The End of a 'So Called' Era

It's been a year since Gaming Soup Online started and it has been a Wild and Crazy journey as some hippies would say, but after 12 months and over 100 posts, Gaming Soup Online is closing its doors. We have brought you gaming news, all good, bad and stupid. But its time for things to change. I'm trying to make this not sound like a break-up...

But keep watching this space! because something new may be coming your way in the future! But for now from your writers Rob and Sam, Sayonara! and keep playing those crazy crazy video games...

Official Nintendo Magazine #36 OUT NOW!

The latest issue of ONM is out now! With a total of 35 reviews! Including Proffessor Layton and the Curious Village, Wii Music, Disaster Day of Crisis, Mega Man 9, MySims Kingdom, Fifa 09, Kirby Super Star Ultra and KORG DS-10 Synthasiser.

Also as a free gift in this months issuei a pack of Mario Kart Wii bookmark clips. Excellent.

Get all of this today for only £3.99...

MK vs. DC Fatalities and Brutalities

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Could It Be Any More Badly Designed?

New Xbox 360 Dashboard - November 19th

The launch of the "New Xbox Experience" has been announced as Novemeber 19th world wide.
There isn't much to this post because really we'll have to wait and see. It seems to me like it would take a lot of power and time to completely update the dashboard of every 360 console in every home and I still don't know how they plan on doing it but I assume they worked that out.

Anyway, come November 19th you'll either be waking up to a brand new 'Xbox Experience' or the entire Xbox world will witness a massive systems crash and existence as you know it will be gone forever ...

...well probably not, but you never know.

(If it does happen you can't blame me)

Official Nintendo Magazine #35 OUT NOW!

Issue #35 is out now and is bursting full of nintendo goodness. This month, thrown in is a free set of nintendo drink coasters (can i get a hallelujah!)

Also the magazine holds all you need to know about Nintendo news from Leipzig game convention.

PLUS!! an in depth look at Sonic Unleashed.

It's on sale now for £3.99...

BREAKING NEWS! Nintendo Announces DSi

Nintendo DSi has been announced with new and improved features, and a shorter battery life. Let me tell you playing this system with the setting “brightness of 3 suns mode” is sure going to take a bite out of the battery on this system, play time stated to be 3 to 4 hours max. Hit the jump for specs and neat pictures.

The Nintendo DSi features new and enlarged screens now at an impressive 3.25 inches, 17% bigger than the DS Lites. As for other additions to the console they have also improved the “audio capability” with some new speakers and audio playing software for Mp3’s and other various audio content. Along with the much rumored update of a built in camera featuring an awesome .3 mega pixel (640×480) camera. Which is pretty much a somewhat decent camera phone add on.

The pricing for said content ranges from Free, 200 points, 500 points and “Premium” or 800 points. Customers will get 1000 free points to spend at the DSi Shop that are good until March 2010.

Battery time on the system ranges depending on what brightness setting you are using on the hand held. Minimal brightness gets you the most bang for your buck at 14 hours. Low Brightness 8-12 Hours, Medium Brightness 6-9 Hours, High Brightness 4-6 hours, and finally the mentioned Maximum Brightness at 3-4 hours.

Since the DSi will be released on November 1 in Japan, and retailing for about a £180. Chances are we will be seeing these DSi’s in the wild no later than December.

Official Nintendo Magazine #34 OUT NOW!

It was actually out quite a while ago, but i forgot to post about it...sorry. But it has a Wario Land Shake It Review and Star Wars The Force Unleashed. 

Also thrown in is a frree poster book, with Posters of No More Heroes, House of The Dead Overkill, Smash Bros, Sambe De Amigo, Zelda and many more!

Get it from your local newsagent now for only £3.99...

Guitar Hero World Tour UK Pre-Order Deal

UK gamers who pre-order the full band version of Guitar Hero World Tour will get a second guitar completely free, according to Activision. The 'Complete Band Game' version of the game costs £149.99 and comes with a copy of the Guitar Hero World Tour, a wireless guitar, a drum kit and a microphone. But if you pre-order it at any UK store before its release date on 14 November 2008, you'll also get a second wireless guitar absolutely free of charge. This means you'll be able to have a full four-player experience out of the box, with a lead guitarist, a bass guitarist, a drummer and a singer, without having to spend an extra £50 or so on a second guitar.

If you're pre-ordering the game, be sure to make sure the shop you're getting it from is definitely honouring this deal to avoid disappointment. Sites like Amazon have already included the deal to the game's product page.

Wario Land: Shake It Genius YouTube Advert

It’s a YouTube clip, but if I were to embed it the point would be lost. Just hit the link and you MUST watch all the way to the end. Pretty damn cool.

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Soap + Helium = Kirby

Plus he’s environmentally friendly!

BREAKING NEWS: Guitar Hero World Tour Final Boxart And Track Listing!!

Activision have confirmed it! The complete Guitar Hero World Tour on-disc set list available this autumn will include...

