The Maw creators prepare for PAX announcement

Twisted Pixel, makers of the Xbox Live Arcade games, The Maw and ‘Splosion Man, announced that it will reveal its next new intellectual property at booth 3102 this week at PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) in Seattle, Washington. The reveal will be a short video presentation at its booth taking place at 4 pm Pacific Time on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. After PAX, the video will make its way to www.TwistedPixelGames.com.

Not much else is known about the announcement but Twisted Pixel is known for being a bunch of cheeky bastards sometimes, so you’ll have to wait and see.

Microsoft to make Xbox 360 retail announcement tomorrow?

According to MCVUK, Microsoft is set to make an official announcement on discontinuing the mid-range Pro Xbox 360 line, and price cuts for the Elite and Pro systems. Of course, with all the gossip, speculation and evidence in the form of Target, Wal-Mart and other flyers dating a sale on August 30, Does Microsoft really have a choice? I mean, sure the company could just be quiet but it would look even sillier than it does now.
This is officially the second worst kept secret of 2009 - right behind the PSP Go.

These product adjustments come ahead of the official launch of Sony’s PS3 Slim console on Tuesday, September 2 – a move that, Microsoft hopes, will take away any momentum Sony could have gained by cutting the price of its PS3 and revealing a new slimmer SKU.

Lost Planet 2 Unveiled

Last week, Microsoft and Capcom teased Xbox LIVE members, saying that Capcom would be announcing the development of a mystery new game not through the regular PR channels, but rather by releasing the news today via LIVE. Well, with the news of Dead Rising 2 breaking two weeks ago, gamers were left scratching their collective heads, wondering just what the new game would be. Never one to disappoint, Capcom greeted Xbox LIVE members early this morning with a new trailer, announcing the development of Lost Planet 2.

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DSi Gets Dated and Priced for U.S. Market

With all the different video game news that’s been coming out lately, one thing suspicious in its absence is any mention of the Nintendo DSi. Well, Nintendo can’t have any of that, so the company took this morning to finally give the U.S. market a date to mark on its calendar, as well as a price to start saving up for. In a release sent out this morning, Nintendo announced that the DSi will hit U.S. shelves on April 5th at a retail price of $169.99. For the fashion conscious gamer out there, the DSi will make its stateside arrival in black, but not white. Giving the import markets something more to salivate over, the U.S. will initially replace the white model with a new blue color.

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Crispy Gamer Partners With Tribune, McClatchy-Tribune and GamerDNA

I’m excited to finally announce that Crispy Gamer has inked  partnership agreements with Tribune Media Services (TMS), McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT) and GamerDNA. These new partnerships will see our content distributed in print and online all over the United States and delivered to users of the GamerDNA community.

While I can’t speak for everyone else here at Crispy Gamer, I’m excited to see our content and our unique voice being delivered to new audiences. It’s been a good first year here with lots of major milestones and excellent growth, so I am excited about our plans for the rest of 2009 - which will be helped with these and other new partnerships.

You can read the full press release after the break for more details.

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Nintendo Unveils DSi

So, you’re a major video game company that had an underwhelming E3 performance, and you’ve also decided to skip out on this year’s Tokyo Game Show. What do you do? Well, if you’re Nintendo, you hold a special press event in Tokyo to unveil a new version of one of your best selling consoles. Early this morning, Nintendo officially raised the curtain on the latest version of the DS, dubbed the DSi.

The new handheld is much thinner than the current DS Lite, due in large part to the decision to drop the GBA port from the device. The DSi will also include a 640×480 camera, an SD card slot, larger screens, and new audio capabilities. Using the system’s built-in browser and a Wi-Fi connection, gamers will be able to download games and other software from a special DSi Shop (think Wii Shop Channel … but smaller), and save it directly to the DSi. According to Nintendo, pricing for the ‘DSiWare’ downloads will be broken down into four categories: Free, 200, 500, and 800 points. Apparently, the DSi will also come packaged with 1000 points included at launch to spend at the DSi Shop.

The Nintendo DSi is currently slated for a November 1st launch in Japan, with a retail price of ¥18,900 (US$179). The DSi will initially come in two colors: black and white. More pictures after the jump.

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MCV: New DS Announcement Tomorrow

According to an MCV report, which cites an “impeccable source in Japan,” a new version of Nintendo’s DS hand-held will be announced tomorrow morning. The new version of Nintendo’s ultra popular dual screen hand-held will have some sort of multimedia function, though no specific details are available as of this writing.

But don’t worry, there’s plenty of speculation on what “might be” announced tomorrow. Among the rumored features is the plan to offer support for multimedia like pictures and music, and possible support for external storage devices via the GBA slot - which will be replaced.

While all the wild speculation is interesting, what is more interesting is not what this new DS will do, but rather when it will be released. We’ll have more on this story as it develops, and hopefully Nintendo will have release dates for Japan and other regions tomorrow.

Source: MCV