Guard your purses jealously, Wii fans, because Capcom is coming for your money. The upcoming Wii versions of Capcom’sMonster Huntergames will require fees for the online mode, arguably the only mode in aMonster Huntertitle worth playing. For those used to seeing free gaming on Nintendo’s white waggle box, this might be a bitter pill to swallow. The price breakdown is as follows, as explained byNeoGAF: – There will be a 14 day free online trial campaign– For ongoing online play, players will have to purchase Hunting Tickets– 30 days ticket = 800 Wii points, 60 days ticket = 1500 Wii points, 90 days ticket = 2000 Wii points...

God Eater. I like it. It’s Namco Bandai’sMonster Hunterconcept– a PSP-based hunty action RPG — but with a way better name and a bit more style. It hits Japanese PSPs on February 4, and the good news is that a North American version isn’t going to be much longer. D3 Publisher has set a Q3 2010 release date for our version of the game, which shows me that they know this could be a big title....

Seriously, I’m not joking. You can play peekaboo with your baby by opening and closing your DS and saying “peekaboo” into the DS mic. My Little Babyis a life simulation game where you raise a baby. Feed it, bathe it, change it, play with it (Technologic!). Fail to take care of your baby and Child Protective Services will take your baby away. Yes, really. When you start a new game, you’ll pick the baby’s parents characteristics and traits such as race, hair color, eye color, and so on....

The Namco X Tecmo tease page thatwe showed you a couple of days agohas slightly changed since. The “Start” has been replaced with the text “Produced by W(omega)-Force.” Those hoping for a new Dynasty Warriors announcement/cross-up are probably freaking out now as W-Force is the development department of Tecmo Koei that pumps out the Dynasty Warrior games.

The once Wii-exclusiveNBA Jamreboot will be hitting retail shelves for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 17, just in time for the holidays. While many folks were hoping it would be a downloadable title (it originally was, set to ship with the delayed NBA Elite 11), there’s a light — the game will sell for $49.99. Online play, missing for the Wii version, will also be included. When the game launches, players will be able to hop online and participate in classic 2-on-2 games....

The chaps over atEurogamerhave a new interview withAssassin’s Creedgo-to gal Jade Raymond up today, giving us a bit more insight into what the lucky kids at E3 will get their hands on if they attend Ubisoft’sAssassin’s Creed-only event there next month. This is the full transcript of the video interview some of you may have seen featured in the latest episode ofThe Euro Gamer TV Show, AKA, the most British thing I’ve watched sinceDavidandJimperformed their in-costume duet of the entireMary Poppinssoundtrack at the last staff meeting....

Here’s a new developer diary in which id Software discusses the story ofRAGE. The video’s titled “The Dawn” and it should help get you pumped for what’s looking like a really exciting game. Wonder how the world ofRAGEgets destroyed and turned into the mutant-spawning rot-hole that it is? Check out the video and see!

While the name of this upcoming RPG leaves a little bit to be desired for me personally (it reminds me of the elaborate efforts to make one’s name unique that you sometimes see on clerk nametags in Miami), I can’t complain much about new RPGs heading to the 360 (or the PC)! Deck 13 and DTP Entertainment have teamed up to presentVenetica, which will be released in 2009. A snippet of story from the press release (hit the jump for the rest):...

Shaun White and his crazy God damned hair are headed to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and Ubisoft has released a new trailer and screens for his game,Shaun White Snowboarding. I have to ask: do snowboarders actually do this crap in real life? I’m talking about the grinding on random logs and, when presented the opportunity, on the roofing of cabins. I’ve been snowboarding only once, and I fell. A lot....

Last week,it was suggestedthat the 3DS would region lock its software, and today Nintendo has stated that the 3DS will not be a universal device. Instead, there will be three versions of the system — one for North America, one for Japan, and one for Europe/Australia. “Nintendo has developed different versions of Nintendo 3DS hardware to take into account different languages, age rating requirements and parental control functionality as well as to ensure compliance with local laws in each region,” states the publisher....

What is Nintendo working on? Come on, you should know by now that they never say. No one ever really knows until their poorly named, insanely popular consoles hit the market. So who knows that they’ll be doing in their new research and development facility that they just dropped ¥12.8 billion ($141.9m) for. The new site is right near their current offices in Kyoto, Japan. It is here that Nintendo will work on new software for their current platforms as well as new game consoles....

The first next-genPrince of Persiaimage has been revealed — let the speculating begin! Why is the Prince covering his face? What is the purpose of the giant gauntlet on his arm? Will it factor into the gameplay? Fine, you’re right, it’s just some early conceptual art — I need to settle down. But what nice conceptual art it is. Literally nothing is known about this title except for the fact that it is currently in production and that this one image exists....

Today was a big day for me. Brand new titles in two of my favorite series,Castlevania: Portrait of RuinandMetal Gear Solid Portable Opsboth slipped into brick and mortar shops this afternoon. Upon picking up my preorders, I was greeted with a bounty of crap the likes of which I haven’t seen since Working Designs still roamed this earth. The PSP armor bonus forMGS:POis pretty hip, if only for the fact that it makes the PSP bulkier and, therefore, easier to grip in my mutant-man hands....