Weekly WrapUp: September 26 - October 2, 2005
In case you didn't notice, the flow of news on Joystiq grew to unprecedented levels this week. First, if you think games are getting too expensive, why don't you buy the right to publish your favorite game? 200+ titles from Acclaim's publishing catalog are going to be on auction. Like my dining room (that I painted twice this weekend), the upcoming Xbox 360 appears to be adding new colors in preparation for launch time. The Origen 360 website flaunted its laurels – along with some dope chewing bunnies. The cornerstones of WINTEL, Microsoft and Intel, came out of the closet to announce they are openly HD-DVD. The Xbox 360 will be let loose in China (not just Hong Kong, this time) sometime in 2006. An Xbox exec claimed 50% of the console base will go LIVE (?). If you have four or more hours to kill, apparently you can boot Mac OS7 on your PSP. As an added bonus, we thought it was time you got to know a little about the Joystiq team, so you would have all the proper information required to continue to poke fun at us.
Monday September 26
- PS1 inspiration for PS3 controller "concept"
uncovered? - PSP games for $299.95, GBA games for just
$119.95 - Web comic reveals next Metal Gear plot
- Joyswag: Giving away a Miyamoto-edition Nintendo DS
skin - Xbox 360 ultra deluxe package includes upgraded
girlfriend - Halo 3 exposed in UK magazine?
- More Fables in store? Lionhead speaks
- Is Earthbound 3 in development?
- Americans more competitive mobile gamers than
Europeans - It might be giant! Crafting PS2's Colossus
- Games Can Help for families affected by Hurricane
Katrina - Black Xbox 360 looking likely, silver version
too - Forbes: Xbox lost Microsoft $4 billion (and
counting) - Baldur's Gate 2: Celebrating a classic
- Rocker designs guitar/N64 controller hybrid
Tuesday, September 27
- The Origen Xbox 360 countdown's over (at last)!
- New York Police commissioner unhappy with True
Crime - Revolution controller a hit according to Joystiq
poll - Joystiq Poll: Where is your gaming console
located? - Day of Defeat: Source released, Nvidia patches
drivers - Perfect Dark scaled down to meet launch
deadline - Halo goes mobile
- George Lucas honored for gaming contributions
- Multiple God of War sequels in the works?
- Turok returns with Unreal visuals
- Commodore looking to make a comeback
- "I think Miyamoto is God," so says a young lady
in NYC
Wednesday September 28
- Register for a free Dragon Quest VII demo & a slime,
too! - Working 2.0 to 1.5 PSP Downgrader completed &
released - Yo, Adrian! id co -founder Carmack forced out
- Will the real Origen please stand up
- Nintendo literally in the toilet
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker... LEGO-style
- Countdown promises to bring the PSP to life...
- The DDR un-etiquette guide
- Riot Act: Xbox 360's futuristic, next-gen, online
GTA - Microsoft and Intel now officially backing the
HD-DVD - Marvelous' secret game NOT new Earthbound
- Perfect Dark Zero: first in-game shot
- Games are child abuse! Games are an essential
vitamin! - Time declares games cool. Time to find a new
hobby?
Thursday, September 29
- Xbox World 360: Halo 3 feature not a hoax, hardly
news - Is the PlayStation 3 losing development
support? - Fun video games art and photography
- Cyan rehires fired dev staff, declares "We're not
dead" - Caption contest: $59 Mario outfit, mustache not
included - Joystiq makes Technorati top 100 blogs
- Video games help children develop attentional resources?
- Introducing the Joystiq Team
- Xbox VP predicts 50% of Xbox 360 users will go
Live - Toshiba still willing to compromise on next-gen disc
format - Michael Dell: PC gaming "alive and well"
- The Xbox 360 will launch in China in 2006
- Edgy Nintendo ad suggests self gratification through
play - Video game boys rescue granny, nab purse
snatcher - WarioWare clone for PSP goes a little too far
- PS3's pricing and TGS non-playable issues
addressed
Friday, September 30
- New PSP in 2006, with hard drive?
- The Passion of PS? Vatican calls Sony ad
"irreverent" - Tackling Ikaruga's 2-player mode—alone!
- Forget homebrew, try home-made PSPs
- Goodbye PSP v2.00, hello v2.01
- Kojima clarifies "no place to hide," Snake's age for
MGS4 - Why are there so many frickin' sequels?
- New film about life as a video game tester
- MS responds to HD-DVD retaliation from Blu-Ray
camp - Iwata: Rev'll be less powerful, but more popular
w/gamers - Majesco on ropes, investor threatens hostile
takeover - Itagaki talks 360, screens, hard drives, 5.1, "Dolls,"
& more - He Said, He Said, as far as J Thompson and Jeb Bush are
concerned
Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2
- Grand Theft Auto finally adds multiplayer mode
[Update1] - LeadTek XEye head-mounted display reviewed
- NBA 2K6 gets ready to tip off on Xbox 360
- iTunes 5.0 for PSP?
- Macintosh System 7 on the PSP
- Aliens in your bed on top of you (with this Space Invaders
quilt) - Acclaim auctions off publishing rights for 200
games - Bungie weekly update; something big next week
- Readers ridicule GTA:LCS for feeble multiplayer
mode - An imperfect Nemesis: Marvel and EA miss the mark?
- Living in Oblivion: Elder Scrolls IV video footage