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The next season of Manga Fighter will feature all-new content that dramatically changes the gameplay experience.

Industry veteran joins management team as publisher focuses more strongly on development.

Last month, the extremely certain pop-rock outfit No Doubt sued Activision for allowing their likenesses to be used in Band Hero, where players could perform the game's entire catalog of songs as the Stefani-fronted group. According to the complaint, this feature turned the band's appearance in the game into a "virtual karaoke circus act." Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter dug up a countersuit filed against the band by Activision, who claimed No Doubt was in breach of a contract between the two parties, and had reaped unjust enrichment as a result. Activision's main response to No Doubt's claim is that that the band requested their likenesses be limited to perform the band's own songs in-game -- however, it made this request "only after the Band Hero programming was finalized." Activision seeks an unspecified amount of damages and interest from the band, as well as court and attorney fees, and a return of all payments dispersed to the band for their initial involvement. Jeez, Activision. Might as well go ahead and ask for the kitchen sink while you're at it. [Via GamePolitics]

TT Games has been at it for some time now with these Lego-themed games, taking on everything from Star Wars to Rock Band -- each entry sharing the same thread of goofy, self-referential comedy and low barrier to entry. The new trailer for Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 takes these recurring tropes and adds them to the world of Hogwarts, Muggles, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, sprinkling in iconic moments from the first four books throughout. With the first half of the final Harry Potter film hitting theaters next November, though, we worry it might be awhile before we get our hands on the block-breaking version of Harry.

While playing through Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for review, our very own Richard Mitchell stumbled upon a pretty neat thing: classic Konami coin-op arcade cabinets. Sadly, you can't play the cabinets in-game, but it's a nice Easter egg for fans, if we may say so. There's Contra, Rush'N Attack and -- our personal favorite -- Gradius. Check 'em out in the video above.

Shocking twists and unexpected turns rock the world of Monkey Island in thrilling climactic episode out now.

Using GamerDNA results as a guideline, DFC Intelligence charted the popularity of 360 games last month, and there are some interesting revelations. For one: Every person alive or dead, including the author of this post, is playing Modern Warfare 2 as we speak. Okay, so that's a slight exaggeration but it was very popular, with somewhere between 22 and 17 percent of GamerDNA's Xbox 360-playing subjects playing the game throughout all of November. Also somewhat surprising is just how well Borderlands - which, let's be honest, didn't have the biggest marketing push - did, handily holding on to second place until the release of Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed 2. Admittedly this list doesn't reflect the time spent by those who aren't online, but do you seriously care about those commoners anyway?

This was the very first bit of Mario history that I owned. I used to love this puzzle, having put it together at least 50 times. I still have the puzzle stored away in my basement, and looking back on the art now always gives me a chuckle. Who knew that this [...]

Yes, these sort of mall kiosks are still around. It seems that they open up right around Christmas time, and then vanish soon thereafter. This particular kiosk in a mall in Salem, NH is stocking all sorts of N64/Wii rip-offs, complete with unlicensed games. Remember, if you don’t like seeing this sort [...]

Dice puzzle game rolls out of the gate.

Take a look at what will be sitting on store shelves on January 18.

Season 6 winner along with show's key celebrities and contestants to be featured in the game.

Twenty percent off for service men and women.

Now here’s a video game magazine that is unlike any other on the market. ‘exp.’ is a brand new gaming mag that takes things in a completely different direction. Let’s take a look at the official info blurb on this mag. exp. is a new, 32-page video game ‘zine entirely written and produced by [...]

Will this new take on the old Silent Hill still get inside your head? The GameTrailers video review shines some light on the scariest town in gaming.

Former Nexon CEO, joins North American operations.

Well actually, it’s going to be a little hard to rock out on this baby. It’s a one-of-a-kind piece, but the creator has put together a step-by-step guide showing how this project came to be. You can check out more pics of this sucker here (thanks SL92!)

Wondering what was said during the intro video for Tales of Graces? Well wonder no more, as a fan-translation has come in. On that day, I thought it was all over, but now I can say that I’ve only just begun to flap my wings. Your warmth spreads from the palm of your hand to a crevice in [...]

More content for your city planning needs.

Premium download pack 'The Midnight Show' available now.

The great doors of Icecrown Citadel will be forced open.

Our friend Mr. Raroo has put together the winners from his ‘Raroo Fun System Challenge’ article, which we linked to awhile back. The objective was to make a fake game idea for the fake Raroo console, and now the winners are up for your viewing pleasure! Mr. Raroo was even nice enough to [...]

Unlock Solomon's secrets.

As I’ve said many times before, I absolutely hate this Twitter revolution. I don’t understand why people enjoy it so much. One of the big reasons I happen to dislike it is because of the huge amount of fake accounts out there. Today, another account has been revealed to be a fake. [...]