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More Sin and Punishment: Star Successor Videos Direct link and written review here

Though we poor North Americans will have to wait until next Spring for Pokémon Black and White, Japanese gamers will get their hands on the monochromatic RPG on September 18. Check out the release date's reveal, as well some new gameplay footage, in the Pokémon Sunday clip below.

#lists Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What's better? A list of those. Here's a roundup of the rundowns out there. More »

The cut-off for Elite Status is coming up.

Next Tuesday, Fat Princess' roster of playable classes will be fattened considerably when the Ninja, Pirate and Giant archetypes (which have been frequently teased over the past year) hit the PSN as part of the "Fat Roles" pack. The expansion, which will cost $4.99, includes the three classes and four new maps, all of which are previewed in the trailer posted after the jump.

If you're strapped for cash, the game is also getting a free update adding four-player couch multiplayer to the game, which should lead to some noisy banter to concern your neighbors. "Put down the girl, stuff that cake in her mouth, and then let's kill this priest!"

You'll be a glutton for Punishment.

#bwwwwwaaaaaaa Best part? If you go to the YouTube page, you can click that soccer ball and get TWICE the vuvuzela crapping all over "The Song of Storms," from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. More »

"Calling all Cars! Calling all Cars! Robbery in progress at the Old National Bank on 3rd and Vine. Three suspects, armed and extremely dangerous. Hostages taken. Please respond. Also, why not stop by Burger King for an order of juicy, fall-off-the-bone short ribs, available for a limited time this Summer. Ribs are filling and and extremely delicious, and go great with an order of Burger King's beloved fresh french fries. Repeat, delicious with fresh french fries."

An APB beta participant recently noticed a "VOIP Premium" option in his account management page, which promises to keep ads off of the in-game chat program in exchange for real-life monies. Developer Realtime Worlds was quick to clarify the terms of these ads -- they'll only play when traveling between Districts, and only if the player hasn't heard an advertisement in the last three hours. Sadly, surreal broadcasts like the one presented in the above paragraph will never come to fruition.

Backbreaker the challenger to Madden NFL that got one very big thing right but a lot of little things wrong (or not at all), will get a "major patch" taking into account community suggestions, the studio said on Friday. More »

With the US unfortunately out of the World Cup, we can now return to our true national pastime: gaming. This week will see the launch of PlayStation Plus, as well as the release of Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip (first review linked below). On the blog, we’ll have more details on those, hear more about Journey and The Sly Collection, and continue rolling out developer interviews that we shot at E3.

And here are this week’s links!

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of June 21, 2010)

• Pick Your Patapon 3 Superhero – Siliconera
• Sony Celebrates Five Million PSN Accounts With Commemorative Candy – Siliconera
• Interview: Scott Pilgrim production manager Marc-Andre Boivin – Joystiq
• Medal of Honor PS3 Multiplayer Beta Patch Released – G4tv.com
• Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip Review – IGN
• Support Your World Cup Side in Uncharted 2 Multiplayer – Kotaku
• Why Sony’s Sorcery Moved Us – Kotaku
• Sony’s Susan Panico on the Move, 3-D Gaming, and the Future of the PlayStation Network – Fast Company
• Video Game Review – Joe Danger – Gamervision
• Video: E3 2010 Gran Turismo 5 Producer Kazunori Yamauchi Exclusive Interview – GTChannel
• EA’s Love Affair With PlayStation 3 – IGN
• E3 2010: Sony Move Tech Demo – IGN
• Toy Story 3: The Videogame Review – IGN
• SCE’s Yoshida: ‘Almost All’ Sony Studios Working With 3D – Gamasutra
• New Lost Planet 2 Killzone Helghast Skins Available on PS3 – Capcom Unity
• E3 Hands-On: Twisted Metal – gamrReview
• Preview: Fat Princess 1.06 & Fat Roles DLC – Joystiq
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Review – Gamervision
• E3 10: Hideo Kojima is a man of the people – Destructoid

After shutting down Phoenix Online Studios' lovingly crafted King's Quest fan project due to a licensing conflict back in February, it seems Activision has reconsidered its position. According to the indie developer's blog, Activision has rescinded its cease and desist, and has granted the studio a non-commercial license to release the game.

On July 10, Phoenix will release Chapter One of its 3D tribute to Roberta Williams' beloved adventure franchise, titled The Silver Lining. Thanks to Activision's demands, the game will be released for free. Click past the jump to see the title's (re)announcement trailer, or check out our impressions of an early demo of the game we checked out earlier this year.

Though Hollywood has cozied up to Comic-Con, which is in San Diego on July 22, a film's strong showing there does not necessarily portend success at the box office. Nor does a poor screening imply a bomb. More »

I never played International Superstar Soccer 64, and I most likely never will. For those that did play it, it seems like the game holds a special place in their hearts. It may not be the best soccer game out there, but it was pretty fun, and quite an achievement for the time. Article [...]

Now, I don’t know that Amazon has any idea what 3DS games are going to cost. They could be using placeholder prices for now, and matching up those amounts with DS titles. I don’t know why, but I’m thinking that 3DS titles are going to cost more than your average DS game. [...]

As you can see, the Taiko Drum Master DS: DSi LL Stand comes with all sorts of goodies. You can adjust it to use any size DS, it has a special pair of slots for drum tappers, and it even comes with a bonus set of stickers! I’d love to get a stand [...]

A portion of a Game Informer interview with David Stonecipher… GI: Tell us about the comics and the inspiration behind the project? DS: As both an artist and a video game news/review writer, it was only a matter of time before I would eventually combine my two passions. Having a unique style to my art, it [...]

The Dragon Quest IX setup at E3 wasn’t getting all that much attention. Should Nintendo/Square-Enix be worried about that? I honestly don’t think it’s a big deal. A lot of people don’t go hands-on with RPGs at E3 because it makes little to no sense. To demo an RPG that has [...]

I have to admit, I am very intrigued with the idea of an Ocarina of Time remake. I want to see just how far Nintendo takes this project. Are they going to change things up so much that they make Ocarina into a title that feels completely removed from the original? Will [...]

Microsoft's director of platform marketing says he knows Kinect "will have fewer games than our competitors," but that's fine. "We don't want shovelware, we don't want ports, we don't want stuff with motion controls tacked onto it." More »

More from Twisted Pixel already? The digitally prolific studio that brought us The Maw and 'Splosion Man (in the same year, no less) -- not to mention the still-in-development Comic Jumper -- has quietly announced "a contract with Turbine to help them build an awesome new MMO intended for consoles." Yep, for consoles. Unfortunately, the developer seems to be keeping mum on more details, saying, "If you want more than that, you'll have to take it up with Turbine, because we can't spill the beans on their top-secret game."

The only other info that we could glean from TP's curious message is that the work done was contractual (as the developer has done in the past with both Blitz: The League 2 and NBA Ballers: Chosen One), and that it's already been completed. Further, the "fun project" is referred to in the past-tense, with the developer only allowing "We can't wait to play it ourselves when it's released." We might say we are too, if only we had any idea at all of what it could be.

Our friends at Massively confirmed last September that, at the time, Turbine had been working on a console MMO for "a year and a half," so we could be hearing more about this super secret project sooner than later.

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… Ultimately it will depend on what type of gameplay you prefer, but in all honesty, you can’t really go wrong with either release as both have plenty of fun to offer you for your 1,000 Wii Points.