And the winner is…NintendoDS! Henry posted this in his blog:

Hi Pandas,

I hope you all have a great holiday season and a happy new year!
Henry

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The picture is nice! Congratulations NintendoDS! I sent two entries:

Hope you like it! Did you send any picture? If so please comment!

~Rory

Photographed by simplybecka

I traded in my old Nintendo DS Silver color and my hubby’s old one in blue to pay for this lovely new beauty! Pink version. I love it. game crazy gave the best price for trade in’s! w00t I am a girl, I need pink!

– License

拿到了公测汉化补丁，虽然有不少错漏，但基本不影响理解和游戏，有需要的同学可以留言留下email地址，我会把公测补丁下载地址发给你，之所以这么做是因为我也是这么要来的，听说是原作者的要求。当然，有耐心的可以等圣诞节当天的正式版，不过会不会跳票就是另外一说了……

2代的一些设计，例如一字形市镇地图让很多玩家无语，为了完成委托，常常要从一头跑另一头，不但累而且极度乏味。打怪地图由一代7个洞窟变成4座季节山，不过相对的扩大了地图范围，没有回城魔法绝对会很大概率在回家路上被搞死。不过2代的有点在于第二部分一夜回到解放前的子女寻父篇。一代的小孩不会长大，2代不但会长大而且将是真正的主人公！而且听说可以百合结婚，自由度岂止一个高字了得。

现在正在初步完成委托增加好感度，结婚目标就对准摆摊少女了，呵呵

新增萌狼2DS汉化版下载，不过我只提供原版clean ROM，汉化补丁请到里面提供的汉化官方主页中下载，因为这个汉化补丁的所有权不属于任何一个组织或个人。详细请参见NDS页。

最近任天堂除了加大版的NDSi，名副其实的加大版，亮度也远超前三代，而本来预测像素不变会造成更多马赛克的现象也没有发现，弄得我好想入手一台，可惜最近手头紧，只好忍了，希望圣诞节有促销活动啦。

另外一个好消息是SpuerCard推出DSTwoi烧录卡，完全兼容新版DS不说，还内置GBA模拟器，功能很是强大，也准备到时候入手一枚。只要官方汉化游戏一天不进入大陆市场，烧录卡一天独霸天下是肯定的。不过这不是老任说了算，怪不得人家了。

如果说狼辛第一代DS游戏还保留着动画一季的咸狼成分居多数的特征，那么第二代则是彻彻底底的动画第二季的萌狼特征了。无需仔细对比，就可以发现眼神的画法明显不同，第二作中的画法承袭了第二季动画的风格，赫罗的眼睛画得很圆很大，而不是第一季总体扁长型，而更加令人崩溃的人设走形更是给动画第二季和DS新作带来了毁灭性的打击！至少新作DS已经无法以画面取胜了。

然而即使如此，新作还是有些突破的，比如全语音继续发挥巨大吸引力，而三个女配角的加入更是丰富了游戏的多周目可玩性。交易系统改进了，不再像一代那样只要在两个相连的城市间来回跑就能赚钱，而必须到远一点的城市卖出货物才有利润，这就很考验所在地和下个城市的进货以及出货策略，而大件物品占据更多格子数更增加了贸易难度。玩家们会发现新作很难赚钱，常常因为游戏进度需要的情报费而资金见底，所以新作加入了借贷系统，可以向商会借钱以急用，随着借贷次数增加，可借贷的本金和利息也会增加，到期的借款不还会被强制劳动20天，这对快到一年之期的时候相当不利。

说道我对这次新作的不满大概就在仍然没有去掉一年的时间限制，虽然这是必要的设置……

总的来讲，新作的剧情比一代更丰富，还是非常值得一玩的，尤其是现在完美汉化版已经发布的情况下。

顺带一提，这次的汉化不是某个汉化组，而是类似wiki那样群策群力的大众汉化新模式，然后集中进行润色和后期处理，汉化程度之高，速度之快（汉化版在游戏原作发售不到一个月便发布了）实在超过一代汉化。而符文工房3正在这种新模式下进行汉化中，进度非常快！（虽然ACG汉化组也独自接受了符文工房3的汉化）。

Eccomi anch’io a parlare del “fenomeno” Powermat:il sistema di alimentazione ad induzione magnetica che ha fatto, sta facendo e farà parlare molto di se.

