New Nintendo DSi Software Region Locked?

Nintendo is going where Sony showed a game company should not go.  There are rumors circling (and reported on X-Play) that new DSi software is going to be region-locked. 

Sad. 

When will companies stop trying to put artificial blocks to manage their own supply chains and region-based pricing?  Stop region-coding.  I would have bought multiple family members in India PS2's, PS3's or XBOX's in the past had it not been for region-coding and region-based issues.

Its not as bad as DRM (Spore!), but this isn't good to know

New Halo game!!

Bungee and MicroSoft have confirmed there is a new Halo game coming!!!!

Why didn't they announce it during E3? MicroSoft's excuse - they felt they didn't have enough time during their press conference, and that they could do it more justice in a dedicated presentation.

To me, sounds like one of two possibilities instead:

a) Microsoft and Bungee's little issues coming to the fore. But this is too low a possibility - no one, least of all MicroSoft, teases their cash cow.

b) A brilliant chess move - start with a really, really solid E3, beating out Sony and Nintendo. Then, when the dust settles and everyone finishes talking about who did best.... throw out this curveball right into the other consoles' faces!!

Amazing. I love it.

Who won E3 '08?

G4 network, as every year, ran a poll to see who won E3 '08.

I'm partial to the XBox 360 (I own it, not the PS3), and also loved the width and depth of the games they showcased in E3. At the same time, I do prefer less cutesy games, so did prefer the PS3 games over the Nintendo games showcased - Nintendo didn't seem to have much on offer for hard-core gamers.

So of course my votes on G4 were: Microsoft, then Sony, then Nintendo. G4's poll results are in, and similar to mine, in answer to the question:

"Who won E3 '08?"

- Microsoft - 57%
- Sony - 32%
- Nintendo -11%