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Gamers absolutely love theGuitar Herofranchise. It simultaneously satisfies their innate desires to rock things in ways generally attributed to hurricanes, while filling the void in their lives reserved primarily for shmups,X-Treme Needlepointand any other activity that causes spiral fracturing of the metacarpals. With that said, the track list for the upcomingGuitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80sis kind of a let-down. To wit, a snippet from a press release we just received detailing some newly announced tracks:...

Nothing else matters to me this week asDead Space 2is finally out. Oh happy days! I can’t wait to scare myself stupid every night and have horrible nightmares! Other than that,Two Worlds IIis out and that might be good. Or not. What’s looking sw33t to you all this week? PC:World of Tanks, Venetica, Dead Space 2, BreachXbox 360:Dead Space 2, Two Worlds II

Want more wacky clothing options inHome? Sony is happy to oblige. On February 12, ninja outfits will be available for purchase in the Mall space. Because they can, Sony is throwing a ninja-themed bash in the upcoming Gamer’s Lounge space on February 13. If you’re down with virtual dance parties but don’t have a ninja outfit, don’t worry. According to thePlayStation bloga “reasonable facsimile” of black clothing is accepted. Vouchers forSOCOMandWarhawkwill be handed out during the event....

Imagine this. You walk into a store and pick up one of Nintendo’srecently announced Nintendo Points cards. You come home, toss the number into your Wii and buyMega Man 9. After a few hours you realize that you need to rush to the airport to fly to Turkey. You pick up yourDSiand attempt to purchase a game with the same card (with points still on it) you just used for your Wii....

to combat the Sony mega machine, Bloombergreportsthat Nintendo is prepared to spend upwards of $200 million to bring the giant down through marketing. Expect Mario to be fondling your nether regions very soon in order to entice you to buy a Wii. Nintendo Co., loser of the last video- game console war, said it will spend more than $200 million to market its new Wii in a bid to wrest sales away from Sony Corp....

Nintendo is hosting a contest to celebrate The Legend of Zelda’s 25th anniversary. They’re asking fans to use DSi’s Flipnote Studio to draw a Zelda-themed Flipnote animation. But the judges for the contest aren’t just some random PR people. Actually, series makers Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Takashi Tezuka and Yoshiaki Koizumi will make up the judges panel. No pressure, though! The contest pagelays it all out: You’ll draw an animation using one of their Zelda soundtracks, post it online with all the other entrants from all over the world, and then wait until until the judges can look at them all, which Nintendo says will be October 14....

To be frank,Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensionsfor 3DS does not look particularly good. On the left, we haveGalaga 3D, and on the right is the non-3DPac-Man Tilt. Like I said, it’s going to take some real convincing to win me over here. But, there’s more. According toFamitsu, this 3DS title will include more than those aforementioned, newfangled games. We’re also gettingPac-Man Championship Edition(noDX, sadly),Galaga Legions,Pac-Man, andGalagaon the cart. Apparently, playing these bonuses will be like looking down into an arcade cabinet using the 3DS’ depth-providing capability....

Admittedly, I’ve never been part of the PC adventure game crowd. Now before you browse through your inventory for a torch and lighter, or enter things like “/pitchfork”, let me explain what I mean. It’s not that I don’t love adventure games, because I do. Ask for my top ten favorite DS titles and you’ll find thatTouch DetectiveandHotel Duskmake the cut every time. The simple truth is, I’ve never been a PC gamer....

Surprisingly, Strarbreeze’s last-gen Xbox/PC title,Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Baystill stands up pretty well today. So when Vivendi and Starbreeze announced that a next-gen remake calledChronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athenawas in the works, I was thrilled. Then I heard industry buzz that with Starbreeze working on a new title for Electronic Arts, the game was shelved. Canned. Buried. Sometimes I hear things that aren’t true. “We are certainly working on it, and we are almost done actually and the game looks great,” Starbreeze CEO Johah Kristiansson toldAbout....

This weekend,I posted a storyfound on NeoGAF claiming that Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford said thatAliens: Colonial Marineswould not be released in 2011. Pitchford has popped his head up on onEurogamerto refute the comments and explain that he never said that. “I am certain that I haven’t discussed anything specific regardingAliens: Colonial Marineswith anyone beyond emphasising how passionate I am about the title and how committed my studio and I are to making it great,” explains the velvet prince....

Beatnik Games’Plain Sightwas originally developed with Xbox Live Arcade in mind. You hate to hear that as a PS3 owner, but you still know that it’s not hard to bring something over from XBLA to PSN. This is exactly what has happened withPlain Sight. Edge Magazine has revealed that the unique, high flying multiplayer battle title will be coming to PlayStation Network soon. Other than the inclusion of PlayStation Move support, we have no other details on the release....

I still have a lot of Game Boy games in my collection. They just kind of sit there, though. I could bust out the ol’ Game Boy or one of the many other devices I have that plays them, but I’m lazy, and I want to see the games on my TV. Yeah, yeah. Super Game Boy. Or! Or this device created by bunnyboy of the NintendoAge forums, called Retrovision. You plug this cart into your NES (not SNES!...

God Eater Burst, D3 Publisher’s PlayStation Portable action adventure title, is getting some downloadable content. Well, if you pre-order it at GameStop, at least. The publisher announced today that folks who reserve the game at the mega-retailer will get a code to download and face off against two new Aragami, the monsters of theGod Eateruniverse: Caligula and Venus. Also included will be exclusive items that unlock new looks for in-game uniforms....