Ho sentito parlare di Powermat già tempo fa, prima che arrivasse nel Belpaesone nostrano,

ho approfondito anche tramite alle news trovate  sulla fan page Italiana su Facebook.

Ho letto e mi sono documentata perchè, come altri mi sono molto incuriosita sul prodotto.

E poi l’ho incontrato

Veniamo al dunque:

Powermat (lo spiego per chi dovesse essere a digiuno di info) è un sistema di ricarica di devices elettronici di ultima,ma anche di penultima generazione che consente di alimentare e ricaricare i nostri “elettromestici” preferiti senza passsare dai caricabatterie tradizionali.

In che senso?

Nel senso che la base Powermat da la carica a smartphones, laptop, videocamere, macchine fotografiche senza bisogno di avere i cavi di alimentazione a disposizione.

Il claim della campagna di lancio del prodotto in Italia è,infatti:

“Powermat basta fili!”

e qui il gioco si fa serio.

In realtà il prodotto distribuito in Italia uno-due fili ce li ha:uno che collega la base all’alimentaore e uno per caricare i devices che sono provvisti di guscio adattatore (attualmente iPhone/Blackberry/NintendoDS); l’altro è quello di Powercube (un adattatore dotato di tutti i vari ingressi dei dispositivi) che è necessario per ricaricare dispositivi che non siano i 3 citati prima.

Chedifferenza c’è?

La differenza è che invece di portarti dietro 3-4 King Cord ti porti dietro solo un cavo con gli adattatori che ti servono oppure se il dispositivo è uno di quelli per cui è disponibile il guscio con copribatteria.

La base da sola non funziona: necessita del Powercube o del guscio adattatore.

Ovvero?

Powermat funziona appoggiando il device sulla base di ricarica,ma  per far si che la ricarica avvenga fra la mattonella a il vostro iPhone deve esserci un accumulatore che commuti l’energia indotta e la tramuti in carica.

Negli States la tecnologia Powermat è applicata in modo molto più esteso rispetto a quanto è arrivato in Italia e forse guardare alle alle applicazioni avanzate d i questa nuova tecnologia,aiuta ad evitare di arrivare a frettolose conclusioni del tipo: “è una sola!”.

Avete visto il video?

Beh,onestamente, l’idea del tavolo da cucina che alimenta gli elttrodomestici fa un pò “I Jetsons” però effettivamente l’idea di un unico sistema che alimenta tutti gli elttrodomestici di casa non è male.

Soprattutto se pensiamo che la carica tramite Powermat sia più efficace del 20-30% rispetto ad una carica tradizionale e quindi mette a posto anche l’attualissimo tema dell’ecosostenibilità che preoccupa un pò tutti ultimamente.

Mein Elch ist fertig!
(Frisch gewaschen und ungebügelt) Ich hab ihn sehr gern.

Ich hab allerdings den Halshodensack unterschlagen, der sah mir zu merkwürdig aus.

Pünktlich zum Abschluss des Elchprojekts sind neue Stickvorlagen aus England angekommen.
Ich bin schon die ganze Zeit am quieken.

Besonders der tote stinkende Fisch gefällt mir ziemlich gut.

Und zu guter letzt habe ich schon wieder einen neuen technischen treuen Begleiter.
Diesmal ist es ein wunderschöner pechschwarzer NintendoDS.
Dr. Kawadingsda sagt das ich ein geistiger Greis bin.
Aber die Pokemon sind netter zu mir…wie immer.

