Here’s the thing: either you’re excited by this headline or you have no earthly idea what I’m talking about. For the former,Famitsuhas info and pictures on this “premium edition” DSi system, which sports mascot Taiho-kun (Blue Badger) from Capcom’sGyakuten Kenji, orTurnabout Prosecutor, a Miles-based spin-off from theAce Attorneygames.Ace Attorney Investigations, we think it will be called. Anyway, this bundle, containing the slick system and game, will be sold in Japan starting May 28th, for 23,940 yen, or $239....

TheHalo: Reachmultiplayer trailer has finally landed and oh my god does this look good. Diving rolls, assassinations, new weapons and so much more. Is that a sticky grenade launcher? Crazy! Half-way into the video, we catch a glimpse of the new multiplayer modes such as Invasion and Headhunter. We get to see some of the new equipment items too, such as the jetpack and a personal Bubble Shield-type device. I’m loving what I’m seeing here....

Across the street from PAX Prime this year is a floor completely dedicated to everything and anythingHalo. HaloFest basically is a musuem containing cases full of history, the WETA designed Warthog and even an entire section where people can play withHaloMegaBlocks. Of course,Halo: Anniversaryis playable during this weekend’s festivities and players can get in on the newmultiplayer mapsor the newly revealed Firefight content. And hey, if you happened to be around last night, you could have gotten a piece of thisinsanely designedHalocake....

Instead of calling your family more or trying to lose weight, why don’t you start off 2009 with a resolution thatreallymatters? Giving to children! Best retro podcasteverRetroforceGO!is teaming up withChild’s Playfor a charity auction ofretroproportions. And you may be a part of it! Yay, good karma! Starting today, we are accepting retro videogame donations to be included in agiant eBay auctionat the end of the month we are calling RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive(thanks to Anthony and Topher for thatperfectmoniker)....

Last Friday, we passed along information about this week’sRock BandMusic Store update, which included The White Stripes, Kasabian, and The Damned. Well, surprise — there’s more. Today, three additional tracks appeared on theRock BandMusic Store — Spongebob Squarepant’s “A Day Like This,” “Employee of the Month,” and “Ridin’ The Hook.” Also known as “exactly what you’ve been waiting for sinceRock Bandwas released in November of 2007.” This brings the total number of Spongebob songs in Rock Band up to (I believe) six, whereas the total number of playable Radiohead tracks is… two?...

We’ve been talking about this collection of game releases for what seems like forever, but now it’s finally happening. The Xbox Live Arcade House Party kicks off next week, starting withHard Corps Uprisingfrom Konami. The whole line-up is great — I’ve played all of them and know that I want most of them. I’m already cringing at my placement on the leaderboards forBejeweled Blitz Live. Here’s the line-up and dates:...

Good morning, fellow penny pinchers! While I know a lot of you steadfastly refuse to pre-order videogames (the man is evil, I can just buy it when it comes out, you suck, etc.),Circuit City has an offerI’m sure some of you can’t refuse. If you pre-orderNinja Gaiden II, Circuit City will email you a code for theHalo 3“Legendary Map Pack.” The pack contains three maps, and is an 800 MS Point value, or $10 in human money....

There are some gamers who just play games without giving any part of them outside of what is immediately going on any further thought. Then there are others who play games and wonder, as they stomp a Koopa,where did this thing’s name come from? Blogger Drew Mackie is one of the latter types. He has recently completed what was originally intended to be an innocently small study on the origins of various names and words that appear in some popular videogames....

That’s a trailer for an upcoming WiiWare game calledRobox. It’s the first project by a small, Spanish development house called Dream Box and I think I’m in love with it. First, it looks absolutely beautiful. Second, the character you control is, far as I can tell, a pile of junk. Most important, however, it appears to have some intriguing gameplay. Check out the use of an item at about 1:00 and start imagining more possibilities....

I highlight this week’s Indie Nation game with a slight hint of sadness: as much as I enjoy this game, I am more or less incapable of playing it any more, now that I am back home. You see,Cowboyanais a mandatory two-player game: on the same keyboard, each player controls a gunslinger throughout about twenty different vignettes. Will you cooperate, or destroy each other? Will you pour the other a drink, or shoot him dead as he holds the bottle?...

Infinity Ward cares. Or, at least the studio behind the multiplayer sensationCall of Duty: Modern Warfarewants their core audience to think they do. The developer recently set up anInternet suggestion box, where players can usetheir Twitter accountsto suggest (ideally) one thing that they want inCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. As pointed out byGiantBomb, it’s entertaining to watch the Tweets scroll in real time. Just a second ago a user said the he wanted, “more thing to throw like molotov cocktails and a weapen like flamethrower....

Virtua Fighter 5lead designer Tohru Murayama isn’t sure whether or not they’ll be releasing the 360 version of the game in Japan. Hold on just a minute — the Xbox 360 was released in the Japan? Speaking toEurogamerat the Leipzig Games Convention, Murayama agrees that theXbox 360popularity in Japan is nonexistent (less than 400,000 units sold to date). Because of this, he says they haven’t decided yet whether or not the game will be released in that territory....

The demo gives you a hint at what the single- and multiplayer components will be like by allowing players to play as Lynch in Shanghai for the single player and test out the “Fragile Alliance” multiplayer mode. In case you don’t feel like putting the demo in for automatic download or getting it at the PlayStation Store you can always just readJim’s Jimpressionson it orHamza’s time spent with the multiplayer....