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A portion of a Crave review… …if you want a mindless arcade style action game set in the Star Wars universe to pass the time than Battlefront just may be the game for you. It has decent graphics and sound effects and mixes up the action often enough to keep you thinking the game is bigger [...]

Well, are you smarter?

Remember the full size custom Warthog from the upcoming Halo fan film, Operation Chastity? It looks like the creation of more props is rolling right along, as HBO points out the handmade Brute spike grenade seen above. As you can see, it's made to scale, meaning it's huge compared to an average human, and even pretty hefty for a seven foot tall Spartan. The prop was created by smick6, who also created the excellent replica Brute Spiker we featured earlier this year. The (fake) grenade is made entirely of ABS plastic and (presumably) a lot of love. Assuming the quality of Operation Chastity is on par with its props, we just might be in for a treat when the film is finally completed.

Hudson released a pair of trailers for Calling, due out in Japan on November 19. We don't know if this will reflect on the actual scare content of the game, but the trailer above is creeeepy, bearing all the hallmarks of Japanese horror -- by which we mean terrifying little girls getting in your face, and that weird head-rattling motion (in this case performed by dolls). After the break, see another video demonstrating gameplay. Not only can the Wiimote be used to simulate the in-game cell phone, but apparently that phone can be used as a teleportation device? But ... that would only be possible if you were some kind of ghost. We're scared. Gallery: Calling (Wii)

A portion of an NWR review… That’s the huge problem with Nerf N-Strike Elite: the lack of content. All it has is a short story mode and the same shooting range for each gun. The co-op is fun, and the Nerf gun aesthetic is nifty, but there just isn’t a lot to do.

User reviews scores dipping into the low 1s.

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CrispyGamer has started a feature that has them traveling about the world to find the greatest independent game stores out there. Today they look at GameBuzz in Montreal, Quebec.

Cross dressing Miis and the worst Disney music since Hannah Montana.

And Alexander, and a growth system. The latest on Square Enix's RPG epic.

European owners of the PS3 version of The Beatles: Rock Band who decided to purchase the "Abbey Road" DLC are having an awfully difficult time coming together. A lengthy forum thread on the Rock Band message board tells of the woes of a number of overseas faux-rockers who, after downloading the content on their PS3, have lost the ability to access any of the game's online modes. A Harmonix developer responded to the complaints, asking for the specific circumstances of these server crashes and promising that the Beatles team is "investigating this issue to try to find out what's going on." That is to say, the Beatles: Rock Band development team -- not the Beatles themselves. We imagine they're a little too busy for this kind of thing. Update: A Harmonix representative just emailed us the news that this bug has been squashed. European PS3-owning DLC-purchasing Beatles: Rock Band players, you may now return to your regularly scheduled rocking.

It seems like only yesterday when players were complaining about Trophy-related issues in the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2. Wait a sec -- it was yesterday. According to a tweet by Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, a "trophy update" has been released. However, while said update fixes one problem, it apparently creates another. "It killed all multiplayer activity on MW2," tipster True_Darknight tells Joystiq. Today, launching the multiplayer mode from our own PS3 copy of Modern Warfare 2 did indeed prove futile, as we stared at the matchmaking screen for about five minutes before finally giving up.According to Bowling, PS3 owners can expect a "party invite update by Friday," which should hopefully resolve this issue. Until then, players will have to make due with the single-player campaign. It's not like this "multiplayer" thing is important, right?

Square Enix is planning to start 2010 off right in Japan: by selling a Dragon Quest game. The publisher announced that Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie, the last of the planned DS remakes, will be out in Japan on January 28, just over a month after another big RPG franchise release. We can now attempt a guess at when the North American release will take place, given the release dates of the last two games. Dragon Quest IV came out in Japan in November 2007, and then in America in September 2008 -- ten months apart. Dragon Quest V was released in July 2008 in Japan, and February 2009 in North America, just seven months apart. Therefore, Dragon Quest VI will probably be released in America in ... spring 2010. That's when every game is coming out. [Via Andriasang]

Posting on the PlayStation Blog, Creat Studios has detailed the release plans for its upcoming PSP Mini, Bubble Trubble. Featuring both survival and challenge modes, the bite-sized burst-'em-up will launch on PSN this Thursday, November 12, for $4.99.The color-matching gameplay has you connecting (presumably trubblesome) bubbles together, with similarly colored spheres fusing, expanding and then exploding in space-clearing catharsis. The commentary on humanity's self-destructive propensity for greed and the dangers of corporate conglomeration is perhaps a little too obvious, but the colors are nice.

A portion of a GameDaily interview with Heather Hawkins, a musician from STL Ocarina… Direct link here GD: How has The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time impacted not only the ocarina’s history, but also your business? HH: A large number of our customers were introduced to the instrument by the Ocarina of Time, so we’ve had a [...]

Another major RPG import to kick off the new year.

We’ve been featuring some of the cheap knock-off Wii/games that Walgreens has been selling, but now we can see that the retailer is very proud of their crappy gaming goods. They’ve dedicated an entire end-cap to display these products, and even have a TV hooked up for people to come by and play! [...]

“KOF” by Masao Finally, the King of Fighters/Kentucky Fried Chicken crossover we’ve all been waiting for. Wonder why it took so long!?

Going back to school never sounded so sweet.

Going back to school never sounded so sweet.

Going back to school never sounded so sweet.

Going back to school never sounded so sweet.

There’s a whole lot of love going around for the Game Boy in the past week or so. Something tells me that it has to do with the Game Boy being inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. I don’t really care what the reason is…I just love seeing the Game Boy [...]

Check out more screens in our Flickr set EDISON, N.J., November 11, 2009 - Rev up your scooter and deliver big profits in Pizza Delivery Boy from Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market. This unique Wii™ action title lets players use the Wii Remote™ as an all-in-one [...]

Gamepot (USA), Inc. gives gamers something to be thankful for with new item shop, in-game contests and more.

New community manager Andrew "Tamat" Beegle talks about the current state of the game and things to come.