It’s “shop” update time, guys! That means all manner of Nintendo’s shops — the Wii Shop Channel, the 3DS eShop, and the DSiWare Shop — are all updated! So what’s on the plate for today? Let’s have a look… 3DS-only 3DS/DSi WiiWare Can’t say all that much is appealing to me this week, and I’ll probably hold on to my points untilMotoHerozdrops.DotMan’s title screen does feature a sexy anime chick and a sports car, so that might be a selling point for some of you....

OK, first of all — if you seriously thought you were going to see the Xbox 360-exclusiveGrand Theft Auto IVdownloadable content this year, you’re a fool. Or Microsoft. During some super cereal-sounding BMO Capital Markets Conference in New York City today, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said of the DLC: “It’s close to being complete. That said, it may move into the second quarter. Downloadable content is a big undertaking. It’s important to be really special....

[Update:Ocarina of Time 3D released 27 days ago. The sales figures below are representative of the first 11 days of sales. Sorry for the error. -Ed] TheLegend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3Dwas released 11 days ago, to the joy and delight of many fans both old and new. So many people have grown to love the citizens of Hyrule that it has sold over 283,000 copies, making it the second largest seller of the month on an individual platform in the United States....

Electronic Arts has announced that it will ship Pandemic Studios’The Saboteurto retail on December 8, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Taking place during the 1940s Nazi-occupation of France,The Saboteuris unique in both art, gameplay, and story — a revenge tale that takes place in the heart of a living city. Despite the fact that nearly everyone who has seen the game has walked away impressed (including us), it seems thatThe Saboteuris largely being ignored....

Some years ago now,Penny Arcadedecided to put their piles of smug money where their snarky mouths were and produce a series of episodic role-playing games in a Lovecraft-meets-noir-detective setting. After two episodes were developed by Hothead Games, the series came to a premature end with the cancellation of the series. The conclusion of the story would be told in a series of written posts over several months, but there would be no more games....

I love NERF guns. In my household, NERF guns are kept within easy reach at all times because you never know when an all-out war is about to occur. This probably happens more frequently than it should amongst a group of generally mature adults. The NERF N-Strike Switch Shot EX-3 is a gun which serves two purposes, as a gun which fires NERF darts or as a gun casing for a Nintendo Wii Remote....

If getting into the magical “The Beatles: Rock Band Content Club” wasn’t enough to get you to pre-orderThe Beatles: Rock Band, maybe this is — free additional songs. GameStophas upped its pre-order ante by offering three free additional game songs by The Beatles, presumably via post release downloadable content. The pre-order information doesn’t specifically mention which tracks you’ll get; Harmonix and MTV Games have already confirmed “All You Need Is Love” and the classicAbbey Roadin its entirety as DLC....

At a press event last night, Insomniac said that making a 4-player cooperativeRatchet and Clankgame has been a dream project for them. This is the first group co-op title in the ten-game series for them, so it had the team trying new things. It seems like they had a great time making it, and that’s probably why it’s a bunch of fun to play. All 4 Oneis 4-player co-op served any way you like....

Speaking in an interview,Microsoft Saudi’s Marketing ManagerInternational Man of Mystery, Syed Bilal Tariq, has confirmed that Project Natal will be releasing worldwide sometime in October. Not surprising in the least, mind you. October is a long enough window from Christmas to build the hype for big sales in the holiday season and I think they’re going to have to market the hell out of this thing to get the results necessary to make the new motion peripheral a success....

Bethesda’sOblivionwas so open-ended that the main story became insubstantial.Fallout 3is no different. There are many sidequests to tackle, several of which have the ability to make the player forget about the main storyline. But when the game concludes, it literally concludes. There are no more opportunities to grab bobble heads or snatch Nuka Colas from dilapidated supermarkets. It’s a problem that Bethesda is going to fix with their firstdownloadable contentfor the PC and Xbox 360....

Here’s a trailer forRagnarok DS. It looks pretty much likeRagnarok Onlineexcept if you wait a bit you get to learn about the exciting touch controls andRagnarok Onlineexclusive item you get with the game. It pretty much looks like the original game except on a smaller screen, which should be good news for the massive install base the game already has. For those unaware of what this wholeRagnarokthing, it’s a massive MMO with millions of players and now XSEED is bringing it to the DS....

It’s pretty brilliant, actually. You simply walk up to a box, pick a thing, put in some money, and out pops some entertainment you can borrow. It was brilliant for movies and now it’ll be the same for games. As of this morning game rentals will go live at 21,000 Redbox locations. Visit this Friday and get PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii games. Or DVDs. Or Blu-ray discs. There’s even an iPhone app that lets you reserve games....

With the approach of whatlooks to bethe first decentSonic the Hedgehoggame in years, we thought we may as well record an episode in honor of the speedy once-Sega mascot. We had some good times together back in the day, followed shortly thereafter by some … well, not so good times.Reallynot so good. But hey, thereweregood times, right? Let’s talk about those. And what better way to do so than to have Jim Sterling, the Sonic Defender himself, join us on the show?...