PSU.com writes:

"As of today, EB Games and Gamestop are taking reservations for one of PlayStation 3’s most anticipated titles, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots.

For only $5 USD, gamers can ensure that a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 is awaiting them on release day. According to Gamestop, the release date is set for June 17th, 2008. No word however on a Limited Edition or Collectors Edition of the game."

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It seems that NVIDIA finally is working on an answer to ATI’s Radeon HD 38xx products. A couple of sites spotted GeForce 8800 GS graphics cards. The sites say NVIDIA will soon introduce 384MB and 768MB GDDR3 GeForce 8800 GS graphics cards, these cards are based on the G92-150 core and feature 112 stream processors and a 192-bit memory bus.

The 384MB version has a 575MHz core, 1700MHz memory and 1438MHz shaders. The 768MB version has a 650MHz core, 1900MHz memory and 1625MHz shaders. For comparison: the GeForce 8800 GT has a 600MHz core, 1800MHz memory and 1500MHz shaders but has the advantage of a 256-bit memory bus.

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The Bitbag writes, "I got some info from my Microsoft contact after questioning whether or not Gold Members will get thrown a bone for all the downtime they had to sit through. While nothing has been officially announced, they have stated, ‘…we will definitely be doing something for our Gold members that weren’t able to get online over the last week.’"

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The New York Times
By Eric A. Taub
December 30, 2007

Nintendo, the maker of the Wii video game machine, does not have just one hit product on its hands. Rather, it has two.

While shoppers are still lining up before stores open to buy Nintendo’s Wii, its older portable sibling, the Nintendo DS, is the best-selling game machine in the United States. The hand-held DS outsold the Wii in November 1.53 million units to 981,000, according to sales figures compiled by NPD Group.

The DS, a 3-year-old $130 unit, has been handily outselling its chief rival, Sony’s $170 PSP handheld game device, as well as the newer and more expensive consoles, like Microsoft’s Xbox 360, selling for $350, and Sony’s PlayStation 3, which starts at $400.

Nintendo expects to finish the year having sold more than 6 million DS consoles, with a total of 15.2 million sold since they were introduced in November 2004. The best-selling game console this year, the Wii, has sold more than 5 million units this year, David Riley of NPD said.

Sony has sold 9.5 million PSP units in the United States since its introduction in March 2005.

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In before 2008!

Just like how Epic Games slid Unreal Tournament III for the PS3 in before the holidays, QuickSave got their review up right before the new year.

From Quicksave:

"Unreal Tournament III (formerly known as Unreal Tournament 2007) is quite the “revolutionary” game for the console world, but aside from all these bells, whistles and technical flare, how does the game itself stack up? Do the visuals (as Epic claimed) exceed those of Epic’s Gears of War for the XBOX 360? Is the single player a real single player? Is mod support working? I spent time and sought the answers to these questions and here are my findings."

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Following on from the intial six, Gregg Mayles, Creative Director of the Banjo series, has answered the final Banjo Threeie questions. Some of the answers have posed furthers questions and speculation, such as the description of "Conflagration Violent" as a possible clue to the name of the new overworld.

The Rare Witch Project: Is this game going to have more or equal freedom to the previous Banjo games?

Gregg Mayles: Yes. Ignore the bit that says ‘or equal’.

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Gaming Console Network — By Sean Foster, Dec 30, 2007:

Sean was looking at the weekly "US" sales charts over at www.VGChartz.com when something completely dawned on him. Where in the hell was Uncharted: Drakes Fortune on the top 50? After all, the game has been acclaimed by many in the gaming community and was also on many lists around the net for Playstation 3 Game of the Year 2007. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune was nowhere to be found.

So seeing that made him think about a question for all of you, one that needs to be asked to the average gamer out there? When a "Must-Have" game comes out for a videogame system and it does not sell well, who is to blame?

Sean compared the sales numbers between three "Must-Have" games and three low-rated games.

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VG Chartz - 12/31/07:

Weekly preliminary Japanese data for the week ending December 30th, 2007 has arrived, showing boosts for PSP and Wii, but a general decline otherwise.

Rather than saying x game for y platform sold between 20,000 and 28,000 units as in the past, from this point forward, the preliminary data will be broken down into charts by platform. Within these charts, there will two additional categories besides the rounded sales figure under ‘sales’. On the left will be ‘low end’ depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold for the week, while to the right will be ‘high end’ depicting the highest amount the title likely sold for the week.

As always, this data is preliminary, and therefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. Sales for this report are for the week ending December 30th 2007.

Hardware Sales Estimates — Low End ~ High End:

1. Wii: 340,000 ~ 460,000
2. DS: 220,000 ~ 260,00
3. PSP: 200,000 ~ 240,000
4. PS3: 55,000 ~ 65,000
5. PS2: 20,000 ~ 35,000
6. 360: 8,000 ~ 12,000

Top 20 Software Sales Estimates — Sales (Low End ~ High End):

1. Wii Fit (Wii): 255,000 (230,000 ~ 80,000)
2. Super Robot Wars OG Sidestory (PS2, Regular): 189,000 (170,000 ~ 208,000)
3. Wii Sports (Wii): 160,000 (144,000 ~ 176,000)
4. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii): 153,000 (138,000 ~ 169,000)
5. Star Ocean 1: First Departure (PSP): 134,000 (120,000 ~ 147,000)
6. Mario Party (DS): 133,000 (120,000 ~ 146,000)
7. Wii Play (Wii): 130,000 (117,000 ~ 143,000)
8. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku (PSP, Limited): 95,000 (86,000 ~ 104,000)
9. Dragon Quest IV (DS): 81,000 (73,000 ~ 89,000)
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii): 75,000 (67,000 ~ 82,000)
11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii): 73,000 (66,000 ~ 80,000)
12. Professor Layton & Pandoras Box (DS): 64,000 (58,000 ~ 70,000)
13. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP): 50,000 (45,000 ~ 55,000)
14. Final Fantasy IV (DS): 44,000 (40,000 ~ 48,000)
15. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2): 39,000 (35,000 ~ 43,000)
16. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku (PSP, Regular): 36,000 (32,000 ~ 40,000)
17. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3): 25,000 (20,000 ~ 30,000)
18. Super Robot Wars OG Sidestory (PS2, Limited): 24,000 (21,000 ~ 26,000)
19. Yakuza 2 (PS2): 20,000 (18,000 ~ 22,000)
20. Sengoku Basara Heroes 2 (PS2): 18,000 (16,000 ~ 20,000)

Notes: No Xbox 360 titles appeared in the preliminary top twenty.

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Fly into a magical world of mystery and adventure told through beautiful drawings and mesmerizing gameplay with Reflexive’s enchanting game: The Great Tree! When the Pollen Collectors are bewitched, the faeries’ survival rests upon the shoulders of their children. This quest will lead them directly into the dangers of the forest, where there are whispers of something sinister lurking in the shadows. The tree’s life runs short. Set forth now to save the faeries in this grown-up tale of good and evil!

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Via Ripten: Complaints have started to hit the internet en mass regarding the Psyclone Wii-Mote charger. Claims range from the unit simply not working, to reports of the remote actually melting onto the charger. Amazon.com’s review page runs rampant with warnings regarding the battery charger; out of 27 reviews, 25 of them ended up being negative. Psyclone chargers can be found at most major retailers ranging from Target to Circuit City.

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