Peter Molyneux held a talk at Eurogamer Expo last weekend and suffice to say, it was aboutFable III. Thankfully it was not so much about the new game’s features or some kind of PR presentation, but more about what influenced the design and look for theFablegames. As a big movie buff myself, this of course grabbed me more than some talk aboutFable III‘s mysterious “after you become King” part of the game....

Do you like Patrick Stewart? Did you not like the most recentWar of the Worldsfilm? Now that I’ve got your attention, you should definitely check out these new pieces of concept art and screenshots from Other Ocean’s XBLA/PSN boundWar of the Worlds. The screenshots are pretty cool, but the two pieces of concept art really caught my eye. So much so that I’ve decided to use the one where the main character is on top of a destroyed tank while two barely visible Tripods cause carnage in the background as my desktop wallpaper....

Dtoid reader lawl just pointed a little something my way. It seems as if Sony has gone ahead and started up that“This is Living”Euro campaign again — though to be fair, I’m not so sure it ever went away. Regardless, check outthe new sitenow and watch the trailer/ad that goes along with it. The thing just screams PlayStation 3. Better than acrying baby? I’m not so sure.

Hurdling housewifes and pink turds. Flip-kicking purple-wearing yakuza. Line dancing with schoolgirls. It’s all in a day’s work for a Japanese WiiWare game. Tomenasanerlooks hilarious. Look, any game that gives you a chance to breakdance as a post-level victory move is good with me. In fact, you play as a breakdancing salary man, and all the madness is controlled by one button. In the gameplay video below the jump, you’ll see some of the strangest stuff ever in a side-scroller....

Capcom hasunleashed somenew screens forGhost Trick Phantom Detective. I have no idea what this game is at all but Nick Chester played it at Captivate andhe seemed to like it. I could spend a few minutes actually reading up on this game, but that takes too much effort. Lucky for me, there’s nowa flash demofor the game … in Japanese. It doesn’t do much to help me out as I can’t read Japanese, but I kind of get it....

When Mark Wahlbergrevealed he’d be playing Nathan Drake in David O. Russell’s upcoming film adaptation of Naughty Dog’sUncharted, he caused quite a stir. He even stated Russell was writing characters into the film for Hollywood heavies Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro, as Drake family members that never appeared in the games. So what is this crazyUnchartedmovie all about? As Russell explains to theLA Times, it’s all about family. “This idea really turns me on that there’s a family that’s a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiques,” he says, “[a family] that deals with the heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice....

Early in the game’s development — when it existed as nothing more than a tech demo, even —Unchartedexisted differently than what we’ve come to know. Evan Wells, the co-president of Naughty Dog, recently revealed that the setting of an early iteration ofUnchartedtook place in an underwater facility. The comparison toBioShockcomes from Wells himself, who notes that it’s curious that he’s heard Ken Levine say that the setting of one of the early concepts forBioShockwas a tropical island....

Wii-kly Update: One New Classic Game Added to Wii Shop Channel There‘s one new game for the Virtual Console™this week–and it‘s a double.Double Dragon™is a true action-fighting classic. This side-scroller brought the arcade original into the home and laid the groundwork for numerous sequels. It‘ll get your nostalgia engine fired up. Now go put the hurt on some bad guys and save Marian. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a....

We finished upBullylast night on Backlog. The time has come to select a new challenger and we have a lovely list of games that you can vote on. The theme for this series of the show is “Dartboard of DOOM,” which will require a little explanation. See, I have a rigorous and complicated process for selecting which games wind up in each block of voting. Sometimes that fails and we’re forced to engage the emergency protocols....

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.] Oh, Japan! Is there anything you won’t create into a short TV skit? This time, it’sStreet Fighter Alpha 2as a real world skit. That Sakura actress has Sakura’s moves down! And for some reason, theMortal Kombatsong is used in the beginning. Whoops! Spotted onCapcom-Unity. MoreStreet Fighter Alphagoodness continues after the break as theswitcher shows us some stupidity....

While I’m sure the folks over at the 1UP offices have been enjoying Rock Band, not all is well. You see, the Xbox 360 hardware only has three USB ports, and Rock Band utilizes four USB instruments at once. Harmonix and Electronic Arts have solved the problem by including a USB hub with the bundle that ships this November. Unfortunately,1UPis quick to point out that the USB hub will require external power....

Perhaps the only news from Nintendo’s explosive set of press conferences inTokyoandSan Francisconot to generate extreme excitement wasWii Music-related, a game which all of zero of the game journos I know are looking forward to. Crabby opinions aside, Miyamoto has enough enthusiasm about this title to make up for everyone else that lacks it. The actual songs of Wii Music were actually mentioned for the first time in the US press conference, including classical music (Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,”) and pop standards like Madonna’s “Material Girl” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (YES I LOVE WHAM!...

We’ve heard a bit of buzz this week, but now it’s real: A videogame based on NBC’s hit television showHeroeshas just been officially announced. Ubisoft signed a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to make a game based on the hit drama about a group of humans with supernatural powers. It was one of the top rated television shows of last year and racked up over 14 million viewers each week....