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I finaly got Hotel Dusk: Room 215 from Play-Asia. I haven’t been able to play that much yet. But I think I like the game. I have walked around the hotel, talked to some people and solved some puzzels. I have also keyed my self into my hotelroom. And guess what, it’s room 215. That room is offcourse the center of this game, and it’s you and me as the player – Kyle Hyde – to find out what have happened and what’s sp special about that room.

This is the story as written on Nintendo.com:
“Kyle Hyde, a disgraced New York detective turned salesman, arrives at a run-down Los Angeles inn called Hotel Dusk. Once there, Kyle soon becomes involved in a 30-year-old mystery that involves lies, betrayal, kidnapping, and murder. And over the course of the night, he will also discover something very special about Room 215… a room that is said to grant wishes.

Hotel Dusk uses branching storylines to tell its tale, giving you many options for how to speak to people. Should you strong-arm the little girl in the hallway? Make nice to the hotel maid? Pretend to be interested in the manager’s rambling stories? It’s all up to you, but choose wisely. One false step could get you thrown out of the hotel and forever seal the mystery of what happened on that dark Christmas Eve so many years ago…“

I’m looking forward to play the game.

(Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is also available from YesAsia.com)

I got my copy from Play-Asia.com.

Sony has just confirmed in a pressconference that the PlaySation 3 will launch in Europe on March 23. This is the 60 GB version with WiFi. It will cost GBP 425 / EUR 599. Sony will try to have 1 million console avaible on launch day and it will be more than 30 games to choose from. The 20 GB version will not be avaible at launch, but may come available at a later time.

PS3 will launch in all PAL regions, meaning Europe, Middel-East, Africa and Australasia.

Source Eurogamer.net.

The most common Freeloader (v1.06B) worked on all GameCubes. It didn’t matter if it was a US, Japanese or European GameCube, the same disc worked on all. But then, the Wii was launched and the disc wouldn’t work on the US or European Wii. Datel have now fixed the problems with a updated versions for all each region. The Freeloader will only play imported GameCube games, but we all hope Datel will make a Freeloader to play imported Wii games. But we have to wait for that.

You can get the Freeloader from Play-Asia. They have all versions, just click the right link below:
FreeLoader (PAL Version)
FreeLoader (US Version)
FreeLoader (Japanese Version)

Here’s the Freeloader compatibility chart from Play-Asia:

On Tuesday Xbox 360 got a minor update. The Dashboard didn’t get any new functions, but it was to fix some bugs and make it more stable. The Dashboard is now up to version 2.0.4552.0.
Wii also got a small update on Wednesday (Europe only). I haven’t seen a list of what was updated, but I guess it was to fix some bugs. The version went from 2.0E to 2.1E.