As has become their custom, Microsoft announced today that the Xbox 360 will be sold with two of this year’s best reviewed (under T-rated) games. This year, the Xbox 360 Elite bundle includes Pure, an off-road racing game from Black Rock Studios, and Lego Batman, the newest Lego themed adventure game from Tt Games.
Microsoft also announced a bundle for their wireless controllers. READ MORE
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Sony is releasing the PSP Go on Thursday, October 1st. For those gamers who are interested in picking it up, Sony has announced that there will be 225 downloadable games available for it in day 1. That total includes both PSP games and PS1 Classics. Since there are 61 PS1 Classics right now, it can be assumed that there will be roughly 140 PSP games available for download on October 1st. Sony has yet to release a full list of games that will be available, but we have compiled a list after the break of the top games that are available (or will be by Thursday). READ MORE
Bioware is looking to recruit a large number of beta testers for the closed beta of their much anticipated MMORPG, The Old Republic, at the official site.
Fans of the Knights of the Old Republic games have been loudly decrying Bioware’s production of The Old Republic, a MMORPG instead of an action RPG similar to the KotOR games. Bioware has repeatedly replied that The Old Republic will be larger in scope and story than ten KotOR games. READ MORE
Sony announced today at TGS 2009 that owners of the PSP who upgrade to the PSP Go will not be able to download a copy of any games they own, despite previous claims to the contrary. Since the PSP Go does not have a UMD drive, previously purchased games will be rendered useless when you upgrade from a PSP to a PSP Go. It also means that anyone who purchased a PSP game in anticipation of getting a PSP will be unable to use those games if they get a PSP Go instead. READ MORE
Nearly 3 years after it was released, the Nintendo Wii is finally getting a price cut. On September 27th, you will be able to buy the Wii for just $199. This makes the Wii the cheapest video game console on the market again, at the same price as the cheapest Xbox 360 model. This price drop is most likely the result of a number of factors: the recent price drops of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3; the upcoming release of Sony’s motion controller in the spring; and most importantly, the massive drop in Wii sales throughout this year.
