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Rock Band 2 seems to dislike the UK. For whatever reasons, the game has seen multiple delays. There are quite a few people that are getting just a tiny bit fed up with the situation. Reader Asparrowgoose happens to be one of those people. He found himself excited for the upcoming release of [...]

- Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (NDS, Nintendo): 637,686 units sold Release: 02/11/09 - Asobu Made in Ore (NDS, Nintendo): 168,996 units sold Release: 04/29/09 - Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo): 3,517,121 units sold Release: 12/02/06 - Monster Hunter Wii (Wii, Capcom): 219,119 units sold Release: 04/23/09 Link

Reader Oliver will have his remix featured on The Conduit’s official soundtrack as well. Check this one out…really well done! Direct link here

Check out more screens in our Flickr set AUSTIN, TX – June 29, 2009 – Today Aspyr Media announced the release of Club Treasure World (www.clubtreasureworld.com), a companion web-based community supporting this week’s launch of the whimsical new title, Treasure World. The site is the most extensive community ever built around a Nintendo DS™ game and [...]

Have you played Pitfall? I’m willing to bet that you have. I’m sure you’ve played some of the other spin-offs and sequels that the industry has produced as well. Those games wouldn’t have happened if the original title wasn’t such a big hit! We may be far removed from that classic game, but [...]

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — JUNE 29, 2009 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that they will be exhibiting and paneling at Anime Expo® 2009, the nation’s largest anime/manga convention, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 2 - July 5, 2009. In addition to exhibiting on the show floor, Atlus will also [...]

“I think that generally a lot of the game design in Left 4 Dead was focused on keeping the players together and really punishing a player that leaves the group. So the difference conceptually with The Grinder is that our characters are hunters, not survivors. They’re not every day people who are kind of thrust [...]

Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - Score: 94% Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Wii) - Score: 70% Indiana Jones and The Staff of Kings (Wii) - Score: 60% Overlord: Dark Legend (Wii) - Score: 65% Klonoa (Wii) - Score: 80% The Munchables (Wii) - Score: 64% MySims Racing (Wii) - Score: 72% Overlord: Minions (DS) - Score: 51% Resident Evil Archives: Resident [...]

WiiWare - Rikachan Oshare Housu (Licca-chan Stylish House) - Unou Kids Okigaru Unou Toreeningu (literally Right Brain Kids Easy Right Brain Training) DSiWare - Mahoojin to Imeeji Keisan Link

You walk into a room, and there are two games set up. Someone puts a gun to your head and is forcing you to choose. Would you rather play Guitar Hero or Rock Band?! That situation would never happen (I hope!), but I’m sure there are a few of you that prefer one [...]

Check out more Wii and DS screens in our Flickr set EDISON, N.J., June 29, 2009 - For a daring girl, rafting down the Amazon, climbing Mt. McKinley, or embarking on an exotic African Safari is all in a day’s event! Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, [...]

“Well, we never said we wouldn’t be on Wiiware or PSN now did we. The truth is, though, Xbox LIVE offers a great user experience and downloadable service to gamers and we think it’s a great platform to launch the game on. And, of course, the game will also be available on PC via [...]

Cambridge, Mass. – June 29, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 16 tracks from artists including Mission of Burma, Pearl Jam, The Offspring and more coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii™ system. Three songs each from alternative rockers Pearl Jam and punk favorites Mission [...]

I believe that one of the best examples of a game mechanic that tells a story would have to be the element of the Ocarina in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. There’s no doubt that music in general plays a huge part in the game, and helps to bridge one story element [...]

Man, I can’t stop thinking about the potential for pure awesome that could have come from Billy pitching video games. Doesn’t matter what title he would shill, I would buy 20! Article here

Monkey Island is huge right now. The franchise has always had a big following, but with both a remake and a new series hitting consoles, the talk of Monkey Island has reached a fevered pitch. That’s why it makes more sense now than ever to get Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert to keynote PAX. [...]

Direct link here The following information comes straight from Ubisoft’s info page… Thanks to Maz Killer for the heads up! Link

A portion of a GamesIndustry interview with Danny Bilson, executive vice president of THQ’s core titles… Q: Did THQ’s financial situation put a squeeze on your operations or hold back any changes you’ve wanted to make as part of the new THQ? Danny Bilson: It’s an interesting point and I can make it really clearly. We shut [...]