MySims, a cutesy spin-off of the Sims franchise in development, is on the way exclusively for Wii and DS. Here's the latest...

Apart from the makeover, MySims' most exciting new features include the ability not only to make your own Sim but also to build objects, gadgets and even houses.

It also has you living in a town with a small community rather than centring around the running of a single family household.

MySims may look basic but its blend of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon features could make it the most customisable, adaptable and in-depth Sims game ever.

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An analysis report on the current console war leading up to 2010 cites PS3 and Xbox 360 will dominate over Wii in all major territories.

The report by Screen Digest's Ed Barton, forecasts that the leading console will differ for each territory, predicting the PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in Japan and Europe, but come in a close second to Microsoft's offering in America.

The analysis puts Wii in a significantly distant third in all three territories.

In an interview with Gamasutra, Ed Barton explained: "The one thing I would admit is that Nintendo's strategy with the Wii is, at the moment, the great unknown," later saying: "The numbers that we're seeing now for the Nintendo Wii, they've come out of the blocks fantastically strongly - no one would deny that.

"However it's incredibly early in the hardware cycle. There's still another five or six years to play out on this one, and the first big battleground will be Christmas of 2007."

Barton cites exclusive third-party support as a crucial issue for Wii in the next gen war: "We've already seen things like Dragon Quest going exclusive on the DS, but if we see those kind of tipping points on the Wii, we'll have to amend our view, clearly. But at the moment, this is the view we're taking."

Barton points out Wii's cheaper development costs to be a huge advantage but, considering the console's limited technical ability, Barton speculates, "As to whether more cheaply developed games can continue to drive Wii sales momentum, when you put it against the kind of game pipelines we're seeing for the Xbox 360 and PS3, I would argue that the jury's still out."

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An analysis report on the current console war leading up to 2010 cites PS3 and Xbox 360 will dominate over Wii in all major territories.

The report by Screen Digest's Ed Barton, forecasts that the leading console will differ for each territory, predicting the PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in Japan and Europe, but come in a close second to Microsoft's offering in America.

The analysis puts Wii in a significantly distant third in all three territories.

In an interview with Gamasutra, Ed Barton explained: "The one thing I would admit is that Nintendo's strategy with the Wii is, at the moment, the great unknown," later saying: "The numbers that we're seeing now for the Nintendo Wii, they've come out of the blocks fantastically strongly - no one would deny that.

"However it's incredibly early in the hardware cycle. There's still another five or six years to play out on this one, and the first big battleground will be Christmas of 2007."

Barton cites exclusive third-party support as a crucial issue for Wii in the next gen war: "We've already seen things like Dragon Quest going exclusive on the DS, but if we see those kind of tipping points on the Wii, we'll have to amend our view, clearly. But at the moment, this is the view we're taking."

Barton points out Wii's cheaper development costs to be a huge advantage but, considering the console's limited technical ability, Barton speculates, "As to whether more cheaply developed games can continue to drive Wii sales momentum, when you put it against the kind of game pipelines we're seeing for the Xbox 360 and PS3, I would argue that the jury's still out."

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An analysis report on the current console war leading up to 2010 cites PS3 and Xbox 360 will dominate over Wii in all major territories.

The report by Screen Digest's Ed Barton, forecasts that the leading console will differ for each territory, predicting the PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in Japan and Europe, but come in a close second to Microsoft's offering in America.

The analysis puts Wii in a significantly distant third in all three territories.

In an interview with Gamasutra, Ed Barton explained: "The one thing I would admit is that Nintendo's strategy with the Wii is, at the moment, the great unknown," later saying: "The numbers that we're seeing now for the Nintendo Wii, they've come out of the blocks fantastically strongly - no one would deny that.

"However it's incredibly early in the hardware cycle. There's still another five or six years to play out on this one, and the first big battleground will be Christmas of 2007."

Barton cites exclusive third-party support as a crucial issue for Wii in the next gen war: "We've already seen things like Dragon Quest going exclusive on the DS, but if we see those kind of tipping points on the Wii, we'll have to amend our view, clearly. But at the moment, this is the view we're taking."

Barton points out Wii's cheaper development costs to be a huge advantage but, considering the console's limited technical ability, Barton speculates, "As to whether more cheaply developed games can continue to drive Wii sales momentum, when you put it against the kind of game pipelines we're seeing for the Xbox 360 and PS3, I would argue that the jury's still out."

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Heres the charts and for the PS2 it makes good reading:

Final Fantasy XII
Crackdown
FIFA 07
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Need For Speed: Carbon
The Sims 2: Pets
New Super Mario Bros.
Supreme Commander
Avatar: The Legend of Aang
Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy

Last Gen beating Next Gen ...

A rumour coming straight out of the Official Xbox Magazine suggests that gamers will be able to download and rock out to the Halo Mjolnir Theme Song, which greets you when you fire up Halo 2.

The opening guitar in the theme was recorded by seven-string guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. We've put in a few calls to the right people but they couldn't help us either way.

But seeing as though a Spartan featured as an unlockable character in Dead or Alive 4, we reckon there's every chance of this happening. We officially want Guitar Hero II on Xbox 360 even more than ever.

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Sony has revealed the first information on its plans to release additional content online to expand the PS3 launch day shooter, Resistance: Fall Of Man.

"We're going to release additional content for Resistance. I don't think we've gone into detail on the schedule, but we have some really, really cool things that will be extending the story, extending the locations, some brand new content, starting in April," Harrison said in a recent interview.

And there's every chance that a sequel could already ben on the design board: "So if that works well and is well-received by the audience, then that will keep the engagement with game going between now and should there be a sequel at some point in the future."

Resistance: Fall Of Man will launch alongside PS3 on March 23.

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Action Replay is the only cheat system designed specifically for GameCube. Using Datel’s advanced proprietary technology, the Action Replay cheat system can unlock even the very toughest games at the press of a button.

Additionally, the Freeloader version is INCLUDED, and you can play Gamecube games from all regions on your GC or Wii without modifying your console.

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pj1115 has released a new version of his applcation that keeps your fave movies away from prying eyes on the PSP:

HideMedia (previously HideMov) is a PRX module for use with one of Dark_AleX's OE firmwares that stops the PSP's media menu's from finding any files until a button combination is pressed.
When launched with the XMB, the module forces the PSP to be unable to find any files, so it just returns: "There are no xxxx's". When the button combination is pressed, the PRX lets the menus find you files again, and you can listen/see/watch your media at will!

For extra security, you can re-disable the files with another button combination. With this utility, you can prevent people from rooting around your personal stuff with ease!

Unfortunately, I'm unable to call this anything but a BETA. This is because it still doesn't work how I would like it to:

- Write to the PSP's memory instead of the memory stick. Faster, more reliable. If you can help me with this, please give me a buzz: piers[dot]jones[at]gmail[dot]com.

- The PSP cache'ing of files make an inconvenience. (See below). Again, if anyone can help me with this, drop me a line: piers[dot]jones[at]gmail[dot]com.

Changes:

HideMedia BETA II-
- Now hides video (including VIDEO folder), music, photo, game (GAME, GAME150, GAME303, GAME310), Browser bookmarks, savedata (Warning: Unhide files before launching a UMD game or it won't be able to find them).
- HOPEFULLY increased compatibility for older OE firmwares.

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