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Gamestop Will Began Taking Pre-oders for the Wii Tomorrow, October 13

According to The Wiire and an e-mail sent out to people signed up for the Wii preorder newsletter, Gamestop will begin taking preorders for the Wii tomorrow, October 13th.

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FireAss4ssin6497d ago

I called my local gamestop today and I asked how manyy were getting in and they only said 16 :( But then I called my local ebgames and they said they were getting 30. So hopefully I will be able to get on tomorrow for launch.

eepiccolo6496d ago

Wow, at least your places gave definite answers. Both the EB and GS here wouldn't say how many they had. In fact, the EB was acting like they had no idea about the preorder, and only knew about it from people calling and asking about it. So I avoided the stupidity at EB and went to GS at 7AM. So it was a 3 hour wait but I was the first in line. Some other people actually showed up right after I did. And at 9:30, half an hour before the opened, they sent everyone in line past the 14th person home, so evidently they only had 14 available. And I've got mine, woo hoo! That was worth half a day of leave.

Marriot VP6497d ago (Edited 6497d ago )

Sorry but I already have a Wii. And I'm not dissapointed with it.

It gets great reviews....hahaha

ChickeyCantor6497d ago

paul are you done bashing the wii?
you are such an idiot!

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New Android game lets us play The Sims with our own Kpop idols

K-Pop Academy is an upcoming pop star management simulator from the game studio that brought you Tsuki’s Odyssey and Campfire Cat Café.

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World of Warcraft developers form wall-to-wall union at Blizzard Entertainment

The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 20h ago

Unions in gaming are necessary fr fr

montebristo1d 8h ago

I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.

shinoff21831d 8h ago

Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.

montebristo1d 7h ago

No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo

montebristo1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.

Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.

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The Industry Needs To Modernize These 6 Fantastic Classics

The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Legend of Dragoon, and Chrono Trigger would benefit substantially from a modern remake.

Knightofelemia1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

The Xenosaga trilogy, the Wild Arms games, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Suikoden. The Warriors game I know nothing about but it looks interesting. Anybody can do a list of games they want to see get modernized I would lose my shit if Namco brought the Xenosaga trilogy to modern consoles.