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“Dippity dachshunds, frog wearing pit stop!” So says boxing promoter Don King about these first screenshots from the upcoming 2K Sports boxer,Don King Presents: Prizefighters.Well ofcourseDon King is going to say that they look “dippity dachshunds”; his name is attached to the game for Pete’s sake! I’m going to say that while they certainly have that “next-gen” look (very sweaty and all), it’s going to be tough to top the visuals of Electronic Arts’ next-genFight Nighteffort....

Looks like nobody can do the “Over Nine Thousand” joke. Too bad. An intrepid eBay seller is attempting to flog his copy ofDragonball GT: Final Bouton the PSX for an almighty $7,000. You’ll be relieved to know that shipping is free! Released in 1997, this fighting game is allegedly pretty rare. In fact, the seller increased his original selling price after estimating that a mere fifty sealed copies of the game existed in the United States....

Yesterday, the chaps over atTouch Arcadefound a demo of the upcomingCommand & ConqueriPhone game tucked away in a dark (but still pretty damn noisy) corner of the EA show floor booth. As the above video shows, the game uses simple touch screen commands for unit control — tap to select, tap again to move and attack — and building commands. The featured sandbox level makes it look like matches will be quick to get into and easy to play on the go....

BOND! You can go back and hate onGoldenEyeall you want, but the game brought us something amazing. Now it’s coming back on the Wii and it appears to have been revamped, but not entirely changed. The most obvious difference is probably the fact that Daniel Craig has taken the place of Pierce Brosnan, but it does look like the graphics have been updated and new levels and characters are involved....

Epic Games’ promised revision for its popular Horde Mode as part ofGears of War 3was revealed at an event this evening at E3. An event where Ice-T’s Body Count will be performing. An event that I left almost immediately after I played about a dozen waves of the new mode, called Horde 2.0, so I could get back to a computer and tell you all about it. Don’t say I’ve never done anything for ya’, considering I’ve had Body Count’s song “Evil Dick” stuck in my head since 1991....

A lot of third party big names showed their support for thenew Nintendo consoleat the press conference this morning, including EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive, and Ken Levine to name a few. The franchises and games that were mentioned included: Read on for some more details on what was shown. Ubisoft said thatAssassin’s Creed: Revelationswill come to Wii U, with hints at support for the new controller with regard to the multiplayer....

Like Electronic Arts did withDead Space‘s prequel animated flick,Dead Space: Downfall, the publisher is hard at work on giving the upcomingDante’s Infernogame the same treatment. Collaborating with Starz Media and Film Roman, EA plans to release a feature-length animated production based on the game, following Dante through limbo, lust, anger, etc. to search for his true love. The film is being handled by animation veterans like director Victor Cook (The Spectacular Spider-Man) and writer Brandon Auman (Iron Man: Armored Adventures)....

The floodgates have opened! Those who pre-orderedLEGO Universeare, as of today, able to play the MMO in full. You know what that means: they can finally remove all of the text that says “beta.” For everyone else, the game’s launch will be happening on October 26 for both PC and Mac. I feel like we’ve been pretty good about givingLEGO Universethe props it deserves, but what’s one more post? It really is quite a lot of fun — and for me, anyway, it’s what you would want “the LEGO MMO” to be....

Our own Samit Sarkar was really having a good time with EVO 2010. It’s the one time this year that the often downtrodden sports fan can raise his head up high and say to his videogame-loving, sports-hating brothers and sisters “HA! If you like watching EVO, then you’re able to’t make fun of me for watching sports! It’s the same thing!” Yeah Samit, that would be true, if in baseball the pitcher could throw multi-hit, flaming baseballs out of his hands, or if in Football, you could tackle a guy ducking on the ground and flexing you muscles until electricity flew out of your body, shocking the guy with the ball (and half your team) into submission....

I am still torn on this one. While my love for generic action games is well known (I don’t care for faux-innovation, just give me a sword and some monsters), there’s something about the brawler style action game I truly miss, and wishGolden Axe: Beast Riderwould have brought back. Teaming up with a pal and smashing a bunch of cheap enemies before a little arrow says you can move on fills me with such frustrated joy....

Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wingsis a DS-bound sequel toFFXIIon the PlayStation 2. The game takes place a few years after the end ofFFXII, and revolves around Vaan and his buddy Penelo, both a little more mature now, travelling through Puruvama in their airship, collecting treasure, doing battle with monsters, and performing other such adventurousFinal Fantasy-ish feats. The gameplay system will apparently be simpler than the mechanics featured inFinal Fantasy XII, and will, of course, rely heavily on the stylus and touch screen....

WithFinal Fantasy XIIIfinally releasing in North America, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has touched upon the always controversial decision to port the game to Xbox 360. According to Wada, it wasn’t a hard decision to make. His team wanted to do it, and the install base was such that it was essentially a no-brainer. “The Xbox team has been asking us to have a [Final Fantasy] game developed on our platform,” explains Wada....

When Nintendo announced the Nintendo DS titleLegend of Starfyfor a North American release,we asked“What the fck isLegend of Starfy?” With that question answered, we look towards filling in the next blank: Who the fck is Starfy? Nintendo hopes to answer that question, celebrating the launch ofThe Legend of Starfyat the Nintendo World store in New York City’s Rockefeller Center this coming Saturday, July 11. From 1-3 p.m., Starfy himself (or a person dressed as him… her… it) will be on hand taking photographs and being f*cking Starfy....