Virgin PLAY has announced today the agreement with the Dream On studio, to publish the game Dead and Furious worldwide for the portable console Nintendo DS, whose date launch will be next November.

The French studio Dream On goes more than 3 years dedicated to the development of video games for the portable consoles, included Nintendo's last one, the NDS.

Benjamin Yoris, CEO from Dream On Studio is very pleased to announce his partnership with Virgin Play on the game Dead'n Furious for the Nintendo DS, and he said about it: “ We are very excited to work with Virgin Play on such a fun and action-packed game. With your stylus or your finger, you will recreate all the sensations of an arcade gun-shooter: different weapons, zombies, a mysterious story ... All the ingredients for a great gaming moment, including touch screen gameplay and 2 players cooperative game mode, will be in your hands!

Dream On Studio has spent the last 3 years focusing on games for the handheld consoles including the Nintendo DS. We want to deliver the best possible and entertaining games on the Nintendo DS. Working with Virgin Play is undoubtedly a good opportunity for our gaming ideas to come to life and be successful.”

On the other hand, Paco Encinas, Virgin Play’s General manager has said:

" We are very satisfied to this publisher's agreement with Dream On, I am sure that this original and entertaining game is another firm step in our strategy of continuing growing as Publisher worldwide ". ...

Sony Computer Entertainment France president George Fornay has revealed that the PlayStation 3 will be sold for between 500 and 600 Euro when it launches in November, in the clearest indication yet of Sony's pricing strategy.

Speaking to radio station Europe 1 in an interview which has now been widely circulated online, Fornay said that the console would be available for "around 500 Euro", with his expectation being that it will be priced between 499 and 599 Euro.

Arguing in favour of this price point, Fornay said that the inclusion of Blu-Ray and HD functionality justifies the expense of the console, and that compared to other devices offering similar media functionality, the PS3 will be relatively cheap.

Before considering the price, however - which does translate to between roughly $600 and $750 dollars - it's important to bear in mind that European prices are often quoted inclusive of local sales tax, which can be in the region of 20 per cent.

As such, the final US price is likely to be significantly lower than a simple currency exchange would suggest - as low as $500 in fact, with the sales tax difference effectively cancelling out the currency exchange difference.

However, the console will still be priced higher than either the Xbox 360 or the Nintendo Revolution platforms, and will be the most expensive gaming device on the market at launch - in line with Ken Kutaragi's warning that the PS3 will be "expensive", although admittedly not as bad as many analysts have predicted. In fact, a 500 Euro launch price wouldn't be far off the launch prices of many other devices, including the original PlayStation, which makes Fornay's statements seem eminently believable.

The full pricing information for the PS3 isn't expected to be officially announced until Sony's pre-E3 conference on May 9th at the very earliest, and the firm may even hold off on announcing final pricing details until closer to the November worldwide launch of the system. ...

Nintendo of Europe updated its spring 2006 release schedule for Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and GameCube.

Unfortunately, a rare dose of sun straight to the eyes (well, IP addresses. My DNS is broken is what I'm flailing for) means we're struggling to remember just how many of these were this way beforehand and how many are updated, so please refrain from shouting too loudly if you've heard any of this before (I wouldn't be able to hear you doing so either - you'd be better off bombing my house).

In no particular order, then, the DS highlights (since that's what you care about) are Tetris DS (21st April), Trauma Centre (28th April), Pokemon Link and Metroid Prime Hunters (5th May), Super Princess Peach (26th May), Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (9th June) and New Super Mario Bros. (30th June).

Also, brilliantly, after writing it "NEW Super Mario Bros." for ages, now Nintendo's going for "New SUPER MARIO BROS." This makes us cry. (Or, actually, maybe we started that. Dammit!) ...

Nintendo of Europe updated its spring 2006 release schedule for Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and GameCube.

Unfortunately, a rare dose of sun straight to the eyes (well, IP addresses. My DNS is broken is what I'm flailing for) means we're struggling to remember just how many of these were this way beforehand and how many are updated, so please refrain from shouting too loudly if you've heard any of this before (I wouldn't be able to hear you doing so either - you'd be better off bombing my house).

In no particular order, then, the DS highlights (since that's what you care about) are Tetris DS (21st April), Trauma Centre (28th April), Pokemon Link and Metroid Prime Hunters (5th May), Super Princess Peach (26th May), Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (9th June) and New Super Mario Bros. (30th June).

Also, brilliantly, after writing it "NEW Super Mario Bros." for ages, now Nintendo's going for "New SUPER MARIO BROS." This makes us cry. (Or, actually, maybe we started that. Dammit!) ...

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We have just received today the new version of the M3 Adapter that is now compatible with Mini SD cards as well as the standard SD cards!
A first by M3 Adapter on Nintendo DS.

