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Video Game Canon- Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, Skyrim, and More Announced as Finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Another Big Night and Wins “Game of the Year” at the 2025-2026 DICE Awards
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- The Game Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Racks Up Nine Wins, Including “Game of the Year”, at the 2025 Game Awards
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- Video Game Research Library
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: Wii
Just Dance with Scorpion, Smoke, Sub-Zero and Reptile at PAX
Ubisoft brought Just Dance 3 to this weekend’s PAX Prime and in between giving gamers the chance to try out the new Kinect-powered Xbox 360 version, a quartet of ninjas from the Mortal Kombat universe stopped by to shake their groove things to “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” by KISS. OK, it was just a bunch of guys cosplaying as Scorpion, Smoke, Sub-Zero and Reptile. Still pretty awesome though.
Just Dance 3 will be released for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on October 11. Ninja costumes not included.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Just Dance 3, PAX Prime 2011
New Releases: Madden NFL 12, Bodycount, Sims Medieval: Pirates & Nobles, More
The Summer of No Games is finally over!
This week, that annual Summer ritual, the release of a new Madden game, continues with Madden NFL 12 (PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360). Also available this week is the first expansion to The Sims Medieval, The Sims Medieval: Pirates & Nobles, and Bodycount, a wild first person shooter from the creator of Black.
And there’s also a ton of family-friendly DS games.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: August 26, 2011 – PAX arrives!
PAX Prime has arrived! And sadly, I am still in Philadelphia. Due to financial issues, I had to cancel my trip. But that doesn’t mean we won’t still be writing about everything as it comes out! Keep your eyes here for the latest info as we get it.
Today’s Deal of the Day in video games over at Amazon today is CTA Digital’s Wii Knockout Boxing Gloves for $9.99. It’s (unsurprisingly) compatible with Wii boxing games, including Punch-Out!, Victorious Boxers: Revolution, FaceBreaker: K.O. Party, and Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution.
No video game t-shirts today, but again, today’s shirt.w00t, called “Do Not Pass Go,” made me squee a bit: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Wii
Gargoyle’s Quest added to 3DS eShop
Nintendo has released their weekly Nintendo Download update and the Game Boy classic Gargoyle’s Quest leads this week’s new games. The first adventure of Firebrand (unless you count his villainous turn in Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins) will be joined by one Virtual Console release and a trio of DSiWare games.
Originally released on the Super NES, The Ignition Factor is considered one of the best firefighting games of all time. It’s the lone addition to the Wii Shop Channel this week.
The new games on the DSiWare Shop are actually two new games and one new productivity application. The games include Magical Whip: Wizards of the Phantasmal Forest, a side-scrolling platformer and Let’s Create! Pottery, a pottery-making sim. The productivity app is simply titled Calculator, and as you may have guessed, it turns your DSi/3DS into a calculator.
More information on all of these games can be found at the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.
Telltale goes Back to the Future on Wii, PS3
Telltale has been holding down the fort on the indie adventure game front for a long time. They have sold over a million downloads of Back to the Future: The Game for the PC and will be expanding the adventure to a console near you. Come October, Marty and the Doc will be invading the Wii (for the first time) and the PS3 (as a retail disc this time) with 1.21 gigawatts of awesome.
Both Back to the Future discs will be priced at $19.99, a steal even in 1955 dollars.
Telltale has also signed agreements with both Nintendo and Sony to release future titles on their consoles. Just as Back to the Future ushered in a new wave of amazingly quotable movie moments, Telltale will hopefully be able to breath some life into the adventure game market on those consoles.
PCs?… Where we’re going, we don’t need PCs.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii
Tagged Back to the Future
Sonic 4 Episode 2 speeds into 2012
It seems like it has been forever since Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I was released back in October 2010. But after Sega West CEO Mike Hayes confirmed that Episode II is still in production, it looks like we’ll all have to wait a little bit longer before we can play as our favorite blue hedgehog with a turbocharger. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II actually isn’t slated to be released until sometime in 2012.
“This year, 2011, is the anniversary, so we’re focusing on the celebration title,” Sonic Team’s Takashi Iikuza said to Eurogamer, “But moving forward to 2012, Sonic will still be going, so I’d hope to provide Episode 2 then.”
Excuse me Sega, isn’t the whole idea of episodic gaming supposed to be to release multiple small games with shorter development times? Looks like Sega has been palling around with Valve a little too much lately. Has anyone seen Gordon Freeman?
Posted in News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
Kirby Wii gets new title, October 24 release date
Kirby Wii has inhaled some of that fresh PAX air and spit out a new title (Kirby’s Return to Dreamland), a new release date (October 24) and the new trailer you see above.
The pink puffball leads an impressive lineup of playable demos that Nintendo plans to bring to this weekend’s PAX Prime. If you’ve got tickets (the show has been sold out for months), I highly recommend stopping by Nintendo’s booth (No. 462).
Check out the publisher’s full PAX lineup after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, Wii
Tagged Kirby's Return to Dreamland, PAX Prime 2011
Daily Scoop: August 23, 2011 – Gold Box Event!
Yay! It’s Video Game Gold Box Event day over at Amazon! Weeeeee!! On sale all day is Just Dance Summer Party for the Wii for just $14.99 (it’s got Estelle’s “American Boy” – squeeeee!). Here’s the full list of other Gold Box deals and when they’re coming, updated as we get the information:
- 6:00 AM PDT/9:00 AM EST: A single player, AI team-based RPG that brings thought-provoking, addictive fun to the PSP – it’s Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for $27.99!
- 8:00 AM PDT/11:00 AM EST: Bust out your vuvuzelas one last time. (probably 2010 FIFA World Cup !) – yup! it’s 2010 FIFA World Cup for $14.99!
- 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EST: Relive and play through memorable, historic moments of the Masters with this starter bundle for the PlayStation Move. (probably Tiger Woods 12 Move Bundle!)
- 2:00 PM PDT/5:00 PM EST: Yoo are the star (probably Yoostar 2!)
- 5:00 PM PDT/8:00 PM EST: A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your X360
- 8:00 PM PDT/11:00 PM EST: Step into the cage with this mixed martial arts brawler for the PS3
Also, remember that awesome Hello Kitty/Street Fighter article we posted a while back? Well, it turns out that it’s a real t-shirt called “Hello Kit-Li” by artist Karen Hallion, and can be purchased over at Redbubble. Righteous!
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Wii