National Geographic Gets Into Gaming

Today National Geographic Ventures has announced the formation of National Geographic Games, a new devision dedicated to developing and publishing games across major console, handheld, online and mobile platforms.

National Geographic Games, or NGG, will “work with premier game publishers and developers to create fun, high-quality games based on National Geographic’s core themes and…

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Dead Rising Terrorizes Wii February 2009 [Japan]

For those of you slaughtering on the late-shift, word has just come in from Japanese site, Game Watch Impress that Capcom’s improvisational zombie slice-beat-shoot-em-up is coming to the Nintedno Wii on Februrary 19th 2009.

Reaction to the title has been decidedly grim and mostly centered on the limitations of Nintendo’s console. The number of zombies…

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Castlevania Judgement Character Details Updated

Konami has been slowly rolling out the details regarding its upcoming 3D versus action title Castlevania Judgement for the Nintendo Wii. We recently learned about a few new characters (namely the Draula-worshiping vampiress Carmilla) heading to the game and today we learn about a few more. Here they are: 

Grant Danasty

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WarioWare Photograph, Myself Announced

Happy Saturday to you and yours my fellow AxeHeads. GameSpot bring word to us all this morning that Nintendo will be releasing a few new entries in the WarioWare franchise.

First up is WarioWare: Photograph for the new DSi which is more or less a compilation of minigames from the DS and GBA…

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The King of Fighters Collection Ships

Ask any hardcore gamer born after 1994 if there’s anything quite like a good ole’ fashion 2-D fighter. Chances are the phrase “no way” will be accompanied by a nostalgic, distant look in your subject’s eyes.

This is why we bring you word that The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is now…

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SEGA Confirmed as Publisher for The Conduit

The Conduit, an upcoming Wii-exclusive FPS developed by High Voltage Software, is looking pretty hot. Up until today though, there was no confirmed publisher for the title that’s rounded up numerous awards already. That’s all in the past now, as SEGA has confirmed rumors that it has entered into a worldwide partnership with Hight…

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New Castlevania Judgement Character Details Emerge

Konami just pinged our inbox with new details regarding the upcoming 3D versus action title Castlevania Judgement for the Nintendo Wii. Mainly, we get to learn a little bit more about three new fully playable characters in the game. Here’s the skinny:

Carmilla

A female vampire, she worships Dracula like a god. Her greatest joy…

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Skate 2 Soundtrack Announced

EA Black Box has revealed the soundtrack behind its upcoming uber-realistic skate board simulators Skate 2 and Skate It (creative title…I know). The soundtrack, which will feature upwards of 50 songs, will contain a diverse mix of artists ranging from Judas Priest and Black Sabbath to Public Enemy and Wu Tang Clan.

Chris Parry,…

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