Games Industry Wire

February 10th, 2007

Black Xbox 360 Coming?

The authors over at Tweak Town have images of a black Xbox 360 at a Taipei game show. Here is one image from the Tweak Town post:

(via Tweak Town)

No word on whether or not this will market to market or when such a move would hypothetically happen. It would be a logical move for Microsoft […]

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February 6th, 2007

New Wii Color Variants Coming

The Nintendo Wii will be releasing variants of the console in red and black in the immediate future although no specifics such as dates or quantities were released. This follows most of nintendo recent consoles (think N64 to present) which were offered with varying colors in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience.
I am […]

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February 6th, 2007

No Unreal 3 Engine for Wii

In an interview with Game/Life the Unreal 3 Engine creators talk about their plays for the Wii. Here is an exerpt about it from their interview:
“WN: It’s also tough to ignore the success of the Wii at this point. Do you guys have any plans to be in that space? 

MR: Hey, we’re in that space! Red Steel, Splinter […]

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January 30th, 2007

PS3 Prices To Be Cut 25% 12 Months from Launch

Tony Smith of Reg Hardware is reporting that Sony is planning on cutting up to 25% off the price of the new Playstation 3 within 12 months of its March 23rd European launch. The forecast is for Sony to cut up to or more than 150 Euros off of the 599 Euro starting price for […]

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January 30th, 2007

Wii Sales Top 4 Million Worldwide

VGCharts has a graph up of next gen console sales and it shows that the Wii has surpassed the 4 million unit sales mark and currently sits a 4.02 million sold worldwide. Breaking the figures down even further 1.53 million have been sold in the Americas, 1.45 million in Japan, and 1.04 to “others”.
Comparing the sales […]

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January 20th, 2007

Games Industry Wire is Being Rebooted

Well let me take this time to make it official that I am the new blogger here at Games Industry Wire. My name is Kris Karkoski and I am a 19-year-old college student in northwest Pennsylvania. I mean who really knows more about video games than a college student who is stuck inside all winter […]

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