CVG were sent £146 (The difference in price between the PS3 and the 360) worth of beer recently. One has to wonder, if you had the money for a PS3 only, would you drop that and get the 360 and the beer instead? I would! Gears of War and a few crates of Fosters make for the perfect console christening. Check out the picture below.

Poor little becks bottle all on its own next to the PS3!

Microsoft Lovenote overclick:

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Not to be confused with the well known NES-title Duck Hunt appearantly.

Detn8 Games announced today the game “Ultimate Duck Huntin” for Wii.

Jeff Hill, co-publisher of Detn8 Games has today announced Ultimate Duck Hunting for the Wii.

The title is the publisher’s first release, and should be seeing a release in the US this June, and will see an European release in the last quarter of this year.

Hill also revealed that Detn8’s “initial focus is on games for the Wii.”
They have other games in the works, but details are still being kept under wraps, and we should also be expecting more details for Ultimate Duck Hunting within the next few weeks.

No screenshot or any other kind of info was released.

Original announcement from N-Gamer and thanks to Olly for the tip. Further discussion can be made in the forum.

-747

Although almost nothing is known about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto title Rockstar has decided to start advertising using Posters put up in New York.

it looks like the advertising for GTA IV has begun in earnest. As in, targeting more than just you lot. These are being plastered up all over New York City, but beg the question: how are people supposed to know what it is? I know, and you know what it is, but we knew that already. Joe Public won’t know. He’ll think they’re making another Godfather, and I will not be the one to break it to him that’s not the case. You know how upset he gets when his hopes get dashed.

They’re also releasing the first trailer for the game next week, so it seems like Rockstar is ready to start hyping the game that is scheduled for release on October 16′th in US, 19′th in Europe and the 23′d in Australia.

Thanks to Kotaku for the info and NewBornThreat for the tip.

Further discussion can be made in the forum.

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Recent information from Nintendo tells that the Internet Channel have been delayed even further.

The final version of the Wii Internet Channel has been pushed back to sometime in April, according to the people at Opera.

The final version of the Opera-powered Internet Channel for the Wii was slated for a release late this month, but Opera officials said today they are still working on the final version and it will be out sometime next month.

“Opera and Nintendo are continuing to finalize what promises to be the ultimate Web surfing experience on the Wii console. The two companies are working closely together to meet user requests for browser features and to enhance the overall Wii Web experience.”

The DS version of the web browser will be hitting North America in June.

Thanks NewBornThreat for this info.

Further discussion can be made in the forum.

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Being wary here as we near April fools, I’ll bring this up because I hope Engadget aren’t going to get into that whole “’twas a joek!” garbage. According to Engadget though, the Elite edition is a-go and they have details listed below:

* The Elite will be limited quantities only; that may be as much or as little as a couple hundred thousand.
* The case, controller, and Live headset will all be black. It will have all new packaging.
* Elite will cost $479, and will be a 3rd SKU; it will be sold alongside Premium and Core packs.
* Eventually Elite hardware (in white plastics) will take the role of the Xbox Premium. That is to say, after the Elite is launched and sold out, future Xbox Premiums will have 120GB / HDMI.
* We do not yet know exactly when 120GB / HDMI will become the standard for Premium, but it is loosely estimated to be late summer or fall.
* Elite models run cooler than normal 360s, but they are not yet confirmed to have 65nm chips.
* Prices may remain the same with the 120GB / HDMI hardware upgrade in the Premium Xbox, but we may still see a price cut on the line when 65nm chips start shipping.
* The HD DVD drive will not be internal or bundled — Microsoft never did or nor does not currently have plans to put an HD DVD drive in the 360.
* There are no current plans to integrate WiFi into the Elite or future Premiums (although that can always change). 

So is this a joke, or not? Sister site Joystiq hasn’t got anything up about this, I find that odd as you’d think they’d be the first to put it up after Engadget. Also note this supposed new version doesn’t have Wi-fi built in, one would expect that if MS were to release a new 360 it would certainly have this feature.

