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Do you play first-person shooters long into the night? Have your playing ways caused extreme pain in the thumb region? Well, then the American Physical Therapy Association is here for you! That’s right, the APTA has released their own guidelines on how you, yes you, can prevent the dreaded gamer’s thumb. Here’s a few of their helpful tips to make your gaming last well beyond your retirement years: • Keep wrists straight; do not let them bend downward when holding a game controller....

Whether you like it or not, the push towards a mostly-digital game industry is ahead of us. It may not be next year, it may not be in the next five years… but it’s coming. Brick and mortar retailers like GameStop have known this for years, and have been planning accordingly. The latest move,according to GameStop COO Paul Raines, is to let customers purchase downloadable content right in the store....

If destroying robots is your jam, keep your eyes onGatling Gears. Publisher Electronic Arts has announced that the game will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network on May 11 and May 18, respectively. It’ll run you 1200 MS Points, or $14.99 in human being American money. Tara had a chance to go hands on with the game at GDC last month, and spoke with the game’s senior designer about big ass robots....

Recently, the Internet spawned a rumor amidst all the excitement of E3 that a sequel to the heavily under-appreciatedGolden Sunseries was coming to the Nintendo DS. Like fish on those tiny, delicious fishflakesJoystiq,GoNintendoand other sites pounced, working furiously to spread the news as quickly as their tiny, malformed hands could. That night, their heads filled with gumdrops and thoughts of handheld RPG action, many children went to bed happy. Sadly, as is so often the case, those children were all idiots....

I certainly hope you’ve been enjoying this week’s covering ofGrand Theft Auto IV. I have some good news and I have some bad news. The bad news is that today’sGTA IVcoverage will not be coming in the form of a sizeable article, like we did earlier this week with “Shooting and cover, Grand Theft Auto IV has them,” “Multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto IV has it,” or “Polices chases, Grand Theft Auto IV has them....

You can’t make a new videogame these days without some kind of silly unveiling. It’s usually a countdown timer or something, but Namco Bandai is at least making a game out of theirSoulcalibur 5character unveiling.Daishi Odashima has shown the silhouettes of two new characters for the game via Twitter. You can try to guess who they are. The full unveiling of the two new characters will take place later this month at San Diego Comic-Con....

Combine one part HAL 9000 problem (disobedience!) and one partXbox360 problem (Red Ring of Death!) and you’ll get the most cleverest shirt ever made! If you’re not careful, your 360 may jettison you out an air-lock. The red ring of death is just the first sign that something has gone terribly wrong and not only will you not be playing any games, your 360 may rebel and simply kill you....

I’ve been saying for a while that the Android OS just isn’t a great place for gaming, despite the huge popularity of Android devices.RaskullsandFruit Ninjadeveloper Halfbrick seems to agree, revealing that the Android Marketplace just isn’t very good for games. “Well, despite some enthusiastic Android gamers claiming otherwise, that market is much smaller than iTunes by a significant margin,” said sexy Australian Phil Larsen. “Android devices are selling very well, but the core gaming ecosystem is not set up like the App Store is in regards to usability and consistency....

I am so sick of World War II games. Every time it’s just a mindless run and gun, kill the Nazi scumbags and be the one-man army. I’ve had enough of this so I was obviously skeptical going intoBrothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway. By the end of the night, I found myself attached to the main character’ and wanting more fromHell’s Highway. I want to experience the full story but have to wait until the game comes out now....

Dale deemedValkyria Chronicles 2a worthy successor to the original after getting some quick hands on time with it at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and he’s not alone in thinking so — I think the game looks great. We thought you’d enjoy this new batch of screens and artwork, including a new trailer, thatAndria Sangposted today, so here you go. I’m especially excited to see some of the new characters in these shots....

California-based emcee Murs knows what’s up — it’s time ya’ll recognize the fury that wasMike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!for the NES. An homage to the classic 8-bit title, this video for the Murs track “Murray’s Revenge” (taken from the 2006 album of the same name) was clearly created by people who truly have a love for that particular era in gaming. With direct nods to the game itself spilled all over the screen, it’s likely only a matter of time before Nintendo’s legal hounds break out of their cages....

[As originally postedon Japanator] Hold it! I know you’re scrolling past this review because it means you’ve got to do a lot of reading, but where will you get in life with that attitude? The poor house. That’s where. Do you want to end up in the gutter, robbing people to get food? No, you want to read this review, and have it serve as an inspiration to become a lawyer, just like Phoenix Wright....

Homefrontis a game that takes place ten minutes into the future, where America has been invaded by a united Korea. With a story that treads a thin line between fiction and reality, this is a game that’s sure to court controversy. Kaos Studios general manager Dave Votypka, however, isn’t very worried about the backlash. “It seems inevitable that there will be some that may not agree with the events in the game, or don’t believe them....