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Pachter calls MMO gamers “addicts”

Ohhhhh boy… Talk about flame bait. Reuters recently quizzed various stakeholders and analysts on their take on the recession benefiting the MMO scene. With jobs being lost, a lot of folks have more time on their hands now, and that points to more play time for MMO players.

When asked about the matter, here’s what Michael Pachter said:

I don’t think (online multiplayer games) get impacted at all, because people who play them are addicts… Losing their jobs makes them more likely to play because they have more time to play.

He’s been making news a lot lately for his market predictions, but this is a little different from his usual brand of statements. Let’s see if he’ll explain himself further in the coming days.

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Wii homebrew – Wiibreaker v0.5

Another fun classic gone homebrew gets an update. This time it’s Arikado bringing us Wiibreaker, who created this homebrew to add a very welcome brickbreaker into the Wii homebrew scene.

Changelog for v0.5

• The ball now moves in 12 different directions instead of 4-3 distinct modes.
• New artwork
• Each control scheme has been tweaked
• 2 tracks of BGM
• Highscores are now saved, and the system was changed to compensate for the new modes.

Alrighty then, try the new modes out and break those bricks!

Download: Wiibreaker v0.5

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New Rock Band 2 Wii DLC: All-American Rejects, Blondie, Boston

Those who sprung for the Wii version of Rock Band 2 (also on Xbox 360 and PS3) will be seeing six new downloadable tracks in the in-game Rock Band 2 Music Store tomorrow. Here’s the track list:

• Blondie – Hanging on the Telephone
• All American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret
• Boston – Hitch A Ride
• Boston – Peace Of Mind
• Boston – Smokin’
• Boston – Something About You

The above songs are all master recordings and will be available for 200 Wii Points.

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MadWorld starts bloody North American reign on March 10

Forget March 31. Sega and Platinum Games will be bringing the ultra-violent MadWorld to North America three weeks earlier than that. According to Joystiq, a Sega America rep has confirmed that the game will start turning Wiis black, white, and red all over by March 10.

I expect the self-appointed guardians of America’s morality will be letting their attack dogs loose on this game soon, seeing as how it can, to paraphrase MediaWatch UK, destroy the Wii’s clean-cut image. They might choose to wait until the game actually gets certified by the ESRB, though. Yep, it still hasn’t been rated, but an M rating is expected.

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Dissatisfied gamer arrested for threatening to blow up Hudson

A Japanese man has been arrested for threatening to blow up the Japanese video game company Hudson. His reason? They wouldn’t listen to his criticisms of their games.

The 29-year-old suspect, a part-time courier named Takao Ike, had apparently threatened the company 11 times, from October 2008 to January 16 this year. Apart from the bomb threat, Ike also demanded an 80 trillion yen ransom.

Ike admitted to the bomb threat. In an affidavit, he said that he did it because even though he had let Hudson know about his demands regarding their games, the games themselves didn’t improve. I wonder what particular game really ticked him off.

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Wii homebrew – DolphinWX Rev2069

DolphinWX has been updated by Daco, and it’s now up to Rev2069. This Gamecube emulator also has preliminary support for the Wii as well as basic Triforce emulation. The Wii compatibility isn’t as good as the Gamecube compatibility, but a lot of games are fully playable.

The only changes from the last revision is that this one has the saving and loading bugs fixed, so you don’t have to worry every time you access your data.

Download: DolphinWX Rev2069 32bit
Download: DolphinWX Rev2069 64bit

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ReSolve: “strong interest” in Free Radical, formal announcement this week

It looks like Free Radical – and, by extension, the TimeSplitters series which a lot of you readers seem to be fans of – may still have a future after all.

There has apparently been “very strong” interest in the company according to ReSolve Partners, the administration firm that took over when Free Radical went into administration back in December. The formal announcement of the studio’s future will be made this week.

The main goal is to sell the studio as a whole, but ReSolve said that it would split Free Radical apart if that turns out to be the more lucrative option. The studio’s IPs may also be sold to other companies.

Two companies that are reportedly interested in Free Radical are Codemasters and Monumental Games. ReSolve also mentioned that some companies outside of the video game industry have also shown interest in the Haze and TimeSplitters developer.

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Wii homebrew – Pong2 v0.96

Update for Pong2 coming up, and its developer wplaat added a few small features into the game as well as some minor improvements. If you’ve been playing with this game and you want the latest version, you know the drill.

But before that, you might wanna take a look at this changelog for v0.96 first.

• Improved third intro screen.
• Added small game menu.
• Added credits screen
• Improved help screen.
• Added release notes screen.
• Increased http receive buffer size to 8196 bytes.
• The game now uses only one unique cookie number during the game.
• Split game logic, button events and screen output in source code.
• Built game with libogc 1.7.1 and devkitPPC r16 compiler

Download: Pong2 v0.96

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WiiWare update: LONPOS, Snowboard Riot arrive Stateside

Two new WiiWare additions for lucky Americans today – one balance board-enhanced bit of arcadey winter sports fun, and a puzzler which Game | Life described as “a pretty cheapo affair”. One is tempting me; the other isn’t. Can you guess which is which, WiiWii.tv readers?
That said, I’m still holding out for impressions of Hudson’s [...]

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Latest UK charts – Fit on top, Layton on the rise once more

Wii Fit has cemented its position on the top of the UK charts by, er, dropping 17% of sales from last week, but nevertheless selling enough to keep Call of Duty in runner-up spot, while EA’s definitely-better-than-PES-this-year FIFA 09 rises to third position. But the big mover on this week’s chart is Professor Layton and [...]