Heres More info:



M3 Adapter is made for those who want to download freeware games, movies and music from a PC to a GBA(SP) and/or Nintendo DS. You can use your PC and normal Compact Flash Card Reader to transfer and convert you movie & music files to the Compact Flash Cards. Then, insert M3 Adapter with CF/SD Card into GBA(SP) or Nintendo DS, and the files will be available after boot up of the console.

Its features are just the same as any other MP3 Player on the market but also playing games and movies instead of playing music only.

One of the coolest features of an M3 Adapter is that you can directly run third party software on it – that includes emulators of the video game system.

Compatible with all GBA games without any patching required and without any problem during gameplay. NDS games require patching.

Excellent Save compatibility. It support all saves types with the RTC function.

Capacity is very flexible and only depends on the card you use, which now are up to 4GBypte (32Gbit) on the market.

GOLDEN FINGER (CHEAT Code ) employs the IPS system that prevails in the world, with more diverse and powerful distinctive functions than CHT. The unique Auto IPS feature completely prevents computer crash.

With unique Super Real Time Save Function, easily operates and it can revive without limits.

CF/SD card +Reader can be used as a U disk and it only needs drag here and there when the game is burning.

Saves money: CF/SD card can also be used in digital camera and other products, and you can share your card as you need it without the need to buy a dedicated card for your NDS/GBA.

Supports GBA Games, FC games, Emulator games, GBA Movies, E-book, Cartoon books, browse pictures, enjoy music and so on.

Supports 4-key reboot to Rom menu function, and supports 4-key reboot beginning function.

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News from Divineo China

We have just received today the new version of the M3 Adapter that is now compatible with Mini SD cards as well as the standard SD cards!
A first by M3 Adapter on Nintendo DS.

Heres More info:



M3 Adapter is made for those who want to download freeware games, movies and music from a PC to a GBA(SP) and/or Nintendo DS. You can use your PC and normal Compact Flash Card Reader to transfer and convert you movie & music files to the Compact Flash Cards. Then, insert M3 Adapter with CF/SD Card into GBA(SP) or Nintendo DS, and the files will be available after boot up of the console.

Its features are just the same as any other MP3 Player on the market but also playing games and movies instead of playing music only.

One of the coolest features of an M3 Adapter is that you can directly run third party software on it – that includes emulators of the video game system.

Compatible with all GBA games without any patching required and without any problem during gameplay. NDS games require patching.

Excellent Save compatibility. It support all saves types with the RTC function.

Capacity is very flexible and only depends on the card you use, which now are up to 4GBypte (32Gbit) on the market.

GOLDEN FINGER (CHEAT Code ) employs the IPS system that prevails in the world, with more diverse and powerful distinctive functions than CHT. The unique Auto IPS feature completely prevents computer crash.

With unique Super Real Time Save Function, easily operates and it can revive without limits.

CF/SD card +Reader can be used as a U disk and it only needs drag here and there when the game is burning.

Saves money: CF/SD card can also be used in digital camera and other products, and you can share your card as you need it without the need to buy a dedicated card for your NDS/GBA.

Supports GBA Games, FC games, Emulator games, GBA Movies, E-book, Cartoon books, browse pictures, enjoy music and so on.

Supports 4-key reboot to Rom menu function, and supports 4-key reboot beginning function.

Very safe for your CF/SD card.

Buy Now at Divineo China ...

George Fornay, senior vice-president of SCEE and president of SCE France, has revealed that the company's next-gen console PlayStation 3 is still bound for simultaneous launch, including Europe, this November and that the machine is expected to retail for around 500 euros - well, it'll fall somewhere in the 499 to 599 euros range anyway, apparently.
Speaking on French radio Europe 1, as reported by numerous French gaming sites, Fornay admitted that the price point could be considered high for a console - however, he was keen to point out that it's peanuts when you consider the PS3 is a high-definition platform, fully supporting the Sony-backed Blu-ray disc format.

Looking over at the well-worn CVG exchange rate abacus, we've calculated that 500 euros roughly equates to around 350 of our Great British pounds. Whether this pound value is an accurate representation of the PS3's final UK retail price when it hits stores this Autumn remains to be seen. ...

Beefteck has updated Mongatard's clone of SkiFree with some graphical updates and game enhancements.

SkiFree, an early '90s classic PC game is a fun little skiing action game.

Whats New

- Redone/clearer graphics.
- Small bugs fixed.
- Few funny things added.
- Smoother skiing/less screen flashing.

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DickyDick has once again updated his realtime streaming/scaling/demuxing Windows server...

Heres whats new:

Added priority switch
Some fix ups here and there
Added aspect ratio (don't know if it has good use, but for future "padding" and cropping)
Mono audio stream working

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