InFormers: Robots in the News

1. Newsbit: You can now “rent” TransFormers: The Movie on iTunes.
2. Newsbit: Can’t wait for the next ep of TransFormers: Animated to air on Cartoon Network? Time-Warner on Demand has got you covered.
3. Pics: New official pics of Revoltech Hot Rodimus and Starscream.

Assorted Mushrooms

1. Newsbit: Sad news to kick things off, as the co-founder of Wham-O toys is no longer with us. R.I.P., Mr. Knerr, and thanks.
2. Pics: New pic of all four NECA Ninja Turtles, plus a pair of fake “traditional” variants.
3. Newsbit: Anything for a buck, it seems, as Time Warner is said to be looking into limiting bandwidth and charging additional fees for data that runs over the alloted amount.Downloading a high-definition movie could cost users an additional $30 if they are already over their monthly limit bandwidth.…well, hell, why not just buy the disc? I don’t see how this will help usher in an age of digital distribution…

Video Power

1. Newsbit: Capcom’s at it again, looking for people in the SF Bay area to come out and see what they’ve put together this time. “Top seekrit?” Couldn’t have anything to do with Bionic Commando, could it?
2. Newsbit: If you’re going to be in Japan around 2/15, you might want to swing by the AOU 2008 Amusement Expo and give Street Fighter IV a whirl.
3. Newsbit: So, that free Xbox Live Arcade game that people will get as a result of the Xbox Live downtime? Undertow, a game which sounds like it’s had a few people download it already……but, lucky for me, I’m not among those ranks. I sorta would’ve preferred Pac-Man Championship Edition, but I won’t complain.
4. Pics: Could these really be the first pics of the next DS Castlevania game?
5. Newsbit: Remember when Wal-Mart recently slipped up and mispriced a bunch of upcoming games, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl? No one thought they’d make good on it, especially after cancelling all those orders, but as it turns out, they decided to make some good on it.Sort of makes me wish I’d gotten in on that action.
6. Videos/Preview: Three new trailers for the “Penny Arcade Game.”Xbox Live doesn’t have a demo for this yet, do they? Anyway, Game|Life has a preview.
7. Rumor: This just in: Could it be? The Boss says it’s still just a rumor, but with a good source on it… Factor 5 developing a Kid Icarus title for Wii.This will be awesome if true.
8. Newsbit: More and more and more questionable info on Super Smash Bros. Brawl from the World Hobby Fair.
9. Newsbit: Way to go, Activision. As if we didn’t have enough spam problems already.
10. Newsbit: It appears that Circuit City is offering an enticing deal on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, along with the promise of more Wiis coming. Pity we don’t have those in Canada… though we do have “The Source by Circuit City,” but I doubt they’d honor it. If they even got the game in a timely fashion.And even if we did have Circuit City, no promises that they’d have the same deal. Frustration….on a related note, no buzz over a preorder bonus yet. Pity, that. I’d be happy with a soundtrack CD, or an art book full of renders and such, or maybe a small trophy as per the game.
11. Newsbit: New info on SEGA’s answer to Nintendogs, SEGA Dream Cats. I’d probably go for this, except I have two of my own already…

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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