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Fanswag winners: MLB Power Pros and Mario Super Sluggers

by David Hinkle { Sep 19th 2008 at 8:00PM }

When we were going to pick the winner of our latest giveaway, we completely realized that we forgot to announce the winner for our previous giveaway. Also, we received quite a few emails from you all. So, without further delay, here's our winners:

Chris Luebe won our copy of MLB Power Pros 2008
NickBeamin won our copy of Mario Super Sluggers

Congrats to all of our winners and better luck next time to the rest of you!

MLB Superstars introduces us to Baseball Golf

by David Hinkle { Sep 17th 2008 at 9:00PM }

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2K Sports has dished out a few more screens from their upcoming game, MLB Superstars. In these latest shots, we see some of the titular superstars tackle one of the game's hybrid minigames, Baseball Golf. We're not sure how it works, beyond what is shown in the screens. The real question is whether or not these new screens make the game look more appealing than the previous batch?

Gallery: MLB Superstars

[Via press release]

MLB Stickball headed to XBLA, stick not included

by Dustin Burg { Sep 17th 2008 at 5:00PM }

2K Sports just announced that they'll be testing the Xbox Live Arcade waters with their first ever Arcade release, MLB Stickball. Yes sir, it's baseball, with a stick, hitting balls.

According to the 2K folks, MLB Stickball will release to the XBLA on Wednesday, October 8th where players will be able to collect Topps cards, build teams, create custom rules and play ... well, stickball. Pretty easy enough explanation, just don't break a window when swinging, because that's considered an insta-out. Bummer too ... we're usually pretty good at breaking our neighbor's windows.

[Via Game Stooge]

Video: BioShock 360 vs. BioShock PS3 look similar

by Dustin Burg { Sep 10th 2008 at 12:15PM }

Seeing that it has been quite a while since we've posted one of these little gems, here, for your viewing pleasure, is a video comparing the look of BioShock on the Xbox 360 versus BioShock on the Playstation 3. Press play, watch, analyze and we'll wait ...

Okay, by now your video watching should be complete, (achievement unlocked audio sample goes here) and hopefully you noticed that the games are nearly identical. How fun! You should have also realized that you wasted a good three minutes of your day squinting at your computer screen trying your damnedest to spot a pixel differences between the two. Don't feel bad though, because we did the same. It's just something that's in our fanboy genes that makes us do it.

2K Sports reveals MLB Superstars

by David Hinkle { Aug 27th 2008 at 4:30PM }

With October right around the corner, everyone's got baseball fever. We must admit that we're even caught up in it a bit, cheering our favorite team onto victory. And 2K Sports is trying to capitalize on the madness by unveiling their newest baseball title for the Wii: MLB Superstars.

MLB Superstars is being developed by Deep Fried Entertainment and will be a party title (see: minigames), featuring games such as Baseball Golf, Baseball Pachinko and Baseball Bocci. It will also feature minigames that aren't even in the realm of baseball, such as Mascot Dance (you can probably imagine what this is) and Green Monster, where players must break down a wall with a baseball bat.

[Via press release]

Fanswag: Top Spin 3 goes to ...

by David Hinkle { Aug 25th 2008 at 11:59PM }

Sorry it took so long to announce the winners of our latest giveaway, but it's better to be late than never, right? No? Well, while we get our twenty lashes from our bosses, we'll leave you to congratulate the winners. So let's get to it!

Our Top Spin 3 winners are:

Greg
mrshl

Better luck next time to those of you who didn't get a copy and thanks for reading Wii Fanboy!

Gallery: Top Spin 3

Carnival Games 2 delayed due to first game's success

by David Hinkle { Aug 21st 2008 at 5:32PM }

We like to bash the shovelware as much as anyone, but Take Two's Carnival Games must have been a real gem, because it has sold well consistently and "exceeded expectations" since its release. That's why Take Two has been taking their good old time in churning out a sequel to the game, which is now in the works.

"We saw the original title was a big success, and we had the developers [Cat Daddy] thinking down the line for the brand," said 2K Play marketing director Christina Recchio. "So there will be a 'Carnival Games 2,' but when that is, I can't say that right now. We just have to assess the market and see when the right time is to release the title." What does this mean? Well, that they won't need to rush development on the sequel so long as the first title keeps on selling.

Any of you play the original Carnival Games? Think it got a bad rap from the critics? Or was it just a bad game?

2K Games, would you kindly release BioShock PS3 on October 21?

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Aug 19th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Well, that was easy. 2K Games has complied with our subliminal request that it release the PlayStation 3 version of sublime, submerged shooter BioShock in North America on October 21. There was some mental resistance to our suggestions of a worldwide release, however, so you international folks will just have to make do with October 24.

