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#screengrab "An experimental pixel art project by David Stoll," 4x4 Pixels has 23 entries so far, some of video game characters, some not. Stoll promises a new entry every day. Above, Sonic the Hedgehog. [via 4x4 Pixels] More »

The game may already be out in North America, but now the official website for Snowpack Park is up and running. Just incase you were on the fence about buying this game, you can now check out the official site for more details on the title. It kind of looks interesting! Something [...]

Cricket Challenge is an arcade style sports game that gives you a fun filled experience while playing as a batsman in a game of cricket. Using the Wii Remote as a real cricket bat you can swing and control the actions of a batsman to make him play strokes, hit boundaries, 6’s and try a [...]

As usual, no word on a stateside release right now. This is something that we’ll have to keep an eye on import retailers for. Thanks to Mato for the heads up!

and here I definitely hear the similarities! What do you guys think? Coincidence, or is someone at Nintendo a big fan of Bebel Gilberto?! Thanks to LinkyShinks for the heads up!

#gameoftheweek Two missed field goals effectively ended Boise State's shot at a BCS title game bid. Bodies will hit the floor in college football's penultimate weekend, but zillions of strivers are still alive - in EA Sports' NCAA Football, that is. More »

#rofl Practically any movie released during the SNES' lifespan was licensed into a video game - except the 1993 angry-man cult hit "Falling Down." But Pete Curran of Firefly Productions has, uh, gameplay video from a, uh, review copy. No, really. More »

Zynga and Disney-owned Playdom have reportedly reached a settlement in their 2009 legal dispute over an alleged conspiracy by Playdom to hire Zynga employees and retrieve Zynga's "playbook" -- a book Zynga described as "the company's key and collective efforts to develop and fit games to the social networking platform in the most successful manner ... It is a 'how-to' manual that belongs to Zynga." Next-Gen.biz confirmed the settlement with Zynga, though neither Disney nor Zynga provided details of the arrangement.

Zynga did, however, issue a statement stating that it's "extremely pleased with the final resolution of its trade secret suit against Playdom and various individuals." The company added, "The settlement reflects the very serious nature of the conduct involved, as reflected by the preliminary injunction, restraining orders, and contempt order issued by the Santa Clara Superior Court. We have great respect for Disney and are thankful that following its acquisition of Playdom, Disney resolved the matter to our satisfaction." We have to imagine Disney sent over at least five or six Mickey Mouse hats to really seal the deal.

#dealtaku Holiday retail season is officially upon us, and the deals aren't offered only on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We have a blimpful of them in this morning's Moneysaver. More »

Single Game Deals

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box $14.99

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Gold Edition $13.60

Machinarium $5.00

Tropico 3: Gold Edition $7.50

Torchlight $5.00

Empire: Total War $14.99

Blur $14.99

Indie Clever Pack $4.99

              Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time

              Eufloria

              Iron Grip: Warlord

              VVVVV

              World of Goo

Gift Deals

10-Pack of Freedom Force $7.49

6-Pack of Portal $14.99

8-Pack of Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II $39.99

6-Pack of Empire: Total War $59.99

#originals We're just 24 hours into the Christmas shopping season and we're thankful there are no reports of tramplings, maimings or tear-gassings. Yet. More »

#review Ages ago, when I bought a PlayStation 2, my wife told me flat out, "If you are going to get PS2, you need Gran Turismo." This, of course I knew, but it underscored the series' impact. Nearly a decade later not much has changed. More »

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit's dev team has been combing the code of the game for some additional features and bugfixes, and both of those are set to peel out in the title in a patch next week. The patch should lay down an EMP on issues with multi-core CPUs, pop a spike strip on some runaway rain and snow effect issues, and set up a roadblock for a few other crashes and problems, stopping them in their tracks.

One issue that won't get fixed: the obsession born from the game's Autolog feature as you tryto beat your friends' times by just a few more seconds. The developers have decided that it's a personal problem, so you'll have to patch yourself on that one.

Look, Sonic the Hedgehog is fast. He can run faster than the speed of sound, but even if he ran full speed through Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1's shortest level, it would still take him longer than 0'00"00 to do it. That's just physically impossible, even for an improbably proportioned and colored hedgehog. And since some hackers have posted those times and impossible scores on the game's Xbox 360 leaderboards, Sega has decided to go through and reset the whole thing.

That means you might have to go back and try to re-earn that record time you picked up on Lost Labyrinth Act 2 (no easy feat). But you might not want to grab that controller right yet -- Sega hasn't actually announced a fix, just reset the leaderboards. So there's a good chance the hackers will still hack, and there will be another reset to come. Thanks for nothing, cheaters. Can't we all just let the hedgehog run?

(Also, cheating at Sonic? Where did our innocence go?)

#ooooooookay Back in September we learned that Col. Harland Sanders would be appearing in Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan. We now have five screengrabs of his secret recipe in action. More »

Throwing away ten years of tradition, the Total War franchise name is finally taking its place at the front of the title. Eurogamer reports that Shogun 2: Total War, announced this past summer, will henceforth be known as Total War: Shogun 2. A Sega representative explains (yes, really), "Both Creative Assembly and Sega have intended to invert the Total War naming convention for some time ... We wanted to identify all of these as one series using a more obvious naming convention for players."

No word yet if Sega plans to retroactively fix the rest of the series' now backwards titles.

Heroes come from the most unlikely places. For example, Conduit 2 protagonist Michael Ford, in the first game, unwittingly found himself at the center of a conspiracy involving The Drudge, a seemingly alien-looking race of creatures who had it out for the human race.

Here's a great way to blow off all your familial acquaintances over the remainder of this Thanksgiving weekend: Digital distributor GOG has marked the entire Age of Wonders trilogy down to $12.97 (or half price) until Monday, November 29. Only want one or two? Those are marked down by 30 percent each.

#xboxlivearcade You can play adorable, clever cooperative puzzle game ilomilo via Xbox Live Arcade right now, a small surprise of a video game launch that somebody's trying to keep "secret." More »

Mario Sports Mix, the Square Enix-developed Wii sports collection that pits a Dragon Quest Slime against who cares who else, will be released in the UK on February 4, 2011, and on January 28, 2011 in other PAL territories. It came out yesterday in Japan.

So far, all we know about North America is what was announced during E3: that it would be out sometime in 2011. Nintendo's latest earnings report reiterated the same, nonspecific release date. However, if the localization for the UK version will be complete by early February, we can probably expect to see it here around the same time. We're looking forward to trying the Slime's "tricky" play style against ... "Mario," or whoever that is.

#consoletaisen The power of red plastic on Wii sales in Japan is nothing compared to the promotional power of the Monster Hunter series. How else can we explain the PlayStation Portable more than doubling its sales this week overseas? More »

Still digesting turkey... and cranberries... and yams, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, pecan pie, shrimp cocktail and chocolate pudding pie. So stuffed. What's everyone playing?

[Image: Dan Perry]

Gamerzines speculates that a commercial for the upcoming Spike VGAs, which flashes "look closer" and briefly reveals the zombie silhouetted picture above, is teasing a new Resident Evil title. The site concluded this by comparing the teaser image to that of an officially licensed Resident Evil t-shirt. The shirt and teaser image feature matching zombie silhouettes.

If the teaser is for a new Resident Evil title, a potential reveal could be for Slant Six Games' rumored multiplayer Resident Evil: Raccoon City. Of course, we always prefer to be surprised.

[Thanks, Vallanthaz]