You’d think that being $50 cheaper than a Wii now would boost Microsoft’s expectations and hopes for its system’s success sky high. Apparently not, as Microsoft’s Senior Vice President of Interactive Enterainment Business, Don Mattrick, told BusinessWeek:

“I’m not at a point where I can say we’re going to beat Nintendo,” Mattrick said, followed closely by a big BUT “We will sell more consoles this generation than Sony.”

Settling for second place? Might it just be a clever rouse to lower expectations and be pleasantly surprised if the system takes over Nintendo’s current lead? While it seems unlikely…who knows what kind of damage the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade unit will do when holiday shoppers this year can’t find themselves a Wii of their own.

Via BusinessWeek

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‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky’ has already gone gold ad will not be released until September 5th. This is a sign of big things for the highly anticipated title. More information about S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is available on the official channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/stalkerofficial.

GSC Game World, computer games developer, its publishing subdivision GSC World Publishing and Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today announce that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky has gone gold. The international release date of the game has been set to September 5th of 2008.

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“In 1945, the Nazis went to the Moon. In 2018, They are Coming Back,” so ends the teaser trailer for “Iron Sky,” just before a flying rat (get all 200 of them in GTA, yet?) craps on the Third Reich Eagle.

Funny? Very.

For some reason, people love Nazi-themed anything. Whether that may stem from being able to blow up Hitler’s head in the original Bionic Commando (Spoiler? Oh, noes!) or otherwise, Energia Productions, Blind Spot Pictures and Cinet, collectively, run with the concept in “Iron Sky.” There is no release date mentioned, but the plan is to distribute it on film and over the Interwebs.

Judging from the trailer, the movie already looks to be on the right track — just listening to the emotion-packed song in the background while the ridiculous concept is presented is proof of that. The comedy serves as a follow-up to “Star Wreck,” which the creators claim was the “most popular Internet feature film of all time.”

Nazis build a secret base in Antarctica to go to the moon and set up shop on its dark side? Oh, yes…sign us up.

Via Iron Sky.net

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