Feature: Has EB Games declared a war on local release dates?
Are street dates a things of the past? What can publishers do about it? Not much it seems With the street date release dates of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries and now Fear 3 by EB Games we in Australia may be wit...
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June 16, 2011
Recap: Nintendo at E3 2011 – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Wii U, 3DS, Wii and their conference - how did it all go? The E3 is behind us, we’ve had time to sit down and think it all over - so what did we think of Nintendo’s showing at this years E3. Everything from the actual conference to wha...
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June 13, 2011
Possible Phishing hoaxes close Club Nintendo Europe (Australia too)
As a safety precaution Nintendo Europe has closed its Club Nintendo Nintendo Europe has posted a notice on its website that due to the possibility of a phishing attack on the users of the Nintendo Europe website, they have closed certain parts of the...
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June 7, 2011
E3 2011: Nintendo announces Zelda Concert Tour, Zelda soundtrack CDs
Nintendo celebrates the music of Zelda for the series 25th Anniversary During Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning, Nintendo announced a concert tour performing music from the The Legend of Zelda franchise as part of the celebrations for ...
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June 7, 2011
E3 2011: Nintendo Press Conference Live Blog – Join us for a Cafe
Its on in just a few hours, follow all the live news here on Vooks In just a few hours, Nintendo will take to the stage to show off its next console. We were lucky enough last year to have Nintendo show off a new portable so two years in a row we&rsq...
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June 7, 2011
Debate: Our last minute Nintendo E3 impressions
Were almost there folks, but first a final prediction-athon. Yes thats a word!
Theres only a few mere hours left to go, but that wont stop us. Its time for a quick chat to Mark Serrels from Kotaku AU for a final word about what we expect to see at N...
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June 3, 2011
Our Nintendo E3 Predictions – Project Cafe, 3DS and more
Its the final countdown, were so close - but yet so far Next week folks, that’s when it all goes down. With Nintendo’s ship this time around avoid of any leaks we’re playing the guessing game. What is the Cafe going to do and maybe e...
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June 2, 2011
E3 2011: Australian Conference times for Nintendo and everyone else
Because were a sharing and caring bunch - find out when you have to stay up!
It’s not long now folks, E3 kicks off next week and from Monday there are events and conferences planned all through the week. The big one we care about here at Vook...
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May 31, 2011
CHOICE says retailers are ripping us off
Stating the long known obvious...
Consumer watchdog CHOICE says Australian shoppers are getting ripped off at retail in a submission to a productivity commission designed to evaluate the retail and import sectors.
They make mention of Australian g...
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May 25, 2011
Club Nintendo Japan goes bananas with new items
Club Nintendo Japan delivers the goods again Nintendo Japan has updated its Club Nintendo reward offerings with some choice new items. First up is a Donkey Kong Country Returns soundtrack CD. There are 25 tracks on the soundtrack, thats even more than...
