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Take control of troops on either side of one of the most vicious battles of all time in Lionheart: Kings' Crusade.

Argentinian illustrator Haz has created a set of video game art pieces, all created out of thirty rows of colored blocks. Each game must fit the same pyramid scheme, which makes it a little tougher to accurately portray certain games. Hit this link to see if you can figure out what Haz’s other [...]

Magic is building.

It’s something that can only be cooked up in a fan’s mind. Who else would think of mashing the worlds of Mario and Travis Touchdown together? Nintendo and Grasshopper are never going to collaborate on a project like this, so you’ll have to take this fan-creation and make the best of it! Grab it [...]

The one where we actually answer your questions.

Filed under: Podcasts The Xbox 360 Fancast is back from our Turkey Day Vay-cay, and now it's time for some good, old-fashioned talkin' about games. We've got a ton of news to go over and lots of fanmail too. On top of that, we revisit the topic of Left 4 Dead 2's difficulty level. As if that weren't enough, hear us rant and rave about the movies that defined a generation. Download it, listen to it and make good life choices. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3). [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in Zune Marketplace (MP3). [RSS MP3] Add the Xbox 360 Fanboy Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [MP3] Download the MP3 directly. Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander) and Dave Hinkle (KnifefightYoDad) Produced by Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Mykonos" by Fleet Foxes. For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group

Tecmo just sent over a bunch of new media for CING's upcoming DS CSI-er, Again. Created by the Hotel Dusk dev house, Again follows supernatural FBI agent Jonathan Weaver -- a man looking for answers to his family's death. He does this through his uncanny ability to look at past crimes while examining those same locations in the present. It's kind of like that black light they use on hotel rooms in news exposes, except there's less chance of seeing something that will scar you for the rest of your life because this is a DS game. Aside from a healthy amount of new screens to examine, we've also got two new videos showing off puzzles surrounding a clock and a shower curtain, the latter of which shows you how Jonathan uses his special ability. You can check out the first video above, but you'll need to see your way past the break for the other.

Harry Potter and friends get a LEGO makeover.

Easy Piano becomes the first game to offer a piano key peripheral!

Direct link here “I knew that the clouds would be simple enough for people to latch on to, and I knew that in order to make art that dealt with technology, you had to, in a way, have the art not directly be about specific technologies. I mean, we think everyone played Nintendo, but really, hardly [...]

Check out what the house of Wallace and Gromit can do with Flipnote Studio.

Sony's next big "Play Create Share" game, ModNation Racers, will be available for everyone to play starting December 18th -- provided you have a beta code from LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition or a Qore subscription. The beta will run all the way through January 10th, giving testers ample time to try out the many tools included in the beta, such as the character creation system (viewable after the break). The PlayStation.Blog and a number of other sites are bound to be giving away beta codes. If you're not willing to shell out the dough for LBP or Qore, these contests may be the only way to get an early sneak peek at United Front Games' racer.

Don't call it a comeback. 2009 was a hell of a ride.

Emberwind has flown into stores and online, available for both PC and Mac.

1.06 update coming soon, several glitches fixed.

Let yourself run free in the city with the upcoming Wii version of Free Running.

Though Assassin's Creed 2 has been enjoying near-universal praise from critics, apparently some folks have taken umbrage with the game's intro as it pertains to Ezio before he becomes a calculated killing machine. When VG247 recently asked the game's writer, Corey May, how he felt about that complaint, he told them that "it was necessary to spend time with Ezio as a carefree adolescent." While he admitted that the development team could have "refined the sequence so that it either moved faster or provided the player with more action-oriented activities," he remained steadfast that "it needed to be more than a token five minutes." May said the developers will try to "sharpen" the experience next time around, but even if the execution may have been perceived by some as less than perfect, "the idea of the beginning of the game" is what mattered most to him. We're behind you, Mr. May. Stabbing dudes sure is a ton of fun, but a little bit of context goes a long way.

Would you like this on your wall? The first 1,000 people in the US and Canada to pre-order Dementium II at an "authorized retailer" (including Amazon and GameStop) and send their mailing addresses and scans of their receipts to: "dementiumii [at] southpeakgames [dot] com," will receive this poster, signed by Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham and Gregg Hargrove. Surely, there's room on your wall between the Muramasa scroll and the shelf you nailed up to rest your Mario lunchpail upon on its days off. The Dementium II poster was previously given away in a Halloween promotion, but was apparently popular enough among hand-from-face fans to warrant a return engagement. Speaking of Dementium II and creepy imagery, SouthPeak opened a teaser site for the horror sequel. You can visit it here ... if you dare! Which you probably do.

Direct link here This thing will never hit the App Store, but it may make the homebrew circuit. You can be sure that Nintendo will try to smash this one down, but their luck with this sort of thing hasn’t been so hot lately!

This set of custom Punch-Out!! action figures was created by Fugazi, and he’s done an absolutely amazing job. These suckers need some mass production! I’d buy the whole damn set if I saw this in stores!

Old-school Mario is news again as New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold at Sonic-speed throughout its Japanese launch last week. Andriasang reports that the platformer sold 422,000 copies in its first day (December 3), with Famitsu following up that NSMB Wii moved 936,734 units by Sunday, December 6, its "first week" at retail, stomping the previous week-one sales record held by Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816k). And with that, Mario has pulled off his hat trick, scoring in Japan's top three first-week bestsellers, which also includes Mario Kart Wii (608k). Monster Hunter 3 (583k) follows in fourth place. In other news, Joystiq Publishing, in collaboration with acclaimed developer Nincom, is pleased to announce "Mushroom Hunter Wii," the VIDEO GAME EVENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION -- for Wii -- exclusively in Japan (while supplies last). Pre-order today! [Via GamesIndustry.biz] Source - Big Start for December Wii titles [Andriasang] Source - ミリオン目前、『New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii』の初週販売本数が発表 [Famitsu]

I wonder if Shadows of the Empire is ever going to see a re-release on the Virtual Console. I’d be all over that one!