Lottay recently surveyed up to see what folks want for Christmas and they got quite a few interesting results - topping their respondents' wishlists are: love, travel, cash gifts, and the Nintendo Wii. It seems that Wii love hasn't waned just yet, with twice as many people want a Wii over a PS3 and an Xbox 360 combined.

So when's the next major gaming event? Here's one: Capcom's CAPTIVATE08, that will be held in Las Vegas at the end of May in lieu of Capcom Gamer's Day event. What's so special about this exclusive event aside from hot gaming news, you ask? A chance to attend it, of course! More details in the full article.

Telltale Games' Mark Darin and Greg Land recently talked about the pros of porting games to the Wii and DS platform in an interview by Cubed3. With games like CSI: Hard Evidence (PC, Xbox 360, Wii, DS) and the Sam & Max series under their belt, they also talked about how the Wii and DS can rekindle interest in the old-school point-and-click adventure genre. You can read the interview with the Telltale Games designers in the full article.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced that the nominations for the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards has finally been closed. The final list of candidates has been compiled and is currently entering the general voting stage. Want to find out if your bet got into the final list? Read the full article!

CNET has recently announced the winners of this year's Best of CES awards at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Gamers will be happy to know that Nyko's Wireless Nunchuk attachment for the Wii was counted as the winner for the gaming category. More details up ahead in the full article.

After grabbing an Emmy award for its iconic D-pad last year,  Nintendo managed to bag another Emmy Award for excellence in engineering creativity, this time recognizing the Wii's motion-sensing controls and the DS's unique interface. More details in the full article!

More speakers have been added to the 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit's speaker roster. Joining the roster for next year's event are PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, who is currently working on a new music title for the Nintendo Wii, and newly-appointed Entertainment Software Association president Michael D. Gallagher. More new speakers at the full article.

Ready for another batch of Virtual Console releases? We've got some retro basketball, a kiddie-friendly dolphin, and some gambling with virtual money.

Check out the full article for more info about this week's VC releases: Double Dribble, Vegas Stakes and Ecco Jr.

Ubisoft announces today that Xbox 360 and Wii owners, as well as those with a Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2, will be able to enjoy a new CSI video game this coming Fall 2007. The new game will be known as CSI: Hard Evidence and is being developed by Telltale Games. The PC version ships with the console versions.

Staying true to the CSI franchise, Hard Evidence continues on the crime-solving brand of experience the public has first come to love on TV. The game itself follows the story of Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, and the rest of the Las Vegas crew in solving crimes with the help of sophisticated lab equipments and realistic techniques. Other features are:

• More Crime-Solving Action: Break down the evidence and bring suspects to justice in five all-new, bizarre crimes. Unravel longer cases, search bigger crime scenes, and uncover hidden evidence in unique locations like never before.
• Go Deeper into the Evidence: Master new forensic tools and find more evidence than ever. Use the new Garage Lab to examine large pieces of evidence like cars and trucks. Recreate gunfights with ballistic lasers, uncover shocking secrets with video analysis, and much more.
• The Ultimate CSI Experience: Experience your very own CSI episodes as you piece together clues with the real CSI actors. Take part in dramatic interrogations, create grisly crime reenactments, and explore atmospheric crime scenes inspired by the show.

There is still no mention how Wii players will be able to use the motion-sensing controllers but Ubisoft has mentioned that CSI: Hard Evidence has been made compatible to the Wiimote and Nunchuk. What we have below are screenshots from the Xbox 360 build and the trailer video for all versions.

See the game's video after the jump!

This year's E3 Media & Business Summit may have been a pedestrian and commuter's frenzy after all that traversing from hotel to hotel across sunny Santa Monica, but the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) may have other scenic ideas for next year's invite-only event.

 

After E3 2007 concluded, the management sent out surveys to gauge the performance of the new Electronic Entertainment Expo. So with general survey items along the lines of "how was our E3?" came a few questions hinting at the big business show's future, including five locations in California:

• San Francisco
  
• Los Angeles
  
• Laguna Beach
• Santa Monica
• San Diego

Aside from a suggestive offer for a repeat performance at Santa Monica, (Develop Conference & Expo, Brighton anyone?) some event invitees were surprised to find that Las Vegas, a location they wouldn't mind hoofing around from venue to venue, wasn't present in the list at all.

Worry they did not, though, because the survey also asked if they would rather have the event camped in one major venue than in several, which might make things easier for the marathon-challenged investors, retailers, and correspondents alike.