All Topics Gaming older than one year ago

2.5 million registered players worldwide.

EA has detailed a special edition of Dante's Inferno, titled the "Divine Edition," which is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3 next February. For the same $60 the Xbox 360 version costs, EA will give you the "special edition," which includes a developer commentary, a Wayne Barlowe "digital art book," the game's soundtrack, and ... wait for it ... a digitized "complete Longfellow translation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno." That's right, folks -- you can read the classic work on the same system that's being used to tear it apart. The demo is currently available on the PlayStation Network and will land on Xbox Live on December 24th.

A Paris criminal court recently ruled in favor of Divineo, a company that sells DS flash carts. In a statement, Nintendo said that it was "extremely disappointed with the decision by Paris Criminal Court to find Max Louarn, his company, Divineo, and other co-defendants not guilty in the criminal case involving the sale and distribution of game copying devices," and that the company "welcomes the prosecutor's decision to appeal the judgment. As a victim Nintendo will join his appeal." In the statement, Nintendo noted that Divineo still owes the company damages from a ruling made in Nintendo's favor in Hong Kong last year. Last month, a Spanish criminal case was dismissed against a company selling DS flash carts, with the judge in that case ruling that the carts are not illegal since they can be used for many non-infringing purposes.

Plenty of reasons to shop around as THQ goes pre-order promotion crazy.

Play MMO's and help the real world.

The revered survival horror game franchise makes its debut on Wii.

The revered survival horror game franchise makes its debut on Wii.

Modern Warfare 2 has made blowing up American capitals so passé. EA Montreal is far more visionary, preemptively blowing up the largest city of our future masters: Shanghai. The explosive intro to Army of Two: The 40th Day certainly fits the studio's new "blockbuster-type" focus and reassures doubters that this game will be a more serious affair than the first. Perhaps you've noticed the deliberate lack of bromance in this clip?

Expansion coming for the interstellar strategy game.

Stars line up to provide voices for BioWare's upcoming sequel.

At last, Q-Games' underground astronaut-rescuinh, lava-navigating simulator, PixelJunk Shooter, hits the PlayStation Store today. We suggest you take a moment to call up the underground astronauts in your life, and thank them for their tireless service. Also added to the PSN: A cton of downloadable PSP games, including Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed! Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list: (Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

An ESRB rating has revealed a new Wii game published by Disgaea creator NIS America, with the catchy title of "Viral Survival." The ratings board describes a game "in which players direct small 'cartoony' DNA-strand creatures around a game board," collecting other DNA strands and avoiding viruses. This sounds like peakvox escape virus, an obscure WiiWare title that snuck into Japan in June. That game involved chaining DNA creatures and navigating them between virus blobs, occasionally gaining the ability to destroy them with "immunity" missiles. NIS America seems to simply have an interest in picking up games about viruses, like the hilariously localized Puchi Puchi Virus.

Shanghai becomes a warzone in the opening cinematic to Army of Two: The 40th Day.

Sony's wand given a proper title. Maybe.

Shonoa is definitely attractive, but I’d be scared as hell if I ever met her in real life. Sure, she fights for the good of the world, but you know she would just kick your ass if an argument ever came up! I think I’d be okay with being whipped (no pun intended) [...]

I got to see the Mortal Kombat movie on my birthday, because the film launched in North America a day before my birth! What a great birthday present that was. I really liked the film, and still do! It’s stupid fun, it has some cheesy/fantastic special effects, and the soundtrack is infamous! Article [...]

We already posted the news of a Japanese TV program interviewing the IGN team over their infamous ‘reaction’ picture from a Nintendo press conference, but now we actually have the video that was produced!

Street Fighter II Yeah, I’m pretty sure the gaming world is much better off with Capcom changing things up for Street Fighter II. That first game wasn’t much to write home about, but the sequel became one of the most influential games of all-time.

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom is right around the corner, so you better get very well acquainted with these Tatsunoko stars! These figurines by Rotobox are really well made, which explains why they’re $260-$300 a piece. You can check out more pics here, and then decide if you want to drain your wallet or not!

We showed you the non-subscriber cover earlier today, and now you can see that subscribers get to enjoy the Mega Man 10 art as their official cover! Inafune certainly seems pretty happy to have Mega Man 10 gracing the 250th cover!

Looks like Nintendo’s latest survey is all about the competition! I’m sure Nintendo doesn’t feel threatened by EA Sports Active, but they’d sure like to know what the average consumer thinks of it. If plenty of people intend to purchase, Nintendo might consider going ahead with more Wii Fit in the future. [...]

Nintendo has talked about Apple in the past, but they’ve never come forth and said that they see them as a competitor. Most recently, Iwata went to great lengths to discuss how Nintendo is different from Apple, and how it’s Nintendo’s job to show consumers that they can’t get a portable experience anywhere near [...]

The underwater exploration sequel's coming in February, and it's also got a fresh name change and boxart.