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#screengrab Chet over at Valve just sent us this sweet personalized Zune with fancy Left 4 Dead 2 engraving to give away on the site. More »

With the holiday being over, we figure you're feeling all bloated and lazy, sitting on the couch and don't very much feel like going out and buying a new game. Well, Joyswag has got you covered, buddy! We're looking to unload two copies of Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon -- for the Wii and DS -- onto one lucky reader. See how you can enter below, and good luck!

• Leave a comment telling us who your favorite dragon of all time is (can be from a cartoon, a game, a movie, etc.).
  
• You must be 13 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec).
• Limit one entry per person, per day.
• This entry period ends at 3:15PM ET on Monday, April 12.
• At that time, we'll randomly select one grand prize winner to receive a copy of Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon for the Wii ($50 ARV) and a copy for the DS ($30 ARV); check your emails!
• For a list of complete rules, click here.

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How could you not be excited for Metroid: Other M?! Even if you didn’t have a lot of interest in the last few months, the most recent trailer certainly did a fantastic job at giving us a lot more to be excited about. Tons of gameplay footage that showed a gorgeous game, a [...]

GameFan magazine has finally returned with its first new issue. As we told you awhile back, GameFan was returning after the demise of Play magazine. Now GameFan has been combined with MovieFan for two magazines in one! The art above comes from the debut issue, which you can grab on shelves right [...]

#innovation Scrotality: name of the Achievement awarded to players of this month's upcoming Dead To Rights: Retribution should they make the game's playable dog chomp a bad guy's groin. More »

The image above was added on the official Twitter account for Nintendo of America as something they’re calling ‘Daily Fix’. I’m guessing that we’ll be seeing a new screen a day for awhile now. We’ll have to make sure to keep tabs on that account! Thanks to 8-Bit Jay for the heads [...]

Notice something missing in the image above? The Monster Hunter 3 bundle has completely disappeared from GameStop’s website. Have they yanked the offer due to non-interest, or have they sold out of their allotment? Thanks to Markatisu for the heads up!

Castleford Yorkshire England , – March 30th , 2010 – Alternative Software Ltd are pleased to announce that on April 16th they will be releasing in Europe ” Rugby League 3 ” for the Nintendo Wii™, developed by leading game studio Sidhe and published in association with Home Entertainment Supplies of Australia.This title continues the [...]

If you are a bloodthirsty extra-terrestrial – or just like to (cos) play one on your TV – then tonight is the night to log into PlayStation Home. Extra points awarded if you consider getting down on the Central Plaza dance floor to be a true sign of otherworldly supremacy, or if you simply cannot miss a spectacle that promises to offer just as much sport as slime (because I can guarantee you that there will be plenty of both).

If you guessed that I was alluding to the imminent Aliens vs. Predator user-generated event that is set to occur in PlayStation Home’s Central Plaza between the hours of 6:00pm and 8:00pm PT (9:00pm and 11:00pm EST) tonight (Wednesday, April 7) then that’s because you’ve likely been reading the official PlayStation Home forums and have witnessed firsthand the high level of anticipation building in our community about this momentous occasion. “Momentous” because it is Aliens vs. Predator. “Momentous” because this event is organized and run solely by our community members. So come out tonight and “Dance for Your Species.” In the meantime, you can use these forum sigs to show your support for whichever side you are on (please pass along to your family, friends, and co-workers –- we expect to see your Aunt, your middle school sweetheart, and that guy from Accounts Receivable in full on Alien or Predator regalia).

In terms of other huge events for the PlayStation Home community, we will be airing the Season Finale of The Tester in the PlayStation Home Theater come this Thursday, April 8 starting at 3:00pm PT/ 6:00pm EST. Come out and see who will be crowned the winner as the first season of the wildly-popular PlayStation Network exclusive reality show culminates (and pick up the special virtual items that commemorate this landmark event in PlayStation Network original programming history, like this wearable guitar for your avatar).