I’ll leave it up to you guys to decide, but I’m not even 50% convinced on this one.

Thanks to Poison Wii Frog for the tip

-Andy

Seems their getting TOO much return on their products! Nintendo have dropped tons of merchandise into the now infamous Child’s Play, including loads of DS’s and various games to go along with them. Bravo big N!

Penny-Arcade

Thanks to Olly for the tip.

-Andy

2old2play have lifted the lid on their opinions of Shadowrun now that their NDA has been lifted on the game. Giving some pretty good insight on a game that we don’t know any more than the developers have told us is a great oppertunity, so check it all out after the click.

Overall, I think this game has potential to be a huge hit. The spells and abilities are fun to use, the weapons are close to being well balanced, and they plan on implementing the party system from Halo 2 where you can effortlessly switch from Private to Public Matches. This is definitely going to appeal to those who prefer more of a twitch FPS as opposed to tactical FPS similar to the Clancy games. But there are tactical elements to this game as well in that you can use spells to lock up choke points and eliminate health generators. It is difficult to say how good this game will be considering how limited the beta was and not knowing how much will be improved before release. But, I definitely think you should put this game on your radar and keep an eye out for reviews when it comes out. There are a lot of things the game is doing right at this stage and not many that it is doing wrong.

Interested in this game? Discuss it over at our forums

Thanks (and welcome back to the site) to Omnibahamut for the tip.
-Andy

After the success of Dead Rising and Lost Planet it should really come as no surprise that Capcom is increasing support for the Xbox 360. The latest addition to Capcom’s 360 plans comes as a shock to Sony who is still reeling from the loss of one time exclusives like Unreal Tournament, Assassins Creed, Virtua Fighter 5 and many more.

In a Press Release today, Capcom has made it official that Devil May Cry 4 is on it’s way to the Xbox 360 and PC’s. Additionally they confirmed that the 360 version will release simultaneously with the PS3 version.

Time to look forward to some devilishly hard achievements folks! Come on in to the forums and discuss the newest addition to the Xbox 360’s growing library.

Thanks to SpookRecon and Namenda for the tip!

-EarthViper

Another Take
from Matt Casamassina 

Yeah, I’ve always felt that The Godfather games from EA have gotten an undeserved bad wrap. They essentially serve up the same dynamics as any GTA title, but reviewers tended to pick on them more than Rockstar’s efforts. Maybe because GTA came first. Maybe because The Godfather series isn’t nearly as vulgar as Rockstar’s titles. Or maybe it’s just because the Corleone family is governed by EA — a company people love to hate for some reason. Having sunk some quality time into the Wii version of the title, I’m pleasantly surprised with the end product and I’m glad its nudged its way out of the 7s and into the 8s. (By the way, don’t just look at our pretty scores — read the reviews.)

The game is fun, no doubt. Going from aspiring thug to full-blown mafia hitman is enjoyable since there is a lot to do and see, and EA has made good use of the Wii remote. Furthermore, the title weaves a storyline that both follows and breaks from the movies, which I personally like. (more…)

At perhaps an odd time to discuss the popularity of the Wii in Europe over its next-gen rival, the Xbox 360 when we consider the PS3 launch is right around the corner; Reggie has stated in an interview with San Jose Mercury News, that the 360 isn’t performing very well in Europe, whereas the Wii is selling like hot-cakes. He stated, and I agree, that the 360 certainly does seem to be selling well in the UK, but it appears to be the only place in Europe that it is.

“360 is selling well only in one country: UK,” he said.

“Across the rest of Europe, it is not performing well. Wii on the other hand, is selling exceptionally well all through Europe.”

Will Wii be the most popular console in Europe once the decidedly expensive PS3 hits? Only time will tell.

Gamesindustry.biz is the source, discuss it over in our forums!

-Andy