Wii successor confirmed by Nintendo

Today, Nintendo confirmed in an official statement the upcoming release of the Wii's yet unnamed successor.

The new console will go on sale in 2012 and will have its debut on this year's E3 in Los Angeles probably with playable demo of the machine.

April 25, 2011

To whom it may concern:

Re: Wii's successor system

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.

We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.

Gatling Gears trailer

Gatling Gears is a Dual-Analogue Shooter developed by Vanguard Games. I haven't played this type of arcade game in a long time and this one looks like it's worth the buy. I remember back in the day when I used to head to the arcades with some friends and play arcade games similar to this. Loads of fun.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN4rMlpxR18]

Gatling Gears will be released on May 11th for XBLA and May 18th for PSN. Until then, i think i'll look for a game similar to this.

[Updated-4/24/11]Playstation Network offline

If your planning to do some online gaming via PSN in your Playstation 3 and get welcomed by error code 80710A06 you're not alone. The Playstation is currently having issues and could last a day or two.

UPDATE - Sony admits that their systems have been attacked by hackers which forced them to pull the plug and do some maintenance. It's been more than 48 hours and even i'm getting a little impatient at Sony's slow reaction to resolve this issue.

''An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.''

Check out the Playstation Blog frequently for more updates, i sure am since i want some gaming online done.

UPDATE - The group Anonymous denies involvement with the Playstation Network's issues. [Source]

I've experienced it myself. As you try to connect the Playstation Network, you see yourself unable to connect with an error code placed on your screen.

"While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running," said SCEA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Patrick Seybold in a recent update on the Playstation Blog. "Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can."

People believe it's the work of Anonymous, a group of angry hackers taking action to the recent lawsuit between Sony and George Holtz. George Holtz is the person that has broken the Playstation 3's security systems and Sony has taken action by suing the hacker. That lawsuit created Anonymous, who is now attacking Sony by infiltrating their systems.

They mentioned way back that they won't be attacking the customers but the Sony employees only. There's no actual proof yet if this is the work of Anonymous but whatever the reason to the Playstation Network's outage, let's hope it gets fixed soon.

[Source: psu.com]

Weekend, what are you playing

The weekend is here again. What are you playing?

Migoy: Beat the original Dissidia 013 story and did the reports that I've unlocked. Gotta grind before I can face 000. Just unlocked Prishe and Gilgamesh and they are fun to use. Also booted up Muramasa The Demon Blade on the Wii. I beat Kisuke's story last year but stopped at half of Momohime's story. Dammit, I want the Momohime figure again.

Arlie: I just finished Portal 2 yesterday. The whole game was really fun. For those who haven't played it yet, you have to at least give it a try! From GLaDOS' sarcastic lines and fat jokes to Wheatley's British humor who is actually voiced by Stephen Merchant (Hot Fuzz, The Ricky Gervais Show). Having a NPC companion who blabs too much really adds to the experience. I also liked the ending song. Watch out for those hidden easter eggs.

Portal: "The cake is a lie."

Portal 2: "The deer is a lie."

I don't want to spoil any more shit to you guys, but all I can say is "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, holy fuck you're in space!"

You can watch parts of my playthrough here. (4 hours total including long pauses for pee breaks)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVZaZ8yO6o]

Quash: Did a full Mortal Kombat marathon! We started off by watching the first Mortal Kombat movie(hilarious) then we popped in the new Mortal Kombat and did an all day 4 player tag versus matches. We were set to watch the second movie but couldn't stop playing. It was technically 2 versus 2 and the tagging system seemed similar to Tekken Tag's tagging system, pressing one button swaps in your teammate.

It was a lot of fun and we were constantly shouting at each other because there's no coordination with the tagging at all. Some people just tag themselves out without telling their teammate catching them off-guard or them eating a X-Ray. When i got back home i continued to play some more Mortal Kombat. Did a few challenges in the Challenge Tower(up to 45 now) and practiced with Nightwolf. He might actually be my main character for Mortal Kombat.

Great game and i'll have a full review on it soon.

Dungeon Siege 3's latest character trailer

The new Dungeon Siege 3 trailer show's Anjali, an agile staff wielder with the ability to turn into some fire spirit. Check the trailer out now and I added the other character trailers so you guys can prepare what to play when it comes out on June 21, 2011.

Anjali 

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4wA-pEv80]

Reinhart

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUx3rCzwvN0]

Lucas

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxNJ96ju-v0]

Katarina

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEmOJTK-2s]

I really hope this comes out as a good game. It looks great and co-op games like this should be loads of fun with a buddy or two. Dungeon Siege 3 might be a good fix for people like myself that are anxiously waiting for Diablo 3's release.