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  Army Of Two: The 40th Day Is Official

  After a lovely week and a half of rumor and speculation, EA Montreal pulls back the curtain on Army of Two: The 40th Day, now under development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PSP. Yes, the name has been confirmed, as well as several of the details leaked last week, including the new setting…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2009
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  Pikmin 2 and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Get New Play Control

  Nintendo is rereleasing Pikmin 2 and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat with new Wii-friendly, remote control features, the publisher announced today. These two games will be the latest to get the New Play Control treatment, which adds motion-sensing controls to classic Nintendo games. The original Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis were the first to hit the…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2009
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  This Weekend’s Mission: Library Card

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Wedbush Reveals Do you have a library card? I sure don’t. The last time I went to the library was college. Kinda have a hankering to go back, dunno why. This weekend, I plan on going to the library and making a library card. According to the library’s website, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Call Of Duty: World At War DLC Gets A Release Date

  There’s a Call of Duty: World at War map pack on the way. Three new multiplayer maps will be offered, but we know why you’re still reading. It’s the new zombie map. Yes, there’s finally going to be a bit more variety in the game’s main multiplayer attraction, with (as promised) the addition of “Verrückt”.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Russian Dolls 4 Dead

  We love Left 4 Dead. We love arts & crafts. So do we love these Left 4 Dead Russian dolls? You bet your economic crisis-devalued bottom dollar we do. Kotakuite Laserfire sends us these pics of his birthday present, lovingly crafted by his friends Mark and Abi Baker. There are five dolls, each modelled after…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Metallica Guitarist Has Played Guitar Hero “Once”

  Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett calls Guitar Hero: Metallica calls the game collaboration a “no brainer” and a “match made in heaven.” We know Hammett has played the real guitar, but Guitar Hero? Once, he has played Guitar Hero once. The reason for this is that he was once “addicted to video games.” Hammett adds, “At…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  British DS Sales To Go Bundle-Only? Almost

  As we’ve seen, fluctuations in exchange rates are messing with Nintendo’s bottom line in the UK. While this won’t affect consumers looking for a Wii, the DS might be another story. According to a “trusted source within the retail industry” (ie a British retailer), Go Nintendo are reporting that thanks to shrinking profit margins on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Michael Phelps Lists His Three Favorite NES Games, Asks For Yours

  When Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is not winning gold medals, he is doing other things. Those recreational activities include playing video games among other things to help him chill out. The 14-career-gold-medal holder Twittered his favorite three NES games: Top 3 original NES games: 1. The Legend of Zelda 2. Super Mario Bros. 1 3.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Somebody Finally Made a 360 You Can Smoke Out Of

  There it is. Somebody made a bong out of an Xbox 360. Not a PSP, not a DS, not a Wii, but a great, hulking 360. Let’s ignore the potential criminality of such a device and focus instead on the engineering. Something like this can’t have been easy. No, it’s taken planning, foresight, and a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Racing Stripes Make You Go Faster, Real Cars, Too

  Being regular just got faster. Reader Lisa sends this, writing: my brother-in-law and i have a twisted sense of humor. For some reason my husband wasn’t nearly as amused as we were. We are TOTALLY amused. What’s going on? We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  THQ Boss Will Let The Casual Market Eat Cake

  Ooohhh, the casual market this, the casual market that. Wii games, iPhone games, flash games, it’s all you ever here about these days. Well, THQ are having none of it. While every other major publisher on the planet, from Nintendo to Activision to EA are all clamouring to get a piece of this mythical, limitless…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Hey Would-Be Crooks, Pay Off Your Nintendo Wiis!

  If you are renting-to-own, you need to pay up. Or else. A Minnesota man is being charged with failing to make Nintendo Wii payments. He’s, however, not your typical Minnesota man. Brown has had run-ins with authorities before. He was put on probation in January after being convicted of check forgery and “theft by swindle”.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Arcade Literally Explodes, Kills Somebody

  Early on Wednesday morning, an arcade in Casablanca, Morocco exploded. Just…one minute it was there, the next minute, boom, it was gone. Police are reporting that a faulty gas canister is to blame, which resulted in an explosion so powerful it blew out every window within 40-feet of the blast and flipped a car that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Introducing The PlayStation Portable SUV

  We’ve seen stranger marketing deals than this PSP-badged version of Citroen’s new C-Crosser sports utility vehicle. Not many, though. The French car manufacturers have teamed up with Sony to bring us a vehicle that is…well, it’s a French SUV that eschews the latest fad of installing in-built iPod support in favour of in-built PSP support.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  Is Xbox LIVE Is Down For You?

  At approximately 9:20pm Pacific Daylight Time, folks on the Bungie.net forums began reporting that it was hard to get matches in Halo 3. Instead of finding players, it would just restart the search. Pictured is the status message everyone seemed to be getting. Whatever the problem is, it seems to have spread to LIVE (or…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  What Last Generation Consoles Do Some Japanese Gamers Still Use?

  It’s that time again, time for fascinating data. A group of Japanese people were questioned which video game consoles they owned and still used. Their answers might surprise you. They might not. On March 4 and 5, over one thousand members of the RealWorld RealResearch monitor pool answered questions about game consoles. Here’s the breakdown:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Majesco Is Making Gobs Of Money

  The global economy is imploding. It’s so bad that even economic powerhouse Nintendo has revised its forecasts. Everyone is bleeding money. Everyone except Majesco. Majesco? Yes, Majesco. You know, the game publisher who brought you Cooking Mama, Cake Mania and some fitness game with Jillian Michaels (pictured). For the quarter ending January 31, 2009, Majesco’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead, Empire: Total War Patched, Hopefully Feeling Better By The Morning

  Left 4 Dead and Empire: Total War have been patched in the past 24 hours. In Left 4 Dead’s case to tweak a few things, while for Empire, it’s an attempt to fix some horrendous bugs. LEFT 4 DEAD – The game’s VS Mode has been updated, mostly to fix a few issues concerning the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009
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  John Woo Apparently Not Directing John Woo’s Stranglehold

  Stranglehold, the collaboration between game company Midway and Hong Kong action director John Woo, is in early talks for a movie version. John Woo’s name is not being mentioned as the director. Instead, actor-writer-director Stephen Fung (Enter The Phoenix, House of Fury) is in negotiations to helm John Woo game. According to John Woo’s producing…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2009
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  Subscription Gaming Comes To The Wii

  Haven’t you heard? It’s Monster Hunter’s fifth birthday. Happy birthday, Monster Hunter! To celebrate, you can become the first Wii game to charge a hefty monthly subscription fee, ala World of Warcraft. Yes, because Monster Hunter G on the Wii is an online game, and because it’s going to be insanely popular, Capcom will be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2009