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If you only play games with Ryu Hayabusa in them, then Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is likely to be your first experience with Koei's historical-ish brawler franchise. If you only play games with the ancient Chinese ruler Fu Xi in them, however, you're likely to be much better versed in the series. In either case, there's a Strikeforce for you: as reported, Fu Xi (and other characters from the Warriors Orochi series) appear in the Xbox 360 version, and Ryu in the PS3 version, both with exclusive missions that grant you the use of their "signature weapon" when completed. New galleries give you a look at Fu Xi and the extra-beefy crossover ninja. And a new trailer (above) does what it can to get you pumped about Strikeforce, the Dynasty Warriors game with not only characters from other franchises, but giant tigers in it!

This entire library movement into the world of video games seems to be paying off in multiple ways. More kids are hanging at the library, and they’re actually checking out books in-between rounds of Wii Sports Resort. It gets attendance up, word spreads, and more kids keep dropping in. Who would have [...]

Detective Shelby shows how to take a punch or three as this action packed quicktime footage shows!

Army of Two: The 40th Day's Salem and Rios are no strangers to the modern world. Sure, they may have acted a bit ... out of place during previous visits to EA Montreal and EA Headquarters, but that doesn't mean they're not fit for retail life. Take, for instance, the video above of the two trying their best to lend a hand to the fine folks at GameStop. They might be a bit rough around the edges, but that doesn't mean that they didn't get the most magazine upsells for the month of December (they did!) or that they aren't capable of re-alphabetizing the used PS2 section six or seven hundred times a day (they are!). Give them a chance, folks. Under the inhuman terror mask and bullet-proof chestpadding beats the heart of a human being.

This has to be some sort of mistake, right? SEGA isn’t making another Sonic Spinball game, are they? Actually, according to the listing, Capcom is the publisher! How much more screwed up can a listing be?! Oddly enough, SEGA is actually working with another company right now to create a Sonic [...]

These Wiimote cupcakes may not be as useful as Nyko’s own hardware devices, but I promise you that they are 100% more delicious…at least!

Looks like many a game industry vet is getting all misty-eyed and reflective on CES, a show that used to be E3 for gaming before E3 even existed! If you’re looking to step back into the gaming time machine once more, hit up the link below for some amazing CES 1990 pics. That [...]

Above you see a cropped image from a larger piece of art called “The Three Graces”. This painting was done by Vanillaware founder and president George Kamitani, and it involves the Greek and Roman goddesses of charm and beauty. We can’t show you the full painting here, because it’s a tad…umm…nude. With [...]

I’ll be damned…Call of Duty and House of the Dead are still holding very strong. I’d love to know how many units of each of those games are being sold every week. I’m sure someone out there could pour through hours and hours worth of Amazon data to get some sort of rough [...]

You guys know who Heathcliff is, right? Of course you…might not. Heathcliff was a wise-cracking cartoon cat…the lesser-known of the cartoon cats at that. Let’s just show you the cartoon’s intro to get you acquainted with the character. Direct link here Well, believe it or not, Heathcliff is coming back into the pop culture [...]

A portion of a Dtoid review… Even for someone who’s not really into flight sims, this game is a fun play. If you decide to pick up this game, then be sure to pick up the movie as well — it’s well worth the watch, and will make the game leagues more enjoyable.

Take a look at this screen grab from a Nintendo survey, sent in by reader Popple… Why the hell is Super Mario Sunshine not included in that list? Why has it been relegated to the ‘other’ section? That doesn’t make much sense to me at all. I know fans didn’t love the game [...]

Sumo Digital has stepped in to answer a few questions about Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing, and they’ve also had to do away with some false information. Below is a compilation of facts that come straight from Sumo. - no WiiConnect24 support - DS is 4-player local and online- - DS has single and multicard multiplayer - no [...]

Virtual arcade to be the destination for retro games.

Just three short years after the CES 2007 announcement that Microsoft's Mediaroom software would turn your Xbox 360 into an IPTV set-top box, Microsoft is finally ready to deliver on that promise (and no, the 2008 BT rollout doesn't count). "I'm happy to announce that later this year AT&T will also enable subscribers to U-verse to enjoy [the new Mediaroom 2.0] service on their Xbox 360 consoles," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told his keynote audience. This was in addition to U-verse support for Windows 7 and Windows Mobile, though the details on all three platforms end there. We'll be digging for more details at CES this week, but this is certainly promising news for the country's 2 million U-verse subscribers (and the "more than 20 million living units" that the service is purportedly available in).