Ich kann meine Finger gar nicht davon lassen.

Every game that uses girls in bikinis in its trailers gets my attention. I don’t even care about the game anymore, i just wanna play with the girls.

Release date: February 5, 2010
Official site: www.mxvsatv.com

DeSmuME (también conocido formalmente como Yop Yop DS) es un emulador de código abierto para la Nintendo DS creado por YopYop156 y licenciado bajo la GPL. El DeSmuME original está escrito en C++ para GNU/Linux, Mac OS y Windows.^[1]

La última versión estable liberada de DeSmuME es la 0.9.4.

Es un excelente emulador, lo he probado en Archlinux y la verdad es que funciona muy bien con algunas roms. Si lo instalas no esperes que todos los juegos corran como en una Nintendo DS, porque aún no se ha alcanzado ese nivel de optimización, pero si podrás jugar a algunas roms de lo más bien.

Si deseas probarlo puedes descargar el código fuente de la última versión del programa desde la página de descargas del sitio oficial del proyecto.

Si usas Archlinux también puedes compilar e instalar la última versión de DeSmuME desde el AUR usando yaourt:

$ yaourt -S desmume

También en el AUR encuentras la versión svn del programa:

$ yaourt -S demume-svn

Aquí una captura de DeSmuME corriendo, en mi Archlinux con KDEmod, la rom Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2007:

Te recomiendo lanzar el programa con la bandera –fwlang=5, puesto que algunas roms no permiten elegir el español dentro del juego, sino que se debe seleccionar desde el emulador, y en la versión para GNU/Linux de DeSmuME esto no se puede hacer de forma gráfica, aún.

Saludos.

^[1]Wikipedia: DeSmuME || DeSmuME: Página Oficial

The Nintendo beeped and booped as the out of focus characters moved across the screen, afflicted with some sort of digital palsy. That’s at least how we remembered large portions of our childhood, as the air conditioning in each suburban Houston house droned against the melting heat of an August day. The thin, pale window shades plus single-pane glass offered what little protection they could against sun, sauna-like air, and cicada locust song. Young boys’ persistent thumbs, singly or in pairs, were the most powerful and active figures in the room. Glassy eyeballs stared through smudged plastic break-proof spectacles and fixated on TV screens, unable to allow others a turn. The flickering cast ghostly blue onto young unblemished faces. We never had a Nintendo at our house, so we watched from shag carpet perches at the neighbors’. Girls never got to play. I was a girl. In my experience, Nintendo is, was, and always will be, a spectator sport.

Click to enlarge this Gameboy Timeline.
source @ www.gamefreaks.tv

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is launching next week, and a new launch trailer has been released to show off the game. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is currently in development by Vicarious Visions, and being published by Activision.

Release date: September 15, 2009
Official site: www.marvelultimatealliance.marvel.com

My mom will be so happy when she see’s this game. “Don’t play with your food!!”: she always shouted…

Release date: October 2009
Official site: www.cookingmama.com

The Nintendo beeped and booped as the out of focus characters moved across the screen, afflicted with some sort of digital palsy.

Remember the rules:  Has to be 500 words, and I have to have it by this coming Sunday at 11pm!  Any Genre, Any Style.  That sentence is now yours.  Do what you will with it, but send it to: whatthepensaid@gmail.com

PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) has just started and along side this loads of new trailers have been released. This is my top-ten of trailers that are part of this trailer overload we are having at the moment. Note these are not all trailers shown at PAX but also some that have just been released in the same week.

1: A Secret World

From the creators of Age of Conan and Anarchy Online comes this new MMO called “A Secret World”. They say it is going to be an MMO without class system, but it deffinitly looks classy to me. To bad you’ll probably need a NASA PC to be able to play this game.
Release date: TBA
Official site: www.darkdaysarecoming.com

2: Shank

Not one but two trailers for the new game “Shank” have been released(but i’ll count them as one beacuse the first is very short). The game is currently in development at Klei Entertainment and it is blowing everyone away at the PAX at the moment.

