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Usagi Meta News: Mar. 29th

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

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As many of you may or may not know the Game Developers Conference had taken place March 23-27, which means you should be expecting a ton of news about games.

onlive_logo_whiteThe future of gaming may have been revealed at GDC with the announcement of OnLive. OnLive will let practically anyone with a PC or Mac no matter how powerful the machine is play games, even games that need a powerful rig to play such as Crysis. The reason you will be able to play such powerful games on a low end machine is because your computer will connect to an extremely powerful server which relays everything to you, so the only thing you will need is a good internet connection. Not only will this work on PC and Mac but also your TV via OnLive MicroConsole.  That $500 laptop you bought for school can now play the same games as your buddies $1500 computer with the same graphic settings. This very well could change the way we play games and open up many opportunities to play games for those who don’t have powerful computers or the cash to purchase a console. Isn’t the internet great? Are you curious and want to check it out? Click here to head to the OnLive website. If OnLive catches on it could mean trouble for hardware companies such as Microsoft, Sony, Nvidia, Intel etc… The need for powerful hardware would decrease as gamers wouldn’t need the $500 console or video card anymore. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Here is a video from IGN displaying Crysis running on a laptop using OnLive, click here to be see the video.

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Game Usagi Meta News: March 2

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

dsiLots of Nintendo news this time around, the “i” in DSi is finally explained, yay!  The Commodore 64 is being released for the Wii Virtual Console, and word has it Nintendo is releasing a new Wii controller. Bioware recommends you hold on to your old Mass Effect save files. Valve releases the price for the upcoming DLC for Left 4 Dead. And some good old Quake 3 Arena on your web browser.

According to an article on 1UP Nintendo has officially explained what the “i” in DSi means. The “I” adds a personal aspect to the handheld system. The DSi has two cameras on it which gives the system its own ‘eye’ on things. So there you have it, take it or leave it. The DSi sure likes having double of everything, two card slots, two screens and now two cameras, what’s next?

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Game Usagi Meta News – Nov. 25th

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

November 18th-25th

Are you ready for the Game Usagi Meta News? Grab your stuffed animal and bunny slippers, its feeding time!

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Nintendo has announced they are releasing two new DS bundles for Black Friday, this Friday November, 28th. One of the bundles comes with a red DS with a Mario “M” on the bottom right of the front and will come with Super Mario Bros. The other bundle has a ice blue DS that comes with Brain Age and a carrying case. Both bundles will be priced around $149.99. Hopefully this can tide you over until the new DSi comes out.

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Usagi News! Nov. 15th

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

It’s food time! It’s also time for your weekly dose of cute cuddly gaming news which comes in the form of Usagi Meta News. The highlights this week are:

Halo 3 Recon

Halo 3 Recon has a shorter single player campaign and price tag. The campaign is said to be around three to five hours and the price tag should be under $60. The Recon armor which is pretty well exclusive to Bungie staff members and a few select others will now be available when you purchase Recon, so be ready for everyone to look like you once Recon hits shelves.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/game-informer-halo-3-recon-3-to-5-hours-earn-recon-armor/

Gears of War 2

Gears 2 has sold an incredible two million worldwide on its opening weekend. Not only were Gears of War 2 sales incredibly high but also the amount of people who were logged into Xbox Live on Gears of War 2?s opening weekend, 1.5 million users to be a little more exact. Were you really that shocked?

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171273

Console and Game sales:

Though Gears of War will come close to the top in game sales this month, Fable 2 (360) took its piece of cake and ate it too with almost 800,000 sold in October.  Wii Fit was choking on dust in 2nd place at about 487,000 sales and Fallout 3 taking 3rd with 375,000.

Console wise, the Wii is the little bunny that could.  Wii sales have gone up just over 100,000 since September when it sold 687,000 units. Last month the PS3 sold 190,000 units, 360 with 371,000 units and PSP with 193,000 units, combined they could not overcome the tiny console; it appears size doesn?t matter.

Since we are on the topic of sales, Ubisoft?s Far Cry 2 has sold one million copies Worldwide over three weeks. Looks like Fallout 3 isn?t on everyone?s mind for open world gameplay.

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171305 / http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=15069

Blizzard?s new MMO:

World of Warcraft?s developer Blizzard has announced they are working on a ?next generation? MMO. I?m curious to see if this means they could be working on an entirely new IP, because it sounds like they are moving away from producing another Warcraft title. Check out the interview between Blizzard COO Paul Sams and VG247 for the full story.

Source: http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/12/blizzard-coo-our-new-mmo-is-cool-new-different-next-generation/

That?s it for this weeks gaming update! Come back next week for some oh so sweet information.

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