800 Points for Oriental-themed tower defence
Spanish publisher Abylight is taking a break from its Music On series of melodic outings to bring something altogether different to DSiWare: Dairojo! Samurai Defenders, a tower defence title developed by Japanese firm Kawamoto Industrial.
Become a cropper
Marvelous Interactive's Rune Factory: Frontier for Wii is an off-shoot of the company's popular Harvest Moon franchise, and it's coming to PlayStation Move next year in the form of Rune Factory: Oceans.
Who did the killing?
Ghost Trick isn't far away now, so if your excitement is reaching supernatural heights you might want to check out this free Flash demo from Capcom that will help ease you into the game's unique universe.
Had a good time on Halo: Reach and SSFIV last night. Surprising how good my Dudley is with an arcade stick. I'll destroy all-comers!
Retro Studios in the hot seat
Donkey Kong Country Returns developer Retro Studios recently sat down with Nintendo top man Satoru Iwata to discuss the game's development and the difficulties of long-distance relationships.
West coast only, though
If you live on the West coast of North America and fancy playing a bit of Wii Party, Nintendo has you covered with the Wii Party Airstream West Coast Tour.
£35,000 grant to fund research
Can playing Wii games help to combat Parkinson's? That's the question being asked by Queen's University Belfast's Dr Cathy Craig, who's just received a grant of nearly £35,000 to investigate the console's possible benefits to sufferers of Parkinson's.
Sega's Thor: God of Thunder is the next title in the Japanese publisher's collaboration with Marvel Comics, following previous tie-ins for The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, with the game heading to Wii and DS next year. Sega has just revealed the first screenshot of the game showing the God of Thunder tackling an enormous beast, so it's business as usual in comic book land at least.
Just like 8 Mile
Konami's hip-hop title Def Jam Rapstar isn't slacking on the competitions front: last week the publisher announced the search for the UK's best young lyricist, and now it's offering a new talent contest with an altogether more enticing prize up for grabs.
Not just socially speaking either
Kinect makes loads of cool things appear on-screen, but what about making them _dis_appear? Turns out it can do that too, with another enterprising coder coming up with this "optical camouflage" hack for PC making you invisible.
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