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According to the latest issue of OXM (via 1UP), EA is retiring the NBA Live name. Instead, the company will now be branding its franchise NBA Elite, starting with NBA Elite 11. We've checked the game's Twitter, blog and news feed to no avail. We did manage to get into touch with an EA Sports spokesperson, who offered this statement:

"We knew it was time to leave the past behind. We have exciting and significant changes coming to our NBA game this year that will usher in the future of basketball videogames. We look forward to releasing information on exactly how we'll be doing that over the next few months"

It's hardly confirmation of the name change, but suggests there's something to this whole NBA Elite business. Anybody have a copy of OXM to confirm this? We'd mightily appreciate it!

Get the 411 on jetpacks, 3D and more from Guerrilla Games.

#gameclub Our latest Game Club ends today, as we've reached the final episode of Alan Wake. Let's talk about it. More »

Editorial: Games need their wretched hive of scum and villainy too.

Editorial: Games need their wretched hive of scum and villainy too.

Editorial: Games need their wretched hive of scum and villainy too.

Time to talk Killzone. Will it be the biggest PS3 shooter yet?

“In the same way a painting allows us to gaze upon the faces and souls of people from another age, or a book permits us to linger on the thoughts of great figures from history and fiction, videogames can expand our awareness of the world as it is, was, or might be.” This quote comes from [...]

#science What's worse: Smelling bad, or only imagining you smell bad? Psychiatrists are considering adding olfactory reference syndrome - a syndrome where the victim believes they emit an imagined foul odor - to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. More »

EA has announced a July 20 date for the official launch of Need For Speed World, its racing MMO developed by EA Black Box. The game has been in closed beta for quite some time, with Joystiq getting a look at it back in March.

NFSW will be released as a free game client which will let players advance their driver up to level 10 before being asked to purchase a "starter pack." The game can continue to be played without it, but players won't be able to level up to earn new vehicles and power-ups.

EA is accepting pre-orders for a $19.99 starter pack, which allows for progression up to level 50 and includes an exclusive car, beta access, the ability to play NFSW a week before release and a selection of power-ups. Unfortunately, our suggestion for a "back-seat driver" power-up -- which would play the game for you to grind levels -- doesn't appear to have made the cut.

No off-ramps allowed.

Editorial: Games need their wretched hive of scum and villainy too.

Solve a murder mystery by finding flying fish.

The latest way to go all-in with your DSi.

This evolution of an old PC game makes for great Facebook play.

New positions open up for the Call of Duty spin-off.

New positions open up for the Call of Duty spin-off.

Mega Man ZX volume one - in stores Wednesday, June 2 - online retailers follow shortly after Mega Man Battle Network: Official Complete Works - compilation of official and conceptual art from the Battle Network series, - due out November 2010 “Mega Man Battle Network reinvented the classic Capcom franchise as an exciting action-RPG, and reintroduced Mega Man to a [...]

Capcom is going to print a very limited number of these shirts, so we’ll be sure to keep tabs on the when/where you can get them. Hopefully that information comes up soon!

#screengrab The first thing game reviewers see in the box containing review code for next week's Xbox 360 and PS3 football game Backbreaker is that piece of paper, that saying. Hope the game isn't maddening. More »

Ninjabee has announced that A World of Keflings will expand on the Avatar functionality of its predecessor, A Kingdom for Keflings. Specifically, the title will allow players to bring their Avatar props and pets inside the game world. Players will be able to summon their props and pets whenever they want, although the press release notes that the items won't have any extra functionality in the game. When summoned, the pets and items will simply go through the same animations seen on the Xbox 360 dashboard. That's unfortunate, as we really would have loved to smack some Keflings around with a giant cotton swab.

Art director Brent Fox also offered some new details regarding the new "story-driven" focus of A World of Keflings. He noted that players will meet several new characters, including a "Kefling pirate, a witch, a princess and an inventor, just to name a few". Players will also "travel between exotic Kefling lands, assemble a robot and build an airship" -- all of which, according to Fox, is "barely scratching the surface."

It will likely come as no surprise that Square Enix recently published a press release announcing an English localization for Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. The DS RPG, which touts "beautiful picture book visuals and an easy to control battle system," and a setting which "goes back to the basics and origins of the Final Fantasy series," will come to the US on October 5, according to the game's official site. Europe will get the game sometime this Fall, but a release date hasn't been specified.

The game features a classic turn-based battle system with customizable commands, and a "Crown System" that allows players to change character classes at the drop of a ... well, a hat. Players can also team up with three of their friends to tackle dungeons cooperatively. Check out the first screens of the localized version of the game in the gallery below.

“(I would) love to see a Waluigi game where you have to cheat to win, ya know. That would be funny. ‘Waaa Everybody’s cheating but me!’” - Charles Martinet I’m sure Nintendo will head down that road at some point in the future. I think a game where Wario and Waluigi work together would [...]