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“Join Papa Louie in his first platforming adventure, when his delicious pizzas turn into monsters and kidnap his customers! Journey through over a dozen worlds of Italian cuisine to save the day!” That’s what Tony Solary, Owner and Creative Director ofFlipline Studios, mailed us today at Dtoid, telling us aboutPapa Louie: When Pizzas Attack!, a new game by him and his team, created using Flash 8. You start the game at Papa Louie’s pizzeria, giving out free pizzas to all tenants in the building....

Platinum Games boss Hideki Kamiya has stated that he wants to create a brand newStar Foxgame … at gunpoint. Apparently, it would not be enough for Nintendo to simplyasktheBayonettadeveloper. Despite seeming to really want to make it, Kamiya would rather make it after staring down the barrel of a .45. “I want Nintendo’s staff to come to Platinum, stick guns at us and tell us ‘You guys make a newStar Fox‘,” stated Kamiya after learning that Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has expressed a desire for a brand newStar Foxtitle....

Rememberback in Junewhen I told you about a contest involving people submitting concepts for a Doritos-inspired game and that the winning entry would be released as a free Xbox Live Arcade title in 2008? Well, the 5 finalists for said contest have been chosen! You can go ahead and try out the “betas”right here. Basically, we have from now until November 18 to vote for our favorite game a.k.a. the one that will have the least painful achievements....

One could argue that the miniaturization of classic game consoles into a portable device is kind of silly in this day and age. With the continual re-releases of older titles and[cough]emulation, lugging around Super Nintendo cartridges seems like a bit of a hassle. Seeing the “portablization” of a Super Nintendo by BenHeck.com forum memberLife of Brianhas completely changed my mind. He says this is his third mini-SNES overall; this one was built on commission....

Thesepast few days, Rockstar has been talked about quite frequently, with much of the discussion surrounding the studio falling into what can only be described as the “brutally negative” threshold. By all accounts, the troubling news isn’t about to stop rushing out anytime soon. As revealed to Joystiq by undisclosed sources, the fate ofRed Dead Redemptionis sounding, at best, highly questionable. One source said the game “was a complete disaster for most of 2009 and previous … it has since turned around a little bit, but there are huge problems with it still....

Some pre-order bonuses are cool, some pre-order bonuses are stupid, and some pre-order bonuses are stupid cool. I’m not sure which this one is, but I do know one thing — this is the first time I’ve ever written about aShaun Whitegame, and it took apre-order yeti from GameStopto do it. ReserveShaun White Skateboardingat America’s most evil purveyor of interactive entertainment and you get this rather ridiculous abominable snowman. As you can see, he loves holding up his skateboard while throwing a peace sign, just like the real-life yeti!...

In April, Hudson announced the third entry (or fourth, if you countDeca Sports DS) in its multi-million-sellingDeca Sportsseries,Deca Sports 3. This time, the franchise is back on the Wii with ten all-new sporting events, although as a sports fan, I feel like Hudson is reaching with a few of these: Deca Sports 3is compatible with Wii MotionPlus; in fact, each of the ten sports can be played in Normal mode (Wii Remote alone) or Master Mode (requires MotionPlus)....

Back when Ubisoft was still doing Ubidays in America, I got a chance to check outthe firstShaun White Snowboardinggame. I really loved what they were doing with the game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but wasn’t all that impressed with the Wii version. Shaun White Snowboarding: World Tourchanges the formula up a little bit in the sequel and I dug what I saw of it while at Ubisoft San Francisco last week....

We talked a lot aboutSecret of Monkey Island: Special Editiontoday, but one thing we haven’t touched is LucasArts motivation for creating it now. According toSecret of Monkey Island: Special Editionproducer Craig Derrick, LucasArts decided to update the title for three core reasons: fans wanted it, LucasArts wanted to create it, and making a new IP is “very difficult.” Derrick added to his list in our interview, citing digital distribution as an important factor in makingSecret of Monkey Island: Special Editionpossible....

Sony loves to talk about its famous “ten-year plan” for the PlayStation 3, mainly because it vaguely defends the fact that the first several years of it have had little to offer. With that in mind, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Sony is usingsimilar talkof longevity to describe its venture into the handheld market, the PSP. Speaking in an interview withGamasutra, Sony’s Scott Steinberg had this to say:...

The guys over atGaming Nexuswere able to get their mitts on Microsoft’s upcoming gadget, the rubbishly named Chatpad. While not the final version, the peripheral tested was pretty close to the version you’ll be able to buy when it’s released during the summer. By all accounts (this account), early impressions are positive. Fitting in very snugly and not heavy enough to cause imbalance to the controller, the GN fellas propose this is something you can snap on and leave on....

Epicenter Studios, makers ofReal Heroes: Firefighterfor the Wii, plan to give a portion of their proceeds from the sale of this game back to real firefighters. As we mentioned inour previewof the game, theFirefighter Cancer Support Networkwill receive the donations from the developer. Epicenter says that they’re looking to give back to those that keep us safe. “We wanted to attempt to give back to these brave women and men who put their lives on the line every day to keep the public safe,” said Nathaniel McClure, CEO of Epicenter Studios....

Chantelise: A Tale of Two Sistersis an upcoming action RPG from the makers ofRecettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. It will be available on July 29th for the PC on Steam, GamersGate, and “other PC digital distribution networks.” You can download a demo now fromCarpe Fulgur’s website. The demo contains the game’s tutorial and the first few levels of play. It’s a dungeon crawler and you hack-n-slash your way through stages of enemies....