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NYLatenite's Gamer's Paradise News Archives
Tuesday, 9 May 2006
UNO NOW AVAILABLE IN THE XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE
Stix over at Gamer's Lounge is reporting that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Uno is now available in the Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 points. ($5.00) Why not relive your school days and go download it now?

Posted by nylatenite at 10:26 PM EDT
GAMESPOT GOES HANDS ON WITH THE WII CONTROLLER
Gamespot has a short first-impressions article about their time with the Wii controller. They don't seem to mention much about it in action, but give a good explanation of the feel of the controllers. Check it out over at Gamespot

Posted by nylatenite at 9:38 PM EDT
LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS COMING TO GAMECUBE AND WII
At their Pre-E3 press conference, Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be coming to both the Gamecube and Wii. The Wii version will be enhanced to make full use of the Wii controllers.

Posted by nylatenite at 9:14 PM EDT
XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE BACKLOGGED
I'm sure anyone who's trying to get downloads of trailers or demos is well aware right now that Xbox Live is extremely slow. I've been trying to get my hands on the Halo 3 trailer for about the last two and a half hours with no luck. I really wish they'd create some kind of a queue system for when things get this hectic.

Posted by nylatenite at 9:05 PM EDT
NINTENDO HAS A GAMEPAD FOR THE WII
Gamespot is reporting that inside of a package of hardware screenshots available for download at Nintendo's press website is a file that shows a classic style gamepad for the Wii. Speculation is that this controller would be used for the backwards compatible titles that the Wii will be able to play.

Posted by nylatenite at 8:39 PM EDT
MICROSOFT PRESS CONFERENCE DETAILS
MICROSOFT PRESS CONFERENCE DETAILS

Ok, it's just easier to break down all the stuff announced at the press conference here rather than putting up a truckload of articles, so here we go;

Fable 2 announced

Forza Motorsports 2 announced

Halo 3 announced

Grand Theft Auto IV announced - will be coming to the Xbox 360 "first"

Microsoft signs Rockstar for exclusive episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV

Shadowrun to be multiplayer compatible between the Xbox 360 and Windows

HD-DVD Add-on player scheduled for holiday 2006 release - no price given

Viva Pinata to allow players to trade items via the Xbox Marketplace

"Live Anywhere" to merge Xbox Live friends list with new Windows Vista and mobile phone friends list

Lumines Live to appear in Live Arcade

Live Arcade classic game additions announced Pac-Man

Contra

Frogger

Galaga

Sonic The Hedgehog

Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting

Defender

Time Pilot

Scramble

Ultimate MK3

Rally-X

Dig Dug

MS Pac-Man

Root Beer Tapper

Paperboy

Posted by nylatenite at 7:51 PM EDT
HALO 3 COMING IN 2007
Microsoft has just shown a trailer apparently showing a devastated Earth with the end line "This is how the world ends." Halo3 will be coming in 2007 and it looks like the fight is coming back to the Earth. We'll stay with this story as well as more information becomes available.

Posted by nylatenite at 4:07 PM EDT
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMING TO XBOX 360
Microsoft has just announced that Grand Theft Auto IV will be coming to the Xbox 360. More details later as the story breaks.

Posted by nylatenite at 3:51 PM EDT
NINTENDO PRESS CONFERENCE WII INFORMATION
Just a very brief recap of what was revealed about the Nintendo Wii at today's press conference. We'll have more on this later once we've gotten a chance to review the video of the conference.;

No specific launch date was given.
Nintendo did confirm the Wii would launch this year though.
No price information was revealed.
The Remote controller will include a built in speaker to add more realism to games.

Stay with us for more information as it breaks!

Posted by nylatenite at 2:52 PM EDT
XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE E3 CONTENT - TUESDAY EDITION
Xbox Live's Major Nelson is reporting in his blog that more E3 content is now available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. According to the list, here's whats up for download currently;

Demos
Lost Planet Extreme Condition

Trailers
Call of Duty
Culdcept SAGA
Hitman: Blood Money
Lost Planet Extreme Condition
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
NBA 2K7
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Tony Hawk's Project 8

Posted by nylatenite at 2:51 PM EDT

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