On the heels of its CES 2010 keynote speech, Sony released a chest-pounding press release declaring worldwide sales "exceeding 3.8 million" of the PlayStation 3 during the 2009 holiday season. According to the company, "during the five weeks following the last week of November 2009" (ending on January 3, 2010), the console sold more than during any previous holiday season -- a 76 percent increase over last year's numbers. Alas, the PSP and the PSP Go were neglected a mention in the presser, though Sony did reiterate the 38 million PSN user number we'd heard a bit earlier. We'll have a clearer picture of what exactly the sales shook out to for North America when the latest NPD numbers arrive next week.

Hardware stats revealed at keynote address.

Super Stardust and Gran Turismo are Sony's 3D game stars at CES.

Remedy's Xbox 360-exclusive Alan Wake, described as "the TV show Lost, as written by Stephen King, and filmed by David Lynch," by Microsoft Entertainment & Devices head Robbie Bach will -- much like Fable II -- be expanded upon via additional downloadable episodes. Bach made the announcement concerning the long-in-development title during the company's CES 2010 keynote this evening, saying, "story-driven like a TV series, Alan Wake will be told in episodes with even more episodes available on Xbox Live after its launch this year." Let's just hope Remedy isn't taking cues from The Sopranos when deciding how long it will be between the release of the game's episodes.

Update: During its CES 2010 keynote, Microsoft's Robbie Bach announced 30 arcade titles will be available in the Xbox Game Room when the service launches this spring for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live. Hours following a leaked interview featuring Robbie Bach, Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a virtual arcade room for Xbox Avatars via this trailer unveiled at CES 2010. The Xbox Game Room is slated to hit the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live this spring, allowing players to visit a virtual room filled with classic arcade titles. According to the video, users will be able to customize their arcade rooms (presumably for Microsoft funny money) and challenge friends to a plethora of original arcade versions of games such as Centipede, Outlaw, and Star Raiders. The news that Game Room will also launch for Games For Windows Live raises the question, will the service see Avatars added in the near future? As the upcoming arcade is centered around entertainment for your virtual identity, we'd hope the service would see an interface upgrade bringing it closer to the Xbox's current NXE, rather than locking our poor Avatars up inside of an executable program.

The past year is touted as the biggest ever for Xbox.

Does this demonic pastiche pass the Devil's muster? GameTrailers Video Review passes the ultimate judgment.

While Microsoft's CES announcement that Xbox Live "is now an active community of over 20 million people" is somewhat blunted by Sony's claim of 38 million PlayStation Network accounts (though if our dozens of collective PSN accounts are any indication, some of us have more than one), Redmond did have some other numbers to share regarding Xbox and Xbox Live during tonight's CES keynote. First, "Nearly 10 million people have logged into Xbox Live's nongaming applications" including "Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm, Sky, Canal and Zune." We'll do the math for you: that's 50% of the Xbox Live audience, and those are all paying Gold users. More numbers: "Between Christmas and New Years Day, Xbox Live experienced its busiest week ever, adding a new member every second and a record of more than 2.2 million concurrent members online." And not a network failure in sight! Congrats, Microsoft! Lastly, "there are now over 39 million Xbox 360 consoles around the world," "more than 500 million games have been sold" and "$20 billion spent in retail." Feel free to bookmark this post for frequent consultation in your comment debates.

(click to embiggen) Update: Capcom's Twitter feed got a bit more informationey later on this evening, showing off the Capcom suite at CES, complete with "new hotness from MadCatz." Though the shot is significantly more blurry, it certainly seems to indicate a new arcade stick coming from MadCatz for Super Street Fighter IV. Considering the Consumer Electronics Show is happening right this minute in Las Vegas, it's no surprise that Capcom's Twitter account is busy teasing pictures of yet-to-be-revealed arcade sticks for the upcoming sorta-sequel Super Street Fighter IV. As you can see in the image above, an inky outline of Ryu overlooks a more colorful button set than the previous game's stick. Additionally, the shape of the controller's box certainly bears a striking resemblance to the Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition joysticks from MadCatz that were in such short supply last year. We've followed up with Capcom but were told there's no official comment just yet.

According to a press release summing up Microsoft's CES 2010 keynote that dropped just before Ballmer took the stage, the company will be releasing Project Natal in "holiday season 2010." We heard earlier today about what year the future controller would be arriving, but now, folks, now we know during which group of months it'll be arriving at retail. The release explicitly states that the still-codenamed Natal project is "scheduled to be available in holiday season 2010," adding that Natal "is only the most recent example of Microsoft's work creating natural user interfaces." With any luck, by E3 we'll have an actual name and maybe even a specific month for when we'll get to check it out at home! Until then, we'll have to get by with the inspirational video about Natal's origins created for today's release, embedded above.