This is the thirty-seventh in a series of bad video game reviews by the Angry Video Game Nerd. This time he reviews Shaq Fu on SNES. This 2D fighting game was released back in 1994, made by Delphine Software International. It featured professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal as a playable character. However, the game’s controls…

Christmas with the Rayman Raving Rabbids. In the spirit of the Holidays and BWAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

Carolers sing “Still Alive” as a security camera reveals a Christmas Portal miracle… the cake is not a lie and the Weighted Companion Cube is alive celebrating “Holiday Name Here” at Aperture Science. Happy Holidays to all!

Crytek announced that after four years of development on the PC-exclusive FPS Crysis, they aren’t just making patches and the like. Their level designers have been working on a downloadable Christmas present, the free Crysis Tournament Map Pack. The package includes 5 brand new multiplayer maps for Crysis. All of them have been tested by…

With the new SimCity Societies patch players will get a new Strategic mode, in which they’ll need to approach the game much more slowly and deliberately. This SimCity Societies patch is out now. Meant for the “hardcore” players, Strategic Mode comes in three, progressively more demanding flavors: Basic, Hardcore, and Nightmare. Each of these is…

Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. Since this is the last week of the year there’s not much except for downloadable games. So we’ve got today’s Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble, Blades of Steel, Rolling Thunder 2 on the Wii Virtual Console, as well as SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam…

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). If…

Shantae developer WayForward Technologies wishes to make Shantae 2 one way or another. To get developers to notice the GameBoy Color original has a following, they’ve started a Shantae Fan Club on their site (bottom of the page). By joining this Shantae Fan Club potential publishers like Capcom can see how many people would be…

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new Wii-exclusive game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such…

To celebrate the launch of the Guinness World Record Gamer’s Edition 2008 will be released in February 2008, the Guinness World Records website updated to show some of the more recent feats of gaming “excellence”. Yes, this is the first time in its history the Guinness Book of World Records is going to include a…

Del-Rey Books and author Drew Karpyshyn have announced the second volume in the Mass Effect series of novels titled Mass Effect: Ascension. The book will bridge the gap between the ending of the first Mass Effect game and the start of Mass Effect 2. It will be released in the summer of 2008. The first…

Jools Watsman, the Renegade Kid owner and creative director, recently did an interview with the Handheld Wars. In it he answered a question about how he thought the company’s first game Dementium: The Ward came out. To quote: “I’m very proud of what we accomplished with the game. There are some aspects that I wish…

The AirDrives headphones are a new style of innovative headphones that are unlike anything you’ve probably seen before. Typically most people choose to wear earbuds nowadays, which actually go into your ear as everyone knows. Well the AirDrives are different. These unique headphones actually hang by your ear and not inside it, but have the…

What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom), 3. Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training (Nintendo), 4. Dance…

In the ocean world of Aquaria, teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets, you join Naija (narrated fully with voice overs). She’s a lone underwater dweller in search of her family, as she explores the depths of Aquaria. She’ll travel from hidden caves, shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases, all lovingly handcrafted by…