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Dark Void Goes 8-Bit In DS Version

Capcom’s Dark Void won’t just be appearing on the 360, PC and PS3; no, it’ll also be appearing on…the Nintendo DSi. In a marketing move for the main title, Capcom will be releasing Dark Void: Zero, an 8-bit interpretation of the game similar to the recent Mega Man 9 “demake”. It’ll hit the DSi Shop…

British Sales Charts: A Whiite Christmas

In the penultimate holiday season charts, there was only going to be one system dominating the top 40. And it’s not the Xbox 360. Not the PS3, either. No, it’s the Wii, which looks set to enjoy its fourth successive Christmas atop the British charts. Fourth. I mean, come on. Mario Kart in the top…

Gran Turismo Creator Completes 25-Hour Car Race

Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo series, has earlier this month completed a 25-hour endurance race at Thunder Hill Raceway, California. Yamauchi is of course no stranger to racing cars, but still. That’s quite an achievement. I get antsy driving for 25 minutes. He of course didn’t drive the entire 25 hours all by…

The Fall And Fall Of Duke Nukem Forever

The latest issue of Wired has a great piece by Clive Thompson on the death of Duke Nukem Forever, and the development studio it took with it. There’s little real news in the piece – after all, the demise of both DNF and 3D Realms has been well-documented – but not everything has to be…

Command & Conquer 4 Trailer All About…Harvesting Tiberium

“Our community loves harvesting Tiberium”, enthuses C&C4 producer Raj Joshi in this 5-minute long gameplay demonstration. Do you, community? Really? Video Games | Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight | Exclusive Tiberium Developer Diary HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

GameStop Clerk Shot During Robbery

An employee at the GameStop store in Orange County, Florida, was shot earlier today during an armed robbery. Shortly after opening this morning an armed man entered the store, held the employee and a customer at gunpoint while waiting for a security timer on the store’s safe to expire, stole a Wii and several games…

2009 In Review: The Shows That Were

I always like to think of the video game industry as being more like the car business than any other creative medium. There’s art, yes, and business, but also functionality to consider. Oh, and shows. Big, loud shows. Just like the automotive industry revels in glitzy trade shows and product reveals, so too do gaming…

Dragon Quest IX Breaks Dragon Quest Sales Records

Square Enix aren’t so preoccupied with the success of Final Fantasy XIII that they’ve forgotten about their other mega-bucks franchise, Dragon Quest IX, and how it’s also breaking sales records. In a statement issued yesterday by the company, it was revealed that sales of Dragon Quest IX on the DS have just pushed past the…

Leonard Nimoy To Appear In Star Trek Online

Just like the recent Star Trek movie had two Spocks in it, so too will the upcoming Star Trek MMO, with Zachary Quinto (new Spock) to be joined by Leonard Nimoy (old Spock). While Nimoy won’t be starring in the game, per se, he will be lending his voice to the intro, as well as…

Some Artwork From Transformers: War For Cybertron

I am daring to be excited by Transformers: War For Cybertron. Why? Because I love any Transformers not involving Michael Bay, and I especially love the War Within comic series. Which is kinda what this game is like! Though, sadly, not exactly like; as this artwork shows, cues have been taken from the fan-favourite prequel…

Mass Effect 2 Achievements Revealed

Xbox 360 Achievements has the full list of Mass Effect 2 achievements. None are secret achievements, which means you should take the spoiler alert here seriously. Looking through it, I don’t see any plot giveaways, although “Cat’s in the Cradle” might raise some interesting questions of a character’s parentage. Then again, I could be reading…

Try Out Team Fortress 2’s Bots

Valve have quietly been tinkering under Team Fortess 2’s hood for some time now, and today would like you to try and help them test something out: officially-sanctioned, AI-controlled “bots”. It’s to be noted that these guys are in the early stages of development, so don’t expecting them to go pushing carts or pulling off…

Mom Calls 911 When Kid Won’t Stop Playing Console

In Chicago last month, a kid called 911 when the ‘rents took away his Xbox 360. Saturday in a Boston suburb a mom dialed the law when her son wouldn’t stop playing. Oh yeah, Grand Theft Auto’s involved here, too. The Boston Herald reports that Angela Mejia, 49, woke up in the middle of the…

Dante’s Inferno ESRB Rating Sounds Pretty Tame, Boss Penis Physics & All

For a game that features a boss ejecting demonic babies from her nipples and “giant, metal penises” as columns, Visceral Games upcoming Dante’s Inferno sounds somehow more tame when the ESRB describes it. Even considering questionable body part physics. For a game set in Hell that seems designed to court controversy, the inclusion of “unblessed…

Pac-Man vs. Naked, Pole-Dancing Mario, in Russian

If that’s not enough to get you to watch, I don’t know what is. Seen via N’Gai Croal’s Twitter and Patrick Klepek’s tumblr today.

God Of War: Blood & Metal EP Packs In Actual Metal

The impressively ornate—and not exactly cheap—Ultimate Edition version of God of War III will feature more than just the soothing sounds of the God of War trilogy’s original score. The God of War: Blood & Metal digital EP will feature exclusive, sometimes God of War inspired tracks from Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Trivium, Opeth and…

Creepy Bunnies & Bottles of Booze In Last Window Screens

Hotel Dusk’s sequel, Last Window: Midnight Promise is real and here’s a whole bunch of screens to prove it. A while ago, a listing and box art for the Nintendo DS game were spotted on Japanese retail sites. No word still on a US release, but Japan will see the game soon enough. Enjoy! アパートに隠された二つの過去とは？　DS用アドベンチャー「ラストウィンドウ…

Shadow Complex Is Your XBLA Deal Of The Week

Missed out on Xbox Live Arcade smash Shadow Complex? One of my favorite downloadable games of the year and recent Spike TV VGA award winner is now just 800 Microsoft Points, a deal that lasts only this week. Hurry!

What Is This, A Movie Site?

To: Brian From: Stephen Re: What Is This, A Chain Gang? Poor Luke, sweating through his attempts to act out a real life version of Harvest Moon (minus the dating…. there’s dating in Harvest Moon, right? Married Mr. Plunkett doesn’t need that). What’s the most video-game-like activity you’ve ever done? I think mine is riding…

I have compiled a list of the missing stories: – No nipples on the batsuit in Arkham Asylum. I understand a lot of folks were cut up about that. – The Super Guide in NSMB Wii. Games being hard is SRS BSNSS! – Da Vinci wasn’t Q to Ezio’s James Bond. Get out of here,…