DonsSword

uDraws are all over Target in the Wii section.

1.2 million shipped is incredible--the sell thru number will be more important though. If they can sell close to that many core uDraw units with tablets, what a huge gain that is for THQ, who is pushing customer controllers out while everyone else seems to be pulling back (guitars and other music peripherals--no more new RB3 DL content is scheduled). Think about what this means for the EA, Activision, Ubi, and Disney Interactive who have been complaining about not being able to move Wii SKUs--and here is THQ with a brand new IP putting drawing tablets and software into 1.2M homes.

How much longer do you think Noblis will be making games in the My Baby series after this?

Terry... I think thou doth protest too much...

This is great news. I love Puzzle Kingdoms, but the fact is Infinite really did a terrible job with the game--deadlines being what they are, they released it anyhow. The art was just above awful, the touchscreen mechanics on the DS were almost broken, and when they yanked the AI that fought to win back conquered kingdoms, they left a big hole in the game they never resolved. The puzzle mechanic and the music saved that game--I would love to see a proper PK2 with all the bugs worked out.

Why the spear? SPOILER WARNING:
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Because that way you need a matched pair just like in the game.

Its also likely also to reinforce the diff look of the body from the movie PH.

Do want. Maybe Santa will bring it.

@DonsSword "now" was supposed to be "no" -- my bad.

Saw NERF N-Strike Double Blast Bundle in Best Buy today for $59.99 -- EA is charging a $20 premium to bundle the 2 Nerf games with 1 blaster -- which separately cost $40 new.

This from the company that spent almost now marketing dollars to push Dead Space Extraction.

Stupid jerks = EA... I hope they choke on return stock for this bundle.

This is great news, and Nintendo better get on the ball and bring this back to the US. The development teams for World of Goo and the Bit Trip games all reported increased sales for their games whenever a demo was offered.

Nintendo really needs to do a better job with its broader strategy, rather than its micro focus on one thing at a time. Nintendo doesn't seem to grasp that not everyone gives a hoot about the next Mario remake--in fact I think the DS's success in the US can be largely tied to the very large range of games that were available for the DS for the first couple of years--different titles all appearing to a very broad audience, before the market became overrun with Imagine games, brain trainers, and pet"z" simulators.

Civ has been on the Mac for a while, at least since Civ 3 if not earlier. Age of Empires is on the Mac as well.

Why anyone would pay for this is beyond me with the number of free Open Source offerings. Hell, you can get Nexuiz for free right now and run it in Windows, Mac, and Linux--it looks great on your fancy hardware, but will still run great on your old POS CPU too. There is already a community of players, and it uses a Quake engine.

This particular legal battle was not over IP, but over distribution.

SouthPeak has a 2nd lawsuit (mentioned in the 2nd paragraph), that is still ongoing over the MyBaby franchise. MyBaby is a cash cow. It debuted against a few other baby sims, and beat the others hands down in sales--the other ones tended to be uglier and a little more awkward, and MyBaby debuted at a lower price point too, which it then held without the price reductions common in many titles. It then migrated quickly and successfully to the Wii where it continued to outsell its few competitors. MyBaby looks strong graphically compared to its competitors (even its packaging was a step up), and the gameplay is crazy simple beneath a faux exterior of "simulation"--I believe this gives it a very wide appeal across age groups, and has a nice balance of play vs. reward.