Release date: TBA
Official site: www.shankgame.com

3: DeathSpank

Dispenser of Justice, Vanquisher of evil, Hero to the downtrodden, say hello to Ron Gilbert’s “DeathSpank”. Not really inventive looking gameplay but the atmosphere the trailer creates somehow makes up for this. The name alone gets a 10+ from me…
Release date: TBA
Official site: www.deathspank.com

4. HALO 3 ODST

This trailer almost made it to number 1 of the list where it not that i don’t like HALO and there are 3 other trailers i like better. Not sure if this is a trailer for a movie or a videogame to be honoust but it sure looks incredible! I would deffinitly go see the movie, i’m only not so sure about buying the game.
Release date: September 22, 2009
Official site: www.bungie.net

5. Contra Rebirth

Just because i’m an old-school-2d-side-scrolling kind of guy this trailer makes it to my top 5. Contra kicks ass on any platform anytime, anywhere!
Release date: Today!
Official site: www.konami.jp

6. No More Heroes 2

Any game that uses a guy on a toilet talking about how great it is while being narrated buy a deep sounding american movie voice gets my attention. Be sure to stick around to the end where they show the 2d mini-games in action and to see the toilet break.
Release date: Available now!
Official site: www.nomoreheroesgame.com

7. MAG: Massive Action Game


I like the way this trailer features the voiceovers from the PlayStation community, given the chance by the PlayStation.Blog to appear in the trailer. Or was it just a cheap way to get voiceovers so they didn’t have to pay for real actors?
Release date: January 26, 2010
Official site: www.mag.com

8. Dirt 2

Just like featuring a guy on a toilet(see nr. 6) having cars jumping over each other just gets me excited. The trailer doesnt do anything special it’s just the jumping cars that caused this trailer to make it on the list at the last moment.
Release date: September 11, 2009
Official site: www.dirt2game.com

9. Splinter Cell: Conviction

If internet meme’s and Splinter Cell are your kind of thing then you should deffinitly check out this trailer. If any of those things isn’t then don’t bother because it isn’t worth watching for anything else. Sam Fisher’s tip of the day: “What happens next, is up to you…”. He’s a wise man that Sam.
Release date: Q1, 2010
Official site: www.splintercell.com/conviction

10. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Can someone explain me where the dragon fits in to all of this??? And just throwing random words and numbers at me doesn’t work at all.
Release date: October 9, 2009
Official site: www.flashpointgame.com

“Wildcard” Okamiden

Not really much of a trailer this one that’s why it didn’t make it to the final 10, but the original Okami was really a great game. And now there is a follow-up! Okamiden is going to be exlusive for the NintendoDS and it sure is a looking like a cute little version of it’s older brother or father or mother or whatever it is.
Release date: TBA, 2010
Official site: TBA

This is the very special Fall and Winter preview episode of Inside Gaming where the Dead Pixel is talking about nearly every game you can look forward to playing this holiday season. They are also doing their very own WoW movie contest. If your into that sort of stuff, you can watch the video for that after the jump…

Since i’m sort of fan of Rockstar Games and everything they create i had to share this information with you. Starting august 26th they launched an all new website with loads of new trailers, screenshots and more info. In short, they announce a new trailer for “the ballad of gay Tony” will be available september 1st. This is the next episode of Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content for xbox live coming october 29th. To keep you warm they released two new wallpapers for this same episode as well. Along with the release of an all new trailer Beaterator for PsP and PsN gets an official release date of september 29th. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown wars will be available for PsP on october 20th and they revealed some screenshots. And last on the list there is some “social club” news as well. You can see the new wallpapers, screenshots and trailer after the jump. And read more on the Rockstar Games official website..

