Cagney Brings New Burnout Paradise Multiplayer Modes [Burnout Paradise]

While Criterion is getting ready to unleash their Bogart Update for Burnout Paradise, they're already lining up new content for the dead movie star patch. The Cagney Update will see the introduction of three new FreeBurn multiplayer modes to the game: Online Stunt Run, Marked Man or Road Rage. Online ...

Star Soldier Returns In Bite-Sized WiiWare Chunks [Wiiware]

Hudson's classic Star Soldier series has already appeared in four different iterations on the Wii Virtual Console (Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Blazing Lazers and Star Soldier), so now it's time for the next step. Introducing Star Soldier R for WiiWare, the tournament-style rebirth of the classic ...

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing [Activision Blizzard]

Today the European Commission granted French telecom and media group Vivendi permission to merge its videogame unit with Activision, thus bringing to fruition the merger first announced back in December. The Commission had to be sure that the joining of the two companies wouldn't cause a monopoly in ...

Sign Up For The Quake Live Beta [Beta Watch]

Back in February, Id Software and IGA announced Quake Live, a browser-based 'freemium' multiplayer version of the classic shooter. Now that they've wet our whistles with a couple of teaser screenshots, their ready to get our hands dirty. Quakelive.com is now accepting email addresses for the upcoming ...

Metareview (Euro Edition) -- Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Driving As we continue to cope with the fact that Europe got a Nintendo game before North America (instead of six months later), we've had the surreal experience of perusing European reviews for Mario Kart Wii a couple weeks before its NA debut. The European outlets have given ...

Hacker puts BBC's iPlayer on PS3; official version coming "in due course"

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Video Not willing to wait for the BBC to get its act together and release a PS3-compatible version of it's iPlayer streaming video web site, an enterprising hacker has pieced together his own version and put it out for the world to share. PS3iplayer.com ...

Pachter: Wii Fit could keep Wii shortage going

Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Exergaming, Business Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pacter states that after attending a recent Nintendo event that he now believes in the sales power of Wii Fit. He thinks Nintendo's fun for the fatties system could "cause a new boom in demand for the Wii." Adding that Nintendo's ...

Takeuchi talks Resident Evil 5, confirms African setting

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action If we were making a game as hotly anticipated as Resident Evil 5, we hope our publisher wouldn't say anything about it until it was done. We'd just pull up in our sleek Lamborghini (which all game designers drive) throw a disc into their mail ...

Deion Sanders, MC Hammer, Van Damme...It Can Only Be SFII [Clips]

Since Street Fighter IV was announced, there's been a ton of reminiscing about Street Fighter II. And all of it's positive! How good it was, how great it was, how it brought your estranged parents back together, how it ended the war in Bosnia...all valid points, but you can't just remember the good. ...

Ms. Pac-Man in Hustler Magazine [Maximum Risky]

Joystick penis joke alert! Joystick penis joke alert! Above is a clip from a 2005 Hustler piece that featured a pantsu-less woman in a Ms. Pac-Man costume. The article includes lines like: Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket or are you happy to see me? So clever. Hit the jump for the full version. ...

Lair Wises Up, Gets Analogue Controls [Lair]

Poor Lair. Looked gorgeous, but, yeah. You know. Controls. Sucky. Well, the rumour that was so good it turned up twice in February has been confirmed by Sony, with a Lair patch due in Japan on April 17 adding the option of analogue controls for the much-maligned shooter. I know what you're going to ...

Pricey Japanese Girl DS Bling [Only In Japan]

Just look! That's some seriously Japanese girl DS bling. Up top is a &4,830 (US $47.45) custom flower DS jacket. Below? That's a ¥12,810 ($125.85) "love dot" decoration job. Both are featured in the current issue of Koakuma ageha. You can learn all about it here, sparkles and all! DS Lites in ageha ...

No Bringing Down Of The Sky For PC Mass Effect [Mass Effect]

The PC version of Mass Effect gets shinier graphics, better load times, less pop-up and a fancy new HUD. It's got the 360 one beat, hands down. Oh, except for "Bring Down The Sky". That won't be shipping with the PC version. Before you stab madly at the "publish comment" button, though, bear in mind ...

France Gets Wii Clone [Vii]

It's spreading. To Europe. China's Wii rip-off, the Vii, has apparently been reskinned for the French. This made in China machine plays six games (Tennis, Football, Boxing, Bowling, Ping Pong and Baseball) and retails for €40. Accessories include a bat and what looks like three spoons rackets. ...

Infogrames Setting Alone In The Dark Up For A Fall [Alone In The Dark]

Infogrames boss David Gardner has told Reuters "we want to stop losing money". No shit, Dave! As for how they're going to do that, well...they're hoping to sell a lot of videogames. Like the new Alone In The Dark. Over the life of the product in this business year across platforms we are expecting between ...

Americans More Offended by Sex, Gay Kissing Than Severed Heads [Oddities]

A recent poll on parenting game guide What They Play, asks this: As a parent, which would you find most offensive in a video game? The most offensive? A man and woman having sex. Second most? Two men kissing. Third was a graphically severed human head. Always found it odd that violence is okay, but ...

Ireland Goes MAD For Mario Kart Wii - From ... [Mario Kart]

Ireland Goes MAD For Mario Kart Wii - From the Mario Kart launch at a GameStop in Dublin, Ireland. Look at that crowd!!!!! Totally out of control.

Bionic Commando Rearmed, Shipping Soonish [Grin]

Good news! XBLA and PSN title Bionic Commando Rearmed seems like it's getting one step closer to digital shipping. On developer GRIN's official site, the game's Creative Director Simon Viklund blogs: The final date for completing Bionic Commando Rearmed is closing in - we're stabilizing the game and ...

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British Retailer Confirms GTAIV Bundle [Playstation 3]

Just in case you don't trust those shifty, foreign types from the continent, British store Shopto have confirmed to Gamesindustry that they'll be selling a Grand Theft Auto IV hardware bundle, consisting of a 40GB PS3, Sixaxis and a copy of GTAIV. It'll be available on April 29, and will set you back ...