Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. Since this is the last day of the year and the first week of next year there’s not much except for downloadable games. So we’ve got today’s Bubble Bobble, Light Crusader, Top Hunter on the Wii Virtual Console, as well as Metal Slug 3 on Xbox Live…

Choosing “The Best Games of 2007” is no easy task. Here at VGB we’re still heavily playing all the top titles of the past year, we haven’t played through all and as a result not reviewed them yet. So I thought it best to take our time to play and review them all into next…

Today Nintendo adds new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon (see to your right). What…

The top 10 greatest rhythm games of all-time is a tough list to compile and will no doubt vary on personal tastes. This list focusses on games where a strict, rhythmic play style was enforced, and eliminating titles heavily influenced by music such as Rez, Lumines, or Everyday Shooter. The criteria also put a strong…

A Nintendo customer service representative was asked why you can’t play downloaded Wii Virtual Console games directly off of the SD Card. You know, instead of having to either delete games then re-download them, or save games onto the SD cards and then transfer them back later on. His answer clears up any confusion you…

Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg was asked why you can’t pay exact amounts for content on Xbox Live Arcade. His answer clears up any confusion you might have: “The reason why we do that, the core reason, is around credit card transaction fees. If we do this in bulk, we don’t have to…

In order to get a Street Fighter IV video scoop, 1UP traveled to Capcom Headquarters in Japan to interview Producer Yoshinori Ono. The editors also talk about the trip and provide hands-on gameplay impressions, they even mention online multiplayer might include worldwide tournaments and rankings, as well as the possibility of downloadable content in the…

You might remember the Metal Gear Saga intro video we posted back in July. It celebrated 20 years of the Metal Gear Solid series by coming out with a video that features five chapters, one chapter for each game in the Metal Gear series (MGS3, MG, MG2, MGS, MGS2). In chronological order the video gave…

UK developer Rare is currently hard at work on Banjo-Kazooie exclusively for the Xbox 360 (they are Microsoft owned after all). Fans of the series will forever call this game Banjo-Threeie (or Banjo-Kazooie 3, even if it’s the fifth game), but for the sake for this round of Questions and Answers, let’s reference it as…

Tecmo has announced that Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS will be released sometime in March of 2008. With the intuitive use of the DS stylus, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword will let players control Master Ninja Ryu Hayabusa like never before. That’s right ladies, you get to touch him now. Developed by Executive…

Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Patapon is a rhythm-based 2D platform/action game exclusively for the PSP. A release is expected sometime on February 28th 2008. In the single player game, players are tasked with leading the colorful Patapons, a brave and noble tribe, through a series of epic battles against opposing armies and gigantic…

The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) has big concerns about the game industry. With profit margins so tight, the line between survival and failure can rest on the sales from just one Christmas. The fear is that many companies will simply not survive the festive period. “It is not unlikely that after Christmas, we may…

Dragon Ball Z Budokai 4: Burst Limit is the latest fighting game based on the popular anime/manga series Dragon Ball Z and will be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2008. Developer Dimps, known for creating Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1, 2 and 3, will be developing Dragon Ball Z Budokai 4:…