´GamePro Expo´ to revive ´E3´ in its former glory?

The ´GamePro Expo´ has just been announced and looks set to replace the ´E3´ as the prime industry event, GameSpot has learned. The show will run from the 18th until the 20th of October 2007 and take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where the ´E3´ was held in recent years.

The ´GamePro Expo´ is organized by the magazine´s publisher, the International Data Group (IDG), and also has the approval of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), who used to organise ´E3´.

Meanwhile. the ESA looks set to go ahead with its ´E3 Media Festival´. The event will take place in two hotels sometime in July 2007 and will target a mere 5.000 hand-picked attendees.

Source: GameSpot
Thanks to: Joystiq

´Zelda: Twilight Princess´ updates on Wii.com

There have been updates to the ´Zelda: Twilight Princess´ page on Wii.com. Apart from plenty of videos of people playing the game, there are two additional clips you should see:

Clip 1: Game Opening (1:22 minutes)
Clip 2: Game Trailer (2:05 minutes)

EDIT The good people over at Infendo have managed what I could not: rip the embedded flash videos to YouTube, here and here, respectively:



Source: Wii.com

Wii launch line-up

Nintendo have published the list of games which will be avilable for the Wii launch or shortly thereafter. There are 32 in total. ´Most will launch by the end of November,´ the press release reads.

Activision:
Call of Duty® 3
Marvel™ Ultimate Alliance
Rapala® Tournament Fishing
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam™
World Series of Poker®: Tournament of Champions

Atari:
Dragon Ball Z®: Budokai Tenkaichi™ 2

Atlus:
Trauma Center™: Second Opinion

EA:
Madden NFL '07
Need for Speed™: Carbon

Konami:
Elebits™

Midway:
Happy Feet™
Rampage®: Total Destruction™
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy™
The Ant Bully

Nintendo:
Wii Sports
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
EXCITE TRUCK

Sega:
Super Monkey Ball™: Banana Blitz

SNK:
Metal Slug™ Anthology

Tecmo:
Super Swing Golf

THQ:
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Barnyard®
Cars
SpongeBob SquarePants™: The Creature from the Krusty Krab

Ubisoft:
Far Cry®: Vengeance
GT Pro Series
Monster 4X4 World Circuit
Open Season™
Rayman Raving Rabbids™
Red Steel™
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent™

Vivendi:
Ice Age 2™: The Meltdown

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Additionally, the following 30 ´Virtual Console´ games will be available before the end of December:

NES: (from 5$)
Mario Bros.®
The Legend of Zelda®
Donkey Kong®
Donkey Kong Jr. ®
Ice Hockey
Pinball
Soccer
Tennis
Urban Champion®
Wario's Woods™
Baseball
Solomon's Key

SNES: (from 8$)
F-Zero®
SimCity™

N64: (from 10$)
Super Mario® 64

Sega Genesis: (from 8$)
Sonic the Hedgehog
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Columns
Ecco the Dolphin
Gunstar Heroes
Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl
Ristar
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

TurboGrafx16: (from 6$)
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Bomberman '93
Dungeon Explorer

Please note that the above launch line-up is only valid for the USA. A number of titles (like ´Elebits™´ and, seemingly, ´ExciteTruck´) will not be released in Europe until 2007. All in all, Germany´s Wii launch will be accompanied by 27 titles.

Strangely, Nintendo´s own ´Wii Play´ and UbiSoft´s ´Blazing Angels™ Squadrons of WWII´ are missing from the US launch list above, while both are penciled in for a launch release over here in Germany (´Wii Play´ being bundled with a controller). Additionally, the German list mentions 5 games by ´System 3´ (´Gottlieb Pinball Classics´, ´Super Fruit Fall´, ´Impossible Mission´, ´Leaderboard Golf´ and ´Tennis Masters´).

Finally, Germany will get 31 ´Virtual Console´ games. There is no mention what the additional title is.


Wii will launch with 32 titles; I count 13 exclusive games. In difference, the PS3 will launch with 21 titles, 7 out of which are exclusives. Clearly, the Wii´s software line-up is stronger.

Source: Nintendo press server, Joystiq
Thanks to: Joystiq