visit the official “all new” website @ www.rockstargames.com

Grand Theft Auto “The ballad of gay Tony” wallpapers:

Beaterator all-new Timbaland trailer.
“Timbaland speaking candidly on the history behind the game and getting busy on the PSP alongside his son.“

Grand Theft Auto “Chinatown wars” PsP screenshots:

I immediatly thought back to last year’s 4-day trip to the Leipzig Games Convention together with Fred Prefuse when i found out last week that i won two tickets for the Gamescom in Cologne. We did think about going again earlier this year, but actually didn’t get to plan something serious. Now NG-gamer provided us with two tickets we just couldn’t resist the call to at least go and have a look. And as part of the price there where two Fairytalefights goodie bags and caricature drawings by an art director of Playlogic waiting for us when we got there. So after discussing our options and getting Fred Prefuse’s girlfriend to come along we decided on going saturday….

Continue reading after the jump.

A different feeling.
When i woke up early on saturday morning and the car-horn sounded through my street an hour later i couldnt wait to get going. After a three hour drive we arrived in Cologne to park our car in one of the big car parks next to the Koelnmesse. The place where the Gamescom was is said to be the fourth biggest exhibition centre in the world. And since we still could remember the Leipzig Trade Fair building from last year in all it’s splender we couldn’t help but get excited. Only after having entered, exit-ed(by mistake) and re-entered this building left us with a different feeling.

“Killerspiele”.
Don’t get me wrong…We did have a very nice daytrip but there where just a few small things that made this Gamescom in Cologne a totally different experience then the Games Convention in Leipzig last year. Eventhough they did have a lot of the stands we already have seen in Leipzig the games shown of course where not last years news. To bad the way it was setup was that only games for all ages where visible and you had to go stand in line if you wanted to see anything else. We didnt really feel like cue-ing just to see a trailer and since you couldn’t see anything of what was going on inside most of the stands that made it very difficult for us to just go and have a look. I don’t know if this has anything to do with the strict age rules or new plans announced by the German government ministers to ban production and distribution of violent games, known as “killerspiele”. But maybe next year they can make a special 18+ area or something because just closed of stands doesn’t make a very interesting trade fair. The fact that the event already started to look like the wore out soles of my party boots didn’t really make for a better experience.

Hidden treasures & “boulevard”.
That the Koelnmesse is a big Trade Fair centre isn’t really a big surprise. The fact that there where only a few places to get food and drinks on the other hand is. The walking-buffet in the centre “boulevard” was an opportunity to get food but after having seen the amount of fries some of the visitors are able to fit on one plate my appetite vanished. The trick was to put a piece of meat in the center of the plate and cover it up with as much fries as possible in the hope the lady at the counter wouldnt see the secret hidden inside. This lady wasn’t born yesterday unfortunatly for those, because she had a “special” poking-straw to search inside the piles of fries and discover the hidden treasures. The coffee machine of this place did provide us with a nice cup of coffee to get us going after the long drive to Cologne. It turned out this place and a small outdoor area where actually the only two places we found outside of the four halls to get back some energy supplies. And to call an empty hallway inbetween the four halls a “boulevard” in my opinion is just an over-statement. Especcially if you have seen the centre “boulevard” with “mini beach” of the Leipzig Games Convention last year.

Unexpected things.
The first edition of the Gamescom had a lot of games we are al three really looking forward to. Some of the games from that list are: Rage, God of War 3, Brink, Assasin’s Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2, R.U.S.E, Mafia II, Borderlands, APB, Diablo 3, Starcraft II, MAG, Heavy Rain, Command & Conquer 4, Uncharted 2. But because of reasons named earlier we didn’t really get to see any of them up close. If we had 4 days to take our time it probably would have been a lot different because then you can actually plan where to go next. This doesn’t mean we got dissapointed, we just got to see other things then we expected. One of the games we got to play and surprised us all was Scribblenauts for example. This was a game i personally didn’t understand the excitement about in the media. But when i got my hands on it and started typing the first word i got it right away. It really is a game you have to play to fully understand its potential. Using your own imagination to get that first “starite” out of the tree is just simply way more fun then seeing someone else solve the puzzle for you. This was just one of the unexpected things we got to see at the Gamescom and there was much more…

