You know all of those rumors aboutSamba De Amigocoming to the Wii? Remember when it appeared on a bunch of retailers releases lists and, while some of you thought it was a great idea, you blew it off? Hi! Sega has announced today thatSamba De Amigois coming back to town, this time exclusively for the Wii. Players will use the remote and nunchuck like maracas, in a game that will likely be extremely similar to the original, only with an updated song list, and other special features....

Are you one of the last remaining holdouts basking in the glory of a self-imposed exile from technological leaps and avoiding DVDs until Nintendo outfits its next iteration of the Wii with built in DVD playback? If so, the wait to make the “current-gen” jump just got a little longer.IGNis reporting that Nintendo has decided put off plans of producing a DVD-ready until sometime next year. The reasoning behind it has to do with Nintendo making sure that they don’t make any manufacturing changes that might impact getting more units out the door — and to store shelves on time....

White Christmas? More like Green Christmas for all the console makers out there. Microsoft had a splendid November, according to the latest NPD numbers with 1.37 million units sold. That makes six months at the top, saysBloomberg. Kinect was probably a big help. The motion sensor also helped push up peripheral sales numbers. They’re up almost 70 percent over last year. Nintendo’s also doing quite nicely with 1.27 million sold in November, coming back from a couple of slow months this fall....

It was neat coming back to BioWare’s biggamescom announcement—Mass Effect 2on PlayStation 3 — after a week-long vacation filled with scary experiences that didn’t revolve around the Internet. The recently surfaced shots of DC Direct’s newMass Effectfigures are neat, but not quite on the same level. Even still, as a Garrus fanboy, I’ll take what I can get. Series 2 includes him and Mordin (shown above), in addition to Miranda and Legion....

Game industry analyst and monkey juggler Michael Pachter does not think that Ubisoft’s DRM is a bad thing. In fact, as a lawyer he believes it is Ubisoft’s right to protect its games in any way the publisher sees fit. “I’m an old guy,” he says. “I’m ethical and I’m a lawyer by trade. I feel if you steal a copy of a game by copying a friend’s file then it’s like going into the shop and stealing a copy....

Borderlandsis out this week and thefirst reviewsare in, after many years of development and a solid few months of hype. Despite the media and gamer buzz, however, videogame analyst Michael Pachter believes that Gearbox Software’s FPS RPG has been “sent to die” and is going to be decimated by bothModern Warfare 2andDragon Age: Origins. “Sent to die. I thinkBorderlandsis the definition of a game that should have had it’s own window and not be up against all this stuff,” explains the silver-tongued fox....

Gamers, in general, are a rowdy bunch. Whether it’s because they’re natural party animals, games make them violent, or they simply haven’t left their basements in years, getting them together in one place can end in trouble. So the organizers for the Penny Arcade Expo have set forth a few simple rules of conduct. Taken directly from the conventions program: Well, it looks like I’m going to have to re-write Destructoid’s entire schedule for the weekend....

Valve is bringingLeft 4 Dead 2to PAX this year where they will debut the new level, Dark Carnival. Dark Carnival takes place in what used to be a carnival so expect to see some of the infected type with clown makeup on, as evidence by the new screenshot we have in the gallery. Zombies are bad enough, but zombie clowns?! Thanks for adding more fuel to my nightmares, Valve. Valve will also be unveiling a few more of the 20-plus new items coming toLeft 4 Dead 2....

Blurlead designer Gareth Wilsonhas been commenting onone of the racing genre’s most obligatory features — the leaderboard — making a bold claim that, despite the appearance of leaderboards in nearly every game on the planet, the amount of people who actuallycareabout being number one is minimal. Apparently, topping the leaderboard is a goal only a select few people ever strive for. “I think the whole leaderboard thing is a bit of a red herring,” he explains....

A couple of weeks ago, I attended EA’s officialKane’s Wrathcommunity summit, wherein the attendees were given roughly 16 hours of playtime with the newCommand and Conquerexpansion. Taking place in the background of the previous Tiberium games,Kane’s Wrathtells the story of the titular fascist’s rise to power following the Second Tiberium War, his planning during the Third, and his actions immediately following it. It seeks to implement a new global conquest mode, along with — multiplayer fans, take notice — no fewer than six new subfactions for skirmish and online play....

If Q-Games’ Dylan Cuthbert was sincere in a recent string of blue tweets (spotted byVG247), there’s a chance we might not see anotherPixelJunkvideogame on the PSP. The president of the PJ studio recently commented on piracy of his game, openly questioning the fate of the series on the handheld if sales don’t hold up because of theft. And you thought the reason would be tied to the irrational fear of sliding faceplates (slidoffaceophobia), right?...

Previously an iDevice exclusive,Pix’n Love Rushwill soon be making the transition to both PlayStation 3 and PSP by way of the Minis label. It’s a swanky, arcade-style platform game with distinct visual callbacks, in case you missed the original version. No price yet, but I have to imagine it won’t break the bank based on the affordable marketplace it comes from and comparable Minis releases. As for whenPix’n Love Rushwill be up for purchase, well, officially it’s “soon....

Remember inOblivion, when you fought a vampire, and an hour later you noticed your character had aged by thirty years? Then you started to burn in the Sun? Then you had to take part in a two-hour fetch quest to find a cure? Oh, the glory days are here again! Bethesda’s Todd Howard confirmed that the vampirism disease is back inSkyrim, and like last time, you can either seek the cure or choose to play the game as Dracula’s mace-wielding cousin....