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Remember the Spice Girls – you know the super-star singers that had their own movies, toys, as well as songs? They’re coming back and are “better than ever.” We’ve missed these girls – now women – since they broke up in 2001.
Sporty Spice told BBC Radio that the group has been discussing a comeback.
No this isn’t a hack for your Wii, this is a new channel that Nintendo will be releasing soon that contains new independent games available for download. Obviously this is an attempt to compete with Xbox Live Arcade as well as the PS3 online service.
The question is how will Nintendo differentiate itself from the competition, not only in variety of games, but in how they help indie developers create games for their system. It isn’t clear where exactly Nintendo wants to take this channel. If they want the support of hobbyists like Microsoft is doing with XNA. If Nintendo is, then they’ve got a lot of work ahead of them.
Considering the amount of retro games that have been downloaded since launch – over 4 million – via the Virtual Console, WiiWare could be a great addition to help the industry create some very unique and original titles.
Hopefully all of these new games will not be mini-game related… This announcement also brings up the issue of storage. Who really wants to have tons of memory cards full of random games? Hopefully Nintendo will release a harddrive attachment. 🙄
I reviewed SplitFish Games’ Edge FX for the PS2. This accessory makes your PS2 controller like a PC setup. But is that a good thing? Watch the full video review in the Product Video Review section of The Pipeline.
The video game rating organization ESRB has gone into hack and slash mode today! Video game publishers releasing M and AO titles are being forced to have press sites age-gate any videos relating to their products, which contain mature content. Since StuffWeLike.com focuses a lot on its media player content, we’ve asked SplashCast – the technology behind the player – to add an age-gate system.
It’s pretty crazy though that an organization can now control the content that flows out onto the internet. This is something to take very seriously by not only gamers, but by anyone who uses the internet. The internet is the place for freedom of speech and expression.
It is important to protect younger audiences from graphic material, especially if deemed unsuitable by their parents. But an age-gate system is easy to get through no matter how old you are.
There are going to be some major repercussions here GOOD or BAD.
After watching this trailer you might ask yourself, how exactly this game relates to Penny Arcade the comic? I for one can’t answer that question other than this game is made from the creators of Penny Arcade. Gameplay wise it looks like a beat-em up… fun? Potentially… although comedy has never been a keynote in the video game industry.