Not everyone can afford to buy a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox. Sure enough, these consoles offer an interactive and enjoyable way to pass the time, but the drawback is the price range. If you don’t have a budget for any of these, the maybe you can set your goal a bit lower. Instead of opting for those consoles, how about a less costly Baseball, Tennis, and Boxing Interactive Television Game? This works almost like the Wii because it operates on the principle of using motion to control the proceedings of the game.

Guitar Hero III is the hottest music game in town these days. Upon purchase of the game, users were expecting a great game experience, especially with the sound quality since it is a musical game. But then the actual gaming experience fell a bit short for those using the Wii…why? It’s because the Wii version of the game only provides monoaural sound despite the advertised Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound that comes with it.

Nintendo Wii gamers are in for disappointment with the announcement that the much-awaited game title Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be delayed to February 10 of 2008. I’m sure many have expected that this will already be out by Christmas, just in time for the holiday shopping, but due to some circumstances Nintendo has no choice but to put it off for a little while longer. But the wait will be all worth the wait according to some who had the privilege to see the playable version demonstrated at the press conference held in San Francisco and Tokyo just last week.

Today or more accurately, later on at midnight is the big day for the Halo 3. Like its predecessor Halo games, Halo 3 is also expected to take the gaming market by storm. This third and last installment of the Halo series is anticipated to exceed the sales of the Halo 2 which sold $125 million on its first 24 hours in the US market. Like other major releases, the Halo 3 will also be available at midnight in more than 10, 000 stores across the United States. These stores will sell 3 versions of the game for a price of $6, $70 and $130.

Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock will be coming to the PC and Mac as declared by Aspyr Media last Wednesday. This is made possible through Aspyr’s collaboration with companies Activision and RedOctane. New edition of the said musical game will be developed in order to match the games that are being used in game consoles. And of course, being new editions entitles the Guitar Hero III to new features. It is going to be an action packed game with multiplayer action, battle mode, boss battles, online multiplayer mode, original artist recordings and real rock venues.

Nope this is not my life story, but when I was just a kid I remember the game Double Dragon. I’m not likely to forget this game because my brother would not let me play, and I could see that it was such a fun game to play! I remember that the dame involved a lot of knocks, punches, kick and fly-kickin’ of the enemy right down to the ground. These can only be dome If you’re a Double Dragon fan you probably remember the heroes twin brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they rescue Billy’s kidnapped girlfriend Marian.

Nintendo Wii gamers will be glad to hear that there is a new addition to their enjoyment. Game developer Sega has recently announced that they are developing the sequel “NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams” exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. Gamers are in for another one of a kind gaming experience, as Sega America Vice President of Marketing Scott A Steinberg said, “We plan to deliver a game play experience never before seen on the Wii with 'NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams'. The game takes full advantage of the unique Wii remote controller, enabling gamers to guide NiGHTS through spectacularly designed dream worlds intertwined with a story about hope and courage."

Lord of The Rings is a field of infinite game ideas ... One or two games are not enough! We want more ... & more is coming in the year 2008.
EA 'Electronic Art' has announced that they have renewed their Lord of The Rings license & will start working on their next project with New Line Cinema & Tolkien Enterprises for a scheduled release of new games in 2008.
The first game based on the Oscar-winning Trilogy was developed by EA in 2001.
Details about the new games have not been released ... But who cares! As long as they promise to deliver those new games ... We're happy!

How would you feel about having a game where you no longer have to use your hands, just your mind? Just imagine that, the brain as the joystick? Certainly there’s no other powerful tool than the brain. There will be such a game pretty soon with the development of a commercial controller that can sort out the human thoughts. This controller also called the Project Epoc is actually a brain/computer interface that goes together with a helmet and software applications produced by Emotiv Systems. Through the nerve-sensitive helmet, electric signals in the brain are detected and the machine processes it through a receiver that is connected to the USB port enabling the objects to move and respond to whatever kind of stimuli is received from the user’s brain.

There really is no stopping the storm of MMORPGs or massively multiplayer online role-playing game. One of the MMORPG’s that made a sure hit with the gaming masses is World of Warcraft’s The Burning Crusades which made a sale of 2.4 million copies in its mere 24 hours of existence. After a almost two months since it was released, that figure has been added to, quite significantly I might say.

We all have our own quirks sometimes, especially when it comes to hobbies and collections. So maybe you are one of those who like to collect rare items such as toys? Well the maybe this cute Instinctoy DaMinchi 8-Style will appeal to you. It really struck my fancy, wanna know why? It’s PINK! I think this little plaything is really cute. And mean that literally because it stands only 30cm tall. Featured also with this toy are a mask, belt and spray can. It’s going to be a good one for display.

There’ still no stopping online games and virtual console games. One of the names in the gaming industry, Vivendi has procured Xbox Live Arcade developer Wanako Games. Those who are familiar with the downloadable game Assault Heroes probably know that these guys are the geniuses behind it. By this acquisition, Vivendi Games Sierra Online is confident that Wanako will be a great asset to them what with their development expertise, technical know-how and years of experience in the line of downloadable games. Of course the right technology is also another factor that makes Wanako an invaluable asset.

Online games? We’ve got lots of that today. It is the craze that many young ones and old alike become addicted to. But no game has yet to hold the record of the fastest selling online game. . . until Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Its first selling day was last January 16 and on that day alone Blizzard said that they were able to sell 2.4 million copies all over the world. This kind of sale figure just shows how many players are slaves to MMORPGs, all of them just waiting what new goodies are in store for them. It’s not only the gamers themselves who stand in attention to Warcraft’s expansion game introduction but also the game retailers like GameStop and EB Stores.

During the Gamefest 2006, Microsoft revealed that it will be releasing a new programming tool that would enable hobbyists, amateur game developers, students and ordinary gamers with basic knowledge on coding to create their own game on the Xbox 360 console. This game development toolkit called the XNA Game Studio Express is based on the XNA platform. It will be available free of charge, will run on Windows XP-based computers and can also be used to make Windows XP games.