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Wielding weapons of destruction, witness the women fight to reclaim the Wild West.

Bonfire of the Vanities is the second piece of downloadable content for Assassin's Creed II, after the lacklustre Battle of Forli. Let's hope it's a better use of your time. Bonfire sees Ezio...

There are conflicts, and then there are wars.

Nintendo of America announced today that the Metroid: Other M, the second proper Metroid game for the Wii, will release in North America on June 27. The Nintendo, Team Ninja and D-Rockets...

Apparently selling four million copies in Japan did something to impress Nintendo, as the company announces it will be publishing Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in North...

Which Prince of Persia game features "superb graphic detail and incredibly fluid animation" and "more thrills than a saber duel with a thousand sultans"? If you answered, "Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands," you'd ... well, you'd probably be right. But that text first appeared on the SNES box of 1992's Prince of Persia, an enhanced port of Jordan Mechner's original vizier vanquish-'em-up.

Nintendo announced at its San Francisco media event today that the SNES game will be included in the Wii version of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which is slated for release on May 18. Earlier this month, rumors suggested that Prince of Persia Classic -- a direct remake of the original game, initially released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network -- would be included in The Forgotten Sands. Instead, Wii owners get classic Prince of Persia exclusively.

Don't fret too much about the platforms, though. You're probably in for more thrills than a saber duel with a thousand sultans no matter what.

Nintendo Announces Launch Dates for Nintendo DSi XL, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M

Classic RPG series finally coming stateside.

While Nintendo threw a release date party in San Francisco today, Disney Interactive quietly revealed the scheduled arrival of Split/Second on May 18 to Joystiq in an email this morning. "The Split/Second release date is May 18 in the US and the name in the US is still Split/Second ... Split/Second: Velocity is only for Europe and will be released on May 21," the publisher clarified.

Now Gamer recently reported the UK release date exclusively alongside the reveal of a new moniker in the EU. We've asked Disney for more details on the possibility of a demo for the Black Rock-developed racer and will let you know as soon as we hear more.

Ska Studios takes The Dishwasher to a "bigger, better, and more badass level" in The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, coming to Xbox Live Arcade "when it's done," with visitors to PAX East getting their...

At today's Nintendo Media Summit, Nintendo dropped some pertinent details about Capcom's very successful and Wii Speak-compatible hunt-em-up, Monster Hunter Tri. The game will release on April 20 in North America and will be free to play online. Additionally, GameStop pre-orderers will receive a demo disc on March 8.

The free-to-play announcement is today's most welcome news about the game, which is pay-to-play in Japan. Considering Capcom was beating itself up over the decision for quite some time, we're glad the publisher finally came around and went with the option that requires us to spend less money. Just imagine -- with all the money we'll save, we can import even more delicious ramen!

At today's Nintendo Media Summit, Nintendo dropped some pertinent details about Capcom's very successful and Wii Speak-compatible hunt-em-up, Monster Hunter Tri. The game will release on April 20 in North America and will be free to play online. Additionally, GameStop pre-orderers will receive a demo disc March 8. How's that for a successful infoz hunt?

The free-to-play announcement is today's most welcome know about the game, since it's pay-to-play in Japan. Considering Capcom was beating itself up over the decision for quite some time, we're glad the company finally came around and went with the option that requires us to spend less money. It'll allow us to import more delicious ramen, after all!

Revealed during today's Nintendo Summit in San Francisco, the Wii version of Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands comes complete with cooperative multiplayer and a playable version of...

CAVE STORY ON WIIWARE MARCH 22ND The Indie Superhit Drops With Exclusive Content On Wii February 24, 2010 - Nicalis, Inc. is excited to announce the upcoming release of the indie superhit, Cave Story for WiiWare. Rated E10+, Cave Story will be available exclusively for Nintendo’s WiiWare service on Monday, March 22nd in North America. The highly [...]

Samus Aran returns this summer.

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The galaxy is at peace, now that we know we'll be able to demand our copy of Metroid: Other M from the patient retailer of our choice on June 27. The date for the Nintendo and Team Ninja collaboration was just announced at the Nintendo Media Summit event.

Even better (for us, and for people who like reading about Metroid): Nintendo has the game playable. We're shooting down every door between us and a demo, so we can get impressions to you.

The classic 1992 Prince of Persia from the SNES is headed to Wii.

Nicalis' enhanced WiiWare port of PC adventure game Cave Story is finally coming to Nintendo's downloadable game service and we've got the release date to prove it. Cave Story for WiiWare is...

What's Disney doing with Wideload Games, the development studio it acquired last year? It's going to take some detective work to find out. No, really, if you want to play through Disney Guilty Party, the new game from Wideload, you'll have to do some sleuthing. Because it's a detective game, you see. Never mind.

Disney Guilty Party is slated for release in the second half of 2010.

If you've been looking for a way to tease your brain into an overloaded, catatonic state while on the go, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory will soon deliver an application that should aid in your endeavor. Picross 3D, the DS puzzle game that hit Japanese retail last March, will be released on May 3 in North America.

The announcement came during today's Nintendo Media Summit and added that the game would receive DLC in the form of extra puzzles, à la Professor Layton. With continued support like that, Picross 3D could be capable of frying our brains for the foreseeable future. We can't wait.

Nintendo has made today's Nintendo Summit in San Francisco the most exciting event of the day, dating two titles that have been TBA for far too long: Sin & Punishment 2 for the Wii and Picross 3D for...

Treasure's unhinged third-person shooter, Sin & Punishment 2, is finally set to arrive on June 7 in North America, several months after its October debut in Japan. The date was announced today at the Nintendo Media Summit, which also re-dubbed the game "Sin & Punishment: Star Successor."

It's been a long and often uncertain wait, but at least Star Successor should manage to escape Japan (on a crazy techno-surfboard) with more rapidity than its N64 predecessor.Sin & Punishment: Star Successor descends on June 7

Finally.

Update: Nicalis sent out a press release, confirming the release date and noting that the extra modes previously announced as DLC -- Boss Rush and Sanctuary Time Attack, are now included with the initial download, "so there's no need for additional downloads or purchases." Nice!

Anticipated sequel hitting this May.

Hidden object casual game for PC and Mac based on L. Frank Baum's classic novel is coming soon for download purchase.

Those of you eagerly awaiting more exploration of tiny, gimmick-filled planetoids don't have long to wait. At its Media Summit event today, Nintendo announced the May 23 release date of Super Mario Galaxy 2 in North America.

Last night, news from Nintendo of Australia suggested that Galaxy 2 would see a summer release, and we're delighted that the wait for a more specific date -- one that applied to America, as well -- wasn't long at all. Speaking of delight, we'll now get to see just how high Mario can jump when he ditches Yoshi mid-air ... in space!