No skateboarding in the living room!
After a couple of hours walking around we stumbled up on the new Tony Hawk “Ride” in action. The game comes provided with a plastic skateboard so you can skateboard in-house. My mom would have hated this game if i was still living at home. “No skateboarding in the living room!”: she always shouted… We paused at the crowd barrier for a while to see the game in action but when we saw a kid almost break his neck we decided, unless you can put the board on your lap and play the game while sitting down this wasn’t really ment for us. One thing we did notice was the way the tracks where layed out in the game. It looked like skating on a race track that you had to follow instead of the open go anywhere skateparks we where used to in the old Tony Hawk Games. We dreamt back to the time making almost unlimited chained up combos in the corner of a well picked swimming pool in Tony Hawk 3 and rolled on.
Official site: www.thride.com

The King of the Cosmos.
Katamari Forever a title we are all three looking forward to didn’t dissapoint luckely. When we arrived at the NamcoBandai stand there was only one kid in front of us playing the game. After about 2-3 minutes he found out he was totally crap at it, didnt understand what to do and felt our warm breaths down his neck he decided to take his pride and not to finish the level. We quickly grabbed the controller and rolled up a Katamari of 600 meter’s in the time provided. The graphics look a lot like the original game only fresh, crispy and in full HD of course. The controls are excactly the same as the original using both joysticks of the ps3 controller in tank-like steering. The King of the Cosmos is still a very demanding person and our 600 meter Katamari wasn’t enough to please him but we had good fun seeing him in action again. Favourite quote of the king: “i sense a rectangular object, checking shapes database…”
Official site: www.katamariforever.com

“Fairytalefights Energydrink”.
When we made it to the Playlogic stand the people there where very excited. We asked one of them about the NG-gamer contest and they opened up the red ribbon to let us in as if we where famous, leaving all the people waiting in the long line behind us in envy. We walked up the stairs in their fairytale castle to get a first look on Fairytalefights. This is Playlogic’s new hack & slash fantasy platform game they where showing on the top floor of the castle. Once we got settled behind the biggest screen they had up there we immediatly got sucked in to the funny multiplayer madness this videogame provides. And when we got offered a can of “Fairytalefights Energydrink” we where forgetting all of the things we had seen earlier.

Slice’n'Dice.
The game puts you in the form of one of your favourite fairytale characters in a bizar twisted fairytale world. You can play solo or with 2-4 players offline and online in a “sort of” co-op mode. I say “sort of” because it’s co-op untill the point where you chop-up your teammates together with your enemy’s. Yes you can chop-up not only your enemy’s but also your teammates and when i say chop-up i realy mean “chop-up in anyway possible”. The developers used the “unreal engine 3″ to create a fairytale with a level of blood and gore you haven’t seen before. The cartoony style and so called “dynamic slicing technology” lets you Slice’n'Dice up anything in your way leaving a trail of blood you can actually use to slide on. Graphics look good and we especcially liked the way the camera moved along the level as we progressed. Zooming in and out and turning when the level took a different turn gave a nice feel to the overal experience. Controls are kept nice and simple. The basics are using the left stick to move, x to jump and the right stick to hack and slash in 360 degrees. Overall the game left us with an unexpected feel of joy and excitement.

“And the crowd goes wild!!!”
While we where playing the people of Playlogic started throwing t-shirts in the crowd from the top level of the castle. This gave Fred Prefuse and his Girlfriend a chance to feel what its like to actually stand up there and see all the excited people. They even got to throw in a t-shirt themselves. After all this enthousiasm and playing the two demo levels we went outside to have another cigarette, relax and discuss what we just experienced.

