Dry your eyes
There was much sobbing and wailing when the rumoured February release date for Child of Eden came and went, but now the handkerchiefs have dried out with news the game will release before July rolls around, according to the latest release date sent out by Ubisoft.
Mixed news, everyone
Famed WiiWare developer Gaijin Games and Robotube Games have worked together in the past – Mr Robotube appears as a cameo character in BIT.TRIP FATE, for example – but the two just got a whole lot closer, as Gaijin announces it has acquired Robotube in an "extremely hostile" takeover.
Little later in North America
Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 is heading to Kinect on 29th April in Europe and 10th May in North America, the publisher has announced today.
Europe gets it earlier
Move is sure to see a real tennis tussle this year: 2K Sports' Top Spin 4 and Virtua Tennis 4 will go head-to-head on the motion controller, with Sega's title following its opponent onto centre court in May.
WiiWare's Bobby Carrot Forever must be in a Gro-Bag these days: we went for over two years without hearing anything, then this month the exclusive Bobby Carrot WiiWare screenshots and first gameplay trailer have appeared within the space of a few weeks.
Called SwimBrowser
Water sports simulator Michael Phelps: Push the Limit is coming to Kinect later this year, pledging to bring with it a new way of gaming, but SwimBrowser is using the same sport to create a new way of browsing the web.
Fire it up
It's only a matter of weeks before young Chibiterasu graces DS consoles everywhere in Okamiden, with Nintendo and Capcom combining to stoke up the excitement by releasing a new demo on the Nintendo Channel.
Make it your way
2K Sports games are known for their immersive career modes; NBA 2K11 featured a highly acclaimed My Player mode, and upcoming tennis title Top Spin 4 is looking to do the same on a different kind of court.
All is FLUX
The critically-acclaimed BIT.TRIP series reaches its sixth instalment today with CommanderVideo's final appearance: BIT.TRIP FLUX. Let's see what else is available this week.
Involves monsters, of course
If you were wondering how Tim Schafer's Double Fine came to work on Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster for Kinect, having made its name on off-beat titles such as Psychonauts, Costume Quest and Brutal Legend, wonder no more.
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