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The maniacs behind this brutal bed-time story overview the fairytale arsenal and tactics at your disposal.

When air pirates and Ottsels collide.

TNS, Gamesindustry.com, and SPIL GAMES today announced the launch of the 2009 Today’s Gamers International Survey results for the U.S. market. The survey focuses on demographics, time and money spent, and gaming trends across Europe and the United States involving all game platforms. According to the survey, American men and women spend significantly more time and [...]

It's like capture the flag, but with a flag that kicks and screams.

Talia's a 24-year-old woman with a new role to play.

click for moon-sizeToday, XSEED announced a slight title change for the North American release of Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. The company has chosen to go the same route as Rising Star Games and add the word Dreams to the title. Along with the announcement, the company sent out the new logo. It's based on the Japanese logo, but -- to be extremely nitpicky -- loses something with the extra line and the subtitle font. However, the game, as seen in new screenshots below, still looks lovely. And that's the part that matters, regardless of our petty complaints. The new title does have the bonus of making us think of Johnny Hates Jazz's "Shattered Dreams." Totally great song.

Where do you fall on the chart? Thanks to August for the heads up!

The new way to play.

Seriously -- is this game any good, or what?

So this Ottsel and air pirate walk into a bar. . .

Watch the Ride board in action.

I know, it’s pretty strange, isn’t it?! I know that Old Navy isn’t the first place you think of for your game purchases, and it probably isn’t even the last. I’d think of 7-Eleven before Old Navy, but that might change on Black Friday. The store appears to be giving away LEGO [...]

Direct link here Baraduke and its sequel are currently available on the Virtual Console in Japan. No word on North American release at this time.

If you’re an anime fan, you are no doubt familiar with Gainax. They are behind my favorite anime of all-time, FLCL. What does this have to do with Nintendo? Well, check out this image that is on the Gainax intro page at their Japanese website. A Super Score, Power Glove, a Master Sword [...]

New York, NY - (November 5, 2009) - Thrustmaster, the innovative PC and console accessory brand from Guillemot Corporation, is proud to unveil the T-Freestyle NW, the ultimate controller for snowboarding and skateboarding Wii™ fans. Experience the extreme action of boarding this winter from the comfort of your living room. Available just in time [...]

In a voluminous response to an investor question about moving to support high-definition output, Nintendo executives laid out their current thoughts on how and when to make such a move in their consoles. Of course, these thoughts shouldn't be taken as a definite indicator of Nintendo's plans, but they might suggest where the company could be headed in the next generation. And if these statements do reflect future events, Nintendo's next console will be HD-capable, but won't require that standard for every game. Genyo Takeda, GM of Nintendo's Integrated Research & Development Division, said that "moving to HD appears to me a natural flow" given the adoption of HD by television programming. "If we can find out the most appropriate medium, between SD and HD, and flexibly move around them depending on the game's contents, it will be good, I think," he suggested. Shigeru Miyamoto agreed, noting that HD wasn't the most important consideration for something like Wii Fit. "Won't HD be better for the games like Pikmin? The developers should choose the most appropriate graphical format depending on the software they make."

Have you ever bought a video game-related shirt? How about a gamer hat, jacket, or some other article of clothing? If so, you probably found yourself purchasing items from one of the many online clothing retailers that cater to gamers. The article below takes a look at some of the biggest game [...]

First, the Wii was obsession of Cartman in South Park and, more recently, the favorite leisure time activity of vampires and possessed people in True Blood. Now, it's broken away from the confines of your living room's television set and transcended to the realm of Hollywood cinema, as Nintendo's little white box is set to be featured in Steve Carell's upcoming CG joint, Despicable Me. The film chronicles the lives of a pair of warring supervillains: one is the world's best at being bad while the other, Gru -- Steve Carell's character -- is obviously not. A trailer recently released for the July 2010 film and in it, the Wii makes quite the cameo and is featured in a few different scenes. See, when you're the best that supervillainy has to offer, you can just lay around in your orange track suit on your matching couch, snacking on potato chips and playing Wii all day. Sounds like quite the life! [Via Go Nintendo]

Solve the most gruesome crimes in Vegas.

Direct link here CSI: Deadly Intent – The Hidden Cases for the Nintendo DS system lets players solve additional bizarre cases through an enhanced questioning system and game mechanics with unique touch game play. Players will feel like a real CSI character with heart-pounding interrogations, stylish visuals and a unique story structure that unveils the shocking [...]

You have to get into the game to win a tourney with these guys.

"omg they're selling out. they are humpin' the cash cow like activision has been till shes dried up . they're gonna beat the rock band name to a pulp until we are absolutely sick and tired of instrument rhythm games." -fffunfarm06"I'm so sick of these corny games. All of you people should just learn to play with REAL Legos." -Troy PowersLEGO Rock Band's very existence is something that both the Joystiq staff and community couldn't help but question. However, animator Matt Palmer revealed that developer TT Fusion also had doubts about the bizarre collaboration. "I know people were saying, 'Oh, they're flogging a Lego license again,'" he recalled during a Develop panel. "I'd say about 50 percent of our studio were for the idea, and about 50 percent were against it."Considering the game actually came out (this week!), it's apparent that the team eventually banded together to finish the project. Why the change of heart, though? "Many of us started realizing that we weren't just skinning one franchise on another," Palmer explained, noting the need to hand animate the blocky Lego celebrity characters to capture their various "signature styles." That's ... something. Right?

Connect to players across platforms!

The strategy of board games with the monstrosity of a monster movie marathon equals win.

Yarr, there be pirates in these here seas! Government-sanctioned pirates.

Despite the handicap of not being for sale in most of the world, Dragon Quest IX for the DS sold more copies than any other game in the world between July and September of this year, according to a Top Global Markets report. With 3,925,000 copies sold in Japan, it outsold the number two best-selling game for that period, Wii Sports Resort, by almost 1,000,000 copies -- and that game was available worldwide. Following Wii Sports Resort in the top five: Madden NFL 2010 at 2,612,000, Pokemon HeartGold And SoulSilver at 2,068,000, and Halo 3: ODST, which was only out for a week in Q3, at 1,847,000 copies. All these games have plenty more sales ahead of them as the holidays approach!