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A portion of a GamePro review… On Tour: Decades only improved upon that formula by introducing new instruments and a killer setlist. While the series latest installation is classic Guitar Hero fun, a weak setlist and lack of innovation hampers the experience as a whole. Full review here

Cambridge, Mass. – June 22, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 16 tracks from Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, Dead Kennedys and more coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii™ system. Three songs each from West Coast favorites Weezer, alternative rockers Nine Inch Nails and punk [...]

Check out the Digest video, as well as videos for RE:DC, Tales of Monkey Island, Red Steel 2, ExciteBots, and The Conduit here (thanks NintenDaan!)

XSeed really wants you to know that the game is out. I think this one is going to have a tough time finding an audience. Torrance, Calif., (June 22, 2009) – Game publisher XSEED Games announced today that Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is now available for download on WiiWare for 800 points. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is [...]

Tired of all the shovelware and mini-game fests on Wii? I sure hope so, because a wall of core content is going to round out the end of the year. If you haven’t been paying attention to the Wii lately, you might be surprised to see the range of traditional gaming content that is coming [...]

How do you stop, or at least squash game piracy for awhile? How about in-store activation of games? You’d have to pick up a game from your local retailer, and then they’d use a special piece of hardware/software to activate each game. If that didn’t happen, you wouldn’t be able to play [...]

GS: EA Sports Active has been the most successful Wii launch for EA. How far do you foresee that going? PM: Obviously we’re going to continue to drive it until the consumer gets tired of exercising, ultimately. It’s something we look at, that Wii Fit has started and we intend to take to the next level [...]

“It’s like, dude I’m totally psyched to get my Call of Duty fix every year, but you guys are amazing! What else have you got? Can you give me something I haven’t seen before? …The folks that are innovating need to be rewarded so that the folks that are making big bets can take [...]

“We are truly honored by all of the E3 awards. Scribblenauts will bring an exciting and completely original gameplay experience for both hardcore gamers and those who have never played games. We could not be more excited to unleash Scribblenauts to the world.” - 5th Cell lead designer Matt Cox I knew Scribblenauts would make [...]

“DS titles take a longer time to sell, the good ones have long legs and we expect this game to behave in the same way. And it’s without doubt the best DS game ever made going by the total review scores. People make a mistake thinking that games on the format behave like other [...]

Activision sent an email my way to show off the Guitar Hero 5 boxart. The email said that the Wii version will be shown off soon, so I don’t know how much it will differ. Here’s the 360/PS3 version. Thanks to Sam for the heads up!

I can’t believe people are still finding new and amazing ways to tweak what Super Smash Bros. Brawl spits out. Seriously, look at that creation! I wonder if Nintendo is going to step in this time… More pics here (thanks Darkurai!)

Enterbrain has announced a big change for their Famitsu magazine. Starting the week of August 20th, the magazine will no longer come out on Fridays, as it has for years. The issue will now be available on Thurdays. Whether this means we’ll end up reporting Famitsu news on Mondays instead of traditional [...]

Bellevue, WA – June 22, 2009 – After months of intense head-to-head regional tournaments, The Pokémon Company International, the worldwide leader in video games and trading card games, today announced details for its 2009 Pokémon® Video Game and Trading Card Game (TCG) National Championships. This weekend — June 27th & 28th — Pokémon Video Game [...]

I wonder if Square-Enix has any plans on bringing FullMetal Alchemist: The Prince of Dawn to North America. I am actually a big fan of the anime series, and am really looking forward to hearing how this game turns out. I’m sure if it does well in Japan, someone will pick it up [...]