This week sees the Irem Festival Square getting another update, with a load of virtual items and a new mini-game called the Goldfish Vendor (complete with some excellent rewards). You’ll also find a grip of Ancient Greek virtual items in the Furniture store in the PlayStation Home Mall as well as some new footwear for the ladies courtesy of our friends over at Lockwood Publishing.

Last, but certainly not least, the PlayStation Store’s ongoing “Spring Fever” sale continues this week, with those of you that happen to purchase one of the many games listed on sale getting a voucher code good for pieces of the Spring Bumblebee and Spring Flower costumes. Be sure to take advantage of these great deals and complete your collection with these uber-limited costumes.

See you in Home!

Pac-Man wallpaper by Katsuya Terada (larger version here)

#blizzard Blizzard isn't putting a hard date on the third major expansion to its popular online role-playing game, but the Cataclysm add-on for World of Warcraft is on the verge of going beta. Blizzard is now sending out beta opt-in invites. More »

The creator of the Mega Man concept hoodie has worked his magic on Proto Man as well. Once again, Capcom needs to jump on these ideas and get these suckers made! I can only imagine how ridiculously popular they would be.

A huge war is coming.

Add-on to award winning "Wings of Prey" series.

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Chris Kohler is at it again, detailing his latest thrift shop finds. This guy finds the most interesting games while hunting!

Development on upcoming download game DeathSpank completed.

We love the anticipation that builds up in the weeks leading up to the launch of a new game in one of our favorite franchises. That's why we think Ubisoft has stumbled upon a really clever marketing technique with its real-time strategy PC title, Settlers 7, which many users (about 50 pages worth on this forum thread) are still unable to access two weeks after the game launched due to problems with Ubisoft's DRM authentication servers.

A Ubisoft rep commented on the issues to Eurogamer, explaining, "our technical teams have made progress but we are not yet able to say that the issue is completely resolved." Hey guys, take your time. Just keep letting that anticipation build up in your player base. Once they're finally able to play, we're sure they'll thank you for the extended expectancy.

Watch us pretend to work!

After a grinning Peter Molyneux told Joystiq that Comic Jumper reminded him of a game he would have made twenty years ago (that's a compliment!), we stopped by developer Twisted Pixel's humble South by Southwest booth where CEO Mike Wilford told us about the encounter. "He gave us such a compliment, it was amazing!" Wilford said. After seeing what all the buzz was about, courtesy of a ten-minute demo, we rapped all about Comic Jumper's roots, how Twisted Pixel has changed after the success of 'Splosion Man, the return of 2D mascots (Hello, Sonic! Hello, Rocket Knight!), and where they find inspiration. Read on!


Joystiq: What kind of games are you harkening back to with Comic Jumper? It looks like there's a little bit of everything in there.

Mike Wilford: Definitely Contra, Gunstar Heroes, and a common theme across all of our games is that they're character-driven. We try to put a lot of personality and humor into the characters, so Earthworm Jim is a huge influence for us. Back in the day, there seemed to be a whole lot of mascot-type characters in games, like Mario, Sonic, all those things, and not many devs seem to be doing that anymore. We're trying to bring that back a little bit with our games.

Small changes add up to big strategic shifts.

I’m still trying to figure out why more people haven’t played Mighty Flip Champs. Perhaps it came out too early in the DSiWare lineup? The service still had a lower profile when the game launched, and I could see how that would hurt it. Still, WayForward were happy with the sales…happy enough [...]

- A young main-character named “Seneka” has discovered a battle machine of some form, but the machine is broken - Seneka admits to wanting to learn the secrets of the Monado, which is a sword - Seneka is researching the sword, and finds out that while anyone can activate it, not everyone can control it - the shirtless [...]

Many a Sunsoft fan is looking forward to the VC release of Waku Waku 7, a classic Neo Geo title. While no date is set for NA release, we know the game is on its way to Japan. With that said, those same fans are worried that the controls implemented for the Classic [...]

and here Another little random Easter egg from Nintendo. I always wonder how they come up with this stuff! Thanks to Shay for the heads up!