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It’s good news/bad news time again. Good news first-Cave Story Wiihas been resubmittedto Nintendo for approval. The game was supposed to be out months ago, but for reasons unknown, Nintendo has been holding it back. I played a very final-feeling version of the game atE3 this year, which makes me think that the game has been done for a while. The word on the street was that the game’s translation needed changing before it could be releases, but I’m guessing that there’s more to it than that....

Earlier today I jumped right into a situation that was so CES it wasn’t even funny: 3D glasses, HD gaming and motion sensing technology, all in one presentation. It wasKillzone 3in 3D, controlled with the PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter gun. I was one in a long line of people to get their ass handed to them in the CES floor demo Sony had set up, but I was surprised at how responsive the camera moved with the movement of the gun....

That picture above all these words? That’s a prototype board forJason Rohrer‘s recently-announced, Majesco-published DS game “about diamond trading in Angola on the eve of the passage of theKimberly Process.” Rohrer is keeping gameplay details close to his chest but has revelealed that it will be a two-player, turn-based strategy game. And now I’m torn: I’m abysmal at strategy games but interested in the game’s concept. What to do? In any case, even if Rohrer hadn’tspilled the (garbonzo) beansabout his yet-untitled game being strategy-oriented, the Go pieces kind of give it away, given thatGois probably the oldest and most influential strategy game in history....

Been waiting with bated breath sinceCivilization IV: Beyond the Swordfor a new taste of Sid Meier’s ridiculously acclaimed strategy series? Never fear, the newest title in the series is just around the corner with a release date of June 8th, but you can check out the demo starting tomorrow on XBLA and PSN if you live in North America. What do you get to do in the demo? Here’s a summary:...

Blades are cool. Women are cool. Kratos taught us that blades on chains with fiery streaks coming out are even cooler. But blades on chains plus fiery redheaded women plus screenshots that look like this? Ashes, ashes, we all fall in love! Check out this gallery of seriously stunning newHeavenly Swordscreenshots — maybe it won’t make you buy a PlayStation 3, but it will at least make you excited to play it at the house of that punk rich kid you only hang out with for the videogames....

Today we’re giving away … well, I have no idea what we’re giving away. We have four boxes of mystery swag sitting in the offices and two of the boxes are being given away for today’s contest (the other two boxes will be given away tomorrow). There might be games, there might be shirts, there might even be fetuses in the boxes! I really have no idea. So how do you win one of the two boxes?...

Put your rat suit on. Vogster Entertainment wants you to testCrimecraft, an adorable MMO that is one partGrand Theft Auto, two partsShadowrunand three partsJudge Dredd(minus the whole “Judge” thing). Yesterday afternoon, the studio moved the game from closed beta to full-on open beta. You can get in on the action if you’re willing to jump through a fewFilePlanet hoopsand download the client. Apparently,the official Web siteis also offering some sort of admittance to the beta, but it appears that the page has been slammed into 404-oblivion....

The headline basically says it all. Nintendo will start offering demo versions of some WiiWare games starting November 22nd. You’ll be able to visit the Wii Shop Channel and download demos at no cost after this. The Times — we’re getting with them. The initial demo line-up for demo launch day looks like this: Nintendo says that additional demos will appear on Mondays. Demos will remain on the Wii Shop Channel for a limited time, so get ’em if you’re curious....

Have you seen Destructoid (the show) yet? OK, but have you seen allthreeepisodes? If not, now’s the time. All three episodes are here. Check ’em out, and tell us what you think. This was our first week ever doing anything like this, so we’re pretty excited, and plenty freaked out. We’re tweaking things constantly. With each episode we shot, we tried new things and took new risks. Tomorrow’s episode will be no different....

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Boltscaused quite a stir when it was first revealed. For years, fans of the platforming bear and bird duo waited for a trueBanjo-Kazooiesequel, and when it was finally announced for the Xbox 360, people simply didn’t know what to make of it. Nuts & Bolts, as you should be well aware, is going to be centered around the use of vehicles which you build build and use to complete a variety of challenges....

We are very excited forBlood Bowl. While we’re not Games Workshop obsessives by any means (I’ve tried to get into it several times, but don’t want to sell a kidney to buy all the stuff), none of us can deny the alluring power of goblin football. Needless to say, we are looking forward to this upcoming adaptation of a tabletop classic, and want to know as much as we can....

When a game gets a title likeCalvin Tucker’s Redneck Jamboree, it can be hard to tell what to think. I mean, that could be totally awesome, right? I’m not a big fan of Jeff Foxworthy, but I can appreciate loving jabs at poor Americans living in rural communities. It has potential. Once you know it is a collection of mini-games for the Wii, however, it is much easier to assume that the game will be utter trash, no matter how intriguing the name might be....

While I am a big fighting game fan, I’ll admit I know much more about the Capcom and Sega fighting titles than I do of SNK’sFatal Furyseries. But what better way to learn than from a disc of some of what are supposed to be some of the best games in the series? SNK keeps a good thing going with their steady flow of affordable, retro-friendly compilation discs. We recently saw the release ofFatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2, a follow up to last fall’sBattle Archives Volume 1....