Nintendo + Silicon Valley = $$$ ?

Breaking news indeed… and while the actual location has yet to be announced, (they’re still looking for a building to lease) thanks to the dedicated desktop heads over at our good ol’ San Jose Mercury News, comes word that Nintendo is opening up an office here in Silicon Valley.

Said to be in the vicinity of “Redwood City, Menlo Park, San Carlos”, current Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that 55 key jobs in sales and marketing will be moving from the headquarters in Redmond, WA.

June Games Release 2007

As we’re reaching the middle of June, here’s a recap of what’s out, and what’s coming down the pipeline for June 2007. Looks like its going to be endless summer of new games, but guess we’ll have to wait and see if any of it is any good.

6/01 – 6/02 NO NEW RELEASES

6/3 – 6/09 NEW GAMES RELEASES

• Call of Juarez – Xbox360
• Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu- DS
• Planet Puzzle League – DS
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary – PS2
• History Channel: Great Battle of Rome – PC

6/10 – 6/16 NEW GAMES RELEASES

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – PS3, Xbox360, Wii, PS2, DS
• Scarface: The World Is Yours – Wii
• Tenchu Z – Xbox360
• Touchmaster – DS

6/17 – 6/23 NEW GAMES RELEASES

• Adventures of Darwin – PS2
• Brothers in Arms: War Stories – DS
• Hour of Victory – XB0×360
• Transformers – PS3, XBox360, Wii, PS2
• Transformers: Autobots – DS
• Transformers: Deceptions – DS

6/24 - 6/30 NEW GAMES RELEASES

• DIRT – PS3
• Driver Parallel Lines – Wii
• LifeSigns; Surgical Unit – DS
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma – PS3
• Pokemon Battle Revolution – Wii
• Ratatoullie – Xbox360, Wii, PS2, DS
• Super Collapse 3 – DS 6/26/07
• Two Worlds – Xbox360, PC

Got a song you want to play? Tell Rock Band!

So we’ve all seen it before. A killer game comes out, and even while the game reaches a fever pitch with its fans, it always seems like there is a segment of the population that are hard-to-please; always nitpicking about each and every detail.

And while you may not be that same gamer, maybe you’re the type of person that loves the way developers create their ‘vision’ for the game, but would love to just see a few ideas the’ve left out, put in the game.

Well if you’ve felt that way about Guitar Hero I & II, the developers at Harmonix are listening, and in fact, what their GH audience to help them have a voice for their next music game, Rock Band.

As 2G4G mentioned, Rock Band is the new game being developed by Harmonix in the wake of their closed relationship with previous GH producers, Red Octane. Now with EA & MTV, Harmonix is positioning themselves to build off the GH games and build a whole band – each gamer being able to be a member of the band through drums, guitars, and vocals.

 

So question is, what music do you want to play? As we speak, the developers are asking for your input, as they’ve setup a website, simply enough christened, rockband.com.