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Wii Game Devs Testing Waters With Less-Casual Games

MTV's Multiplayer Blog has a pair of interviews with Wii game developers about how they're struggling to reach a more hardcore gaming audience. Jordan Itkowitz, lead designer for Deadly Creatures, wants to stay away from designing a typical collection of mini-games, saying, "The trick is to get those new players to step outside that easy comfort zone and try some genres and experiences that, while accessible and familiar to gamers, are still a bit foreign to anyone who's new to the culture." Dan Borth of Red Fly Studio is skeptical of the viability of hardcore games without relying on Nintendo and other major companies to "put a valiant effort in properly supporting developers to create great games."

PS3 'Cell' to run hardcore set top boxes

LAS VEGAS - Toshiba is planning to use the Cell processor, the brain of Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, to create an ultra-powerful TV set-top box that can record up to six high-definition channels at once and improve the look of any video.

PS3 'Cell' to run hardcore set top boxes

A show-goer checks out Toshiba's Cell TV, touted by the company as 'the best picture you've ever seen.' Photo / AP

Updated: 12 best Firefox add-ons for hardcore Diggers

Fish and chips. Kittens and internets. Nickelback and angry crowds hurling missiles. That sort of thing.

In Depth: 12 best Firefox add-ons for hardcore diggers

Fish and chips. Kittens and internets. Nickelback and angry crowds hurling missiles. That sort of thing.

Future Looks Great All Around For Wii

Hardcore gamers may still scoff at Nintendo's Wii for catering to casual gamers. But hidden behind its Clark Kent facade are some impressive financial muscles. Nintendo rocked the gaming world when it brought out the Wii gaming console three years ago by turning an entirely new demographic of users on to gaming. Middle-aged and senior citizens stood in line to buy Wiis on the strength of games like Wii Fit, which audiences found more fun than workout DVDs. To date, Nintendo has sold nearly 35 million Wiis, including 12.6 million in the U.S., Nintendo's biggest market. That's lower than Sony's (nyse: SNE - news - people ) PlayStation 2, which has sold 43 million units since 2000. But it's still pretty high for a console that, at launch, was technologically a generation behind its chief competitors, Sony's PlayStation 3, with 13 .

Demon's Souls PlayStation 3 Screenshots

Sony and From Software's hardcore PS3 action RPG - more details coming soon....

Bejeweled 2 rated by ESRB

Bejeweled 2 might not be a hardcore gamer's kind of game, but it's coming our way nonetheless. The ESRB has rated the PS3 title "E" for everyone recently giving notice that a game was in the works for the system. Digging further, IGN has spoken with devs PopCap Games to which a rep had confirmed the game's existence.

Famitsu Readers, Japanese Game Shops Choose Top 10 News Items Of 2008

In a traditional year-end poll, Japanese hardcore gaming magazine Famitsu asked its readers and select retailers to rank the top gaming news stories of 2008. The results are printed as the top story in this week’s issue of the magazine, and are as follows:

Nintendo Owns Japan

Despite the general feeling among gaming experts and the 'hardcore' that Nintendo's Wii was a flash in the pan or simply a gimmick, it has not only managed to own the North American market in November 2008, it's done the same in Japan for the festive season.

The Conduit devs say game will appeal to casual gamers, Wii wasn't considered a next-gen system initially

The makers of "The Conduit" believe that a viable hardcore Wii market exists. And even though they claim it's "a gamer's game," they think their first-person shooter will hook the casual crowd, too.

Arts Power List 2008

Confound them with too many high concept productions and people vote with their feet. Alienate hardcore arts lovers with too many crowd-pleasing productions and they risk losing their credibility.

Sonys got you in mind

SCEA development boss, Michael Denny, emphatically states that their new game, Heavy Rain, can be played by both the casual and hardcore crowd. Itchy trigger fingers and greased lightening reflexes play no role in this venture. Only the mind can free you in this new game, so leave your Halo helmet home and pick up your Bat-utility belt for this one.

The Hardware Behind WebOS: Palm Pre

Palm has released a smoking new piece of hardware to accompany its long-awaited OS, and it brings many of the features hardcore smartphone users have been waiting for.

Xbox 360 Party Game Roundup

While price cuts have made the Xbox 360 an appealing buy for cash-strapped families this Christmas, it's still widely regarded as the hardcore gamer's choice; the one you buy to play Gears of War 2, not the one you buy when you have the family round on boxing day. But is all that about to change?

Nintendo listening to fans - Fils-Aime

Speaking with US game site GameDaily, Nintendo US chief Reggie Fils-Aime has taken issue with the suggestion that Nintendo are leaving behind their hardcore fans as they chase mass-market greatness.

In Depth: A month with the iPod touch and Nike+ Sport kit

Running may well be a fantastic way to get fit, shape up and de-stress, but it can be intimidating for the novice; those shuffling, sweating hardcore runners you pass on the road in the early morning hours or on a miserable winter night have a level of commitment that's likely to terrify the potential round-the-block jogger.

Rumor Mill: A PSP-4000 Might Appear in 2009

The handheld console market is a very tough one, with sales and profits split between the two major Japanese gaming companies, Sony and Nintendo. While the former has as target hardcore gamers, and delivers them popular titles, like Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops or Monster Hunter, the latter aims at a broader market, that of casual games, and delivers titles almost anyone might enjoy.

Mobile Spy software now for iPhone 3G

December 18, 2008 Without getting into the questionable ethics involved in spying on your employees, children and other supposed loved ones, Gizmag readers should be aware that there’s now some pretty hardcore technology available for monitoring what people do on their iPhone. Retina-X’s Mobile Spy has been around for some time for Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems but this week the iPhone app became available and it can silently monitor incoming and outgoing text messages (SMS) and call information and upload it to your private online account. Accounts can be checked online from any web browser without needing further access to the phone.

Fall Out Boy, 'Dead On Arrival': Free MP3 of the Day

FREE MP3 FROM THE ARCHIVE. Forget their influences--people now want to know what bands Fall Out Boy have inspired. Their latest efforts have scored them prime cover shots on all the top magazines (such as "Rolling Stone"), and although it's hard to remain punk after such praise, they still get props among the hardcore.

I'm A Celebrity? Get Me Out Of Here, Wednesday 8.30pm, ITV1

"If you do find David Van Day's marbles, pop them in a jiffy bag and send them to I'm A Celebrity..., Australia," pleaded Ant or Dec. It seems unlikely that anyone will be able to produce said marbles in time for Friday's finale, and a good thing it is too, since Digital Versatile Disc, as hardcore fans have christened him, is still tearing this show up, gameplan or not.

Activision-Blizzard Updated Release Schedule

Activision-Blizzard have today updated their latest European release schedule for the first quarter of 2009. With a collection of Wii games and some intriguing PLAYSTATION3 and Xbox360 titles on the list – as well as, of course, Monsters Vs. Aliens based on the Dreamworks' movie of the same name – the line-up will almost certainly do well at retail; convincing Hardcore Gamers may well be more difficult.

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