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Tag: Video Games

TRU Offers New Pokemon Download

Quick – charge up the DS, grab the kiddies, and run down to your local Toys R Us to grab an exclusive download of a rare Pokemon. This time it’s the Shaymin, “the legendary Grass-type pocket-sized monster”.
Shaymin comes in two distinct (yet equally delicious) flavors — “land form”, which is how he’ll appear once you’ve [...]

FusionFall May Make Move to Consoles

MTV Multiplayer, in an interview with the developers of the Cartoon Network MMO FusionFall, got some juicy news regarding the flexibility of the tech behind the game.
“We’re not announcing anything but Unity [the game's client technology] is supported on the iPhone and the Wii. Actually, our tech director had a mock-up of our little avatars [...]

Viva Pinata Valentine’s Day Cards Now Available

If you were one of the few who played Rare’s latest installment of the Viva Pinata series, good for you. Rare thinks so too, and is rewarding you with some exclusive scan cards for the Valentine’s Day “holiday”.
Being the season of love, one of our countless admirers, developer Rare, sent over a set of scan-friendly [...]

KOTOR MMO Gets Exclusive Web Comic

If you’re anything like us, you’re eagerly awaiting the release of the MMO set in the Knights of the Republic universe. It’s got BioWare, which made the first two games in the series. It’s got Darth Revan, who is the best Star Wars villain aside from Darth Maul (Editor’s note: If you haven’t yet seen [...]

Kids Camp for Rock Band / Guitar Hero Musicians [UPDATE]

Now that your kids have mastered Rock Band and Guitar Hero, do you think they have what it takes to make real music?
An organization called GameRockers thinks there’s the potential for just that. They have created one- and three-day programs “for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band”. From the [...]

New Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Trailer

Confirmed: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, which will be released on your favorite console later this year, follows the storyline as first published in Marvel’s Civil War event from a few years back. MDIAG! parental note: Although you might be excited to show off this game to your kids when it comes out, you should be [...]

Wii Music Sales Analyzed By Nintendo

With the juggernaut that is everything Wii, it was surprising to analysts when the NPD numbers indicated Wii Music didn’t quite live up to expectations this past holiday season. Nintendo has been trying to stay optimistic about the title, but now it’s finlly coming clean on why word of mouth never reached company expectations.
“There are [...]

TMNT: Smash Up Announced

Super Smash Bros. Brawl fans, take notice. Ubisoft today announced its latest entry in the Turtles franchise, TMNT: Smash Up, as part of the 25 year celebration at New York Comic Con. After suffering through a few bad Turtles games in recent years, this one at least comes from good pedigree – Game Arts, which [...]

ELSPA Publishes Good Online Gaming Guide

Edge Online reports the UK games industry body ELSPA, the equivalent of the ESRB, has published “The Good Online Gaming Guide”, available through their website, Askaboutgames.com.
“Children,‭ ‬especially today,‭ ‬see gaming as normal part of everyday life. ‭ ‬Everything from Scrabble to World of Warcraft can be played over the Internet and against other human opponents,‭” ‬says [...]

More Kudos for FusionFall

When MDIAG! first saw footage of this pre-teen MMO, we were fondly reminded of the days when Phantasy Star Online for the Dreamcast dominated our bachelor lives. But since it’s aimed at kids, it can’t be any good, right?
Wrong. FusionFall, which combines the characters of Cartoon Network past and present, has been garnering praise from [...]