Atari has announced a new version of a classic franchise,Centipede: Infestationtoday. It’s slated for release on the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii this year. The game’s not what you’re expecting, either — it’s a “post-apocalyptic action experience that features run-n-gun shooting style gameplwy with tower defense-style objects.” You’ll play as a orphaned teen named Max who has to fight off giant bugs in this insect wasteland. He’ll team up with Maisy, some kind of teen botanist who has the power to bring plant life back to the ruined Earth....

ThinkGeek’s iCade raised a few eyebrows when it was first announced. For iPad owners who have always longed for one of those miniature arcade cabinets — the kind that can fit on a table but are still pretty dang expensive — this may be a dream come true. Just take my money, ThinkGeek, and get out of here. Give your iPad a proper home with the iCade[Tomopop]

Unsurprisingly, THQ has announced that it will be publishing a game based on the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film,The Last Airbender. The film is based on the Nickelodeon cartoon,Avatar: The Last Airbender, which had to drop the “Avatar” for obviously reasons that start with name “James” and ends with “Academy Award winning 3D blockbuster film.” While the Shyamalan movie might be decent, I have little faith that the game — which is slated for release on Wii and Nintendo DS only — will deliver anything but a standard movie-to-game cash-in....

Spanish police are reporting that they’ve arrested three members of Anonymous in three separate cities, claiming they are responsible for the hacking attacks against the PlayStation Store. The police are alleging that these three individuals were leaders of a local Anonymous group, and are considering them to be some of the masterminds behind the attack. In addition to being charged with the PlayStation store hacks, these three are also being accused of leading hacks against government websites of a number of countries, two Spanish banks, an Italian energy company, and the website of the Spanish Electoral Board....

If you haven’t watched wrestling since you were six-years-old, then you may have missed a recent stunt between Midway and TNA Wrestling. In the above video, you’ll spot a particularly awesome character named “Suicide.” Suicide is a character developed specifically for the gameTNA iMPACT!, but has been teased as a real character on the television show for the last few months. Sunday, at the Final Resolution pay-per-view event, Suicide came to life and rocked some steroid-infused wrestlers....

Unsurprisingly,Gran Turismo 5‘s time at the top was a brief respite fromCall of Duty: Black Ops, as Activision’s latest shooter installment reclaims the number one chart position. Sony’s racing simulator has now dropped to fourth place, beaten out byFIFA 11andBrotherhood. Michael Jackson: The Experiencecame in at number six despite not cracking the top twenty last week. It’s made a good leap, but the performance must surely be disappointing for Ubisoft. Even worse isDonkey Kong Country Returns, which failed to make the top ten and came in at number twelve....

Christ on a ferris wheel, there is something deeplywrongwith Australia. Those defenders of Aussie innocence, the OFLC, haverefused to rateSilent Hill: Homecoming, effectively banning the videogame from sale in Kangaroo Land. Australia has either banned or forced the censorship of a ludicrous number of videogames in the past, due to the incompetent inability of its government to enforce an 18+ age rating. Because of this, most interactive material suitable for adults can’t get a release....

Nintendosurprised us all this morningby releasing a new, previously unseen WiiWare title,Art Style: Orbient. The game is the first in theArt Styleseries that Nintendo are saying combine “deep game play with atmospheric flair and simple, elegant controls that anyone can pick up and enjoy.” Curious, I decided to hop on WiiWare and spend 600 of my own Wii Points to see whatOrbientwas all about. I grabbed video of the introductory tutorial that you may watch above, but the general idea involves pushing and pulling a star using gravity (the A button) and anti-gravity (the B button)....

For many years, I have pondered my purpose on this small planet we call Earth. Now, by the grace of God, who loves me best of all His children, I know what I have been destined to do with my precious gift of life. I was put here as a prophet, as a spreader of the good word. I was put here to tell you aboutVisions, a Christian MMO that is in development right now and needsyourhelp....

You’re going to call me a sourhearted Scrooge for it, but I must confess that I have grown tired of hearing theMario Bros.theme tune. Perhaps it’s the billion videos of people playing it with guitars and trumpets and whatever they can find on Youtube, but it really doesn’t fill me with that warm and fuzzy feeling inside. That’s one reason why thisWii Musicclip doesn’t excite me.The second reason why this video doesn’t excite me is that it isn’t very exciting, which is a coincidence....

People are so insane about getting a Wii, that they’re willing to die for one … literally. Such is the case of a mother who took part in a radio contest in which you had to “Hold Your Wee for a Wii.”From CNN: A woman who competed in a radio station’s contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner’s office said Saturday....

Not that it comes as a complete shock to anyone, but it’s looking like the games available on Microsoft’sXbox Originalsdownload service still suffer from the foul plague known as region locking. Seems Spencer over atSiliconeralogged into his Japanese Live account to give it a shot, and upon attempting to downloadMagatama, was presented with an error message, saying that the game was not available for download in his area. Same goes for Puyo Pop Fever, which sucks, because that game was awesome on Dreamcast and I myself was hoping to snag the Xbox version....

Have you ever been in line at Starbucks and wondered how talented the people around you were atAngry Birds? Well, first off you need better things to daydream about, and secondly, you’re in luck! Rovio is reportedly talking to the coffee conglomerate about placingAngry Birdsleaderboards in their shops with the hopes of helping build brand loyalty and provide an incentive for playing the game while sipping on coffee. As if the over250 millionpeople all over the world who have purchased Angry Birds and are completely engrossed in it 24/7 isn’t enough, Rovio’s Wibe Wagemans is hoping the leaderboards will “[tie] in the real world with the virtual world....