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I’m sure there will be more games hitting Europe/Australia for the Hanabi Festival, but we’ll learn about those at a later date. Right now, just be happy that the festival is returning, and games are already being listed! Link

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - June 26, 2009 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., announces that Karaoke Revolution and DanceDanceRevolution will take center stage at this year’s Miami hotspot for the annual DJ Irie hosted celebrity golf tournament. Konami and Best Buy partner to sponsor the 5th Annual Irie Weekend, which includes a celebrity golf tournament, star-studded [...]

GameStop seems to think so, but Capcom isn’t talking. We just keep hearing ‘Winter’ from them, which doesn’t do us any good. I think a holiday release would definitely benefit the game, so let’s hope that’s what Capcom is aiming for. Link

Battery back-up to save your progress Remember when passwords were the only way to ’save’ your progress? There’s nothing more fun than writing down 26 characters when you want to take a break from playing, and then learning later on that you wrote something wrong. While we don’t talk about how we save games [...]

“We have something that we think is different from anything else out there and will give us a competitive advantage. Beyond that, we can’t say much.” - THQ’s Chief Executive Brian Farrell Nintendo loves their peripheral games, as do Activision and EA. Now THQ is getting into the mix, but they aren’t saying what [...]

A portion of a NintendoStar review… If you have a good collection of games, you’ll find something you can jog along with. Wii jOG definitely delivers, and if you’re looking for more ways to get into shape, £17.99 seems like a reasonable price. + Encourages exercise + Nice design + Affordable - Limited amount of compatible games Full review here

This trademark was handled by the same company that put one down for Aragorn’s Quest. Could we be seeing another family-friendly Lords of the Rings outing on the way? Link

The World Ends With You is all about synergy. You have to work well with your partner, you have to mesh with the rules of the game, and you need to truly get into the story in order to understand and care about what you’re doing. That’s not where synergy for the title [...]

To say that the movie set for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has nothing to do with the games would be absolute rubbish. EA has taken all their location models/shots from what appears in the movie. They wanted to create a synergy between their work and the final movie. For a very in-depth [...]

How did FIFA come to be the biggest sports franchise in all of gaming? Well, it all started with a pair of guys that were Pro Evo fans. These guys couldn’t stand FIFA compared to Pro Evo, as they viewed Konami’s offering far superior to what EA was doing. Now those two guys work [...]

Check out more screens in our Flickr set Collect cool gifts for your friends and share them in My Friends! Explore the many different game locations to collect your gifts and once you have them you can share them with your friends, choosing from flowers, snacks or surprises! Got a friend who’s hungry? Then make sure [...]

Nintendo of Portugal held a journalist tournament for Punch-Out!! Wii. That’s all well and good, but check out the guy that really stole the show at this event. Look at that baby! I knwo you’ve seen the LEGO DSi before, but this sucker will actually let you watch games on it! As far [...]

Disney/Pixar Toy Story Mania! Platform: Wii Rating: Everyone Content descriptors: No Descriptors Rating summary: This is a collection of carnival mini-games with characters and themes from the movie Toy Story. Mini-games include shaking coins out of a piggy bank, playing outer-space pinball, and tossing balls at colorful targets. Thanks to KnucklesSonic for the heads up!

“Healthcare is 18 percent of the GDP of the United States and so games for health is probably the largest sector of activity in the serious games field long-term. If you add up the 18 month sales of Wii Fit and the sales of EA Sports Active, Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution and other healthy [...]

A portion of a 1up review… Things would take a turn for the worse when Mega Man 4 nudged the series toward “soulless annual franchise” territory, but here the overall sensation is of a team of well-meaning designers doing their best to deliver a fresh take on a masterpiece. Maybe it’s not perfect, but it’s certainly [...]

The First Amendment does not render our nation’s youth defenseless against the predatory, billion-dollar video game industry that churns out increasingly graphic blood and gore for impressionable minds to imbibe… The corruption of our nation’s youth with increasingly deviant video games is a matter of national importance. Our nation’s youth is in crisis, by any measure. [...]

What is pushing Travis through to the end in No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle? As you may have heard Suda51 say in the past, revenge is a major theme in the game. It seems that Travis is feeling a bit hurt by the death of his friend, Bishop…and he’s not going to take [...]

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… There’s no doubt that Skip knows what they’re doing when it comes to puzzle games. That much is clear from what we’ve seen. While BOXLIFE may not appeal to everyone, anyone who enjoys a good puzzle game won’t be disappointed by this one. Full review here