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Numbers, numbers, numbers.

Be the iron!

We’ve always been BIG fans of our fans.

We’ve seen pictures of people shoving cake in their mouths to win a code to be included in our initial online beta back in 2009. We’ve gasped in amazement at some truly epic battles captured from gameplay and posted on YouTube. And we’ve been graced with the beauty of fans donned in stunning Fat Princess cosplay.

So it got us thinking…who really is the biggest Fat Princess fan?

Our good friends over at Atomic Operations decided to pose that question at large, and are holding a contest starting today, Friday April 16, 2010. Show that YOU are the Biggest Fan of Fat Princess, and an AI character will be named after you in the next FP Patch Release.

There isn’t much time, so go to the Atomic Operations website NOW for all the details on how to enter and win.

Stay tuned, see you all on the battlefield, and as always…

Cake for everyone,

The Fat Princess Team

P.S. Don’t forget about next week’s San Francisco Fat Princess tournament!

The Team Meat gang has up an interesting blog post that takes a look at difficulty in games. Now, Super Meat Boy is going to be one of the toughest titles on Wii/WiiWare. The first run through is going to be torture, and then you can try the even harder mode! Making [...]

A chart like this really gives you an idea of how each console is doing as the years roll on. Microsoft has a nice steady line for their holiday seasons, but Nintendo keeps seeing bigger climbs each time. Will they be able to go even bigger with sales next year?

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#consoletaisen We're not taking sides in this week's round up of video game hardware sales in Japan. Look, it's not a contest, Sony and Nintendo. You're both doing just fine. More »

Capcom's about a month late to use a classic Mega Man game as a promotional tool for Mega Man 10, but that's okay! Mega Man 4 is now available on the European Virtual Console, and even though it's slightly mis-timed, the end result is that you can buy another Mega Man game right now. Also available on Wii is Ghostfire Games' gladiatorial Punch-Out!! variant, Rage of the Gladiator.

DSiWare's new downloads include a collection of puzzle games (sudoku, kakuro, anagrams, etc.) and the downloadable version of Mr. Driller.

• Mega Man 4 (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
• Rage of the Gladiator (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
• Bloons (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
• Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs - Fight For Survival (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 800 DSi Points)
• Mr. Driller Drill Till You Drop (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
• Pocket Pack: Words & Numbers (DSiWare, 1-6 players, 500 DSi Points)
• System Flaw: Recruit (DSiWare, 1 players, 500 DSi Points)

#indiegames Indie game developer Edwin McMillen has written a fascinating article on the difficulty of determining the difficulty level of a game like Super Meat Boy, complete with plenty of helpful illustrations like this one. More »

Hmmm…last I checked, Modern Warfare 2 wasn’t available on Wii. Either GameStop got a huge scoop, or someone in the marketing department wasn’t paying attention! Thanks to boymacwerter for the heads up!

I have a couple of questions for everyone. First off, did any of you play the first Mechanic Master? Second question…if you did play it, did you like it?!

Nintendo's latest handheld makes its debut.

The hints were all there, but a recent invitation from Valve confirms it: Portal 2 will be at E3. Hosting a press event at the Regal Theater in the LA Live Event Center the night of June 14th, Valve will give those lucky enough to have that press card in their wallet (attend 12 events and you get a free sandwich!) a look at the game.

No word on what parts of the game we'll get to see, but anything at this point is welcome ... mostly because we haven't seen anything yet.

I guess I wouldn’t let Waluigi around my kids. I mean, you shouldn’t judge people based on their looks, but I think I’d make an exception with Waluigi. He hasn’t even done anything all that bad, but I bet he would, given the chance! 8 characters you would never trust with your kids - [...]

+ a first look at exclusive post launch content. New quests! + to meet the Producer and Director. Signed posters Available! (one per customer, while supplies last) + compete in two player Arena Quest battles with exclusive Monster Hunter Tri prizes! + demo the game. Single player, two player and four player!

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#infinityward The mood at Infinity Ward, the studio behind 2009's biggest game, is terrible and corporate parent Activision is unsure how to fix it, a source close to the development studio tells Kotaku. Infinity Ward "will continue to crumble," they said. More »

#grin The Swedish game makers behind Bionic Commando Rearmed are back with a new studio and new unannounced game. More »

#roundup Sam Fisher returns in Splinter Cell: Conviction, on the run from old allies and old gameplay conventions alike. Should he be on the run from the assembled video game critics as well? More »

It looks like Trackmania Turbo is going to be pushed back quite a bit in Europe. If Amazon’s listing for the game is correct, the title is now due out on September 16th. That’s quite a delay, considering how the game was originally due to ship in May. Let’s hope the game [...]

This is not your mom's Facebook game.

Was Grand Theft Auto IV mind-numbingly easy for you? Or controller-throwingly frustrating? Rockstar is attempting to scale the difficulty of its next open-world game, Red Dead Redemption, to accommodate players of all abilities. "We've implemented levels of difficulty into the game that employ different types of auto-aiming," a new Rockstar Games blog post explains. "Casual mode gives you a full auto-aim system (and faster regenerating health). Normal mode features snap-to-target with precise aiming using the right stick. Expert mode implements free aim with no lock-on at all."

According to the post, this is actually the first time Rockstar has implemented multiple difficulty settings in its open world games. It's certainly an interesting approach to take: changing the actual method of gameplay, versus simply scaling enemy and player health. Will it be successful, though? Even Rockstar seems uncertain: "We will be interested to see what people think having played with each option."

A game that truly goes to infinity and beyond?

This trailer is for the HD XBLA version of Earthworm Jim. While we won’t be getting HD on Wii, Gameloft has already said that the game will look/play/sound the same on all digital versions. So, check out the footage in the video below, and just imagine it in a lower resolution!