Nintendo made a number of large announcements at the Game Developers Conference, some of which includes…

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: Step off our Wind Waker boat and ride the rails in the next chapter of the Zelda franchise.  Making use of the visual styles of Wind Waker, Spirit Tracks looks to be another interesting reboot of the long running, critically aclaimed series.

Virtual Console Arcade: First there was NES, SNES, N64, TurboGrafx 16 and Genesis.  Soon after was Neo Geo, Sega Master System and the Commadore 64.  Now the old era of the arcade has arrived on the Virtual Console with such games as Gaplus, Mappy, StarForce and Tower of Druaga to start with.  Now if only they can get Operation Wolf (arcade or NES, though if Arcade i’d like Operation Thunderbolt) with Sensor Bar support.

Wii 4.0: SD Card Menu: When an SD card is inserted, an SD Card menu next to the Wii menu button becomes available.  Clicking on this icon will bring you to a screen that looks much the same as the main Wii channel guide, but with a black backdrop.  From here you can browse and play any Virtual Console, WiiWare or Channels directly from the card.

Wii 4.0: SDHC (High Capacity) Support: With SDHC based memory cards, the Wii is now capiable of having up to 32GBs of additional storage.  There have been some reports on some gaming forums that not all SDHC cards seem to be working properly, but the 4GB SDHC card I have seems to be working fine.

Wii 4.0: Download Wii Shop games to internal memory OR SD card: As the name suggests, users now have the option to install games from the Wii Shop Channel to either the internal 512MB or to a larger SD card.

The Wii System 4.0 Update is available for free by navigating to your Wii System options and selecting System Update on page 3.

Even on the Battleground of Taste, Horde still owns.

From the makers of Liquid Halo comes the brand new cross-promotional bonanza, Liquid Crack in two flavors.  Cirtus Bloodlust and Wildberry Noobsause.  Okay, maybe not that fun, but it does show that Blizzard is going to get themselves in us if its the last thing they do. 

Personally, if these were both Game Fuel AND Throwback branded (pure cane sugar) I might be a little more interested.  But ah well, blueleafs can’t be tubers…

[Source: Kotaku]

Apple today announced the latest update to the iPhone and iPod Touch software, version 3.0.  Some of the new features include…

• Stereo Bluetooth
• In-App Downloadable/Purchasable content
• ‘Spotlight’ Device-Wide Search & App Launcher
• Push Notification
• Cut, Copy & Paste between apps
• Turn-By-Turn GPS Apps allowed (just not using Google Maps)
• Embed Google Maps in non-Turn-by-turn apps
• Apps can now inter-operate with iPhone and iPod Touch accessories
• Landscape keyboard in most core Apps
• MMS support, send pictures or audio to other cell phones
• Voice Memos
• CalDAV and .ICS support in Calendar

The SDK Beta is available now to members of the iPhone Developer Program and will be released this Summer.  The update will be free to all iPhone owners and cost $9.95 to all iPod Touch owners.  Original iPhone owners will not, however, recieve Stereo Bluetooth or MMS.

Okay, so I am in an H.P. Lovecraft kinda mood, looking up movies on Netflix as well as YouTube.  Then I came across this…

Due to database issues, porn spamming and lack of use, The Geek Media Forums will be closing down. Initially we set up the forums so the many communities of those affiliated with us had a place to mingle and discover even more new media options to add to their already beloved productions. However, in the age of Facebook, Twitter and other social media services, the use of forums for a site like ours has not panned out as we had hoped, and that is okay. You cannot fight progress.

We would like to thank everyone that took part in our internal forum community, but fear not, this does not mean an end to The Geek Media or our future prospects (hint hint), only the forums are closing down.  We will be using the FaceBook TGM group as our community communication tool from this point moving foward, which you can find by clicking here. You can also follow us on Twitter here.

Former members of the now defunct 1UP video podcast, The 1UP Show, have teamed up their latest show with Revision3.

You won’t find any review scores or talking heads, here. Inspired by the conversations gamers around the world have every day with their peers, these are real gamers that engage in a dialogue their fans can relate to. Not limited to a standard cast, CO-OP brings in industry insiders and gaming media’s most popular players to share in the critique, love, and bashing of this latest and greatest medium to grace humankind.

Congratulations to the guys over at CO-OP and Area5.

Okay fine, it’s just blowing bubbles, but it’s still a cute image.  Then again, with Dolphins you can never be too sure. [ Source: Daily Mail ]