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The Most Missed ‘Game Over’ screen in History

The Most Missed ‘Game Over’ screen in History

Mario Kart 64 has a game over screen. That is one fact that many gamers (like me) are not aware of. In order to get the "game over screen", you have to be placed on 4th or 8th at the end of the grand ... Read More

New Pokemon Revealed

New Pokemon Revealed

Over 30 new Pokemon have been revealed for the upcoming world-famous JRPG, Pokemon Black and White. Some of them can be seen in the battle video below. Swana, Munna, Chiramii, Kurumiru, Shikijika,Â... Read More

Takashi Iizuka- Sonic Colours is ‘not for core gamers’

Takashi Iizuka- Sonic Colours is ‘not for core gamers’

The lead designer- Takashi Iizuka- for Sega's upcoming DS and Wii platformer, Sonic Colours, has admitted that his upcoming title has not been made to cater to the core gaming audiences, and Sonic 4, ... Read More

NPD July Figures Out, Xbox 360 Tops US Charts

NPD July Figures Out, Xbox 360 Tops US Charts

The NPD figures for July '10 are out, and this month seems to have been really good for the developers and publishers. With the combined US sales of non-PC game software, hardware, and accessories dec... Read More

Metroid: Other M Made Its Creator Cry

Metroid: Other M Made Its Creator Cry

Are you apprehensive of the upcoming story based Metroid title, the oddly named Metroid: Other M? Are you afraid that the game might sacrfice detail and atmosphere for a narrative that may be cheesy a... Read More

3DS Giving Gamescom A Miss

3DS Giving Gamescom A Miss

Nintendo's successor to its Nintendo DS handheld, the 3DS, got a hell of an unveiling at E3 earlier this year, with Nintendo devoting a sizeable chunk of their conference to the handheld wonder, which... Read More

Activision: Infinity Ward Will Return

Activision: Infinity Ward Will Return

That sounds ominous. Evil publisher Activision, best known for milking the crap out of any half decent money spinning game they get on their hands, and for curbing the creative process at their dev... Read More

Wii Sells 30 Million in US

Wii Sells 30 Million in US

Nintendo's motion sensing home console, Wii, has now sold a total of 30 million units in the United States (thanks, Nintendo Everything), in a record time of 45 months, 15 months quicker than the seco... Read More

Nintendo’s Gamescom Lineup

Nintendo’s Gamescom Lineup

Nintendo has announced their full lineup for next week's GamesCom trade show. Their lineup is as follows: Art Academy: Learn Painting and Drawing Techniques with Step-by-Step Training (Nintendo DS)... Read More

Nintendo: We Still Have A Lot of Work to do Before Games Are Socially Acceptable

Nintendo: We Still Have A Lot of Work to do Before Games Are Socially Acceptable

Nintendo obviously has a vested interest in ensuring that games gain increasing social acceptance. The firm, which is more than a hundred years old, now focusses exclusively on video games, which ther... Read More

James Bond Blood Stone Team Unconcerned by Head to Head with Goldeneye 007

James Bond Blood Stone Team Unconcerned by Head to Head with Goldeneye 007

With James Bond Blood Stone all set for a November release, there are many who have pointed out that Activision is spamming the market with their first person shooters that month. Two of those are Bon... Read More

Top 10 The Legend of Zelda Games Of All Time (#10 – #6)

Top 10 The Legend of Zelda Games Of All Time (#10 – #6)

A series like The Legend of Zelda which has a lot of games, most of them different from each other, evokes passionate responses from quite a few people. In a series which has had games as illustrious ... Read More

Five Reasons Why Metroid: Other M Could Be The Best Game of the Year

Five Reasons Why Metroid: Other M Could Be The Best Game of the Year

The story of Metroid: Other M has been one of sheer cynicism and initial sceptisicm, followed by gradually growing cautious optimism, until now, finally, as the release of the game is less than a mont... Read More

Okamiden Trailer

Okamiden Trailer

Okamiden, exclusive sequel to the much acclaimed and beloved artistic masterpiece Okami will be releasing soon on the DS. However, the fact that it is is a sequel to a console game on a handheld may ... Read More

Warren Spector: Epic Mickey on the PS3 and the 360 ‘could happen’

Warren Spector: Epic Mickey on the PS3 and the 360 ‘could happen’

When asked if Epic Mickey, upcoming Disney Interactive video game exclusively for the Wii, would ever come over to the 360 and the PS3, Warren Spector, Lead Designer, in an interview with Atomicgamer ... Read More

Conduit Developer Gets Hit By Layoffs

Conduit Developer Gets Hit By Layoffs

High Voltage Software, developer of last year's Wii exclusive shooter The Conduit, as well as the upcoming The Grinder and Conduit 2, has been hit by a spate of layoffs, it has been confirmed. Spea... Read More

Nintendo: We Are Developing Wii’s Successor and We’re Not Going To Tell You About It Because We Like to Surprise People

Nintendo: We Are Developing Wii’s Successor and We’re Not Going To Tell You About It Because We Like to Surprise People

Nintendo head honcho Saturo Iwata has gone on record to state in an investor's meeting recently that the company is currently developing the successor to its bestselling Wii console. Of course, he has... Read More

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Talk about the progeny turning its back on the progenitor. Rare, Nintendo's premiere in house developer at one time and now Microsoft's not so premiere developer, has stated that it has no qualms ... Read More

Nintendo Considering Parental Locks for 3DS

Nintendo Considering Parental Locks for 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS is possibly the next big thing in gaming. The handheld, which is the successor to the 130 million selling Nintendo DS line of handhelds, features the ability to display 3D graphics wi... Read More

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Will Not Feature A Flying Link

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Will Not Feature A Flying Link

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the next instalment in the bestselling and trend-setting Zelda series, is a bit of an enigma. It's existence wasn't even officially confirmed until very recently, a... Read More