BioShock comes to the PlayStation 3 sporting the same aquatic utopia-turned-dystopia that made the game one of 2007's best, along with Trophies, a new "Survivor" difficulty level and challenge rooms, to be released as downloadable content "shortly after launch."

Gallery: BioShock (PS3)

Reminder: We're giving away Top Spin 3

by David Hinkle { Aug 15th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Hey, you there. Yeah, you reading this. Do you like free stuff? We're giving away two copies of Top Spin 3, so head on over to the original contest post and read up on how you can enter. Good luck!

Gallery: Top Spin 3

Fanswag: Top Spin 3

by David Hinkle { Aug 12th 2008 at 9:55AM }

It's that time again kiddies. It's time to give you some free swag. Our latest giveaway is highlighting 2K's Top Spin 3 for Wii. We've got two copies (each valued at $50) of the game to give away to a pair of lucky readers, so prepare to get your comment on.

How do you enter? Easy, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us who your favorite Tennis player is. Don't have one? Okay, then they can be fake. Is it Mario? That's fine! You can comment once per day and the giveaway will close on Sunday, August 17th at 11:59PM ET. Oh, and you also must be 18 years of age or older and a current and legal resident of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). Finally, before you enter, make sure you read the official rules.

Best of luck to all of you entering and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for stopping by Wii Fanboy every day.

Gallery: Top Spin 3

Ken Levine: BioShock film won't be a stinker

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 7th 2008 at 5:30PM }

Speaking to videogaming247.com, 2K Boston's Ken Levine did his best to allay the fear that the upcoming BioShock film will be a turkey. "You're always going to be worried that in that first meeting they're going to be, like, 'OK, it's Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey on a desert island hunting for pirate treasure,' but it's not going to go that way," said Levine. The film's director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) "gets" BioShock according to Levine, and he assures fans that Verbinski and script writer John Logan "will very much honour the dramatic and thematic elements of the game." Considering Verbinski managed to turn a theme park ride into a decent set of films, we're hopeful that Levine's faith is justified. Then again, the last time someone made a game movie and claimed to really understand the source material, we wound up Silent Hill.

Fingers crossed.

Visit Monster Island in Champions Online

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 6th 2008 at 3:30PM }

The PC gaming gurus at Big Download have put together the second in a series of features on Champions Online, the upcoming superhero MMO for the Xbox 360 and PC. Today's feature deals with one of the game's many zones, Monster island. As you may have guessed, Monster Island is filled with various and sundry giant monsters. Of particular note is the giant gorilla that is also on fire. The preview covers some of the creatures you'll meet and places you'll visit on monster island. The preview also discusses the gameplay design of Champions Online, including what Cryptic Studios calls "console action gameplay," in which players engage in more active play than many other MMO games. Head over to Big Download for the full scoop.

Gallery: Champions Online

Meet the heroes and villains of Champions Online

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 5th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Our buddies over at Big Download have put together a massive feature detailing the universe of Champions Online, the upcoming 360 and PC superhero MMO from Cryptic Studios and 2K. The feature discusses the story of the Champions universe as well as the background history of its heroes and villains. If you're keen to learn everything there is to know about Champions Online -- and why wouldn't you be? -- head over to Big Download. After all, Champions Online isn't landing until next year, so you have to pass the time somehow, right?

Zelnick: GTA isn't Take-Two's only moneymaker

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 22nd 2008 at 2:00PM }

Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick believes the company can be profitable in a non-Grand Theft Auto year. Speaking with Venture Beat, Zelnick explains that while GTA may have been the main source of profitability before, Take-Two is a different company in the wake of titles like BioShock and Carnival Games. Reportedly, the company now has "30 million-plus selling titles, 15 of which are full owned."

Depending on the nature of the content in the first GTA IV DLC (expected later this year), the company might very well see some nice cash flow from the second episode next year. We also have no idea when to expect GTA: Chinatown Wars. From what we can see, GTA is going to be on the T2 fiscal calendar in one form or another for quite some time.

[Via GI.biz]

BioShock's PS3 graphics identical to Xbox 360

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 22nd 2008 at 12:30PM }

For those out there who thought BioShock on the PS3 was going to exploit the full strength of Cell processors and Blu-rays, 2K Games' senior producer Melissa Miller, tells VideoGamer that the PS3 version "looks no different from the 360 version." It looks so similar, in fact, that when we saw it at E3, it never even crossed our minds to do an impressions post on the game. We just reported on the new DLC content and moved on. From what we've seen of it, BioShock on PS3 is the same as it ever was on Xbox 360. There, we've written our impressions post now.

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