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Yesterday's EA earnings call was packed with tidbits about upcoming games but, as reported by VG247, there was time for some minor mudslinging as well. During the call, EA CEO John Riccitiello was asked about industry health and tie ratios, and said "I think a... factor in 2009 was sort of a lack of aggressive pricing on first-party if you will, a little bit too late with their price-cuts."

He later added that console use was actually up, even in the face of social gaming platforms like Facebook. So, think what you will about Riccy's stance on price cut timing, the one thing that's certain is that we're not to blame.

Punch! Kick! Pop! It's PopTag!

The speculation continues on, with Pokemon fans feverishly debating just who that silhouette represents. I’m not nearly Pokemon educated enough to hedge a bet, but I’m thinking that at least one of the most common predictions has to be right. Quick, state your prediction while there’s still time left!

What did I do to deserve this, my lord!? That is both the question on NIS America's mind and the new title of its series, once known as Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! The publisher announced that it's changing the name of the Acquire-developed action-strategy game in response to "a conflict of interest with an existing IP." We're guessing the trademark issue in question is with a certain comic book franchise owned by Warner Bros. -- Plastic Man, obviously.

This week has not been kind to NIS. Just yesterday, the Japanese parent company reported a 95 percent drop in profits, and now the American branch has to change the name of one of its franchises midstream. The good news is that the name change doesn't affect the May 4 release date for what is now called What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? 2.

Is it Peanut Butter Jelly Time? Naughty Bear says no.

Are you looking for somewhere that can give you a quick rundown on any Metroid information you could ever want? The Metroid Wiki should be the perfect place to do so. Of course, the Metroid wik isn’t run by Nintendo, but with plenty of fans pouring in the information, you should be able [...]

The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 clash in hellfire as Dante's Inferno strives to perform on both consoles.

Nexon brings Asia's BnB Crazy Arcade to North America.

More pics here (thanks Chaos_Warchild!) Support: * T-ELOS * Saya: Reiji and Xiaomu’s rival, special attack participation Enemy: * Vanner Gant: elder brother of the Gants * Hera Gant: elder sister of the Gants * Jorm Gant: the youngest of the Gants Prologue [...]

Major Nelson has a dropped a partial February schedule for Xbox Live Marketplace content, including a particularly nice Deal of the Week. Specifically, next week's deal, beginning February 15, will be Battlefield 1943 for only 800 ($10). If you've yet to pick up the game, $10 is definitely a good price. Also dropping next week, both Resident Evil 5 and Beautiful Katamari will arrive on Games on Demand.

The post also notes that this week marks the end of the second season of 1 vs 100. Tonight's episode (9:00pm ET/6:00 pm PT) will feature Magda Apanowicz from SyFy's series Caprica. For the season finale this Friday (10:00pm ET/7:00 pm PT), the game will feature 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor and Bungie's Marty O'Donnell.

See the full XBLM schedule after the break.

Man, Nintendo platforms are getting a lot of love when it comes to Tetris. We know that Majesco is putting out a retail version of Tetris for the Wii and DS, and now it looks like Hudson is going to offer up a downloadable version. With the game being listed for DSi, it [...]

Development being handled by a seperate studio.

Just like in North America, fans that are eager to try out Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth can now download a demo for your DS via the NintendO Channel. This is the same web demo that we featured some time ago, but now you can actually get a feel for it on the DS. [...]

As we heard from Famitsu leaks, Arc System Works' arcade Blazblue followup is coming home to consoles. Blazblue: Continuum Shift will feature the three new characters added to the arcade release -- Tsubaki Yayoi, Hazama, and λ-11, as well as one new console-exclusive character, the cyborg μ-12.

According to Siliconera, the new home release will also include a beginner mode, and the strategic Legion Mode introduced in BlazBlue Portable. So you'll be able to randomly mash buttons as usual, but you'll win territory by doing so. No time frame or consoles are known at the moment, but the original BlazBlue was released on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

NVIDIA Optimus technology seamlessly swaps between integrated and dedicated GPUs for maximum performance and extended battery life in notebooks.

The other day, we showed you an Amazon listing for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on Wii. It turns out that the listing was indeed spot-on, as Ubisoft has just confirmed a Wii version of the game being in the works. All we know is that this version of the game is [...]

Check out new live events, in-game gifts and more in Warhammer Online, Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online.

If there’s one creature that can claim to be a true party animal, it’s got to be Pavé. This critter’s appetite for candy is second only to his love of Festivale – the time of year when the dull days begin to disappear and dancing moves to the top of everyone’s agenda. Pavé himself will be [...]

More than 1.5 million games sold in 2009.

Among the handful of Ubiscoops about 2010's releases coming out of today's investor call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot brought up the tactical Tom Clancy franchise Ghost Recon. Beyond the already revealed platforms for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Guillemot detailed the franchise's further ubiquity, saying the next Ghost Recon game will "be on all platforms: 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, [and] DS." He noted that the Wii version of Ghost Recon will "be done by a different team" with a "different approach ... created for that Wii population." Presumably, the game will involve standing on the balance board to approximate a sniper's breathing -- and it'll also be made up entirely of mini-games. Whoa, whoa -- calm down there killer. We're just joshin' ya!

He also confirmed something we've been mentioning for months now: "There will be more competition in the first eight months than in the last four." Get your calculators and spreadsheets out, folks -- early 2010 is gonna be a bruiser like we've never seen before (on our bank accounts, that is).