“that one was actually her idea.”
When we got back we met up with Robin Keijzer. He’s art director at Playlogic, he told us when we initially arrived he had an interview to go to first. He said he would draw our caricaturs when he got back later. We would get two drawings so i offered myself up to let Fred Prefuse and his girlfriend have the opportunity to get themselves caricaturized. But i guess Robin saw the cartoon-like quality’s of my face because not much later i was getting a comic make-over as well. While he was drawing we got a nice chance to sit down and talk a bit about the game and his role in the development. Robin designed the biggest part of the characters for the game like Snow white, Little Red Riding Hood and the Big bad Wolf. I asked if “The Naked Emperor” one of the playable characters i really enjoyed to play with in the demo was one of his brainwaves. He then went on telling that his girlfriend works for Playlogic as well. She played a big part in the development of the game and he said: “that one was actually her idea.” Later we also found out she is responsible for all male characters in the game to have nipples. She then even stopped by to confirm all of this madness.

A big red & white candy-cane.
Before we knew it Robin had drawn us in Fairytalefight style accompanied with our favourite hobby’s. And sligtly confused by all of this with our freshly drawn caricaturs nicely wrapped in plastic and goodiebags in our hands we finally said goodbye to the excellent people of Playlogic. The goodiebag contained another can of “Fairytalefights Energydrink”, a Fairytalefights T-shirt, a big red & white candy-cane and two other games from Playlogic: “Obscure II” for the Wii and “Infernal: hell’s vengeance” for the xbox360. Not bad at all…
Official site: www.fairytalefights.com

Thanks to NG-Gamer and Playlogic.
We had an excellent day at the Gamescom. We got to enjoy the Trade Fair even if it was just a glimpse of the entire event. We got to see plenty of crazy dressed up people and we got a great feel of the whole Trade Fair floor. Just to be walking around on such a big event and hear the crowds go wild over a key-chain or t-shirt from their favourite game is simply amazing. We didnt get to see everything we would have liked to see but instead we got a few special treats and surprises we didn’t expect at all. Special thanks to NG-Gamer and Playlogic for this awesome experience!

See you next year Gamescom,

Oboema Prefuse.

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Organizers of the Gamescom claim the five-day trade fair pulled a total of 245,000 attendees, made up of 17,000 visitors to the trade show portion, and 228,000 coming to the consumer portion. I’m working on a full report about a day at the Gamescom and it will follow later this week.

more numbers after the jump.

The premier GamesCom was held August 19-23 at Cologne’s Koelnmesse. Organizers said 458 exhibiting companies came to the show from 31 different countries, taking up space in the center’s 120,000 total square meters. By comparison, GamesCom outpaced last year’s Tokyo Game Show, which attracted 194,288 across four days. At its peak, the US-based E3 show attracted around 70,000 guests, although that convention is restricted to industry members only. The 2010 version of the Gamescom will be held on August 18-22 in Cologne.

The 2009 Games Developers Conference Europe organizers announced that the three day pre-GamesCom event in Cologne saw nearly 1,500 game professional attendees, with the event’s return confirmed for August 16-18, 2010.

source:
GDC Europe Confirms Nearly 1500 Attendees, 2010 Return
Germany’s GamesCom Attracts 245,000, Say Organizers
Gamescom 2009 pulls in 245000 attendees

We have visited the Gamescom on saturday. A full report about this event will be posted later this week. Meanwhile enjoy the trailers and try and get some fresh air.

Need for Speed: Shift gets me more excited about the game with every new trailer they release. They lost me after Need for Speed: Underground but now it looks like they are back on my “want to have” list. I secretly hope one day the police will be back in the action. Crashing through roadblocks while being chased by helicopters at 200mph al in awesome HD graphics and in car driver vieuw…maybe as downloadable content EA???

Prefuse will be visiting the Gamescom on saturday and make a full report about that day.