EB Games website sells out of Xbox 360s EB Games, the online equivalent of Electronics Boutique, has stopped taking preorders for the Microsoft Xbox 360, set for release on Nov. 22. The store has sold out of their launch allotment. There is no word on when a second batch of Xbox 360s would become available.
Game Boy Micro now available Nintendo's video game equivalent of the iPod Nano has just hit store shelves. The new handheld from Nintendo plays Game Boy Advance titles, but the system is only four inches wide and two inches long, just a couple of inches larger than a business card. The screen is also smaller, but Nintendo boasts that it is the brightest one yet. The system, available in silver or black, also features interchangeable faceplates.
Three 'Grand Theft Auto' games, one package Rockstar Games, the publisher of the controversial "Grand Theft Auto" series, announced last week it will be releasing a compilation pack for the Xbox containing "Grand Theft Auto 3," "Vice City" and "San Andreas." Rockstar will also be releasing a new special edition version of "San Andreas" for the PlayStation 2 including a featurette about the events leading up to the game's plot and a documentary film about a low rider car club in Compton, a notoriously sketchy neighborhood of Los Angeles. No pricing has been announced for either game.
New Nintendo DS colors unveiled for "Nintendogs" bundles Nintendo last week announced it will release special edition versions of its handheld Nintendo DS that will include popular pet simulator "Nintendogs." The special edition DS's will be available on Oct. 24, as well as in two new colors: teal and pearl pink. The package will include a new "Best Friends" version of "Nintendogs" that lets players choose the most popular breeds from the very beginning (all 18 breeds are eventually unlockable in every version of the game). The package will carry a price tag of $149.99.
One million engrossed in "Guild Wars" One million gamers have created accounts in "Guild Wars," NCsoft's massively multiplayer online RPG, the developer said last week. The videogame first went on sale in April. Unlike most MMORPGs on the market today, "Guild Wars" does not charge its users a monthly subscription rate.
