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Can you believe that today is Manaka Takane’s birthday? I can’t either! Now…who in the hell is Manaka Takane? Well, she’s a character from LovePlus, and the in-game info tells us that today is her birthday. What did Japanese gamers do to celebrate? They actually purchase/made her a cake to recognize the [...]

This news should make PS3 and 360 fans happy, but Wii fans will be a bit sour. Warner Bros. and Harmonix have confirmed that LEGO Rock Band is going to cost $50 across all platforms. That means that 360/PS3 owners are seeing a $10 drop from their usual software pricing, and Wii is [...]

Have you been getting excited for Nostalgia? Wanted to learn more about the game to prepare yourself for its release? Well, perhaps this official web-comic can do the trick. There’s two volumes for you to check out, and both are completely free. Just hit up the links below to have a peek! Vol. [...]

Still can’t get enough pictures of all the swag that was available at TGS 2009? It seems like the swag ended up being the best part of the show! If you’re still looking for more, you can check out a swag photo gallery with Mega Man, Phoenix Wright, Okami goodies and more at [...]

Direct link here and here Quite similar upon first look, but there are actually a number of changes that you might have missed the first time around. Reader MatttheGameFreak has put together a list of changes that he’s noticed when comparing the two trailers. Hit the jump to check it out, and see if [...]

First things first: Demon's Souls is hard.

Well, whaddya know? It's not just an Unreal license, painstaking design and dynamic gameplay that make for a Game of the Year candidate. It also takes three cans of whipped cream, 14 nationalities, 44,674 polygons (in one plant!), 314 breakable TVs, and six babies. That's right. If you're looking to crack Rocksteady Studio's formula for success, GameInformer has squeezed out a few of Batman: Arkham Asylum's most intimate secrets.No, we're not talking solutions to Riddler's challenges or tips for combating fear toxin (hint: just breathe), but rather insight into key development ingredients; like what sports team had the most support from the staff? (Answer: Arsenal Football Club.) And did you know? The game's combat morphed from a rhythm-action game to a 2D prototype that "involved colored circles bashing into each other" before it was revised into its final design.To think: We were this close to another horrendous Batman game ...

Final Fantasy (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)We say: A classic that everyone should at least try once The first Final Fantasy needs no introduction. It's a timeless classic and influential in countless ways, so it definitely deserves a playthrough. We'd say more, but there isn't really much else to say about one of the most important games ever. Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we're pushy jerks.

Tactical FPS action is almost here!

Then again, i'm still at Level 40... agh I hate going to Bowser's airway and gathering XP ):

I played two games in Koei's prolific Warriors series at TGS: the Wii-exclusive Samurai Warriors 3, and the PS3/360 port of the PSP's Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce. The two games were as different from one another as two Warriors games could be, though, of course, both games stuck to the Warriors foundation of controlling a historical war hero as he or she beats several thousand enemy soldiers on a crowded battlefield. Both seem like high-quality entries, each offering compelling reasons for lapsed combatants to return to the fight.

Terence Lee, creator of Storm, joins the growing list of independent game developers lucky enough to find a publisher. His game, created specifically for an independent games competition at 2BeeGames.com, will find refuge on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, WiiWare and iPhone next year via a new publishing deal announced by Zoo Games. We talked with Lee about the indie games scene, and what we can expect from the console version. What is Storm? How did the concept come about? Storm is a game where you use weather elements, like wind, rain, and lightning, to solve physics puzzles. I had been playing around with some physics sandbox games, like Garry's Mod, and I found that these games were all based on experimenting with mechanical interactions. I wondered if an organic style could also be fun. And what's more organic than a storm? Plus storms bring lightning and every game needs explosions.

Yoshiro Kimura is the creator of Little King's Story, likely the only game in history to be the inspiration for a giveaway of one hundred hamburgers, one hundred bananas, and one hundred coupons for a visit to a spa -- all simultaneously. We spoke to Kimura during Tokyo Game Show about the secrets of the Wii game, about that rather strange contest, and about a can't-miss concept for a game about an old man drinking on a bench.

Kingdom Hearts Union sat down for an interview with voice actor Quinton Flynn, the who is the voice of Axel in Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

Brave the twists and turns worthy of Fuji's fury!

We're not sure how the ZEN Pinball team does it, but they've managed to create another crossover DLC table for the popular PSN pinball game. The follow-up to the Street Fighter table pays tribute to Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden series. The official details will be revealed on the PlayStation.Blog soon, but we're pretty sure it'll be similar to the last DLC offering.[Thanks, HeavyToka!]

Check Out the rest of today’s videos for Wii Fit Plus, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, Spore Hero, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Dead Space Extraction, Band Hero, Thorium Wars, Word Searchers, Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop, Imagine Sweet 16, Squeeballs Party, Deca Sports 2 and Wacky World of [...]

Relentless Software is prepping the first episode of its PSN adventure game, Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle, for a December 17 release. The studio's first self-published game is inspired by classic murder mysteries of yesteryear, with players having to figure out "whodunnit." The first screenshots of the game showcase interrogations and puzzles, making good on our wish for a game "like Professor Layton meets ... uh, murder."Unique to the Blue Toad Murder Files is the promise of "one to four player co-operative gameplay." Our interest is certainly piqued by that feature, and we're hoping it'll amount to something a bit more significant than one person holding the controller while three other people yell in their ear.