Archive for July, 2009
On Wii Shop and DSiWare today: BIT.TRIP CORE, Bust-A-Move Plus, Heracles Chariot Racing, California Games, Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, Art Style: BASE 10
Nintendo downloads this week: With BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare game library. Other WiiWare offerings this week will have players bursting bubbles and racing in chariots, whether solo or with friends. Nintendo DSiWare welcomes a new Art Style title and a unique auto racing game. While a classic Commodore…
Gaming News you might’ve missed in week 26
Up first: Machima.com‘s Inside Gaming covers game news you might’ve missed last week. They do it in a nice, brief video format. The Dead Pixel details the latest news, reviews, and trailers in his own irreverent style. In week 26, 2009, he talks about: No LAN for you, faction transaction and an attempt to hit…
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger review video
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a 2D one-on-one fighting game by ARC System Works (the makers of Guilty Gear.) Produced by Guilty Gear producer Toshimichi Mori, the game features an all-original cast (including many weapon fighters) and uses a four-button control scheme (weak, medium and strong attacks plus an EX button which makes your character perform…
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker review video
Together with pop music legend Michael Jackson, Sega developed the “Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker” 2D single player beat ‘em up / action-platformer for the Sega Master System back in 1989, as well as a year later on Sega Genesis and in Arcades. The back of the box describes the game as follows: “Michael!” Katy’s voice rings…
Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 26, 2009
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest right now. Think of it as a games weather report. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. EA Sports Active (Electronic Arts), 3. Mario…
Mario loses a life. Play him off, keyboard cat
If you’re a retro gamer, you’ve no doubt heard the NES game’s Super Mario Bros. game over tune. But have you heard the Super Keyboard Cat Bros. version? I didn’t think so. Here’s the latest internet meme, Keyboard Cat, real name Fatso. Who took piano lessons and now plays the keyboard with all the cool…
Official TMNT: Smash Up character list for the Wii game
15 playable TMNT: Smash Up characters have been confirmed for the roster of the upcoming Wii-exclusive fighting game/brawler that plays similar to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It will be released in North America on September 22nd and in Europe on September 25th, 2009. In the game players will battle on interactive, stages that feature many…
Mafia Wars hits 4 million users
Mafia Wars from Zynga, the free social-networking multiplayer browser-based RPG game that you can play via Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo Games and on your iPhone, etc., has passed the 4 million users mark! This makes it one of the most popular social networking online titles. According to Gamasutra, the number of daily players taking part in…
Dragon Ball game publishing rights go from Atari to Namco Bandai
Namco Bandai Games America has made a major announcement; The company has secured the Dragon Ball franchise publishing rights from former rights-holder Atari. This is huge because in 2008, the Dragon Ball franchise made up nearly half of Atari’s sales. The rights that Namco Bandai now owns stretches to all consoles and handhelds and will…
Warner Bros. buyout of Midway now official
It’s official, movie giant and video game publisher Warner Bros. has officially purchased Midway, saving the company from certain doom after Midway USA filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. They purchased Midway for a cheap $33 million dollars, and cut costs even further by only purchasing certain aspects of the company. What did they buy? Naturally, the…
Mario Marathon 2 for Child’s Play Charity starts July 10th
Beginning Friday, July 10, gamers from Lafayette, Indiana will host the second annual Mario Marathon benefiting Child’s Play Charity, which provides toys, games and books to patients of children’s hospitals world wide. VGB will put up the live video feed on the frontpage next week. We covered Mario Marathon 2008, the multi day internet event…
Vote for your favorite Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars characters
Capcom wants to know who are your favorite Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars characters? The company is holding the vote on their Capcom Unity blog, and they say that the voting WILL be used for something “fun”. But they can’t tell us what it is yet. The game will be released “this Winter” (which could…
Starcraft 2′s single player missions like mini-games
Some new details have been revealed regarding the single-player mode of StarCraft 2. According to an interview with Shacknews, Blizzard’s Dustin Browder stated how players will have the ability to come back to missions later on when they are more powerful. To quote: He says the missions aren’t linear, so if you can’t beat one,…
Cowabunga! Do you want a TMNT game from the Batman team? I do! 
I woke up thinking about playing Dance Central. I just want to dance. I just want to dance my life away.
