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AIM on the Wii?:
The developers of AimOnPsp, a program that allows you to use AOL Instant Messenger on the PSP are now working on a way for you to chat while using the Opera browser on the Wii. WiiAim will have a cutomized interface designed to work specifically with Opera. While your sittig around waiting for WiiAim to be fully realized, you can apparently use AimOnPsp for your Wii chatting needs.
For all you social butterflies out there this is surely a gift from the chat gods.
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Ubisoft and Flims?:
eToychest is reporting that Ubisoft is opening a new studio in Quebec that will be dedicated to creating CGI short films to tie in with their large catalog of games. The first Ubisoft title to get the movie treatment will be the upcoming Assassin's Creed and although other games have yet to be announced, you can bet that Prince of Persia will be in the mix somewhere. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot spoke about the studio in a recent press conference.
Video game production has progressively moved closer and closer to film and television production and this convergence will only intensify in the coming years," commented Guillemot. "This natural evolution is accompanied by revolutionary changes in online distribution channels via the explosion of free and paid-for digital content. Today's launch of a studio specializing in digital film creation will allow Ubisoft to be a pioneer in the domain for the years to come.
The new venture will provide a lot new jobs for the Canadian job market with a possible 3,000 positions in the company as a whole by 2013. Ubisoft plans to sink quite a wad of cash into their new baby, so let's hope that it pays off with some really great content. If we're lucky, perhaps companies will start using this sort of thing for their marketing purposes and we'll see the end of all this awful "viral video" crap.
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Zelda sells 1 Million:
In a press release from Nintendo, comes the news that the Wii version of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has just marked one million sales. Note that we are talking units sold, games in the hands of gamers, not units shipped, as some companies like to wave around like it means something. According to the release, Twilight Princess has now garnered the coveted position of "the fastest-selling launch title for any new video game system since Super Mario 64 for Nintendo 64 some 10 years ago." pretty impressive considering this isn't even including the Gamecube version sales.
Just goes to show you what the power of a really strong 21 year old franchise can do. Go team Zelda!
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