Live Coverage of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar launch

[Update #4]: The video podcast is now live!

[Update #3]: Thanks for watching last night! We definitely learned what to do in case of future events. For those of you that couldn’t watch the live feed stay tuned to the podcast episode being released this week.

[Update #2]: We’re attending but we don’t know if we’ll have a live feed. There isn’t WiFi at CityWalk but EB Games does have a ethernet port. So we’re going to be grabbing the connection from inside the story. Stay tuned. We’ll be leaving around 9pm PST. Hopefully this will be in time for the official countdown beginning at 11pm.

[Update]: It appears that we won’t be able to attend. Sorry. 🙁

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

Tonight is the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, we’re going to go to the launch event at Universal Citywalk. EB Games is holding a midnight launch event and hopefully for the first time ever we’re going to cover the event LIVE as it happens! Make sure to tune in at 11pm PST for the event. We’ll have the video streaming on the front page.

A t the same time we’ll be filming an episode of the podcast for those of you that miss the live coverage.

See you there!

E3: Game Over

E3

If I were to say there were only 400 exhibitors at least years E3 – how many do you think are going to be there this year? After the decision to downgrade E3 and bring it back to its roots, the newly named E3 Media & Business Summit will only have 32 exhibitors this year!

That’s not necessarily a bad thing though considering who the exhibitors are: 1C Company, Activision, Akella, Atari, Atlus, Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios), Capcom, Codemasters, Crave Entertainment, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Konami, LucasArts, Majesco, Microsoft, Midway, Namco Bandai Games, NCsoft, Nintendo, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment, Square Enix, Take-Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Games, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

Sadly StuffWeLike.com has yet to be invited to the event so I can’t say: stay tuned for more information when we cover the event. Worst part of all StuffWeLike.com is literally located right next to Santa Monica, California – where E3 will be held this year. 🙁

Source: ShackNews.

Gradius III, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Battle Lode Runner

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Three games that you might have never heard of have been added onto the Wii’s Virtual Console! As always here’s the full press release:Admit it. Somewhere deep inside, you’ve always wanted to go for the gold, take down Monster World, and have people call you Vic Viper. How cool would that be? Well, pay a visit to the popular Wii video game system’s Wii Shop Channel, and all those fantasies can now come true.

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

GradiusIII (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points):
Return as the pilot of the Vic Viper starfighter to battle the onslaughts of the Bacterion Empire. Blast through 10 action-packed levels in space, destroying everything in your path. Customize and power up your ship with weapons and upgrades including speed-ups, missiles, lasers, options, and shields.

Wonder Boy in Monster World (Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points):
Monster World was a peaceful, happy place until one dark day when an army of BioMeka monsters invaded. As a young man named Shion, you’ve vowed to defeat the hostile foes and make the land peaceful again. You’ll attack enemies with swords and spears and guard against incoming projectiles with shields and armor. As you travel through the many different regions of Monster World, you’ll talk to the townspeople, collect money to buy items, and gather a large variety of weapons and magic. The further you venture, the more powerful your weapons and equipment, including suits of armor and boots,
will become.

Battle Lode Runner (TurboGrafx 16, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points):
This upgraded edition to the famous Lode Runner series includes a 5-player versus mode. Gold funds have been stolen from the Time Machine Research Center, and the group responsible used a time machine to escape and hide the gold throughout time. The center sends an elite team of “Runners” to go and retrieve the gold.

In addition to the familiar Puzzle mode, the game features Battle mode, where up to 5 players can compete, and Edit mode, where you can create your own original stages. You can enjoy Battle mode in a number of different ways. Be the last one standing to win in Survival. Grab items from enemies and escape to win in Escape. With 4 players, you can separate into two teams to do battle in Tag Match.