Disney's Rock Band

Disney announce a new game for the Wii called Ultimate Band!. So for all you Wii owners who have been waiting for Rock Band here's your "generic" version. Disney Interactive has confirmed the opportunity to rock out on guitar, bass, drums or as the front man. BUT the game's front man/woman doesn't sing as much as pump up the crowd with dances, waves, and more. So I'm thinking that there will be a lot of shaking of the mic and/or wiimote. But none the less I'm interested in seeing how this turns out. It comes out during the 2008 holiday season for the DS and the Wii.

Posted by: Nightroad

Wii Mod-Chippers Arrested in UK

Two evil-doers at Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan in Lancashire were operating a Wii modding service and selling pre-modded consoles, but the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) task force was on hand and them them arrested.
The two "chippers" will no longer be selling illegal and counterfeit Wii's and games and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Queen's law.

THQ: Out Of The Goverment's Cooking Pot

THQ, previously under investigation by the Security and Exchange commision, is now out of the goverment's cooking pot.
THQ said the SEC's investigation into the company's practices of backdating stock options has been completed and no wrongdoing was found on the part of the company.
Congrats, THQ.

Red PSP

Yesterday Sony announce the future release of a Red God Of War PSP Bundle, and I found screenshots of it on G4TV.
Also today we started a Myspace page. And you can download the podcasts from there.

Posted by: Nightroad

U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft

Be careful who you frag. Having eliminated all terrorism in the real world, the U.S. intelligence community is working to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games, according to a data-mining report from the Director of National Intelligence.
The Reynard project will begin by profiling online gaming behavior, then potentially move on to its ultimate goal of "automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world."

i got this from wired

posted by: Nightroad

Microsoft Pulls The Plug On HD DVD Players

I just found this on yahoo today:

Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray. Microsoft said that they will still provide standard warranty report for all HD DVD players. And they should cause its estimated that about 300,000 people own this device. This seems bad for HD DVD Microsoft was one of there biggest backers. But I guess that Microsoft sucamed to peer pressure.

posted by: Abel Nightroad

Anime News

Monday

1. 
   MTAC Offers Lifetime Memberships
   The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTSC) is now offering a limited number of lifetime convention memberships for purchase. The $200 pass guarantees the owner admission to all future MTAC annual conventions.Advance registration for attendance to the 2008 convention, scheduled for April 25-27 in Nashville, Tennessee, is available until March 17th.
2. 
   Tekkon Kinkreet Wins Japanese Academy Award
   Studio 4°C's anime film Tekkon Kinkreet was recognized as best animated film at 31st annual Japan Academy Prize last Friday. The film was in competition against Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Summer Days with Coo, Piano Forest, and Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure.
3. 
   Quiz Magic Academy Anime Announced
   Video Game developer Konami announced at last weekend's Tokyo's AOU 2008 Amusement Expo that AIC (Ah! My Goddess, Tenchi Muyo!) will produce an anime OVA series based on Konami's popular Quiz Magic Academy franchise of fantasy trivia games.
4. 
   Penguin Musume Anime Announced
   The April issue of Champion Red Magazine has formally announced that Tetsuya Takahashi's current manga series Penguin Musume will be adapted into an anime. The "Penguin Girl" manga is a high school life comedy starring a rich otaku girl whose eccentric behavior and obvious "otaku" characteristics surprise and bother her "normal" classmates.

Thursday

1. 
   TOKYOPOP & Viz Hiring
   TOKYOPOP is now accepting resumes for an entry level position as a receptionist and office assistant. The position requires a high school diploma or equivilant, 1-2 years of relevant work experience, and computer/internet literacy.Viz Media is now accepting resumes for a position as a digital media and art assets coordinator. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree or equivilant, 1-2 years of practical business experience, fluency in English and Japanese language, and Mac OSX knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat.
2. 
   Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Website Online
   The official Japanese homepage for the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's trading card game now hosts an official announcement of the April 2nd premier of the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's anime television series, and images of the new cast of characters that will appear in the upcoming fourth Yu-Gi-Oh anime television series.
3. 
   Plans for Live Action Akira in Motion Again
   After once acquiring the rights to produce an American live action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga series Akira then letting those rights expire, Warner Bros. has re-acquired adaptation rights, this time in conjunction with Legendary Pictures, the studio behind 300, and Leonardo DiCaprio's film production company Appian Way. According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Magazine, first time feature film director Ruairi Robinson has been hired to helm the production of two live action Akira movies that will cover the first and second half of the Akira manga story. Relative newcomer screenwriter Gary Whitta will write the films. Leonardo DiCaprio will reportedly serve as one of several producers.The setting of the movies will be changed from Neo-Tokyo to "New Manhattan."The first film is tentatively scheduled for theatrical release in the summer of 2009.

Friday

1. 
   Yotsunoha Trailer Online
   The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Yotsunoha OVA series now hosts a streaming trailer. The first episode of the two episode series is scheduled to go on sale on Japanese DVD on February 29th.
2. The official Japanese website for the 2008 Detective Conan motion picture, "Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear" (Meitantei Conan: Senritsu no Full Score) now hosts two 30 second teaser trailers and a full theatrical trailer. The movie is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on April 19th.The Japanese Sports Hochi newspaper reports that the new film will feature the previously unreleased single "Tsubasa wo Hirogete," performed by the late vocalist ZARD (Izumi Sakai), as its theme song.
3. 
   New Code Geass & Lucky Star Websites Opened
   Bandai Entertainemnt has opened new websites devoted to the upcoming domestic releases of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Lucky Star.Code Geass official American homepage Code Geass official MySpace page Lucky Star official American homepage Lucky Star official MySpace page
4. 
   Kaz Yamashita Interview Online
   Fan site Papo de Budega now hosts an English translated interview with general administration director of Toei Animation Kaz Yamashita.

All Information was found on AnimeNation News

Posted By: Abel Nightroad