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Quirky video-game publisher and developer Tag Games is pleased to announce the launch of Car Jack Streets for the Nintendo DSi™ via the DSiWare™ shop. Launching today (15th March) in the Americas it will be followed closely by a European wide launch on Friday March 19th. The cost will be 800 Nintendo points. [...]

#igaming I've beaten Street Fighter IV three times already, and loved everyone of the nine minutes it took me to do so each time. More »

If you thought catching all Pokemon was a tough thing to do, get ready for an even bigger challenge. If you’ve picked up Pokemon HeartGold or SoulSilver, there’s no doubt that you’ve already been enjoying the Pokewalker. You walk a bit in real life, and get rewarded in game. You also know [...]

Return to Pacific City this summer.

Justice takes center stage in the lastest Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening trailer. It's actually a "person," and not the principle -- a ghost trapped in a human body by a sorceress. Uh-huh, it's up to you to help him escape this mortal dilemma.

To make things worse, Justice's "new" body is basically Christian Bale's body (and not the Batman one). In other words, he's a skeleton tightly wrapped in skin. We're surprised Justice can even lift that shield and mace! Forget Elfroot, somebody get this guy some Corpse Gall to fatten him up.

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If you and your friends are eager to dive into a monster-filled dungeon -- and who isn't -- then Bethesda has a thrilling announcement for you: The publisher is handling a new co-op fantasy action game, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, developed by Interplay founder Brian Fargo's InXile Entertainment.

Fargo describes Hunted as an "upcoming release that takes us back to our roots," and the screenshots (in our gallery below) paint a pretty clear picture of what that could mean: warriors and archers putting holes in orc-looking things with sharp objects and magic.

Hunted: The Demon's Forge is in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and Games for Windows (PC). We'll have some impressions of the game later today.

Man, Capcom was really on the bleeding edge of technology with this one. For whatever reason, Capcom Japan has finally opened up a YouTube account. You’ll be able to check out videos for their latest games on the Channel. As of right now, we have no word on an official YouTube account [...]

Bored of everyday multiplayer game modes? Well, try these on for size.

New racing game hits DS.

#gdc Peter Molyneux was smarting last week from the fact that half of the people who played his studio's last game, Fable II, didn't bother with half of its depth. People didn't even change their (virtual) clothes. His fault. More »

#wellplayed Last week San Francisco transformed, turning into something like the Hollywood Canteen, but for gamers. More »

Last week, Realtime Worlds MMO APB featured prominently during an in-booth press conference held at GDC. The game was playable (though, sadly, not by me), and the audience was treated to a live demo lead by the developer's founder, ex-DMA and Grand Theft Auto co-creator, David Jones.

Using two separate PCs hooked up to their own projection setups, Jones and another Realtime Worlds staffer hopped onto one of the game's servers and began by giving a tour of one of three main areas, the Social District. As its name implies, this area -- which reminded me more than a little of PlayStation Home -- is where players can meet up, trade or sell their items, build custom music in the game's built-in sequencer and buy a new set of wheels (or upgrade their current rides). When talking about the latter, Jones showed the vehicle customization tool, which featured not only cosmetic mods (custom designs can be sold to other players) but performance and aerodynamic tinkering, as well.

Before heading out onto the mean streets, Jones pointed out a couple other unique features of the Social District: Statues and display points. The former are generated by the game as effigies of its top players on an ongoing basis, while the latter are spots that can be "rented" in order to publicly display players' cars that are up for sale or auction.

One of the founding fathers of the western RPG talks Hunted, The Bard's Tale, Fallout, Interplay and sexy elf.

Mix and match flowers and create the perfect bouquets.

Destroy the alien hordes before they do the same to you.

Go around the globe in search of wild monsters to train, nurture and race, but remember, you gotta be fast because victory is only a heartbeat away.

Several fixes and minor changes coming in hot on the heels of the previous update.

#gdc Gabe Newell. John Carmack. The creators of Uncharted 2, Scribblenauts, Farmville. Even Penny Arcade. I interviewed a parade of award-winners backstage at the Game Developers Choice Awards. And I wanted to make sure these post-awards interviews were not dull. More »

In its first week at retail, Final Fantasy XIII charged up the UK sales charts like a Lightning bolt, becoming the "fastest selling" game of the year -- a record set by Bad Company 2 just last week. According to Chart-Track, the console sales split for the latest edition in Square Enix's flagship series was fairly even, with a 54 to 46 percent split on PS3 and Xbox 360, respectively.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2's sales slipped 38 percent last week, bringing EA DICE's fantastic multiplayer title (wait, there's a single player, too?) down to second place. And, in third, there it is ... Just Dance. The game is unstoppable and has the stamina of a six-year-old hyped up on Pixy Stix. Like we noted last week, it just keeps going and going. We're just waiting to see when this epic sugar rush wears off.

Source - Lucky XIII for Square Enix [GFK Chart-Track]
Source - Latest UK Software Charts [GFK Chart-Track]

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GDC 2010 is history and, as predicted, there was quite a bit of news from the world's largest annual gathering of game creators. Let's review the past week and see what we can find:

Exclusive features

• Supreme Commander 2 review: We give our final verdict to Gas Powered Games' sci-fi RTS sequel.
• Boot Disk: Our retro games feature checks out the original version of Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
• Command and Conquer Canon Retrospective: Ahead of this coming week's release of C&C4, we look back at the fictional history of the RTS game series.
• All You Need To Know: This week, our 411 column gives you the info on R.U.S.E.
• Freeware Friday: Our column on free PC games this week checks out CastlevaniaRL: Serenade of Chaos.

Microsoft has announced the date for your return trip to Pacific City ... when you'll tear it to shreds in the name of justice! Crackdown 2 will launch in North America on July 6, with Asia, Australia and New Zealand releases following on July 8, and Europe's on July 9 -- narrowly missing the "first half of 2010" release estimate.

Producer James Cope previously said that a demo will be forthcoming before the release of the game, so we'll be playing some small portion of Crackdown 2 sooner than July 6. We're going to start playing even sooner than that, actually -- our dreams are littered with orbs.

The classic dungeon crawler gets a face lift.

Earth Union is the controlling force in the majority of outer space. Terror strikes when, unexpectedly, it loses connection with a number of its stations and rumours begin to spread of enemy ships approaching. Become the Captain of Libera Wing and save Earth Union from destruction in this [...]

If you’re still looking for another Wii wheel to add to your collection, keep an eye out for the limited edition Trackmania Wii bundle hitting Europe. As of right now, there’s no word on this bundle coming to North America.

Today's Wii downloadable releases look like they'll work nicely together. When Medusa heads have murdered you enough times in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, you can switch over to Rage of the Gladiator and smash them in first person!

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Gaming

I don’t think there’s many people that love NPD numbers like myself. I always find it interesting to see just how each company is doing from month to month, year to year. That’s why I always look forward to Gamasutra’s ridiculously detailed breakdown. If you’re been waiting for that feature as well, [...]

#clips With Aliens vs. Predator already out (and reviewed!), it time to get excited about the next project with Predator in it, the upcoming feature film Predators. More »