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Naruto games have been published in North America by D3 Publisher, Namco Bandai (who bought D3 Publisher), Ubisoft, and Tomy. Now Atlus is piling on, having announced a deal with license holder Tomy to distribute two new Naruto games. We think Atlus is acting as a distribution partner rather than sole publisher, as both games’ [...]
Following the release of the first two episodes of the super successful (and super free) Doctor Who: The Adventure Games series, BBC Worldwide has announced two more interactive iterations of the franchise. The migrant Time Lord and his companion, Amy Pond, will appear in Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth on the Nintendo DS, and Doctor Who: [...]
Movie adaptations of console games are no surprise. But when was the last time you heard of a movie based on an iPhone game? Angry Birds, a Boom Blox-esque 2D puzzle game, may be the first App Store title to find a Hollywood adaptation, according to a new report in Variety. At first, the idea [...]
Best Buy is offering a pretty sweet incentive to do your game shopping on its online store. The retailer will reward you with a $25 gift card when you purchase two games or accessories from its site. There’s no end date listed for the promotion, but there is a list you’ll have to choose your [...]
It looks like the “opportunity” Best Buy saw in the used game market has become “reality,” as the company is now accepting used game trade-ins at nearly 600 stores in the US (with more stores on the way). Those who trade in games at Best Buy will receive a Best Buy gift card of equivalent [...]
It’s going to be a good day, and you don’t even know it yet. See, Activision just released the full list of songs that will be featured in some spliced manner in DJ Hero 2, meaning you’re probably going to spend all day listening to the fresh, fresh songs you don’t recognize, and then imagining [...]
ND Cube, the developer behind the Nintendo-published Wii release Wii Party, has been brought into the Big N’s fold, according to a new “Iwata Asks” feature on the console-maker’s Japanese site. In it, it’s revealed that Nintendo has purchased a 96 percent stake in ND Cube, effectively becoming its new owner. (We’re counting the days [...]
With used games still making up the lion’s share of retailer GameStop’s profits — and the failure of big box competitors Best Buy and Walmart in the space — the time seems right for someone else to give it a shot. Enter: Target. The red and white-themed yin to Walmart’s yang has announced the creation [...]
Continuing the never ending cycle that is The Pirate Game, The Ninja Game and The Zombie game, 2K Games will release its Wii version of Sid Meier’s Pirates! on October 5 in North America. (No date for the West Indies, sorry.) The conversion was handled by 2K China and incorporates motion control for the game’s [...]
