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    Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop your troubles away

    August 13, 2009 - 8:10pm

    Today, Majesco released new screens and the box art for Cooking Mama 3, revealing the subtitle Shop & Chop. Unfortunately for us, that subtitle, meant to reflect the new grocery shopping element in the minigame sequel, sounds kind of like "Slap Chop," and now we've got the "Rap Chop" remix stuck in our heads. We're going to be in a great mood all day, apparently!The "Let's Shop" game, in which players dodge distractions to pick up ingredients at a grocery store, leads to the other new mode, "Combine and Create," which somehow allows players to invent their own recipes based on ingredients used in existing in-game recipes. It's an iterative upgrade, sure, but here's a secret: Cooking Mama continues to be fun even when it's just new recipes.
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    New trailer looks at Muramasa's Momohime, release set for Sept. 8

    August 13, 2009 - 7:50pm

    Some new Muramasa: The Demon Blade media has been released. This time around, it focuses on Momohime, one of the game's main characters. She's "a princess possessed by a dark spirit and on a quest to recover the cursed demon swords," and each blade she collects gives her different abilities. But none of that matters, really. What does matter is that she can slice and dice baddies with the best of them and, as we've come to expect from Muramasa, she looks great doing it. Watch the new trailer above and then soak up some new screens and artwork below.One more thing, we can finally pin a date on Muramasa. Expect it to hit North American shelves September 8.
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    Ubisoft releasing Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy

    August 13, 2009 - 7:15pm


    Oh, wipe that smug little smirk off your face, mister. We've already established that Jenny McCarthy is more hardcore than you are. Now, the Red Alert 3 performer is teaming with Ubisoft for Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy. If you can remember all the way back to E3 '09, you'll recall the original announcement of Your Shape, the Wii exercise game that utilizes a packed-in camera.Boy, it seems like a lucky break that Ubisoft got Jenny McCarthy, considering it put her name right in the title. Imagine how embarrassing it would have been if she'd been unavailable!Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Mini Ninjas sneak into stores on September 8

    August 13, 2009 - 6:18pm

    Following the release of Hitman and Kane & Lynch comes ... Mini Ninjas? IO Interactive's first attempt at a children's game sure is stereotypically adorable, and it'll be available in North America on September 8. International releases will follow on September 11 in the UK and additional PAL territories and on October 9 in France and Germany. While the US release will be co-published by Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and Eidos, the European releases will be published entirely by Eidos, a Square Enix joint.Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Designers give Need for Speed Nitro cars a fresh coat of paint

    August 13, 2009 - 5:31pm

    EA has partnered with three "lifestyle brands" to create art assets for the Wii/DS racer Need for Speed Nitro. Upper Playground, tokidoki, and i am 8-bit will contribute custom skins for in-game vehicles, as well as a set of over 140 "brushes" that players can use to customize their cars. After the break, see a video demonstrating some of the customization options! Examples of the art groups' skins can be seen in the gallery below. i am 8-bit's cars don't look terribly ... 8-bit, but we love tokidoki's Lamborghini Gallardo, which is now some kind of Day-Glo land shark.Using creative texture work to offer a distinctive look is one of the smartest things EA could do for a Wii or DS game in a genre that is so often used as a graphical showcase.
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    Monster Hunter 3 is Japan's best-selling third-party Wii game

    August 13, 2009 - 2:15pm

    Sinobi posted a list of the top ten third-party games on the Wii in Japan in terms of sales. At the top of the list, based on Enterbrain sales numbers acquired early by Sinobi, sits Capcom's Monster Hunter 3, with 720,000 copies sold.Despite the best-seller status, we doubt Capcom is pleased with these sales numbers. The publisher famously shipped one million copies of the game, which have yet to sell through. While sales of the hardware bundle have been good, the standalone version of the game sold only 40% of its stock in the first week, and is already being dropped in price in some stores by over half.[Via Andriasang]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Joyswag: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

    August 13, 2009 - 1:15pm

    Guitar Hero: Smash Hits supposedly has all of the best Guitar Hero tracks, all rolled into one game. While we could give it our all, go through each tune and determine their value, we figured it'd be much easier (and better for you guys!) if we left that task up to one of our readers. So, with that, we present Joyswag! Hit up the rules below for how to enter and we wish you the best of luck!

    • Leave a comment telling us which Guitar Hero game is your favorite
    • You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
    • Limit 1 entry per person
    • This entry period ends at 12:00PM ET on Wednesday, August 19

    • At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Guitar Hero: Smash Hits on Wii ($50 ARV)
    • For a list of complete rules, click here

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    Joyswag: Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

    August 13, 2009 - 1:15pm


    It's Joyswag time again, folks! If you've missed out on the latest Pokemon Ranger game then this is the post for you, because we've got one copy of Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia ($30) to unload. Hit up the convenient bullet points below for how to enter and best of luck to you all!

    • Leave a comment telling us which Pokemon is your favorite
    • You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
    • Limit 1 entry per person
    • This entry period ends at 12:00PM ET on Wednesday, August 19

    • At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia ($30 ARV)

    • For a list of complete rules, click here

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    Rock Band: Metal Track Pack coming Rocktober 13

    August 13, 2009 - 1:00pm


    It hasn't been long since the last Rock Band Track Pack hit. If you're done singing classics like "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" from the Country Track Pack, you'll be glad to know that the next disc-based expansion is coming on October 13th for every console equipped with plastic instruments. The release also happens to coincide with Brütal Legend, much to the joy of metalheads everywhere.Following the footsteps of the Country Track Pack, the upcoming Metal Pack will include a number of songs that aren't available as DLC yet. Six brand new songs will debut through the disc from Blue Oyster Cult, Hawkwind, I Mother Earth, Motorhead, Nazareth and Rage Against the Machine. As with previous Track Packs, this one will be retailing for $29.99 on all platforms.Check out the entire track listing after the break.

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    THQ publishing Blood Bowl in the UK

    August 13, 2009 - 12:45pm


    Cyanide Studios' pigskin-'em-up set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe is coming to the UK courtesy of THQ, as the publisher has announced it will make Blood Bowl available on September 18. Initially, the title will only be available on the PC, PSP and DS, with an Xbox 360 release to "follow at a later date."Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments