While I can’t understand or read Japanese, the universal message of this new trailer released by Nintendo of Japan is clear: Kirby is cute…sickingly so. 

Kirby’s Epic Yarn has received much attention since being formally announced at E3 a few months ago.  While Kirby fans have been clamoring for a new game, many surprised fans found they’re favorite character had been changed into yarn.

This new approach is remininscent of Sony’s Little Big Planet with texture fabric realistic graphics.  Kirby, while now made of yarn, ..read the full article

Take-Two is laughing all the way to the bank with Red Dead Redemption, which has led the company to it’s first profitable year without a major GTA release. The company saw net revenue for its fiscal third quarter reach $354.1 million, up significantly from the $94.9 million reported last year during the same time period. Leading the profits is Red Dead Redemption, which has shipped 6.9 million copies worldwide since the May release.

Take Two sees this as proof that they are not ..read the full article

There’s fan art, and there’s fan art. This falls in the latter, italicized category. Being a big fan of Mario and his word, I was already perfectly happy with Shy Guy and Yoshi exactly how they were. Now I’m less happy. Sorry Nintendo.

Five O’Clock Fan Art is perfect for wrapping up the work day. You don’t want to think anymore, you just want to look at awesome things. And there’s nothing more awesome than a well crafted piece of videogame ..read the full article

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While it comes as no surprise to many, Take Two announced today that Rockstar’s upcoming action title L.A. Noire has in fact been delayed until next year.

L.A. Noire is now looking at a release date somewhere in the first half of 2011. That’s a whole lot of release dates, so hopefully we’ll get something more concrete soon. After blowing through Mafia II, I’m itching to take my 1940s-era action to the west coast. In the game, players will experience “an ..read the full article

You may have seen some new impressions of PlayStation Move recently. A number of sites, both gaming and mainstream, received their press kits last week, hence the new reviews. We’ve been linking out to many of them on the sidebar, and we’ll fully recap on Sunday’s What We Read.

But what about you, the customer? How will your Move experience begin? We just got in the final retail packaging for the PlayStation Move Bundle. Here’s what you get in the box:

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Some of our older readers might remember John “Wardrox” Kershaw- well, he’s moved on from Ripten and is now spending his time creating odd web games to test your gaming blog knowledge. Can you guess which site ran which headline?

The game is playable here on John’s excellent gaming news aggregator Wire.vg.  It asks simply “What site ran this headline?” with a date and gives you a few options to choose from. When you get up to the harder difficulties you’ll ..read the full article

Before officially starting this review let me get something out of the way: For $15 Castle Crashers on PSN is a steal!  If you don’t already own it on Xbox Live…GET IT!  Ok, now let’s get started. I never owned Castle Crashers on Xbox Live.  Was fortunate to have a friend and neighbor who purchased the game 2 years ago.  We often played co-op games together and both found Castle Crashers an instant favorite.  I took the Red Knight as he took the Green Knight and ..read the full article

No Heroes Allowed! is the latest in the Badman franchise. A series of Dungeon Strategy games where you play the God of Destruction, summoned by the Evil Overlord Badman to dig a dungeon full of monsters to destroy the invading heroes, and help Badman conquer the known world! MWHAAHAA!

If you have played What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? and What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord 2!? then you are ..read the full article

According to the Witcher’s Facebook Page, CDProjekt is not going to, “sacrifice” the game’s development for consoles at the moment.  They are simply focused on a great PC title … for now.

Here’s the direct quote:

To be clear – no part of The Witcher 2′s development is being sacrificed for console development. The focus is on delivering a great PC title for Q1 next year… the engine is CAPABLE of console development, but we are currently focused on the PC game ..read the full article

Hi Battlefield fans! Don’t tell anyone, but I didn’t pick up Battlefield 1943 when it originally launched. For a DICE employee, that’s perhaps best kept a secret. The good news is: I have the perfect excuse to catch up on it now.

More Battlefield goodness than you can shake an RPG at.

You get a ton of stuff in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition, with Onslaught Mode, Limited Edition Unlocks and the full version of Battlefield 1943 — DICE’s ..read the full article

Hello again! This is Ollie Barder from doublesix. Since I spoke here last, the studio has been really busy with Top Gun – a new air combat game for the PlayStation Network based on the classic 80′s film. Needless to say it’s been a lot of fun making this, as screeching across a blue sky in a F-14 Tomcat never gets old.

For those curious as to how we’ve tackled the game we went down a more arcade focused route for ..read the full article

Hello from Big Sandwich Games! As you’re reading this, we’re packing up the truck and preparing to head to PAX. But first, we present to you the official Hoard PAX 2010 trailer!

Hopefully that gives you an idea of what the game’s all about. Intense action, leaderboard score attack, crazy multiplayer duels, diabolical powerups, and over 100 badges to earn! Get ready for HOARD!

Stop by booth #3012 if you’ll be at PAX, and we’ll give ya ..read the full article

PlayStation Game Runners is an experimental project where PlayStation, members of the public and young people from diverse backgrounds come together to create social games. We at PlayStation believe that the best games are played as a group.

The project has been developed by PlayStation and Hide & Seek with a team of eight initial Game Runners who have been picked to train as game designers and work to make the games relevant.

There are three games in development: Flags, Blocks ..read the full article

If you are going to PAX this weekend, I wanted to let you know that inFAMOUS 2 will have its very own booth space at the show! Sucker Punch will be on hand and we’ll have 7 kiosks featuring a demo of the game that will feature Cole’s new melee weapon (the “Amp”) and a new power called the Ionic Vortex.

Our booth number is #122 so swing on by to get your inFAMOUS destruction on! We’ll also be giving ..read the full article

Rockstar, the long running developers and publishers of perhaps one of the most controversial game series ever has announced that their handheld exclusive; Chinatown Wars, will be heading to the iPad on September 9th for $9.99 (USD).

Following the dismal sales of the game on the Nintendo DS and PSP due to piracy, Rockstar is hoping that the HD installation will appeal to a broader audience. The developer said:

““In addition to the wide range of features developed specifically for the ..read the full article

At today’s Call of Duty: Black Ops live event, Treyarch showed off the new “wager” matches and four new modes of play. As somebody who pledges allegiance to Infinity Ward, I have to say that Black Ops is looking very, very good.

Call of Duty: Black Ops will be Mod-Friendly Call of Duty Black Ops Collectors Edition Includes RC Car + Prestige Edition Trailer Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser Revealed Call of Duty Black Ops Special Not-So-Original Editions Announced New Call of Duty: ..read the full article

Why am I just now posting some Mass Effect fan art? I’ll tell you why: I don’t know. I’m a huge fan of the series and a huge fan of science fiction in general, so I’m in love with sci-fi throwback poster.

Five O’Clock Fan Art is perfect for wrapping up the work day. You don’t want to think anymore, you just want to look at awesome things. And there’s nothing more awesome than a well crafted piece of videogame fan ..read the full article

Hi everyone, here’s a peek at what’s being offered next week for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Also, moving forward, we’ll be providing these updates on free, exclusive and discounted PlayStation Plus items roughly 2 weeks in advance. So look for another update next Wednesday for the September 21 publish of PlayStation Plus content.

Next week we will have a full game trial for the multiplayer classic, Warhawk. Download the full game trial and take to land and air in an ..read the full article