And that’s about all you’ll get out of EA Chief Executive Jone Riccitiello as he has signed a non-disclosure agreement with Nintendo on their new 3D-enabled portable game system. The EA boss did see it, though, and he’s not hating on it. That’s good, I guess. “… you’ve got to be very careful here because they’ve got a lot to say at E3, and I want to be careful to not accidentally transgress an NDA,” he tellsIndustryGamers....

Mixed martial arts fans wondering if EA Sports has what it takes to battle the THQ UFC giant may have their answer soon. A demo for the upcomingEA Sports MMAwill be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on September 28. The demo will feature four fighters, two each in the heavyweight and middleweight classes. Heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem and Bobby Lashley will make up the heavyweights; Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller will make up the middleweight class....

Maybe you’ve never heard of Crackpot Entertainment, but maybe you’ve heard of the games that some of the team have worked on.Grim Fandango,Day of the Tentacle,Sam & Max Hit The Road, andCurse of Monkey Island. For fans of the adventure genre, these titles a synonymous with “classic.” Crackpot hope to bring the same quality and memorable moments to the Nintendo DS and PC this year, with their original property,Insecticide. An action-adventure game set in a world where bugs have become the dominant race,Insecticidefollows the adventures of detective Chrys Liszt and her awesomely-named partner, Roachy Caruthers....

ESRBhas givenPunch Out!!for the Wii an “Everyone 10+” rating, for “comic mischief” and “cartoon violence.” The description doesn’t reveal much about the game we didn’t know, but it does make it sound a hell of a lot like thePunch Out!!we’ve all come to know and love. And that’s a good thing. “This is a boxing game in which players compete in boxing matches against a cast of colorful, fictional characters. While players can use standard boxing moves (jabs, hooks, uppercuts), most fights are performed in a comical fashion with an assortment of “dizzy stars,” “cartoony” sound effects, and slapstick signature moves (e....

We saidsomething similar at the beginning of the month about the Wii, but it turned out that the numbers were so close thatsome said it didn’t happen. Either way, the Xbox 360 and Wii were neck-to-neck in Japan for that one week. Impressive. Unfortunately, the PS3 did not stand a chance last month. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 moved 53,547 in September in Japan, which enabled them to hold an open hand up to their face and say… well, “face” to Sony’s sales of 33,071 PS3s in the same time frame....

Gears of War 2was released this past Friday, andwe reviewed it last nightwith glowing criticism. Unfortunately, it seems that a sector ofGears 2‘s fanbase do not share our enthusiasm, andhave been complainingabout the game’s multiplayer changes. First of all, a slow matchmaking process has caused agony for some eager gamers, with reports of people waiting up to ten minutes before getting into a game, and sometimes getting disconnected. I must admit that I had a disconnection maybe twice since I got the game, but the waiting times have not really crushed my spirit or dampened my fun....

Courtesy of last night’s amazing episode ofGameTrailers TV, here it is: the brand new, exclusive trailer forResident Evil 5.After viewing the trailer I thought about handling this post in one of two ways: 1) I could step back and objectively comment on some of the features highlighted in the trailer while dropping some basic info about the game (console, tentative release date, etc.) or 2) I could lose my mind with excitement and completely throw professionalism out the window....

Now normally, I don’t listen to anyone who calls themselves “HairyArse.” The last time I did, I woke up in a pool of my own urine next to a Taiwanese prostitute who was mumbling something about pretzel dogs in broken English. Not pretty, but a good story to tell the kids. But in this case, I made an exception. A gentleman who calls himself “HairyArse” over atAllAboutTheGameshas proclaimed to have solved all the whammy bar woes surrounding the recentGuitar Hero II360 release....

Usually it’s advisable to avoid anything with “crazy” in the title, as it usually indicates a game that’s trying way too hardy to be zany. Fortunately,Crazy Hamsteris actually pretty decent, and it’s available for nothing thanks to OpenFeint’sFreeGameoftheDayoffer. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, being an evolution of the Lemming’s concept, but it’s pretty fun nonetheless. Simply make sure your hamster doesn’t fall foul of the many traps. It starts quite slow, but can get pretty frantic as you douse fires, build bridges, and place sailboats in order to keep the furry little bastard safe....

Our friends over atJoystiqdug around and have confirmed the arrival of newGears of Warcontent, set to arrive Thursday morning, January 11. Originally reported byXboxZone.com.au, the new content will arrive in the form of two free (and gorgeous) downloadable maps. For whatever reason, these maps (presumably multiplayer, although the unlikely co-op would be totally badass) have some back story. I guess this is to help gamers really get into their respective roles as they hurl profanities and racist insults at one another:...

We likeBioShock, and we like free things. That’s why we like today’sBioShockupdate, which includes some cool freebies, as well as a “fix” for a “problem” some of you were crying about. First, the good stuff: Four new plasmids, and one new Gene Tonic are now available. This includes the Force-like “Sonic Boom,” which allows you to hurl “creatures and objects back with a blast of force,” along with “EVE Saver,” “Vending Expert,” and “Machine Buster....

On thepreviousgame debate we decided that Uwe Boll’s worst movie ever wasBloodRayne, followed closely by tonight’sShitty Movie Nightfeature film on ventrilo:House of the Dead. This week’s game debate idea comes from Dtoid readeremo zema‘s suggestion. It’s quite the epic estrogen battle, and it needs to be settled once and for all — who is the better gaming heroine? Samus Aran in all her robotic glory? Or the legendary busty brunette Lara Croft?...

GameStop CEO Tony Bartel isn’t just hopeful about the chances of Kinect and PlayStation Move — he’s practically declared them the champions of the world. Claiming that Microsoft and Sony’s waggle interfaces will evoke the “Wii phenomenon” and cause huge amounts of hype, he’s suggested that consumers will be following UPS trucks to the stores. “I see a very strong marketplace for this and I see the fervour that is beginning during the holiday season for the Kinect and Move is it’s very, very strong,” he says....