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Why is Super Mario World always the game that people use to test their emulators/devices on cell phones?!

#delay It looks like even Apple was caught off guard by the success of the iPad, citing its runaway success in the U.S. as the primary reason everyone else has to wait another month for it. More »

Click to posse-size Ever since we first saw the trailer for Red Dead Redemption's free-roaming multiplayer mode, our minds have been feverishly attempting to come up with a name for our rag-tag group of desperados. Sadly, we've yet to come up with anything better than "The Frontier Sunshine Squad." Perhaps the latest batch of screenshots for the title, arranged in the gallery below, will provide us with the inspiration we need to come up with something more intimidating.

How about "Revolver-Having Super Friends?" Is that any better?

Tons of art and in-game art in our Flickr set In Galactic Taz Ball, Taz is accidentally kidnapped by Marvin the Martian, who is stealing the Earth’s landscape to make Mars more scenic. Taz must spin his way across pieces of Earth floating in space to stop Marvin from destroying the planet and get back home. The [...]

#xboxlive We've heard of sexual predators using Xbox Live as a means to stalk their prey and the rare school shooting threat made over the Xbox 360 online network. But tampering with a witness sounds like a new one. More »

For an unspecified period of time, Assassin's Creed 2 is $30 on Amazon for Xbox 360 and PS3. If this is anything like yesterday's incredibly random Xbox 360 Arcade sale, we're just going to go ahead and say, if you have any interest in picking up AC2, this is a good (and likely time-sensitive) deal.

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When you look back on games you’ve played over the years, is your memory deceiving you? It may very well be, and you don’t even know it! It could be making games look better than they did, sound better than they did, or even play better. The nostalgic factor can be a [...]

Everybody's Tennis, which will be known in the States as Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip, releases this summer on PSP, according to an announcement from Sony Europe. The game appears to follow the Hot Shots tradition of cutesy graphics with accessible gameplay mechanics.

Players will have access to 500 customizable items to spruce up their avatar. The game also comes with the expected campaign and four-player multiplayer modes. Despite there being no official announcement for North America, GameStop has a placeholder date of Tuesday, June 1.

For those that don’t know, Conan O’Brien is doing a live comedy tour while he works on his return to TV. That tour kicks off with a video segment of how Conan has been doing since he lost The Tonight Show. While he’s looking a bit heavier than usual, and a lot less [...]

#adventuresingaming I had a problem. I had to complete the Splinter Cell Co-Op campaign, but my co-op buddy was gone for the weekend. So be it. I turned on the game and prepared to wield two controllers. More »

#activision Aerialbot Air Raid and Stunticon Breakdown join the cast of warriors in Activision's upcoming War for Cybertron today, both ditching their gestalt groups for a chance to shine in the solo spotlight. More »

The Wii version of Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands is distinct from the other, HD consoles' version. In this new trailer, you can see some of the unique elements in play, including the ability to use the Wiimote pointer to place "sand rings" on solid objects, creating handholds for the Prince.

The Ubisoft Quebec-developed Wii game does have a few things in common with the PS3 and Xbox 360 Forgotten Sands game, as well. For example, they're both pretty! Ubisoft has worked some magic of its own to render such fine visuals on the Wii. All versions of Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands are set for the same May 18 release date.

You talked, they listened.

War for Cybertron just got a little more crowded.

Retro shooter fans are in for a treat.

Here's the scoop on Zynga's latest offering.

Well, well, well, look who just snuck into Joystiq HQ's West Virginia Sub-Station. It's Sam Fisher with the Splinter Cell: Conviction Starter Kit, including the Xbox 360 game, the novelization and some related paraphernalia. Check out the video above to see me dissect the whole thing's innards.

Now, want a chance to win it all? Sure, no problem. Just follow the simple rules for entry below and you could be Krav Maga-ing fools in no time.

• Leave a comment naming your favorite Splinter Cell gadget -- real or imagined.
  
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Air Raid and Breakdown coming to a console near you.

We’ve seen a lot of this art before, but now you can check it out in high-res. Hit up the gallery here

#clips Reminding us that the movie based on Mark Millar's award-winning comic book Kick-Ass hits theaters on Friday is one of the few good things to come from this trailer for the PlayStation Network video game. More »

LOS ANGELES – Performance Designed Products LLC (“PDP”), a worldwide leader in the videogame accessory market, is announcing an illuminating new product line for use with the Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. The AFTERGLOW™ family of controllers breaks new ground in form, features, and radiant aesthetics, delivering gamers an experience sure to [...]

Get creative. And get ready to drive.

It was quite clear, once retailers began requesting re-ups of that dope Demon's Souls product, that publisher Atlus had unleashed a bigger hit than it had anticipated. But just how low had Atlus set its expectations? According to data from parent company Index Holdings (via Siliconera), Atlus had projected a mere 75,000 units in sales of Demon's Souls for North America.

Lo and behold, beyond Atlus' wildest, demonic dreams, folks actually enjoyed the game's masochistic mission -- like, a lot of folks, in fact: sales totaled 280,000 units sold through the end of February. And with sales figures like that, Atlus certainly can't ignore the potential in peddling a sequel. Demon's Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki wouldn't mind cooking up another hit, after all.