• 311 - “Beautiful Disaster”
• 30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”
• Airbourne - “Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anouk - “Good God”
• The Answer - “Never Too Late”
• At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks - “Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society - “Stillborn”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “Weapon of Choice”
• blink-182 - “Dammit”
• Blondie - “One Way or Another”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - “Hollywood Nights”
• Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On A Prayer”
• Bullet For My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire”
• Coldplay - “Shiver”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around The Bend”
• The Cult - “Love Removal Machine”
• Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel The Pain”
• The Doors - “Love Me Two Times”
• Dream Theater - “Pull Me Under”
• The Eagles - “Hotel California”
• The Enemy - “Aggro”
• Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
• Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
• The Guess Who - “American Woman”
• Hush Puppies - “You’re Gonna Say Yeah!”
• Interpol - “Obstacle 1”
• Jane’s Addiction - “Mountain Song”
• Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze (Live)”
• Jimi Hendrix - “The Wind Cries Mary”
• Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
• Joe Satriani - “Satch Boogie”
• Kent - “Vinternoll2”
• Korn - “Freak On A Leash”
• Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
• Lenny Kravitz - “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
• Linkin Park - “What I’ve Done”
• The Living End - “Prisoner of Society”
• Los Lobos - “La Bamba”
• Lost Prophets - “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
• Mars Volta - “L’Via L’Viaquez”
• MC5’s Wayne Kramer - “Kick Out The Jams”
• Metallica - “Trapped Under Ice”
• Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
• Modest Mouse - “Float On”
• Motörhead - “Overkill”
• Muse - “Assassin”
• Negramaro - “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
• Nirvana - “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
• No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
• NOFX - “Soul Doubt”
• Oasis - “Some Might Say”
• Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”
• Ozzy Osbourne - “Mr. Crowley”
• Paramore - “Misery Business”
• Pat Benatar - “Heartbreaker”
• R.E.M. - “The One I Love”
• Radio Futura - “Escuela De Calor”
• Rise Against - “Re-Education Through Labor”
• Sex Pistols - “Pretty Vacant”
• Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
• Steely Dan - “Do It Again”
• Steve Miller Band - “The Joker”
• Sting - “Demolition Man (Live)”
• The Stone Roses - “Love Spreads”
• Stuck In The Sound - “Toy Boy”
• Sublime - “Santeria”
• Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
• System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”
• Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold”
• Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
• Tokio Hotel - “Monsoon”
• Tool - “Parabola”
• Tool - “Schism”
• Tool - “Vicarious”
• Trust - “Antisocial”
• Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”
• Willie Nelson - “On The Road Again”
• Wings - “Band on the Run”
• Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

Seth MacFarlane's take on Super Mario Bros.

In case you didn’t know, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was tapped by Google to produce a bunch of animated shorts, whose sole purpose is to advertise a product in a new Internet-savvy way (video). In this case, it’s also entertaining as it involves Mario, the Princess and Bowser.

Watch it Here

Wii’s 15 Best And Worst Games After 657 Days

Wii For Dummies Hopes To Make You Smarter

It’s probably more intended for your mom and grandad who still don’t know what a Wii Channel is, but informed Wii owners like yourself might still be interested in:

* Ways to prevent damage to Wii remotes
* How to use the Wii’s full-featured Web browser
* How to enjoy photos, videos, and slideshows on your Wii
* All about the Wii Message Board
* Five hot Wii-specific Web sites
* How to customize the Channels menu
* Games you can download

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Mii's Playable In Guitar Hero World Tour

Confirmed today, there will be a Wii specific mode in Guitar Hero World Tour called ‘Mii Freestyle’. This new mode does not only allow you to play as your Mii avatars, but also utilizes the Wii remote, and nunchuk for Air Drumming, Air Guitar, etc. Details are scarce as we await an official public statement from Activision, but the above image strongly points to some truth in the news leak.

Are the few of you that were getting GH4 on other platforms tempted to purchase the Wii version now? Not only do you get the exact same version, but a whole new built in mode that could potentially add hours upon hours of fun to an already high replay value title. could potentially add hours upon hours of fun to an already high replay value title.

Wii Music??

Pay & Play For Guitar Hero World Tour

Though Activision has stated many times that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour would support downloadable content we were still unsure of how they were going to go about gobbling up our money. Obviously the above box art revealed today that Activision will be accepting Wii point payment via Nintendo’s ‘Pay & Play’ program. This must mean a new Channel option inside the Wii Shop Channel with Track downloads avaliable to purchase with basic Wii points. Awesome.

Sega Returns To Form, Edgy Marketing In Full Effect

In the early 90s, many Nintendo fans defected to Genesis in search of edgier gameplay because of smart marketing from Sega. Well it seems the company is back to its old tricks, only this time it’s targeting Wii naysayers. Says Headstrong Games, makers of House of the Dead: Overkill:

"There’s a lot of Wii fans worried about the decline of decent hardcore games on the system. No, guys — we’re not making a 30 hour-plus RPG here, but we are making something you are going to have a complete blast playing. We are making it with a nod to one of the greatest arcade series of all time and we hope you’ll just purely enjoy teaming up with buddies and posting those high scores on the forums with the rest of us…It’ll beat the sh@t out of grooming a horse."

Clever Sega. I like your style. I’m sure you’ll be rewarded financially for zigging while other remaining publishers are still doubting.

Real Life Zero Suit Samus!

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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Screens

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days is the first handheld Kingdom Hearts game to be released since Chain Of Memories came out for DS in 2005. There is no confirmed UK date yet but it will be released in Japan this winter and there are a bunch of new screens at Official Nintendo Magazines website.

These new screens don't reveal any classic Disney characters but we can see Roxas and Axel in action. The game takes place take place during the year Sora was asleep after Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories. The game begins when Roxas enters Organization XIII and follows his journey through a variety of Disney worlds.

In addition to the single player adventure you can rope in three friends for a mission-based multi-player game which will feature co-op and competitive battles.