Today Ubisoft says that the Xbox 360 titleFrom Dusthas broken digital sales records after launching worldwide on July 7. The game had the highest first day sales of any Xbox LIVE Arcade game that Ubisoft has ever released! Ubi says that sales were about 45 percent higher than Ubisoft’s previous best-selling XBLA release. And that’s just the Xbox 360 version. The pre-orders forFrom Duston PC, slated to release on August 17, are also looking good, says Ubisoft....

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a name that pops up in anti-videogame circles now and then. He’s an author and former military man who believes that children can train themselves to become snipers by playingHalo, and has criticized videogame violence for many years. He views games (as well as movies and TV) as such poisonous materialthat he believeskids need a ten-day “detox” period to clean the filth away. “[Grossman] described, in chilling detail, school massacres at Columbine High… the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota and Virginia Tech....

Print is dead? So they say, but I’m not buying it. What I will be buying, however, is an issue ofGameFanif my local stores aren’t too ignorant to not stock it.GameFanis what used to bePlay, a magazine devoted far more to the hardcore gamer than your usual pen-and-paper rag. Of course, that meant it went under, because nobody likes quality. However, it has returned, and taken the name of another classic dead mag,GameFan....

WarioWare Snapped!(DSiWare), Nintendo’slatest insane yet oh so fun to play collection of wacky mini-games, was shown off duringSatoru Iwata’s keynoteaddress at this year’s GDC. Joining oh so many other portable games that make you look like an absolute fool in public,Snapped!uses the DSi’s internal camera to detect your head and hand movements as a means of control, and even displays a replay of your actions upon completion of each mini-game....

One of the earliest and most persistent rumors surrounding Sony’s “Next Generation Portable” is that its power would becomparable to a PlayStation 3. Sony is wisely downplaying such claims now, making sure to let us know that its abilities are greatly exaggerated. “Some people in the press have said ‘Wow, this thing could be as powerful as a PS3,'” explained SCEA research manager David Coombes. “Well, it’s not going to run at 2GHz because the battery would last five minutes and it would probably set fire to your pants....

You may recollect me telling you thatPhantasy Star Zero Minihad been announced for Nintendo’s DSiWare service for Japanese DSi owners, and that it was going to be very cheap (in fact, two bucks). I’m sure you wondered just as much as I did what type of game you get for that kind of pocket change, and now we have some video that answers that question for you right after the jump....

Recently,CVGwas able to talk to Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert about the possibility of bringing Trophies toPixelJunk Monsters. Cuthbert wasn’t exactly forthright about the addition of Trophies to the downloadable game, as he remarked that Q-Games “[has] been totally inundated with requests for trophies inPixelJunk Monstersvia some kind of patch.” Of course, asking is not always receiving. So, Cuthbert tossed this out there to the fans: As this goes to press, I can say we are definitely looking into it – you just need to badger Deborah Mars and her team in Santa Monica to get some dates set....

First things first, a four player co-op shooter on rails game? DO WANT! The few seconds in the video where it shows all four players shooting the screen up looks like pure chaos!Ghost Squadseems like it will be the best choice ofthe four games coming out this yearthat will utilize the Wii Zapper cradle. Jim mentionedEurogamershands-on experiencewhich you should check out or you know, go to a local arcade and play it....

Although this probably won’t be news to anyGuild Warsfaithful, it still needs to be said thatGuild Wars: Eye of the North(no relation to me, of course), the first expansion to the popular online RPG, is now live and ready to rock. Guild Wars: Eye of the Northcontinues the storystarted in the original title and adds the nifty newHall of Monuments, as well as 18 multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills, new Heroes, 40 new armor sets, and plenty of new items, weapons, and titles....

Each year, Gamma entrants are asked to make games under certain constraints. This year, all Gamma4 entries must be controlled with a single button. I plan to write up my impressions of all six Gamma4 games. Michael Todd’sSilent Skiesis probably the most orthodox Gamma4 finalist, though that’s obviously not saying much. WhereB.U.T.T.O.N.plays like a real-lifeWarioWaremicrogame, andPoto and Cabengafeels like an attempt to make your head explode in as short a time period as possible,Silent Skiesis comparatively straightforward: you control a plane....

Shooting fake things in the face is a favorite pastime of mine. Years ago, theGhost Reconon the original Xbox really got me into the first-person genre, and the competitive nature of online play. I remember learning the maps, spawn points, and the timing on every one of the game’s numerous maps to a point where I could feasibly play the game blindfolded. I, of course, did not have the same lofty expectations upon receiving theSOCOM: Confrontationbeta....

Gouri Daisuke was a Japanese voice actor that seemed to specialize in fighting game voices. You’ve heard his work in games likeTekken(Mishima Heihachi),Soulcalibur(Edgemaster),Dead or Alive(Bass) and much more. His work also extended into the anime realm, where he was best known forDragon Ballwork. He was found dead on the street in Nanako, Japan around 3 p.m. yesterday. He died of extensive loss of blood from his arm, and authorities are treating this as a suicide....

We’ve always tried to make each episode of HAWP different from the last, in terms of both narrative and style of humor. That should hopefully explain this most recent episode. I’m not even going to bother putting up a Digg link.