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The DS has a couple of music creation apps, including two Korg titles and the DSiWare app Rytmik. Now, you'll be able to assemble the dance track of your dreams on Wii, thanks to Digital Leisure. The publisher is releasing Mix Superstar on WiiWare sometime this year.

Mix Superstar contains over 1,000 royalty-free samples that you can assemble into your own tracks, with the addition of vocals from a USB mic or Wii Speak. Songs can be downloaded or sent to friends via WiiConnect24. New loops can be purchased as DLC.

Check out a trailer for the musical toy after the break.

[Via GoNintendo]

A few gaming deals for those of you in/around Toronto. Check out the full report. Thanks to David for submitting the info!

Epic sure can make a pretty game.

Excerpt from a VGT review: Fans of the Trauma Center series are going to be right at home with this version of the story, but newcomers may find the title too odd for their tastes. Trauma Team has a solid presentation and story line as well as a large amount of content to play through to [...]

I don’t know about you, but my full belly feels a little queasy after watching all this mayhem. All the craziness makes it look like a pretty challenging first boss! Direct Link Thanks for sending this in, _Contra_!

#pullquote I've seen the PlayStation 3 compared to a lot of things in my lifetime, from a grill to a brick and everything in between. But a GameCube? That's new. More »

More than half of Xbox 360 owners say they'll likely purchase the device.

One of Sony's major E3 titles has been revealed slightly ahead of time. Sony and Guerrilla Games are delivering on Jack Tretton's impromptu promise: Killzone 3 is real, and you'll be able to see it for yourself in the July issue of GamePro, on shelves June 1. A subscriber spilled the Helghan beans on the GameSpot forums, also revealing that the game is playable in 3-D, with the effect requiring the use of glasses (oh, and a 3-D-capable television). GamePro has confirmed the cover story to Joystiq.

That means that Killzone 3 is going to be a showpiece for Sony's 3-D technology, and therefore we should probably expect to hear a lot about it at the company's E3 presentation.

That’s exactly what Nic Watt from Australian developer Nnooo aims to explain in an interview on the BisaCast. Don’t let the show’s introduction in German scare you off, the interview is in English. Go check it out if you have some curiosities about a Pokemon MMO..

#patch Runners no longer score on force-outs to end an inning thanks to a do-over patch Sony rolled to the PS3 earlier today for MLB 10 The Show. More »

Sony's senior vice president of publisher relations, Rob Dyer, has always been vocal about the "biggest problem" that plagues the PSP: Piracy. However, a new endeavor by the platform holder may offer renewed hope in the continued battle against illegal downloads. Dyer told Gamasutra that Sony has been helping developers implement some kind of protective code, potentially offering "a 60-day shelf life" before a game inevitably "gets hacked."

Dyer did not provide details on how this added code functions, and whether or not it functions similarly to the PlayStation Network connectivity first tested in SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3. Like EA Sports' Online Game Pass, all online functionality of Bravo 3 is locked out for gamers that don't buy a legitimate copy of the game at retail or online. The upcoming PSP version of ModNation Racers also features the same restrictions.

"It's become a very difficult proposition to be profitable," Dyer admitted. With PSP on the cusp of a series of major releases -- including God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep -- publishers and developers will undoubtedly want to pay close attention to Sony's continued battle against non-seafaring pirates.

We check out the sequel to one of the best Dragon Ball games ever.

#xbox360 In Japan, there have been a series of ads with the Xbox Mission Department. It is their job to secure new titles. Well, in the ads at least! More »

A video interview with creative director Adrian Chmielarz.

We've got five of 'em, and we're itching to give them away.

Oh boy o boy, our US version is now approved.. we’re going announce it soon.. let’s hope that the launch is very very near… because it is So says a posting over on the game’s official Facebook page that reveals the game has been approved for release here in the US with a teaser [...]

#review Tired of rhythm games filled with glitz and glam, high-priced plastic instruments, and licensed music you may or may not enjoy? Commander Video comes to the rescue with Gaijin Games' latest WiiWare title, Bit.Trip Runner. More »

This is the kind of story we all like to see. Some places around the world aren’t all jelly beans and jungle gyms, so to hear kids in places like Afghanistan have access to some of the gaming classics that have defined childhoods elsewhere and provide some smiles is heart-warming indeed. Read more about it over [...]

Craftworld fans! Welcome to the final version of “Sack it to me” (actually not really…see LittleBigChallenge below). Lots of mini-updates to catch everyone up on so here goes:

Available Tuesday 5/25…

…for LBP (PS3):

• ModNation Racers ($1.99) – To celebrate the release of ModNation on Tuesday, May 25th, we’ll be releasing a special ModNation Racers “Tag” costume for your Sackboy w/ some extra stickers to make your level tributes to ModNation!

…for LBP (PSP):

• SackCircus Costume (FREE) – Who doesn’t love clowns! Especially Free ones. Head on over to the PSP store and grab this free costume from the Sack Circus Extravaganza Pack
• Sack Circus Extravaganza Pack ($2.99) – Available this Tuesday, download a new set of costumes and CREATE materials to create your own LittleBigPlanet PSP Islands levels! The extraordinary Sack Circus Extravaganza Pack offers 4 fantastic costumes, and 12 great new stickers to give your levels all the razzmatazz they need.

