Hey Got Gamers,

I’m sorry if anyone tuned into the station at 10 am last Saturday and missed the show. We’ve been moved out of that time slot. At this point, I can not comment on if the move is permanent or not, but I can tell you that NEXT WEEK’S SHOW will also air at 5 pm on Saturday.

However, if you missed the show last Saturday, hopefully this podcast edition of our January 29th show will be worth the wait. As always it’s in the audio file below this sentence.

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This week on Got Game we discuss:

• The new SONY NGP (Next Generation Portable)
• A deal that will put Virgin Gaming tournament portals into all upcoming EA Sports titles

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Plus Zack Finishes his review of Little Big Planet 2

Calhoun reviews the download only FPS: Breach

And Momin tries to review Dead Space 2

When North America went to sleep last night, I am sure that many gamers expected the new day to bring news of Sony’s rumored PSP2. Not wanting to disappoint, Sony held an event in Tokyo last night were a new PlayStation Portable gaming system was announced. Fast forward to now and various websites, including Sony’s own Playstation.com, are buzzing with the news of the Sony PlayStation NGP (aka – the Next Generation Portable Entertainment System).

Very few hard facts regarding the NGP are known at this time. We do know the name NGP is just a transitory title that will be replaced by a permanent name at a later point. We know that some major players in the gaming industry are backing this new device; at this point, games from the Little Big Planet, Killzone, Call of Duty, Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid franchises are believed to be in development for the NGP. We also know the consumers in Japan are expected to have their hands on the NGP by the end of this year.

Personally, the most interesting news I heard was regarding the PlayStation Suite. The PlayStation Suite is an iTunes like App store that Sony is working on. When fully operational, every App in the PlayStation Suite should seamlessly work on both the numerous android phones and the brand new NGP.

Also, for those of you know love technology, we have the device’s specs.

For those of you who like pretty things, here are some more images of what the NGP will look like.

Hey Got Gamers,

Sorry about the delay with this week’s show blog, but people do say that good things come to those who wait. If that’s true, then Duke Nukem Forever is going to be amazing! However, in the meantime, we would like to present you with something else that is good; we call it the Got Game podcast for our January 22nd, 2011 show!

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On this edition of Got Game, the crew discusses:

• The recent news coming out of the New York City 3DS media event
• Even more 3DS news during our interview with Nintendo Canada’s Matt Ryan
• Virtual Tennis 4 getting a whole range of motion controls
• A recent patch that removed pirates from Call of Duty Black Ops games on the Xbox360

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PLUS WE REVIEW Light Big Planet 2


Mass Effect 2 (PS3 Version)

and DC Universe Online

It was last E3 where Nintendo stole the show when our collective jaws dropped as they announced they were making a hand held gaming system, which would allow you to play games in 3D, WITHOUT the use of glasses.  Yes, the 3DS was on its way, but we didn’t know when it was coming or how much it would cost…….until now.

The 3DS will hit Canadian store shelves on March 27^th for a suggested retail price of $249.99.  The announcement was made yesterday when Nintendo held a news conference in New York, providing full details of their latest innovation.

While gamers are excited and very eager to get their hands on the latest technological innovation, much of the talk in the online world over the past few months has been, how much would it cost and would gamers be willing to pay that price? At $249.99 I feel confident in saying come March 27^th, The 3DS will be flying off store shelves.

I think Nintendo has nailed it with this price point.  It sticks true to their history of keeping their products at a price their fans can afford.  Yes, $250 (sorry Nintendo, I added the one cent to make life a little simpler) is a lot of money, but considering it’s a revolutionary piece of technology that has never been seen before, and could change the face of gaming as we know it, I don’t think it’s unreasonable.

Nintendo 3DS

There will be a few games at launch time including: Pilot Wings, Nintendogs + Cats, and Steel Diver.  There are also plans for a new “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time”, “Kid Icarus” “Mario Kart”, “Animal Crossings” and “Paper Mario”, but no word on release dates for those games.

In the video game world, The Nintendo 3DS is probably the most anticipated product since the XBOX 360/PS3 came out a few years ago.  I could even argue it’s more anticipated.  Even though I haven’t tried it out myself, those who have (including our very own Bryan Calhoun) say it’s the real deal.

