Nintendo is rolling in it; Wii sells a gazillion units

Can the Wii juggernaught be stopped? It doesn’t look like it. Wii sales are consistently high and even though they’re shipping them as fast as they can make them, there may be shortages this holiday season for the third year in a row. With more than two million Wiis sold just last month, equating to a profit of about infinity dollars, rumors are circulating that every Nintendo employee is being cast in gold for a penthouse [+]

Um rumor: Hará Gears of War 3 em 2010

Boas noticias, todo o mundo! Hará outro Gears of War para natal 2010. O nome? Não sei, provavlemente Gears of War 3, ou algo assim. Será o mismo jogo que você jogou em noviembro 2008 (e noviembro 2006): armas grandes estúpidas, soldados que não têm uma educação, e extraterrestres que nos querem matar. Esta informação é de EGM, a revista de videojogos que ja não cerrou. Também só é um rumor, então pode ser totalmente incorreto. [ad#co-1] crunchgear.com [+]

Nintendo doesn’t need to cut the price of the Wii, but let’s speculate anyway

Let’s speculate! Several manufacturers have approached Nintendo about producing the Wii’s accelerometer, presumably for less money than current suppliers do. So, a cheaper accelerometer means a cheaper Wii, right? We need to face the facts that Nintendo is currently selling as many Wiis as it can ship. (It sold 800,000 Thanksgiving week alone, as Sony and Microsoft fought for the scraps.) Since it clearly doesn’t need to cut the price of the Wii, why should it? crunchgear.com [+]

Konami’s teaser site launched, questions emerge

Konami has launched a new teaser site for the next Metal Gear Solid. See for yourself and decide what the green characters mean. I’m not sure any more because I tend to get excited about the series coming to the Xbox 360. But hey, why not? crunchgear.com [+]

Square makes pass at Lara Croft, Warner laughs heartily

Earlier today, gaming news site MCV learned that Square Enix is preparing to bid against Warner Interactive in an attempt to purchase Eidos, or at least a part of it. Given the fact that Warner Interactive already owns a percentage of Eidos, and last month they were given the opportunity to buy more shares, industry pundits still expect Warner to close the deal. Given the financial problems that Eidos has experienced in the last 12 months, [+]

Ridemakerz Builds a Virtual World For Boys Filled With Its Toy Cars

Larry Andreini thinks he can take on Pixar. The founder and CEO of Ridemakerz, a rapidly growing chain of stores where boys can custom-build their own toy cars, is building a virtual world for his 6-to-12-year-old customers and their cars. This virtual world is in closed beta right now, and will launch early next year. So will Pixar’s World of Cars and startup Webcarzz (here’s some good background). There is a gap on the Web between [+]

Xbox 360 hits 25 million consoles sold, a full 2 years faster than original Xbox

Kudos to Microsoft, which has tricked more people into buying the Xbox 360 then it did the original Xbox. Redmond has sold—well, is projected to sell through the end of this month—some 25 million Xbox 360s. It took the original Xbox, which launched in late 2001, five years to reach that number. Meanwhile, the plucky little 360 will hit that number a mere three years after its own late 2005 launch. What I’d like to know: [+]

$400 PS3 holiday bundle spotted: 80GB system, Ratchet, Casino Royale

Ha! Check out this Zapruder-quality photo of an upcoming PS3 holiday bundle, taken at a Best Buy. (We’re not sure if it’s Best Buy-exclusive.) If we’re to believe this to be authentic, the bundle contains an 80GB system, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction and the Blu-ray edition of Casino Royale. (Speaking of which, anyone see Quantum of Solace? I heard mixed things.) All this for $400, meaning you can consider the game or movie [+]

Rumor: Little Big Planet, MotorStorm coming to PSP

Rumors of LBP coming to the PSP have been swirling for months and according to D-Pad’s source the rumors are true. An insider going by the handle Legends was in attendance at Sony’s annual staff briefing in London over the weekend and claims to have seen a demo of LBP on the handheld gaming device. He/she/it also claims that it’s been in development for the past four months. MotorStorm is said to be landing on [+]

Army to utilize $50M, next-gen FPS training system, 24-hour LAN parties imminent

The Army has been using video games to train, and recruit, for years now but in true government fashion, the system is a tad outdated. The $50 million dollar upcoming shooter however, should feature all the goodies found in today’s latest games and more. The virtual worlds are going to be huge - like 100×100 kilometers - and will allow solders to drive vehicles, pilot UAVs, and do “most anything a soldier does.” The new system [+]