Civilization Revolutions will be ported to Wii and hit in late 2008. More importantly it will use Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Connect service, allowing players to compete online!!! About time we get some multi player up in da heeze

Time to unplug mine :(

As a precautionary measure, Microsoft Corporation is voluntarily providing its customers with a free retrofit to the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. The Wheels were manufactured during 2006 - 2007. A component in the Wheel chassis may in rare cases overheat and release smoke when the AC-DC power supply is used to energize the Wheel.

There have been no reported incidences of fire, personal injury or property damage due to the Wheel malfunction. Despite no known safety incidents, we are advising our customers about this because of our strong commitment to ensuring that our products are safe and perform to our design specifications.

Owners of the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel should print out the retrofit form or call Microsoft at 1-800-4my-Xbox to register to receive the retrofit and protect against the potential hazard described above. Instructions will be provided with the retrofit. We are notifying and will be coordinating our response activities with the relevant regulatory agencies such as the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. This may impact delivery dates.

Owners of the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel should stop using the AC-DC power supply until they have obtained their retrofit. Owners may continue to operate the Wheel using battery power. While operating in battery mode, the force feedback feature will not be available. Once retrofitted, owners may run the Wheel using AC power and reactivate this feature.

http://www.xbox.com/support to get the form

Makers of red LEDs are dismayed at the news their orders from microsoft will plummet….

San Jose Mercury News are indicating that they have received confirmation that the new more reliable 65 nanometer Xbox 360 consoles are to be available this Autumn. The smaller chip technology derives a number of benefits and should cut out the ridiculously high failure rate of the Xbox 360. However, Mercury News reports that Microsoft are going to keep the ‘Falcon’ under wraps as they don’t want to put off current gamers from purchasing the ‘old’ Xbox 360 models on the market.

maybe they could release some l33t games so i can dig it out of my closet…

One of the biggest if not THE BIGGEST development in the PSP hacking scene has just unfolded. A collective group of hackers including the likes of Dark_Alex, Noobz and Booster have released a new piece of software which will replicate the exact functions of Sony’s Jigkick battery (even better) - that means it is now possible for homebrew enabled PSP’s to UNBRICK and DOWNGRADE their systems at their own will. The respective software will transform any regular PSP battery into one which can perform all the functions of the official Sony JigKick which is used by Sony repair staff themselves.

Get the software here

durrr larger install base = more $$$$

Several sources inside EA are reporting that the company has confirmed that its Xbox360 games take priority over other systems where multi-platform games are concerned. EA even shifts its workforce to concentrate on getting 360 titles shipped first due to the console’s larger installed user base.

A manufacturer of an arm wrestling arcade game has confirmed that it will remove all 150 of its machines in Japanese arcades following news that THREE players BROKE their arims while trying to beat the machine in a spot of arm wrestling. Although, a company spokesperson commented that the machine isn’t all that strong, even WOMEN should be able to beat it but the recall is just a precaution.

Source

(dogbert: “According to several Internet forums, the unused systems will be shipped to China where the software in the arcade cabinets will be replaced with a masturbation action game instead of the arm-wrestling game.”)

click plz

oops….. time for a patch dudes!