Quickbits

Wii Sports Resort Announced for Wii

Packaged with Motion Plus attachment. Not available until Sping '09, though.

New Xbox Dashboard/Live Detailed

If only they could come up with a way to verify installed games so you didn't have to insert the disc every time.

Xbox 360 Gets Avatars and New Dashboard this Fall

Looks quite tasty and simple in comparison to the current dashboard.

Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List Revealed

Over 80 songs, with 20 more available as free DLC just after release.

Infinity Ward "Definitely" Doing Sci-Fi Shooter

No confirmation if it's the next COD game or not. Either way, this will be good. I'm thinking COD4 meets Mass Effect.

Apple's Spat with Rogers Leaves Canadian Apple Stores Without iPhones

Rogers and Fido stores will be the only place carrying them. Way to go Rogers! I knew you'd fuck this up, but you exceed my expectations.

Sony Releases 2.41 Firmware for PS3

Less than a week after 2.4 was pulled - not bad.

37signals Phasing out Support for IE 6

Across all 37signals products on August 15, 2008. Good for them! The next version of my blog will not support IE6.

PS3 firmware 2.40: In-game XMB and Trophies

Set to be released on July 2. While behind in the times, it's good to see Sony making good on these features (finally).

Rock Band 2 Announced - Coming Later This Year

Rock Band hardware and DLC songs will be compatible with RB2.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Combat Preview

Video shows mash-up of web swinging and mid-air combat. Awesome!

Check out Video Games Live free in Toronto

Future Shop is hosted a huge outdoor gaming even at Dundas Square on June 21.

Call of Duty: World at War Revealed

Unfortunately, to be developed by Treyarch - the team that butchered COD3 and the previous console only games. Booo!

Ars Technica Re-Reviews the PS3

It's still a little strange that a review of the same hardware can be vastly different over time. Firmware updates FTW!

Why We Don’t Skip Photoshop

Jeff Croft counters 37signals' "Why we skip Photoshop"

EGM Delays MGS4 Review Due to Konami's Limitations

Good for them! I can't believe Konami are even doing this shit.

Konami Asked ‘Metal Gear Solid 4′ Reviewers Not To Mention Cut Scene Length And Installation Time

Yikes. It's getting to the point where people are only going to trust independent writers (or bloggers) for honest reviews.

Guitar Hero On Tour: R.I.P. Guitar Hero (2005-2008)

And I thought GH3 was bad. This is just fucking horrible. GH just jumped every shark in every ocean on earth, with one giant leap.

MGS4 Features 90-minute Cutscenes, 4.6GB Installation

Cutscenes the length of feature films? No thanks. Games are meant to be played, not watched.

Xbox 360 DRM Issue Fix Coming in June

FINALLY! Microsoft is fixing the horrible broken DRM that has plagued the Xbox 360 since launch.

Microsoft Delisting Sucky XBLA Titles

Games at least 6 months old, average score below 65% and below 6% conversion rate.

Haze not even 720p, Massive Mandatory Install Required

Runs at 1024x576 and requires 4GB of disc space for mandatory installation.

CBS Acquires CNET for 1.8 Billion

Not sure what to think of this. It's not GameSpot could get much worse at this point.

Viva Piñata Sequel Announced

Trouble in Paradise is set to release this September and comes packed with lots of new, exciting features.

Prototype Pushed to 2009

We're not even half way through this year and the big games are already being pushed to next year?

GTA IV Takes Top Spot on Xbox Live

Beats out reigning champs, COD4 and Halo 3.

Burnout Paradise Getting Motorcycles, Night Driving this August

You can bet rag doll Showtime hilarity will insue.

PlayStation's Home Gets Delayed Again

Open beta slated for this fall, unreal! Add it to the pile of things that will likely never happen - like in-game XMB and game invites.

Xbox 360 Version of Unreal Tournament 3 Does Split Screen

Will likely lack user created content, though - mods, characters, etc.

Next Mortal Kombat Pits MK Against DC

First teaser image shows Sub-Zero head-to-head with Batman. Jump the shark, much?

Call of Duty 4 Sets Records

Over 1 million have bought the first DLC pack at $10 a pop in only 9 days.