Microsoft Confirms Aces Closure, Game Studio responsible for Flight Simulator shut down amidst layoffs. Microsoft has confirmed the closure of Aces Game Studio, the internal development studio responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator is one of the company’s oldest product lines, stretching back more than 20 years. The closure came amidst the company’s first [...]

Empire Game: Total War is scheduled to ship. Fusing elements of Civilization-style overworld map management and large-scale real-time strategy battles, the formula for Creative Assembly’s Total War series has remained a popular one since the franchise launched with Shogun: Total War back in 2000.
The latest version, Empire: Total War, is set in the 18th Century, [...]

Wii Software Online: A new report online this afternoon reveals that one UK hospital is making inventive use of Wii Fit; using Nintendo’s exercise software to help those with prosthetic limbs – via the balance board and the Wiimote.
Senior physiotherapist Lynn Hirst tells us that patients sometimes struggle “getting their weight through the prosthetic limb,” [...]