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We should all know by now that rent-to-own plans are nothing short of vicious wallet rape for the mentally and creditally challenged, but just in case the lesson hasn't quite sunk in yet, observe this ad from renter-retailer Kelly's. After a mere 12 monthly payments of $79, you could own a $250 Nintendo Wii! Given that 12 x $79 = $948, the sad populace who takes advantage of such a "deal" will find themselves out $698 in games, accessories and pride.


http://kotaku.com/362387/rent+to+own...i-for-just-948 ...

Petroglyph's Creative Director Adam Isgreen is an RTS veteran, having worked on loads of Command & Conquers and, more recently, Universe at War. But he isn't worried that RTS titles making their way to consoles will in some way dilute the experience. In fact, he believes just the opposite:

He continues:


Which is exactly why we all need Halo Wars to be really, really good.

http://kotaku.com/362466/console-rts...-for-the-genre ...

When SCEA released God of War II last year, the game's instruction manual teased the soon to be released PSP entry, God of War: Chains of Olympus. Now it's the PSP's turn to toy with your emotions, as the manual for the on-the-go Kratos quest fires back with a tease of the PlayStation 3 chapter. IGN has photographic evidence of the PS3 sequel teaser ad which opts not to put a release window on the thing, merely announcing that it's "coming soon."

Considering rumors are pointing to a 2009 ship date for God of War III and Sony has a habit of showing these games a year (or more) in advance, we'd say that if you want a Kratos fix in 2008, it's probably going to be on UMD.

http://kotaku.com/362534/sony-says-g...-playstation-3 ...

It's only fair to ask Nokia whether Sony's rumoured PlayStation phone is a threat to N-Gage, and Nokia games boss Jaakko Kaidesoja dealt with the issue head-on today, at an N-Gage press event in Lapland.

"I'm not scared about anybody," he said. "The real question is how do they [Sony Ericsson] do it? Can they create a link between the PSP games and a phone? Can they do the multiplayer and online stuff? We've been doing this for two years and it hasn't been easy."

In a candid briefing, Kaidesoja also addessed the issue of the N-Gage First Access being hacked to work on other handsets. You might think Nokia would be unhappy about it, but you'd be wrong.

"We knew people would crack it," says Kaidesoja. "Cracking a sisx file isn't that hard, so of course we expected it. And it's good to get feedback on the First Access application even from people with other handsets."

The UK is one of the top two or three countries in terms of people downloading the First Access application, apparently. Good work, fellow Brits!

As we reported last week, the full commercial launch of N-Gage is still set for the coming weeks. Kaidesoja says there'll be 6-8 games at launch, meaning there'll hopefully be two additional titles to the six already released for First Access.

That's if they make it through Nokia's certification process in time, though: "It may be that we launch with six titles, and then two more come the week after, and two more the week after that," he says.

The N82 and both N95 handsets will be next in line for the commercial launch, but bad news N73 owners: you're going to have to wait a while.

"We promised the N73 earlier, but we found some memory issues, as it has a lower memory spec than other devices," says Kaidesoja. "That gives some headaches, but we'll deal with that, and will release for the device during the second quarter."

Kaidesoja addressed head-on the issue of whether the launch titles from third-party publishers are ambitious enough – Tetris, Block Breaker Deluxe and World Series of Poker: Pro Challenge are hardly making the most of the platform, for all their charms.

"Whenever you have a new platform, you don't fully show its qualities," he says. "When you look at the EA stuff and Block Breaker Deluxe, it's not fully exploiting the SDK and all the capabilities it has to offer. But we are developing the SDK all the time, and during the second quarter we will see more innovative stuff."

So, will there be a dedicated N-Gage games handset? "There are no plans to release, but no plans not to release," said Kaidesoja, hedging his bets expertly.

"Broadening the device base is an obvious choice. We have tried with the N81 to have some ergonomics for gaming, and I don't think we are perfect yet. We haven't ruled it out, but we are not planning it either."

However, Nokia is working on making N-Gage games work with touchscreen handsets – Nokia will release several this year.

"We are working with the application to make it adaptable for the touchscreen environment," said Kaidesoja.

"There will need to be games that support touchscreens. They won't necessarily be there on day one [when the touchscreen handsets launch], since you have to have nine months development time, and it has to be in the SDK. But we will get there."

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/N-Gag...ews.asp?c=5917 ...

Heres the list of whats new:

30 Days of Night (~Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, ...) US US$ 38.96
Dragon Tiger Gate (~Donnie Yen, Nicolas Tse, ...) HK US$ 27.90
Ice Age HK US$ 27.90
Independence Day (~Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, ...) HK US$ 31.90
Initial D (~Jay Chou, Anthony Wong, ...) US US$ 29.95
Perfect Blue Blu-Ray (~Junko Iwao, Rika Matsumoto, ...) JPN US$ 56.90
Perfect Blue Blu-Ray [Limited Edition] (~Junko Iwao, Rika Matsumoto, ...) JPN US$ 84.90
Sakura No Michi JPN US$ 37.90
The Rundown (~The Rock, Seann William Scott, ...) HK US$ 27.90
To Kill A King (~Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, ...) US US$ 29.98
Tsai Chin In Concert Hong Kong 2007 Karaoke (~Tsai Chin) HK US$ 39.90

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...9-en-84-n.html ...

News from Play Asia

Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing all new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 440 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

This week BoA released her sixth original album The Face, the CD+DVD version and the Limited Edition. The young singer is known not only for her beauty and vocal skills, but also for her exciting dance routines. This album features her with other established singers and demonstrates her own growth as an artist.

News, one of Johnny Entertainment's boy bands released their newest single Taiyo No Namida and the Limited Edition. The style of its title track is exotic and bound to inspire people to fantasize about the passionate South America.

Other interesting products include Devil May Cry 4 Original Soundtrack and Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack.

Here's a summary of all new releases that were published between Saturday, February 23rd and Friday, February 29th. If some specific item that you are looking for is missing, please don't hesitate to contact our customer service with your request.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...9-en-84-n.html ...

Newly released today:



features
Official Japan Yujin and Nintendo Gashapon
6 different kinds
Shipped randomly
Size: approx. 60mm
Limited avalibility

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