But it hasn’t been all smiles and sunshine for the 3DS. On our last show of 2010 we talked about Nintendo’s self issued warning that children under the age of six shouldn’t play the new system, for fear it could damage their eye sight. Even though the American Optometric Association came out a few weeks later and said it might be a good thing.  Then this week word came out that some people were feeling sick after playing the new hand held console

Still, I don’t think any of that negative press is going to hurt sales, at least not at launch time. I think this thing is going to sell like it’s a Tickle Me Elmo and the year is 1998.  One thing is for sure, we here at Got Game will be all over it.

Check right back here for the latest, you can get updates on our twitter page: @gotgame590.  Or you can follow each host individually: @zcooperstown, @mominqureshi @christinechubb and @brylogical.

OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES:

• 3DS will be available in Cosmo Black or Aqua Blue.
• Dual Screen.  Bottom is a touch screen, Top shows 3-D visuals to the naked eye.
• 3D depth slider button will allow gamer to increase/decrease how intense the 3D effects are.
• Ability to take pictures in 3D
• Ability to create your own “Mii” Much like on the Nintendo Wii.
• Built in parental control and pin options
• Expandable memory slot

We ate cookies and controllers at the first video game event of 2011.

photo courtesy of Jorge Figueiredo from http://www.torontothumbs.com/

Check it out… That’s Christine Chubb – our new co-host.
She also loved the Little Big Planet 2 cookies (although there’s no photographic evidence to prove that).

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You heard our preview of Little Big Planet 2 on last week’s show… and we touched on the idea of the creation tools being a little more accessible.

Here’s a conversation we had with the man who’s charged with the task of doing just that – making it so that you and I can look like creative geniuses.

Meet Christoph Villedieu.  Just a gamer who happened to be brought aboard by Media Molecule to try and perfect level design for you, me, and them.

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For our impressions on whether their goals were actually achieved… and whether it’s actually easy to turn dream-levels/games into real levels/games, tune in to next week’s show.

Hey Got Gamers,

This week the word Wii takes on a whole new meaning for videogames because we start off our show with a discussion on Sega’s new range of Toylet games. Here’s a video of the Dreamcast‘s baby brother in action.

But this isn’t Got Toylet.

We have far more than urine controlled gaming to talk about this week, and we do it during something we call the Got Game podcast. As always you can find the podcast in the audio file below this sentence.

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This week on Got Game we discuss:

• Rumors that the PSP 2 will be unveiled at a Sony “business overview and strategy meeting” later this month
• Shigeru Miyamoto wanting to have 3D video recording as an option for the 3DS
• UK Olympians competiting against UK citizens in Kinect Sports
• The idea that Killzone 3 will get 70 minutes of cut scenes

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Plus we chat to Sony PlayStation Canada’s Matt Levitan about Little Big Plant 2, and we quickly discuss the extremely mature trailer for 505 Games‘ upcoming Supremacy MMA.

And Zack takes dark and gritty yoga on with his review of Your Shaped Fitness Evolved.

Hey Got Gamers!

Sorry about the delay with getting this show blog up, but at least we proved that an old saying is true. Good things do come to those who wait, and because you’ve waited for it, here’s the latest podcasted edition of Got Game.

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This week on Got Game we discuss:

• Tiger Woods sharing the cover of his golf game with a flag
• The idea of the American Optometric Association saying that the 3DS could be safe for children under six
• 2K Sports bringing back the Million Dollars for the first Perfect Game contest
• Fight Night Champion gets a gritty prison story
• Mart Hartley joins us from Las Vegas to discuss the big news at this year’s CES

Plus Zack Reviews EA Sports Active 2.

And we give you a quick taste of MicroBot.

Hey Got Gamers!

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!

Now that this past year is already in the can, why not join us for the very best and worst of gaming in 2010? Or as we like to call it, the 2010 Year End Edition of Got Game.

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Most of this episode obviously involves looking back on 2010, but some interesting news still happened during the final week of 2010. Therefore, this week on Got Game we also discussed:

• Nintendo’s warning that the 3DS could be hazardous for your health
• The US military making a PS3 super computer
• The possibility that a 37 year old man allegedly stole a DS from the coffin of a teenager

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PLUS we review 1 of the final pieces of content from 2010, DEAD RISING 2: Case West.

AND our 2 guest co-hosts take a look at Konami’s X-Men Arcade.