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[Editor’s note: EarthbounderNess shows us howMother 3could have potentially ended. — CTZ] — WARNING: This post contains major spoilers forMother 3. If you have not completed the game, I advise taking a stoll elsewhere until you do finish it. By “elsewhere”, I mean go play the game right now. Seriously, if you haven’t beaten the game, go away. I’ll punch a puppy while impersonating Chad Concelmo if those who have not beat the game do not leave this very instant....

Yes, print is dying a slow death. Those of us in the trade know this and we see it almost every day. Even the great Ziff Davis is not immune to the boom that is the Internet. According to an official press release,Official PlayStation Magazineis being put down and will be no more after January 2007. Ziff Davis Game Group, the leading integrated media company focused on the video game sector, today announced that it will discontinue publication of Official U....

When our readers want something, they let us know about it. I’ve been hit up on Twitter, Formspring, Facebook and in multiple comments on this fair site. There are angry posts in reviews of other games, as if we’ve beendeliberatelyignoring it, but don’t worry — theDragon Age 2review is going to appear. Here’s the deal — the review will be written by Joseph Leray. He did not receive a review copy of the game until launch day, and because he also goes to school (not every writer here earns $100,000,000 an hour), it’s been a slow thing....

Blarg. I already look at the cost of Xbox Live as a bill, just like my utilities or phone bill. And now I’m hearing one analyst say that he expects it to increase? What next? Interest rate hike? Maybe I’m throwing it out of proportion. But a price hike is in the cards, he says. In the most recent episode of Game Trailers’Bonus Round, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said that “we all know” that the price of Live is going to increase to help MS drive profits....

Child of Eden, the one Kinect game that I really wanted to play at PAX 10, was a no show this year. To make up for that, fate tossedKung Fu Live!my way, and I loved it. It’s basically old-schoolMortal Kombatbut with better graphics and full-body motion controls. I was especially shocked by how robust single-player mode was, and how many special moves are in the game. There are even boss fights....

The Fancy Pants Adventuresis coming to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade later this year and I implore you to pay attention to it. The follow-up to a rather excellent set of Flash games, this platforming adventure is backed by Electronic Arts and looking damn good. Check out the trailer above, look at the screens below, andplay the original titles hereto see why I’m excited. I fully expect great things from Over The Top Games....

I’m super stoked that development onMega Man Legends 3hasresumedafter its temporary hiatus, especially considering its low position on Capcom’s list of priorities. Now that the gears are turning once more, my eyes are peeled for even the slightest progress update. Remember back when Capcom asked the fans tovoteon the design of the game’s new female co-star? This time, the dev team wants you to decide upon a redesign for the main man himself....

A nerd with too much free time and a pair of knitting needles is a powerful thing, as evidenced by the gallery. In addition to thetop ten geek stitcherson this list, there seems to be a fast emerging subculture ofKatamari knittersbusting out everything fromhatstoearmuffs. ApparentlyKatamarimakes knitters feel at one with the cosmos, but what’s the deal with the immortalization ofPitfallas seen above? The word among the stitch and b*tch community is that knitting is a soothing pasttime....

Ubisoft have revealed that Inon Zur and Stuart Chatwood have been tapped to score the music for the upcomingPrince of Persiatitle for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Zur and Chatwood are no strangers to the series, with Chatwood having scored Sands of Time and Zur adding his talents to both The Two Thrones and Warrior Within. The music is described as “eastern ethnic instrumentation blended with a cinematic orchestral approach,” which may just be a fancy way of saying it has a “Middle Eastern flavor....

Let’s be clear — there will be anotherStarcraftgame. Blizzard owns the domainwww.starcraft2.com; it’s been hinted at and rumored more often than Nicole Richie’s ribs have been featured on the cover of Star magazine; and hordes of angry nerds worldwide will not actually die until one is released. So it’s coming — hang tight.In the meantime, how does aWarcraftIIImod that attempts to recreateStarcraft: Brood Warsin 3D sound to you? If that’s your thing, this teaser trailer forProject Revolutionmight be right up your alley....

Make no mistake, I’m not being facetious when I say that this is the best news of today. Many of you who have touchedRock Band 3will likely agree. For those who have not, know there’s an Achievement on the Xbox 360 version for calibrating your system, a total necessity, and it’s worth four Gamerscore points. In order to balance out those four points so your running total doesn’t end in a gross number, you need to earn a six-point Achievement for linking your account toRockBand....

PSP Minis is one of the big reasons why I’m looking forward to the PSPgo, especially with Sony promising huge freedom of development and easy approval. Despite the much-lauded freedoms, however, it appears that Minis will be subject to somepretty tight restrictions, such as a lack of multiplayer, and the inability to provide download content or updates. Sony, however, is claiming that these regulations are somehow a good thing. “When you look at it from a testing perspective, you have to do more QA....

It’s would bealmostadorable watching Nintendo try to offer capable online functionality if it wasn’t so exasperating. The company is embracing the digital world one pigeon-step at a time, but mincemeat minister Reggie Fils-Aime promises that the 3DS will mark significant improvements. “We’ve acknowledged that digital content is an area that we have to do a better job with,” said the savory executive. “… That will be wide-ranging. Everything from our own version of the Virtual Console, with Game Boy and Game Boy Color content, to all of the DSiWare content, to brand new digital content that’ll be in 2D and 3D....