Video Games: PC, PSP, PS3, xBox, and Wii Gaming News

I’m having trouble getting on bNet after setting up at Cornell for DOTA on Warcraft III with a no-cd, so I’m going to have to reinstall now. Wish me luck…

BTW, you can download DOTA on my other site

A EA Games mole, whose loyalties clearly lie with Kotaku, clears up the confusion about a possible videogame adaptation of Casino Royale . He says “that the next-gen version of the game hasn’t been delayed, it’s been canceled. However, the development team (I’m told they are in Europe) is still working on an adaptation for the current generation consoles.”

It’s obvious that video-games sales this year haven’t measured up to those of last year. Why? The NY Times answers: “of the 10 top-selling games of 2005 through November, only 3 were released in 2005. The other 7 all date from 2004 or earlier. In other words: the industry failed to create a single breakout hit this year.” That’s gotta hurt! And to make things worse, “The only games released this year to make the Top 10 list through last month have been the new Madden football game and Gran Turismo 4 for PlayStation 2 and Pokemon Emerald for the Game Boy Advance.”

Here are some Unreal Tournament 2007 screens, courtesy of Voodoo Extreme. Here are some newer UT2k7 Screenshots.

We covered Nescover’s 16 NESified hits earlier this month, and now Something Awful forums has done it again! They are now hosting “A Very 8 Bit Xmas”, which is their Christmas Holiday themed music, synthesized with the PSG audio system of the NES. Here’s what’s on the disc:

1) It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – Perry Como
2) Carol Of The Bells – Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych
3) Russian Dance (Trepak) – Tchaikovsky
4) Silver Bells – Bing Crosby
5) You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Thurl Ravenscroft
6) Let it Snow – Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
7) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Eddie Pola and George Wyle
9) What’s This? – Danny Elfman
10) Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
11) Christmas Don’t Be Late – Dave Seville
12) Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano
13) The Twelve Days of Christmas (speed mix)
14) Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
15) Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard
16) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine

Grab this one while it’s hot, either on BitTorrent or from SA Forums.