Ubisoft shows off the WWII first-person action shooter Brothers in Arms is headed to Nintendo DS. The game will feature 3 different campaigns, spanning 16 missions and several of the countries involved in the war starting in North America up to the battle for Normandy. The touch-screen will be used for switching weapons, launching grenades…

Microsoft Casual Games is a new portal that offers access to over 400 games, a variety of card, puzzle, word and arcade-style games, via: MSN Games which after 10 years has over 300 free casual single-player and multiplayer games, Messenger Games which has over 25 games playable over Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Windows Games as…

Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. Bullet Witch for Xbox 360, The Sims 2 Seasons for PC, SSX Blur for Wii, and Formula One: Championship Edition for PS3 are the most popular games this week, aside from the awesome Wii download releases. No word of confirmation on this week’s PS3 or PSP…

Today Nintendo adds three 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 retail outlets like Amazon (see to your…

Namco Bandai’s Tekken project director Haruki Suzaki recently planned the PSP Dark Resurrection version of the popular Tekken 5 arcade port and is the lead for the upcoming downloadable PS3 edition as well. He and Tekken 5 Game Director Katsuhiro Harada acknowledged several years ago that a “Tekken VS. Virtua Fighter” game was something they’d…

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has announced a price point of €59.99 (£39.99) for its first-party launch line-up in Europe. This includes their flagship PS3 games like Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Genji, Formula One, and Ridge Racer 7. That’s a €10/£10 saving on new PS3 games compared to first-party games from Xbox 360 competitor…

Spectrobes seems perfect for action-RPG fans wanting to collect and fight with creatures while waiting for April’s Pokemon Diamond/Pearl DS release. Spectrobes introduces two junior Interplanetary Patrol officers named Rallen and Jeena who learn of strange, prehistoric creatures called Spectrobes that possess special powers. These fossilized Spectrobes hold the key to defeating a vicious and…

I randomly came across this video via the greatness that is youtube, and thought I’d go ahead and share it here, despite the extremely low quality. This video has an entire hours worth of classic game moments. The video was created in 2000 though so nothing beyond that will be shown. But there are plenty…

Ray Muzyka is a trained doctor who now runs a video game company for a living, who has a small but profound hope for the future of interactive entertainment: “It’s a small detail, but one of the details I’ve always wanted to have in our game [Mass Effect] is eyes that look like eyes.” In…

Ph.D faculty member Christopher Ferguson at Texas A&M International University’s Department of Behavioral, Applied Sciences and Criminal Justice, could not find a link between violent video games and violent behavior. The researcher sent Gamepolitics information about a study he recently completed. To quote the explanations: “I conducted a meta-analysis of studies associating violent video game…

In Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters the gun-toting comedic duo are on a much needed vacation, Ratchet and Clank’s rest and relaxation time is suddenly cut short as they soon find themselves lured into a mysterious quest. Following the trail of a kidnapped girl, Ratchet and Clank rediscover a forgotten race of genius inventors known…

This May the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie sees Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. So what’s next for Disney? According to Disney blogger Jim Hill The Walt Disney Company has gone franchise-crazy lately, with sequels being prepped and/or considered for virtually every project…

In late 2006: In a Weekly Shonen Jump (Japanese manga magazine) interview with Nomura, the Kingdom Hearts creator expressed interest in a possible international version of Kingdom Hearts II, although there were no definite plans. He said that should a “Final Mix” version arise, he has a “trump card” in mind, with such features as…