Aussie game charts 11-17 September 2006
Lego Star Wars II exerted a Sith-like grip on the Australian game charts in its first week of release, with LucasArt's and Traveller Tales' latest taking up three of the top 10 positions in the... Games Wizards sold to UK company
UK retailer The Game Group has purchased Australia's Games Wizards chain for AU$3.8 million. Games Wizards has 14 company-owned stores and eight franchise stores throughout Sydney, Canberra,... CyberShack TV gets extra lives
If you're a fan of Fuzzy and her CyberShack TV shenanigans, then you're about to read some good news. The Channel Ten videogame program's life has been extended with the addition of nine more... Aussie game charts 10 September 2006
Aussie gamers seemingly can't get enough of the gangsta life, with THQ's Saints Row making it to the number one position on the Australian game charts for the second week in a row. Sales figures... 12 more Guitar Hero II songs unveiled
The full song list for Guitar Hero II has been a closely guarded secret so far, with developers Red Octane content to trickle out a song name here and there to tease fans awaiting the sequel to... Test Drive Unlimited 360 release pushed forward
Good news for you Test Drive fans who own an Xbox 360--Test Drive Unlimited's Australian release date has been pushed forward one week, and will now hit stores on September 21. Bad news for you... Activision launches Call of Duty 3 competition
Activision is giving eight Australians a chance to play Call of Duty 3 weeks before its official release. Keen Call of Duty fans need to enter a competition hosted on Xbox Australia's official... Nintendo confirms Wii will be in Australia in 2006
Those worried about Nintendo going the way of Sony and postponing the release of its next-generation console can breathe easy. The Wii will definitely be here before the end of this year,... Microsoft Australia refuses to pin date, price on Xbox 360 HD DVD
While Microsoft Australia has plenty to say about competitor Sony and the delays to its anticipated PlayStation 3 console, it was more reticent about local release plans for its upcoming HD DVD... NEWS: Microsoft Australia "not surprised" about PS3 delay
Australian Xbox head David McLean You don't have to possess the IQ of Stephen Hawking to guess that the bigwigs at Microsoft would have been doing Snoopy-like happy dances last week after the... Australian games charts 03/09/06
THQ's Saints Row has roared into Australian games charts this week, beating out recent champion AFL Premiership 2006 to become the top selling game in the country. According to GfK sales figures... PlayStation 3 delayed until March 2007 in Australia
It's official -- the PlayStation 3 will not land on Australian shores until March 2007, a delay of almost four months from the original release date of November 17, 2006. In an official statement,... SingStar Legends Australian track listing
Ready for some more SingStar action? Sony Computer Entertainment has just released the Australian track listing for SingStar Legends for PlayStation 2, which is due for a tentative release on... Aussie PS3s will not come with HDMI cables
Australians gamers will need to fork out some extra cash if they want to get the best out of their PlayStation 3 this November, with confirmation today that the 60GB PlayStation 3 model will not... Interview: Pandemic's Derek Proud on Destroy All Humans 2
GameSpot AU's Randolph Ramsay talks to Pandemic's Derek Proud to check out exactly how everyone's favourite anal-probing alien -- Crypto 137 -- plans to take on the Russkies in Destroy All... Upsets galore at WCG Australian finals
Team no Remorse (nR) at the WCG Australian finals. By Luke Anderson* Upsets reigned at the Australian finals of the World Cyber Games (WCG) held on the Gold Coast this weekend, with two... Australia's best gamers to battle this weekend
Australia's top gamers are converging on the Gold Coast this weekend to decide who will represent the nation at the upcoming World Cyber Games (WCG) championships. More than 200 gamers are... Black is the new black for DS Lite
Japan and Europe already have their choice of DS Lite colours -- and soon Australia will as well. From September 21, the Nintendo DS Lite will come in two shades -- the traditional polar white... Is the PS3 really that expensive?
Samsung announced pricing for what's likely going to be Australia's first dedicated Blu-ray player this week, and the news was all good for Sony. Overshadowing all the technological... Soon, my lovelies. Soon....
OK, so now it's only a matter of days before we officially hit an unsuspecting Australia with the original-never-to-be-replicated-be-all-and-end-all-of-gaming you'll all soon know as GameSpot AU....