Odds And Ends

Nintendo offers brief release update for a handful of Wii, DS titles; DSi due by summer.

Wii Sports “sells” in excess of 40 million, as 11 of the publisher’s internally developed games exceed the 10-million milestone mark.

President and CEO Matthew Booty adds another title to his business card after previous chair resigns for personal reasons.

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Now, for the sake of clarity, we should explain what we mean when we say “title of the year”. Dejobaan’s upcoming BASE jumping simulator, which resembles a mash-up of Mirror’s Edge and Pilotwings (check out a gameplay demo after the jump), doesn’t really look like GOTY material (or GOTW material, for that matter). However, the game’s moniker is pure brilliance: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity. The game’s designers suggest that the press truncate the title to a mere Aaaaa! but we won’t be doing that.  Read more... (205 words, 2 images, estimated 49 secs reading time)

Fans of punching and trying to dodge the punches of others, your day has come: Take-Two has announced Don King Boxing for both the Wii and DS. Sure, way back in 2007 they announced the game, but we had no idea the game was actually still in production until we received a slight update last month, and now Take-Two is finally getting around to reminding us it exists with a release date, new screens, and a new trailer.  Read more... (186 words, 6 images, estimated 45 secs reading time)

Wizard Magazine completely spoils Sony Online Entertainment’s fun, outing comic book legend Marv Wolfman as the new DC Universe Online creative talent a week before the big reveal at the New York Comic Con.

Sitting on the edge of our seats we eagerly awaited next weekend, when Sony Online Entertainment would reveal the comic book talent joining Jim Lee and Geoff Johns, already working on the massively-multiplayer online superhero game. Then the guys at Big Download tapped us on the shoulder and handed us the latest copy of the comic book magazine Wizard, which pretty much ruined everything for us.  Read more... (226 words, 7 images, estimated 54 secs reading time)

Earlier this week we heard about a secret comic book “legend” joining the DC Universe Online development team. The silhouetted individual was supposed to be revealed at New York Comic Con next weekend. Of course, you didn’t expect it to remain a secret until then, did you? The latest issue of Wizard magazine (via BigDownload) has let the Black Cat out of the bag: writer Marv Wolfman will be enlisting with previously revealed comic veterans Geoff Jones and Jim Lee and the rest of Sony Online.  Read more... (181 words, 2 images, estimated 43 secs reading time)

If the sweeping epic of Resident Evil: Extinction had you chomping at the neck for another installment, JoBlo.com has some details from a “very reliable source” about the fourth film in the franchise. Auteur Paul (insert consonants here) Anderson has written the screenplay, but won’t direct. The screenplay is more like RE2 (the film), but with, ahem … “better dialogue.” There’s speculation that they may need to bring in a martial arts choreographer for all the hand-to-hand combat. Finally, Extinction’s creature effects guy is back, with Jurassic Park 3’s special FX supervisor coming on board.  Read more... (200 words, 2 images, estimated 48 secs reading time)