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More Mega Man for everyone.

Peripherals specialist Pinpoint Consumer Electronics announce today it has entered into an agreement to market officially licensed World Wrestling Entertainment video game accessories. These products include Crystal Cases for Nintendo DS Lite and DSi, a Console Case that fits both portables and a PSP Console Case. Each product features The Undertaker, John Cena and Rey Mysterio [...]

Lead developer Lennart Berg reveals the details and design behind this upcoming Hearts of Iron 2 game.

New footage of Disney's upcoming racing game.

Santa Claus is coming to your city.

Sadly, pre-ordering a copy of Divinity II: Ego Draconis from GameStop won't net you any divinity. Or any dragons, for that matter. What you do get for putting your money down on a copy of the Xbox 360 sequel to Divine Divinity is some exclusive in-game armor and armaments, representing the Blood Echelon, "a select lodge of elite Dragon Slayers who have earned the highest of distinctions on the battlefield." Both online and in-store pre-orderers will be entitled to look like they're in the Blood Echelon when they freely roam around Divinity II's landscapes, reading minds. But only if they buy the Xbox version: the PC release does not list any bonus items. Divinity II will be available December 29.

There's a good reason why no one remembers Street Fighter 1.

Details and pricing emerge for the add-on content.

The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks 4th commercial (nds,jpn) Just Dance (wii, usa) Just Dance (wii, uk) Power Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (nds,jpn) James Cameron’s Avatar The Game (wii,nds uk) Monochrome Boo & Baby Boo Kururin Boo (nds,jpn) Pen 1 Grand Prix Penguin no Mondai Special (nds, jpn) Thanks to Cadaver for the heads up!

Bayonetta wields the weapons of her enemies to assist her in battle.

You know those little jingles that video games play when you pull off a certain move, pick up an item, or defeat a level? Those songs are usually anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds long, if that. Well, the ‘Bad Dudes’ have put together a brand-new album that takes some of those famous [...]

It's been five years since Guerrilla released the original Killzone on PS2. Five years, one console generation, and seven PPEs later, Guerrilla crafted what remains one of the best looking games to date: Killzone 2. In its retrospective piece, Guerrilla compares how the tech and characters have changed in the five years spanning the two console games. Perhaps most surprising about the comparison is not how improved the PS3 game is -- rather, we're impressed at how well the PS2 game has stood the test of time. Perhaps it's time to revisit the PS2 original, for those of you lucky enough to own a backwards-compatible PS3.

What's it going to be on XBLA this week, an alien onslaught or a puzzle apocalypse? The choice is yours, whether it be Tecmo's Puzzlegeddon or Team17's Alien Breed Evolution. Either game will set you back 800 Microsoft Space Bucks (ten earth dollars), so it boils down to preference. Frankly, we've always been fans of mowing down waves of alien scum, but destroying your friends via brightly colored blocks has its charms too. Check out the latest XBLA in Brief and see which one speaks to you. Shortcut: Download the trial version of Puzzlegeddon [Via Xbox.com] Shortcut: Download the trial version of Alien Breed Evolution [Via Xbox.com] [iTunes] Subscribe to X3F TV directly in iTunes. [Zune] Subscribe to the X3F TV directly. [RSS] Add the X3F TV feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [M4V] Download the M4V directly.

We're always happy to see gaming encroaching on the rest of the world, a sign that it's becoming more culturally accepted and mainstream, but this example is so nerdy, it might actually be a step in the other direction. What you see on the right there is the classic NES Mario sprite, recreated in specifically-engineered bacteria by the nanobiology laboratories at the University of Osaka, Japan. We love the idea of gaming's leading man being transformed this way, we can't help but think how great it would have been if Team Osaka could have achieved the same effect with fungus. ... You know, because the Mushroom Kin --- oh, never mind. [Thanks, Modern Epicurian]

Play pinball with some of your PlayStation favorites with Pinball Heroes.

I think there’s one thing we can pull from this. Review scores don’t really seem to matter all that much on the Wii side of things. All of these titles are doing great, and while they all fall in the 80s range, there’s clearly a quality difference in New Super Mario Bros. Wii [...]

This trailer for Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, the new PS3 version of the once Xbox 360-exclusive RPG, starts off by introducing a bunch of characters. It's like the trailer is showing off that all these anime stereotypes and more can be yours if you just play the game. And then there's some fighting. If you like the Japanese voice work you hear in this trailer (that is, if you don't mind not being able to understand it), remember that the International release will feature both English and Japanese voice tracks, in addition to several subtitle languages. It'll be out February 9, just before the spring 2010 release of an actually new tri-Ace RPG. [Via Famitsu]

Stuff every genre into one game and you get a masterpiece. Or a mess.

Check out more screens in our Flickr set Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today unveiled new details and mini-game mechanics for Walk It Out! Coming to retail stores nationwide on Wii™ in January 2010, Walk It Out! is a unique game that marries a high-energy/low impact fitness game with rhythm-based gameplay to make for a fun and [...]

A double bit of Konami action for today’s journey down the gaming alphabet. Classic characters that have been with the gaming industry for years, and are sure to make many more appearances as gaming rolls on. If Castlevania and Contra were to disappear from gaming, I think I might do the same.

Colorful and clever casual game set for January release promises to brighten and banish any post-holiday blues.

For Kane and Lynch, a normal life is out of the question.

Q-Games and Santa Monica Studios present a new take on tower defense gaming with Monsters Deluxe.

Dave Pottinger joins the growing Dallas-based game studio as Director of Technology.

Dive into the handheld experience of NBA 10 The Inside on PSP and take your favorite team to the championship!

NBA 10 The Inside comes with a few arcade style mini-games to burn your time away.

Exciting Trickster Online: A New Discovery Guild Vs. Guild tournament and special Christmas events starting this week.