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If you can’t make it out, the last line of text says that if you have Let’s Catch save data on your Wii, you’ll automatically unlock all bonus modes in Let’s Catch. Thanks to Vash for the heads up!

“Our two big games are Extraction and Dante’s Inferno: we’re not ready to announce anything [else] yet, no. These two games are the games we’re really focusing on. One of the reasons we changed the [studio’s] name [to Visceral] is to go, ‘We’re focussing on quality.’ So right now the focus is on getting [...]

“The current pad for gamers is giving them a lot. They play for hours, so they don’t want to get up and down. They don’t want to be tired after five minutes. These games are about reactivity.” - Yves Guillemot, chairman and CEO of Ubisoft Ubisoft is going to be sticking with traditional controls for [...]

If you don’t know about the ‘Keyboard Cat’ meme, you haven’t been spending enough time on the internet! Hit up YouTube, type in Keyboard Cat, and get ready to lose a few hours. Direct link here

“The Government has today taken a major step to improve child safety, online and offline, in the video games sector. PEGI is a robust, independent games rating system used widely throughout Europe and beyond. VSC is the leading PEGI authority, rating all videogames aged 12 and above in 30 countries. By making PEGI [...]

OFLC update: -5Spots Party (46 to Shinjuku Medialab, WiiWare) -A Little Bit of… Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training Sudoku (Nintendo, DSiWare) -A Little Bit of… Puzzle League (Nintendo, DSiWare) -Art Style: BOXLIFE (Nintendo, DSiWare) -Bonsai Barber (Nintendo, WiiWare) -Family Mini Golf (Aksys Games, WiiWare) -Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord (Square Enix, WiiWare) -Guitar Rock Tour (Gameloft, DSiWare) -Mario vs. Donkey Kong: [...]

Are you worried that the Japanese release of Dragon Quest IX is going to be met with yet another delay? Will there be another game-killing bug found…one that takes months to squash? Square-Enix knows you’re worried, which is why they’ve publicly stated that Dragon Quest IX is indeed finished. Even better, it [...]

Are you jumping out of your skin for Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver? We know the game pair will hit North America, but we have no idea when. Until then, you’ll have to live vicariously through those in Japan that can grab the game later this year. You’ll also have to keep tabs [...]

Good news for those looking forward to playing a catch game with story. SEGA has confirmed that Let’s Catch will be hitting WiiWare in Europe this Friday. This should go nicely with Let’s Tap, which is also hitting this Friday in Europe. Also worth noting, it looks like Bonsai Barber may hit in Europe [...]

So…Pac-Man eats the ghosts, and then giant Pac-Man eats regular Pac-Man? The video game world is a vicious, vicious cycle. More pics here

Nobilis is proud to announce that MY BABY is back in a new sequel on Nintendo DS™ and Wii™! Remember, last time you saw him he just made his 1st steps and today, in My Baby 2, he’s 15 months old. Plenty of new challenges for you : you’ll have to teach him to talk but also [...]

Best of Show - Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360) - Mass Effect 2 (BioWare/Electronic Arts for Xbox 360, PC) - Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, PC) - Splinter Cell Conviction (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360) - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PS3) Best Original Game - Alan Wake (Remedy/MGS for Xbox 360) - [...]

Haarlem, The Netherlands – 16 June 2009 – Up and Coming videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive announced today that it has signed a Publisher License Agreement with Nintendo of Europe GmbH. This agreement will allow Iceberg Interactive to publish and develop products on the Wii™, the Nintendo DS™ and the Nintendo DSi™ platforms. Erik Schreuder, CEO of [...]

A portion of a Eurogamer review… Oboromuramasa is shallow, rather simple and relatively short-lived, but nonetheless wonderful in its way. As a piece of visual videogame art it’s at the very peak of the medium’s achievements, along with Okami and Odin Sphere, and it’s crafted with such obvious, loving care and attention to detail that it’s [...]

“100 percent of my efforts and focus are on finding a solution to keep the studio going forward, making it viable and securing jobs in the team. It may sound like a football cliché but this studio is too good a team to have to shut down – it would be a travesty. [...]

There is no other character like Mario, and there never will be. There have been characters that borrow some of Mario’s ideas and antics, but I can’t think of a single game character that comes anywhere near the quality that Mario brings with his major franchise outings. When it comes due to the [...]

“We have argued consistently that any games classification system needs to put child protection at its heart. It must involve consultation with the British public, command their trust, and reflect their sensibilities. It must take account of tone and context and be carried out by skilled and knowledgeable examiners. It needs to involve the provision [...]

Two reviews from GamesRadar… MySims Racing Desktop Tower Defense

A portion of The Wiire’s interview with EA’s Cyrus Irani… The Wiire: To start, what are some key differences in developing games for the MotionPlus peripheral compared to standard Wii controls? Cyrus Irani: The Wii MotionPlus offers more sensitivity and control, and with that, design decisions become harder because we have to manage what the user intends [...]

“Finally… Really… Truly… a live 24-hour broadcast has been decided.” - Shinya Arino, star of Game Center CX We would get to check out this awesome bit of gaming fun if North America would just embrace Retro Game Challenge. Too bad no one in the states seems to be interested in the game, and Europe [...]

“The next generation is going to be so powerful that playing a game is going to be the equivalent of playing a CGI movie today. …For us, the current machines are very powerful and we can do high quality work. I’d like to stay with this generation as long as possible, but my customers [...]

Nintendo paved the way for motion controls. Both Sony and Microsoft have seen how a controller change can revolutionize the entire industry. There are more gamers than ever before, and all types of new genres to take advantage of. It was no surprise to see both companies showing off their ideas for motion control [...]

Reader Vash grabbed his copy of Let’s Tap from his local GameStop. Upon grabbing the game, the store clerk said that Vash was lucky. The copy he was taking home was the one and only copy the store received. Granted, each store gets different amounts of shipments…but a shipment of one copy seems awfully [...]

Seriously, how can you watch that and not get a smile on your face? Playing this game at E3 was the worst idea ever. It’s going to make the wait until launch that much harder. It’s not better to have loved and lost! Article here

This comes from Majesco’s financial conference call… Finally I would like to update you on our development studio in California, when we first launched the studio our objectives were twofold. First to lower our cost per title and drive additional operating efficiencies as we achieved sufficient scale and second, to generate IP and the development of [...]

In my opinion, this is Kirby’s best game by far. It also really pushed the limits of what the NES could do. Too bad the title came out so close to the death of the NES. I sure hope there are many Wii owners that picked this one up on the VC. Article [...]