Rare's Viva Piñata » 9/18/08 6:40pm 9/18/08 6:40pm, a series now four games deep thanks to two spin-offs, has always seemed like an odd fit for the Xbox 360 crowd. A property that seems squarely targeted at kids, "kidults" and Rare die-hards — oh, and the subject of merchandising opportunities — seems to have a "love it or hate it" appeal, as the…

Rare has just launched a community site for Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise. By Signing in with your LIVE ID, you can display your game stats as well as share pictures of your Gardens and any Piñata Vision cards you have found. To promote the game's launch, Xbox.com » 9/02/08 7:20pm 9/02/08 7:20pm are running a Viva Piñata treasure hunt. Piñata…

Rare has released the first official Viva Piñata Vision Card for use in Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise. As we covered back in May, Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise for the Xbox 360 can be used with the Xbox Live Vision Camera and a selection of special cards. Players can wave the cards in front of the camera to… » 8/12/08 7:20pm 8/12/08 7:20pm

Oh, so here's a release date for the Xbox 360 Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise! September 5th is when the follow-up in the candy-filled franchise hits — and it strikes me, you know, what an odd idea! Who'd have ever thought that reviving fandom for piñatas, that semi-relic toy we used to bash as candy-crazed… » 7/03/08 6:20pm 7/03/08 6:20pm

Courtesy of Rare, here's four new screens for the upcoming Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise. Things are looking lovely, there's no doubt of that. But the first one looked (and played!) lovely, too. And still, nobody really paid any attention. Will genie huts and birds with gas masks change that? Probably not, but… » 6/25/08 8:00am 6/25/08 8:00am

Here we see Professor Pester from the Viva Piñata cartoon series, explaining his latest evil plot to tear open our paper friends and devour their innards to his hapless minions, while at the same time showing us around some of the new locales included in the upcoming Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise.

While the game… » 6/10/08 11:20am 6/10/08 11:20am

Only a company twisted enough to market a game to kids where the goal is to feed cute animals their dead and mate with their siblings could come up with this unholy pairing. Speaking to MTV Multiplayer's Stephen Totilo, Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise designer reveals that they had successfully connected the Xbox… » 5/20/08 12:40pm 5/20/08 12:40pm

Here's some video from the hot-off-the-presses Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise. Just wait a second through the vaguely unsettling snuffling and groaning animal sounds, and be treated to some cute footage of pinatas doing their thing - that's to say, frolicking about, riding trains and wearing hats - just as if they… » 5/13/08 5:00pm 5/13/08 5:00pm

Microsoft is showing off their biggest titles at the Microsoft Game Studios showcase event in San Francisco today, and you're invited! Okay, so you aren't technically invited, but we'll be bringing you the latest news, screens, and videos from the biggest Xbox 360 titles of the year as the day progresses. » 5/13/08 12:10pm 5/13/08 12:10pm