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“Blood Bowl will be released end of Q3/beginning of Q4 in UK and North America.” - Focus Home Interactive rep If you’re a fan of Mutant League Football, this Blood Bowl title might be your only chance to relive some of that fun. Hopefully the game ends up being worth the wait. Link

Get a basic overview of the controls in Little Mac's Nintendo Wii outing.

Were you wondering just how much Suda51 loves Travis Touchdown? “I like a lot of my other characters, too, but Travis is my favorite. He has a special place in my heart. He’s a good friend of mine and I really wanted to work with him again. I will stay with him until he dies…” Just the [...]

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… It will not win any awards, and it’s easy to see why it did not attract any attention in the PS2 market upon its first release. But on WiiWare Heracles: Chariot Racing is a big fish in a little pond. And it provides perhaps the best racing game on [...]

Are you ready for the long-awaited third Mortal Kombat movie? You better be, because the guy that played Scorpion in the first two films says that things will kick off this September. Mortal Kombat 3: Return to Man Island is the name of the flick, and it should bring us even more nonsensical [...]

A portion of a Destructoid review… …the gameplay is its own reward and once one gets into it, one finds it quite hard to get back out. It’s a shame that the plot holds it back, but otherwise Megaman Starforce 3 is pretty bloody good, and well worth your time if you like your roleplayers with [...]

A pair of reviews and a feature from GamesRadar… Pimp My Ride: Street Racing DS Bonsai Barber Games that would be better with a Mature rating

A portion of a GamePro Arcade review… Pros: Music, visuals, voice work, puzzles are fun Cons: Hint system sometimes was too helpful Full review here

“Because the amount of freedom we give players is huge, the data that needs to be saved is enormous. We’re working as hard as we can so data is not lost. In the case of the Nintendo DS, the scariest for save data is when the battery dies.” - DQIX producer Ryutaro Ichimuar Well, [...]

“In looking at the history and heritage of LucasArts it’s clear we have some much beloved titles. With the advent of digital distribution it opens up a whole new avenue where are games can be experience by new players and delivered in new ways. These games have stories that are broad enough and [...]

The Summer is here, and hopefully you have time to kill. That means you can enjoy a game or two while the free time piles up. Why bother with the poor games when you can spend those precious seconds playing the stuff that really matters? Here’s a the best of recent releases [...]

I don’t know of any families that read video game websites looking for reviews. Most parents don’t even know what’s going on in the game industry, so I’m sure they don’t follow various video game websites. That could have something to do with lack of knowledge, but it might also have something to [...]

“It’s all about the software and gameplay. If those can be enhanced in a meaningful way by peripherals, then you ought to go down that path. If it isn’t [enhancing gameplay] or it’s not an incremental value add, then you don’t do it. You’re always going to see developers stretching that envelope. But [...]

* 3 Doors Down - “Kryptonite” * A Perfect Circle - “Judith” * AFI - “Medicate” * Arctic Monkeys - “Brianstorm” * Attack! Attack! UK - “You and Me” * Band Of Horses - “Cigarettes, [...]

“People often say that RPGs used to be more fun, so I’ve given a lot of thought to what the difference is between modern and classic RPGs. One result is that the story here is not told in events, but instead through NPC conversations as much as possible. Another is that much of the [...]

“I have my doubts about how the world is turning toward ’serious’ titles [such as Brain Age]. I don’t think that can be the industry’s main focus. I’m here to make games, obviously, and that attitude played a major part in [358/2 Days] development. A lot of gamers don’t play anything except the really [...]

When we first saw what Kizuna was about, most of us were excited. The Wii was going to get a title that closely resembled Shadow of the Colossus, or so we thought. Now that the game has hit Japan and the reviews are in, we can see that the game isn’t even mediocre [...]

Dragon Quest IX producer designer Yuji Horii discusses the toughest part of making the game: “That was when I had to cut and rework part of the story — not a large part compared to the rest of the plot, but one that had to be cut out anyway for space reasons.” Dragon Quest IX producer [...]