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Wii Sports Even if you loathe Wii Sports and all it stands for, you can’t deny how truly groundbreaking it was. This game is the reason why Sony and Microsoft have come up with their own motion controllers. We could be heading into a game industry where motion control is standard in every controller [...]

Mr. Parish continues down the gaming alphabet, and today is the first time we bust into the letter C! I’m thinking the ‘Cs’ will be full of all sorts of classic gaming characters, so hang tight for all of those!

Legend of Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma says in the latest Edge magazine that the scale of the upcoming Wii release is what's foremost in his team's mind during development. Twilight Princess, he says, was the first Zelda game where they went for a more realistic feel in terms of size and scope of the world, and yet he feels that they weren't quite able to adapt all of their gameplay ideas to that larger space. As opposed to the DS-based Spirit Tracks, which Aonuma says started out in a much more traditional place, and thus was a little easier to "realize." Aonuma says his team is starting out with a larger, grander world in the new Wii Zelda, and from there hopes to fill it up with all sorts of Zelda-esque game ideas. He and the team may not have been able to do everything they wanted with the adult Link-sized Hyrule the first time around (not that it wasn't well-received anyway), but they're planning to give it another hookshot in the next game.

Filed under: Xbox Live Marketplace Because nothing goes with the egg nog and sugar cookies as well as baby murder, right? As expected, the demo for Dante's Inferno has descended into the seventh level of the Xbox Live marketplace, which means that you Xbox Live Gold members can hack and slash your way past all of the buzz and see if the gameplay floats your ferry right across the River Styx. The demo is 1GB in size, and while we didn't see it available on the console itself (though it should be there soon), you can follow this link on over to the Xbox website and queue up the download from there. Just don't come crying to us when Grandma's shocked after walking in and seeing what you're doing on the "gamebox." Make sure you know where the smelling salts are.

We'll make this one quick: Today's Xbox Live deal has cut the cost of Live Arcade's recommended skip-reverse-plus-4 sim, Uno Rush. Microsoft has taken 50% off the top, leaving a mere 400 MS Points behind. That's $5! Also, did you see what we did there at the beginning? "We'll make this one quick." Uno Rush. Pretty amazing stuff. Maybe you should give the $5 to us for our fabulous wordplay. Add Uno Rush to your Xbox 360 download queue

Seriously, you haven’t purchased World of Goo yet? What on earth are you thinking!? Not only is this one of the best indie games available, it also happens to be one of the best titles for Wii! You don’t even have to leave your house to purchase it, and it costs a [...]

Update: And we have a winner! Congratulations, Brian M! Buying games is always fun -- and we've made it easy with our Holiday Buyer's Guides -- but it's even better to receive them ... in one gigantic stack! In that spirit, Microsoft has generously donated download codes for many of the Xbox Live Arcade games featured in our Marketplace Buyer's Guide, including 'Splosion Man, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Castle Crashers, N+, Geometry Wars 2 and many, many more. Plus, we're tossing in a one-year subscription code for Xbox Live Gold! To enter for your chance to win: Leave a comment on this post telling us which downloadable games -- for any and all platforms -- you hope to buy with the cash and credit your receive over the holidays You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) Limit 1 entry per person This entry period ends at 12:00PM ET on Thursday, December 24 We'll randomly select one winner at that time to receive redemption codes for Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Carcassonne, Geometry Wars 2, Castle Crashers, N+, 'Splosion Man, Puzzle Quest, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Alien Hominid HD, Mega Man 9, Ikaruga, Galaga Legions, Pac-Man Championship Edition, UNO Rush, A Kingdom for Keflings, Rez HD, Assault Heroes 2, TMNT 1989 and Bomberman Live for Xbox Live Arcade [Total ARV: $190] and a redemption code for a 1-year Xbox Live Gold subscription [ARV: $50] -- please check your emails! For a list of complete rules, click here. Happy holidays and best of luck! What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. For more info on our policy, click here.

Cave Story, first announced in October 2008 for release that same year, has missed 2009. In a blog post, Nicalis confirmed that the remake of the brilliant freeware title won't be available until "after the new year." The last we'd heard, it had been submitted to Nintendo for approval in November, so it's likely that the holdup is with the platform holder. In more positive news, Nicalis also revealed what the deal was with the alternate-color Quote sprite that it's been teasing on its Twitter account: it's the outfit the player character wears in the new Easy mode, one of three difficulty modes. Hard Mode, which gives you only 3HP and no missiles, features Quote in blue with blonde hair. The developer also has "a LOT" of DLC planned, "AND we're taking possible requests." Finally, as a little stocking stuffer (or ear stuffer), Nicalis posted three remixed Cave Story tunes. Huzzah for the holidays!

Pangya has a new way of finding treasure with all-new Treasure Hunt event where players vie for real world prizes.

Alison Carroll - The real-life Lara Croft I don’t often say stuff like this…but I can’t help myself. Alison Carroll is really, really attractive! I hope she’s around for the next Tomb Raider game. I don’t think I’ve gotten enough time to ogle her yet!

Welcome Alan Jackson to your hard drive.

As far as I know, there wasn’t a He-Man game on the NES. How in the world did that not happen? I hope I’m wrong, and I’m just forgetting a game that was surely terrible.

While North American gamers have had the update for quite some time now, thatgamecompany has announced that European flOw fans are finally getting Trophy support for the moody, aquatic microorganism simulator. According to the dev's official blog, the Trophy update is now available to European and UK players. If you're looking for a leg-up on the additions, make sure to check Joystiq's own flOw Trophy list. Gallery: flOw

Interested in revisiting the world of everyone's favorite action professor, minus all the live-action footage? Xbox Live has got you covered with a brand new demo of the recently released LEGO Indiana Jones 2. The LEGO-fied version of Indy's latest includes new levels from his original adventures, as well as hilarious antics from The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Sadly, the game does not include a "punch Shia LaBeouf endlessly for helping to ruin so much of our beloved past" mode. We're hoping for that addition to come in the form of DLC. Add the LEGO Indiana Jones 2 Demo to your Xbox 360 download queue

“Shizanketsuga” (“Fierce Battle”) by Chinggis Have you been playing your copy of Muramasa: The Demon Blade? Did you even pick up a copy?! If you didn’t, I hope you get one for Christmas! This is a Wii game that’s sure to make any action fan happy.

Welcome to the world of tomorrow.

Welcome to the world of tomorrow.

Welcome to the world of tomorrow.

Yasunori Mitsuda is one of the men behind the Chrono Trigger soundtrack, as well as countless other fantastic audioscapes. For this holiday season, Mr. Mitsuda has released a full piano track for all to hear on his official website, and it’s completely free. Just click over and let the flash intro load, and [...]

(An excerpt from "How The Grinch Robbed 200 Houses and Cars in the Bronx.") Then he slithered and slunk, with a heart black as onyx, Around the whole room, stealing all electronics! Laptops! Fax Machines! iPhones! Three-sixties! (The latter of which would prove fairly tricky.) And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney! And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say The Grinch played that Three-sixty, and without delay -- the Westchester bobbies, with Microsoft's aid, located the Grinch-lair, and began to invade! And they brought back the toys! And the tell-tale console! And the Grinch went to jail. (He'd skipped out on parole.) [Via HotBloodedGaming]