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Massively multiplayer online fighting game includes heroes from fantasy, science fiction, history.

200 employees laid off, rest of staff absorbed into company.

Such a short, little LEGO Ryu, yet he’s still so angry! Even with a small stature, I still wouldn’t want to take the guy on in a fight!

Check out the latest commercials here (thanks NES_Boy!)

Somewhere between the jockstraps and gun racks, The Sports Authority will begin selling Wii and Wii Fit Plus in select stores. Company President David Campisi says, "Sports Authority recognized that the Wii console is a product that can help you stay active and have fun with your family at the same time, which is why the retail partnership with Nintendo is a perfect fit." Meanwhile, the American Council on Exercise finds the actual benefits of Wii Fit "underwhelming." But, forget the ACE telling us that doing the real-world versions of Wii Fit exercises is healthier, Sports Authority has a multi-million unit selling console and excercise program to sell! Who cares if it actually works -- or people use it? Sports Authority has sold plenty of products over the years to people looking to get healthy, and parents whose kids want to try a new sport, which then get used a few times and exist afterward as dust collectors 'til the end of days.

Nintendo seemed to be very happy about the Wii price cut, as well as the platform’s performance in the October NPD numbers. Do they have good reason to celebrate, or are they just glossing over a bigger issue that they should be worried about? Check out the article below for in-depth analysis of [...]

Watch us take Sackboy on the road.

How would you like some official walkthroughs for the just-released Kamen Rider Dragon Knight? Well, I have one for the Wii version and one for the DS version, if you should need them. Just hit up the links below to check them out!

Dallas based developer enters into an exclusive agreement with art production company 226 productions for development of an online title.

GameStop pre-order bonus adds player skin, gun.

Another mysterious trademark from a game dev. This time we have AQ Interactive’s ‘Deep Asylum’, and as usual, we have no word on what the project could be. AQ has had a major focus on the DS in recent months, so things may continue in that direction with this title.

You call in help from Charizard and Blastoise! Thanks to Dan for the heads up.

Well, that didn't take long. On the very day that New Super Mario Bros. Wii was released in North America, hackers Virus and Vash released Tanooki, a program that allows users to design their own levels in place of the game's existing locales. Coder Treeki also announced Reggie!, yet another level editor for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Whichever wins, everybody wins. Of course, these programs, while awesome, are pretty impractical for most of us, given that they run on a computer and thus work only with emulation. But, we must reiterate, these are awesome, and we appreciate the efforts of hobbyists everywhere who immediately make games better with their work. Check out example videos of both (with some NSFW language in annotations) after the break. [Via Gemaga]

Tuesday 17th November/… FORMULA ONE™ fans around the world will get the chance to take to the virtual grid and emulate their heroes as F1 2009 on the Nintendo Wii™ and PSP® races into stores across North America today, sprints into PAL territories on 19th November and accelerates onto UK streets on 20th November. The [...]

Check out more pictures here Englewood, Colo.– Two industry leaders are joining together to create a new way to experience fitness gaming. The Sports Authority, Inc.(”Sports Authority”) and Nintendo of America Inc. (”Nintendo”) are teaming up to help consumers trade static workouts for ones that involve fun and fitness for the whole family. The collaboration will allow [...]

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Another Tuesday, another entry in the ever expanding Xbox Games on Demand library. This week, it's Race Driver: GRiD, the well-reviewed 2008 racer from Codemasters. The game is available everywhere except Japan, which gets Raiden Fighters Aces, a fact that fills us with jealous rage. Still, if you're a fan of the Codies school of racing, you might consider picking it up (be sure to try the demo first). As usual, prices vary by region. Add GRiD to your 360 download queue [Via Major Nelson]

So you’ve been playing a lot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. A lot of time has been put into the multiplayer, as well as the challenges. What do you have to show for all your hard work? You can grab yourself a Mario emblem, which has him dressed up as ‘Price’, a [...]

We’ve found another retailer that is selling these Rabbids figurines, but it’s only available for those in Europe. Hey, it’s better than nothing!

Kids like the darnedest things.

The legend of Altair continues on the PSP.

Gearbox has declared that Borderlands, the studio's original RPG-FPS ("RPS") hybrid, is the current leader in the annual undercard, the race to fastest-selling new IP of the year. While it might not make it onto a second-printing retail box, the accolade is still significant, as it implies that a new game has at least been noticed among the familiar franchises that dominate the monthly sales charts. What better hook to land a publisher when pitching a sequel? Going by not entirely public NPD sales figures (in North America), Gearbox has determined that Borderlands had the most launch-week sales of any new IP in 2009. The only other title that could contest that would be Prototype, which enjoyed greater sales on the Xbox 360 platform (but just by 1,900 units) than did Borderlands when comparing the two games' respective launch months (419.9k vs. 418k units). However, Prototype, which released June 9, was available at retail for 11 more days during its launch month than was Borderlands (October 20). While we don't know total sales of either title during their launch months (both were released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC), it's reasonable to assume that Borderlands is the fast-selling new IP (during a launch week), if not the best-selling one in combined platform sales for a launch month in 2009. So, congratulations! But watch out for Dragon Age: Origins -- we hear it's fast, too.

The teaser site for Namco Bandai’s upcoming RPG has been updated with the images you see above, as well as the phrases below. “Solve a lost mystery” “A new adventure” “Unknown World” The images above are making me think that this game might be related to the Tales series somehow, which wouldn’t be a big surprise. We’ll find [...]

Publisher says previous reports from Russia were 'erroneous.'

We look back at the titles that dominated the genre.

See Sackboy run.

The checkered flag is waving.

Let there be new lands, let there be new adventures, let there be Sims.

The Sackboy cometh.

A select few players will be able to test the first 19 levels of the game on the first EU game server "Isa."