The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/6/08
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Pics: The upcoming Robot Heroes, featuring the likes of Hound, Sunstreaker, Galvatron, Blitzwing, Black Arachnia, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Predacon Megatron can now be seen here, live and in color.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Newsbit: Sounds like Warner Bros. has officially thrown in with Blu-Ray. Exclusively, that is.
I’ve been pretty neutral in this whole format war thing. I think it’s pretty stupid, frankly. But if I had to pick a side, it’d probably be HD DVD, only because I don’t think Sony really needs to be encouraged to create more proprietary formats.
Toshiba is said to be “particularly disappointed.”
And seemingly as a result, the HD DVD pre-conference at CES has been cancelled.
If you decide to throw in with the Blu-Ray lot, then it seems that the PlayStation 3 is still the top choice.
Video Power
- Newsbit: If you’ve been waiting to get your replacement Guitar Hero III disc for the Wii, fixing the audio issues of which much controversy has erupted, then know that the time is soon, and you can pre-register now.
- Pics: Some new images from SEGA Superstar Tennis showcase some of the game’s unique themed courts. Loving these.
- Newsbit: Elsewhere in the music-gaming world, there’s been a small problem with Rock Band, in that it only includes one guitar, and if memory serves, they aren’t sold seperately. But now, MTV has signed into a deal with Mad Catz to produce controllers for the blockbuster game.
- Newsbit: Interesting, I thought the whole “Gerstmanngate” thing was behind us, but apparently some are still rather sore over the whole thing, as one freelancer apparently decided to make a stand.
- Newsbit: Toys R Us has decided to trade in their huge “sucker pack” for two smaller such packs. Um, yay?
- Newsbit: Good news! No More Heroes has been pushed up on the release calendar by a few weeks– January 22nd is the new date. God, I hope I can get the money for this one.
- Newsbit: So Xbox Live ran into some trouble over the holidays. The users weren’t happy, and neither was Microsoft. And to make it up to Gold users, they’re even giving them free Arcade games.
And yet, people still want to sue.
I’m no Microsoft fanboy, but I certainly don’t hate them, either, despite everything. But I do think this is just a little unwarranted.
- Newsbit: Been playing the Burnout: Paradise demo? You might have noticed a recent change… they’ve doubled the online multiplayer, as well as added some new challenges. Now I just need to find seven friends.
- Video: No “official” new Smash Bros. info this week, but it looks like a pretty good one after all with three Japanese commercials.
Plus, an extra “online” commercial or two.
Not enough? Then how about some more details. Balloon Fight music? Score!!
- Newsbit: Whoopsie, looks like the New York Times report on the DS having “full downloadable games” was inaccurate.
- Newsbit: Go Nintendo reports that tomorrow, we should be seeing two new additions to the Virtual Console in the form of Startropics for the NES, and King of Fighters ’94 for the NEOGEO.
Startropics? At last, I’m there!
- Newsbit: First, pink nunchucks, now pink jackets? What’s going on here?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”