If you saw either Chad’sMega Man 9box art worship post, or mybrief interviewwithTakashita-sanabout how awesome his box art adorned t-shirt was, then you know that some of us here at the ‘toid are hankering for some irony packed videogame attire. Capcom has heard our our cry, and they have answered the call. According toCapcom-Unity.com, theMega Man 9box art image all of E3 fell in love with will make it’s way to retail t-shirts (and hopefully designer suits, lunch boxes, and home wallpapers) sometime in the coming months....

If business development manager Peter Zetterberg’s words aren’t just empty promises, Xbox 360 owners in Europe have assurance from Microsoft that they can bank on: “Nobody cancels games under our watch… Punk!” Well, that’s actually how I envisioned a Clint Eastwood inspired version of what transpired during the interview between Microsoft Gaming Studios and GamesIndustry.biz, but if you insist — what he really had to say about the matter is below:...

Microsoft’s Shane Kim has a lot to be happy about, following a relatively successful E3 showing. One of the biggest Xbox-flavored shockers this year was arguably the appearance of Hideo Kojima, who announced a whole newMetal Gear Solid experience for the Xbox 360. For Kim, this announcement has ‘leveled the playing field‘ for third party exclusives. “I still think exclusive content is really important. First of all, in games, we’ve said for a long time that a key part of our strategy with Xbox 360 was a level third-party playing field....

With the success of such “games” asDr. Hiroshima’s Big Brain Suduko How Old Is Your Japanese Coach, it is little surprise that publishers are desperately scrabbling for a piece of the action in their ambition to saturate everything that passes through this industry. One man, however,has his head screwedon and ironically, he hails from Microsoft country. “We’re in the business of producing fun, not education,” warns Microsoft’s Neil Thompson. “It so happens that certain products we produce have educational value....

There’s nothing better than sitting back, putting your feet up, and crunching cars with the righteous fury of a larger-than-a-car truck. Recently, Red Lynx (Trials 2) releasedMonster Trucks Nitrofor the Macintosh and PC. It exists to give gamers a chance to race, relax and destroy. It has 3D graphics, it has sound, it has motion blur, it has dirt, and it has attitude. Just check out that video above and you’ll truly appreciate what the Macintosh platform can do....

Behold, the newest video forMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. This new clip shows off some good old fashioned finishing moves, as The Green Lantern, Raiden and The Flash perform their Fatalities — or rather, in the case of the DC superheroes, their Heroic Brutalities. As you might expect, the violence is toned down from previousMortal Kombatgames, but they’re still pretty neat. The lack of gore should help to encourage more creative finishers, and if they’re all as cool as The Flash’s, then I’ll be satisifed despite the reduced blood levels....

Forget aboutFallout 3and curbstompGears of War 2, I know now what my GOTY is going to be right here.My Secret Diaryallows you to write diary entries, keep track of upcoming events in your social calendar and play mini-games. Plus, you can keep it all hidden away with a password. Asecretpassword! You may think I’m being snarky here (and I am) but there’s something that really irks me aboutMy Secret Diary. It’s the only title which I am aware of for the DS in the English-speaking world that provides PDA features....

I’m not the type to mod my consoles, but if you are and you tire of always having to go hunting to find the charger to get your DS back up to speed, we may have the answer for you. While browsingThe Awesomerthis morning I stumbled across this ingenious little mod over atInstructables, you can alter your DS to charge using delicious, natural sunlight. With a few solar cells, two diodes, wire and some scotch tape you can be rolling charge free in no time (well, assuming you don’t mind leaving the DS on a windowsill to charge)....

The wait is over, as Konami has announced thatDanceDanceRevolutionis making its return to the Xbox 360 in 2011. The publisher says the game will be the same old DDR fans know and love, pad play and all — no announced Kinect support here, folks. The title will feature two modes: Dance Off and Club Mode. Dance Off has four players swapping on turns on the mat, with “special gimmicks” thrown in for “an extra level of challenge....

The fall 2010 release ofNHL 11is still far off, but already, EA Sports is putting out bits and pieces of information on the game. Earlier this week, EA Canada updatedthe franchise’s Facebook pagewith thescreenshotyou see above: it’s a hip check that’s meant to show off the new real-time physics engine inNHL 11. As someone who’s familiar with the series, I can tell you that hit doesn’t look like the canned hip check animation ofNHLgames past, so it certainly appears promising....

It’s that time of month again: the August NPD data is in, and it shows that August was a solid month for the video games industry in general. The August NPD results show that Nintendo is still dominating the hardware charts, with both the Wii and DS taking top honors. Also, Xbox 360 sales are doing well from price cuts while PS3 sales are slowing down from decent July numbers....

They often say Microsoft got into this industry specificallytothreaten the competition, but according to Nintendo’s beefburger boss, it’s Microsoft’s closest tech rival that provides the biggest challenge. Nintendo is far more concerned with Apple than the makers of the Xbox 360.  “Do I think that in the near term they can hurt us more than Microsoft? Absolutely,” says Reggie Fils-Aime. Although he admits that the iPhone and iPod have been great for games likeAngry Birds, the DS still provides a significant edge thanks to the versatility of its library, revealing that he himself has sunk 150 hours intoDragon Quest IX....

If you walk around the show floor here at New York Comic-Con you’ll see a massive cluster in the gaming section. That’s all Capcom. I congratulated them on pulling such a crowd yesterday. Today is going to be madness. What’s over there that’s so great? Mostly Marvel vs. Capcom 3andOkamiden, though they also haveGhost Trick, Resident Evil 5Move Edition,Dead Rising 2and several others. But around the other side of the booth is a different kind of crowd....