Also, if you missed the announcement last week, don’t forget to check out the super-duper cool Turbo! Level Kit available for LBP PSP. Tons of great new vehicles to fill your LBP PSP worlds with.

LittleBigChallenge

Need a bit of help from our LittleBigCommunity. Don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere – we’ll still be here to provide community updates on all things LittleBigPlanet. Whether its community, new items, random internet findings, we plan to bring it to you…but as our audience gets bigger and bigger, and with LBP2 on the horizon, even bigger and broader, we’re looking to re-name our “Sack-it-to-me” posts to something better!!! Any ideas? If you do, add them to your comments below…

Here’s you chance to win a PlayStation PSP 3000 system!

• The MacArthur Foundations’s LittleBigPlanet Kids Competition has been extended to May 28th. If you’re below the age of 18 and want a chance to win a new PSP. Click on over for more details

• PlayStation HOME – We’ve been having so much fun in the new LittleBigPlanet HOME space, we wanted to make sure everyone knew to drop by PlayStation Home to check it out. Make sure you jump in and play the “Snap Happy” challenge and make your own XMB wallpaper!
• Sackboy in ModNation Racers – We just got copies of ModNation Racers in the office and can’t wait to start Racing, Creating and Sharing. I’m sure you all know that in specially stickered copies of ModNation, you get a free voucher code inside for a Sackboy costume + Craftworld Kart. And while opening our copy, we realized there was one more freebie not mentioned…the actual sticker from the wrapper :)

• Mm Doodling – the MediaMolecule staff is a sneaky bunch and managed to capture fellow Molecule, Rex, in the doodling zone. Love the video!

Gus Johnson is no ho-hum, run-of-the-mill announcer. He really gets into it. EA has taken notice and tapped Johnson for play-by-play announcer duties in Madden 11. Johnson will join Cris Collinsworth, who returns this year to provide the color commentary.

Johnson replaces Tom Hammond, whose commentary tracks last year were criticized by Madden players as being wooden and lifeless. While it's difficult to program engaging game commentary with pre-recorded audio, EA Tiburon remains committed to improving this facet of its football mega-franchise. With 90,000 lines of dialogue going into Madden 11, players will hear more dynamic play-calling than in past iterations, whether it's when a receiver drops a catch or a running back breaks into the open field.

Above, watch a video of some of the developers discussing the new audio approach in Madden 11. For a preview of Johnson doing some lines for the game, hit up ESPN.

#consoletaisen After a bit of a shake up in Japan's weekly hardware contest, things return to "normal," with the PSP and PlayStation 3 sitting atop the charts, Nintendo proudly taking the middle and one platform veering closer to obscurity. More »

#screengrab If the greatest movie poster artist in history had worked with Valve, this would have been the result. As seen on DeviantArt (thanks John!). More »

Every once in a while, our very plane of existence will be split into two by a major decision affecting the course of history, creating what scientists refer to as a "parallel universe." Less frequently, a window will open up which lets us catch a quick glimpse into the world of what might have been. Irrational Games threw open just such a window yesterday by releasing the pitch document for BioShock, which was planned to be a very different monster from the game we all know and love. Specifically, a sea monster.

Some things in the document stayed true -- genetic modification was a major aspect of the pitch. Most of it ... well, let's just say we're glad things changed the way they did. We're not sure the story of Carlos Cuello, who must infiltrate a remote island run by cultists to rescue a wealthy heiress, would be quite so memorable. Also, those aforementioned genetic modifications give you traits of different sea creatures instead of regular ol' superpowers.

Also, there was supposed to be multiplayer. Multiplayer! In BioShock! Have you ever heard of anything so preposterous?

Although Killzone 2 didn't win many Game of the Year awards from gaming sites, it has managed to garner a number of other noteworthy nods. In addition to winning a Roses Design award in November, Guerrilla's PS3-exclusive FPS has now won a Ivor Novello award for "Best Original Video Game Score."

Composer Joris de Man has the special honor of not only winning the award, but winning the very first award given to a video game in the organization's 55-year history. Should you want to re-experience the now-award winning score, the soundtrack can be found on iTunes for $10.

[Via CVG]

Nate plays a shiny new build and meets the new voice of video game football.

If we had a high-tech time gauntlet thing, we'd probably just go around turning dogs back into puppies all day. The world needs more cute puppies, right? For Singularity's protagonist, however, it's a tool to aid in the destruction of his enemies.

The latest trailer for the game highlights the Deadlock feature, an ability that generates a small field slowing the momentum of anything caught in it. This can stop enemies dead in their tracks or help the player navigate past a deadly electrical hazard. Perhaps its greatest ability is how it affects munitions -- bullets slow down to a crawl, making what would otherwise be a bullseye for a huge rocket result in a miss.

No cursing in the burial chamber!

Sega has announced a second game for people who bought that $300 Xbox 360 twin stick controller. Now it's totally a worthwhile investment!

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force is a port of the latest arcade Virtual-On title, which adds 2-on-2 battles to the usual robot-fighting formula. The Xbox 360 version will allow players to meet up online or pit their Virtuaroids against one another offline in split-screen. The main gameplay mode in team battles involves assigning the position of "Leader" to one player on each team, who must be defeated for the opposing team to win. Players can protect the leader (or either teammate) with a health-sharing "Rescue Dash" move.

Virtual-On Force will be released in Japan this winter -- on a disc, unlike the recent port of Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram.

[Via Famitsu]