as a nurse (male or female) starts out in a local clinic, but you can progress through a variety of seven wards and end up in a general hospital. Patients come in with a number of funny ailments and it's your job to take care of them, using tools... read more

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Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics 2010

In more Sonic-related news, it's been revealed that a sequel to the hit Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games could well be coming, this time for the Winter Olympics. The licensing and merchandising director for Vancouver 2010, Dennis Kim commented: "Last year, in 2008, they had a very successful game using Mario and Sonic at Beijing, as well as a multi-sport simulation type of game. That's what's being discussed... read more

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Sonic and the Black Knight trailer

Sega has released this trailer for the blue blur's next Wii outing, Sonic and the Black Knight. It's said to be in the same vein as The Secret Rings, but this time Sonic gets to swing a sword around. How do you like it?... read more

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LIT new screenshots

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WiiWare now all lit up

A spooky looking action puzzler has hit the WiiWare download service, along with another Virtual Console classic. LIT (WiiWare) MERCS (Genesis) Here's a trailer for LIT, showing some of the bosses in-game: More WiiWare/VC news on Friday for the PAL region.... read more

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Dead Rising CTYD maintenance tunnel

The underground maintenance tunnels are a well known part of the original Dead Rising game. A video of the tunnels in Wii's Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop has now surfaced. Unfortunately it doesn't look too hot.. the zombies don't even move! Will you be getting this game?... read more

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Cursed Mountain new screenshots

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Clay Fighter on PAL Virtual Console

Two releases on the European/Aussie Virtual Console this week. This is how they look: Clay Fighter (Genesis) Sonic Chaos (Master System) More downloadable goodness on Monday with the US releases. Have an ok weekend.... read more

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Battle rages on in 3D

A new press release has been issued, announcing the world's first 3D console game. That is, the kind of 3D where you put on funny glasses. The game is called Battle Rage: The Robot Wars, but before anybody gets excited at this concept, it all goes downhill from here. The bad news is it's from Data Design Interactive, the people behind all manner of shitware including Ninjabread Man and Anubis II. Here's a... read more

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Funchuks are go

Logic3 are releasing a range of Nunchuks for use with the Nintendo Wii console. Smaller than the regular Nunchuk and available in a multitude of colors, here are the Funchuks. Final product may or may not exude paint. Suited for both left and right handed gamers, these things are apparently designed with ergonomics in mind. The colors they come in are: Black Green Orange Red White ... read more

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TMNT: Smash Up new screenshots

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TMNT Smash Up trailer

A new trailer for the turtle-based fighter TMNT: Smash Up has been put out by publishers Ubisoft. Nice cinematics, but note the lack of any actual gameplay footage. They seem to be making a lot of noise about this game being from the same team behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl.... read more