By Eli Green
December 11, 2006 - 22:30
Welcome back, yet again, for another week here at News Pop!. We're glad you could join us as we pass on word of the latest happenings in the video gaming world. Today's edition, as we will try to do every Monday until the coming of the new year, we start by letting you know what new games are available for download for the Wii's Virtual Console. So let's get things started.
This
week, Nintendo released four new titles for Virtual Console. The four
games are Ice Hockey, originally from NES, Gunstar Heroes and Dr.
Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, originally from Sega Genesis and Alien
Crush, originally from TurboGrafx16. The prices are still respective
to the systems so NES games are 500 Wii Points, Genesis games are 800
Wii Points and TurboGrafx16 games are 600 Wii Points.
Sega
and Twentieth Century Fox announced a worldwide exclusive agreement
today. The agreement will bring game content based on the Alien film
franchise t
o next gen systems. The
agreement is multi-title and includes a first-person shooter and an
RPG, which are currently in the first stages of production, the first
of which is set to
be
released in 2009.
“As
a direct result of Fox’s efforts over the past 27 years, Alien has
become one of the most recognized franchises in the motion picture
industry,” said Simon Jeffery, President and Chief Operating
Officer, Sega of America, Inc. “Sega will utilize the power of
next-gen systems to blend the time-honored story with leading edge
design technology to deliver a riveting and suspenseful gameplay
experience.” For more information on Sega's Alien games as it
becomes available, you can check out the companies' website at www.sega.com/aliens.