Show Notes for April 3, 2007
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Game News
Xbox 360 now comes in Elite
Microsoft announced this past week a new Xbox 360 pack that will be released on April 29 for $479. The Xbox 360, controller, and headset will be black with the new system having HDMI and HDMI cables for HD-TV's and a 120 GB hard drive. The new system will not have built in Wi-Fi, and does not accept Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The news also comes with new black colored accessories coming out soon for the system and more TV and movies in the marketplace
Gamestops Accuses Nintendo and Abuses our Wallets
Gamestop announced this past week in their investors conference call that the company sales went well over $5.32 billion with around $650 million in reserves after this past holiday season thanks to the console wars and World of Warcraft. Gamestop COO Dan DeMatteo also commented that in his opinion, Nintendo was purposly withholding Wii systems to help sales numbers for the next fiscal quarter. Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison denies this claim stating that Nintendo is working hard on replenishing Wii consoles to the marketplace. Gamestop also commented on thoughts of droping the PS2's price and expecting Microsoft to sell 5 million Xbox 360's this year in America.
UPDATE: Take-Two Ousts CEO and Many Board Leaders
A few weeks ago, we had a report on Take Two stating that the CEO Paul Eibeler and board leaders were trying to sell the company in fears of a stock holder uprising during the next stockholders meeting. Well, Paul was right as he was kicked out of Take-Two as CEO and Chairman of the Board. This change allowed for Strauss Zelnick, former chief executive of BMG Entertainment, to become the new Chairman and Ben Feder, formaly of News Corp, to become CEO. This change brought up the stock and gave new hope for investors in Take-Two. Though many hope this will kill off the violent games created by the company with some experts debating that losing the kill factor would kill the company.
Most Anticipated Games from GameFly.com
1. TMNT Xbox 360
2. Super Paper Mario Wii
3. Armored Core 4 Xbox 360
4. God of War Platstation 2
5. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Xbox 360
Top Games in Japan
1. Musou Orochi (Orochi Warriors) Playstation 2
2. Yoshi’s Island 2 Nintendo DS
3. Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Goku Densetsu Nintendo DS
4. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Nintendo DS
5. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PSP
Top Games in Europe
1. Resistance: Fall of Man Playstation 3
2. Motorstorm Playstation 3
3. Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 Xbox 360
4. Virtua Tennis 3 Xbox 360
5. Call of Duty 3 Xbox 360
New Releases
Xbox 360
Rapala Trophies Activision
Guitar Hero 2 Red Octane
PS3
Enchanted Arms Ubisoft
Wii
Prince of Persia: Rival Swords Ubisoft
Bionicle Heros Eidos Interactive
No Xbox Games this week
PS2
Made Man Aspyr
Th3 Plan SVG Distribution
World Championship Cards Crave
Singstar Pop Sony
Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Southpeak Interactive
No Gamecube games this week
PSP
Bliss Island Codemasters
Pimp my Ride Activision
Nintendo DS
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales Square Enix
Cake Mania Majesco Games
Gameboy Advance
Dogz 2 Ubisoft
PC
The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff EA Games
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Trivia
Final Fantasy 1
1. This was the year that the first Final Fantasy game was released in America. What is 1990
2. This is the name of the final character you face in the game. Who is Chaos
3. This is the name of the first town you visit. What is Coneria.
Super Games
1. This game for the Super Nintendo was the first in the franchise to have bowser, yoshi, toad, and the mushroom kingdom racing for the win. What is Super Mario Kart.
2. This game had all the Super Mario games in one cartridge and even the never before released japanese edition, “The Lost Levels”. What is Super Mario All-Stars
3. This game for the Super Nintendo came with the Super Nintendo’s bazooka like gun and came with several games. What is Super Scope 7
April Fools Jokes.
1. This portable game system named the iGame was a joke played by Electronic Games Monthly that had this company making the system. Who is Apple.
2. This Electronic Games Monthly joke had these charachters as an unlockable for the game Super Smash Bros Melee. Who are Sonic and Tales.
3. This video of a game system made by Pablo Belmonte from Spain claimed to be Nintendo's Revolution before the Wii was released. It was a system you wore on your head and allowed you to make your own games. What is the Nintendo On.
Final Question
Well you know every company in the world is trying to get into Second Life to sell clothes, music, and whatever they can. Well, another company who is well known for selling real estate in the real world is now going to start selling real estate in Second Life. My question for you this week is, what is the name of the company. Who is Caldwell Banker.
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