The Year in Games 2006 - April

We take a look back at the highlights, lowlights and things we'd rather just forget about the past year.

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For all good vibes the Xbox 360 was getting, there was one major kink this year and that was microtransactions, which in April came to a head when Bethesda asked Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion players to pay nearly £2 for virtual armour for their horses. Yes, it was voluntary, but that was still a lot of money for something so simple. The developer was not the only one to experiment with microtransactions on the console, but only gamers can tell them where the line is drawn.

Cough! How much?

Less under gamers' control was the price of the PS3, which Sony was still holding from everyone. A French Sony official did apparently suggest that it could cost between €500 and €600 but spokespeople were quick to chalk that up to miscommunication.

Ubisoft made the news as the first third-party publisher to confirm a game on the Wii, that being Red Steel. This was just one of many stories that were actually a preamble to the main event, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which was scheduled for mid-May.

The biggest news of the month though was the revelation of the final name for Nintendo's new console. The name Revolution seemed such to fit Nintendo mantra for its new system so well that people had a hard time coming to grips with Wii, and some were decrying it as a terrible move. Still, better that Nintendo got it out there before the big show rather than have everyone walk around the halls in LA complaining about a name.

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