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Fret not little Nintendo fans, for it’s not alldoom and gloom. While you’re waiting forMario Party 8to come out, check out what Nintendo has planned for the coming months. You may want to notice thatMario Kart 64will be on the Virtual Console next week. Too bad it won’t feature any online functionality … suckers: Beyond the current library of 34 new Wii titles, the schedule for upcoming Wii releases includes:Feb. 14 Wii Play with Wii Remote NintendoMarch 27 Disney’s Meet the Robinsons Buena VistaMarch Bust-A-Move Bash MajescoMarch Prince of Persia Rival Swords UbisoftMarch TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) UbisoftMarch Bionicle Heroes EidosMarch Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII UbisoftQ1 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 EAQ1 SSX Blur EAQ1 The Godfather Blackhand Edition EAQ1 Medal of Honor Vanguard EAQ1 Sonic and the Secret Rings Sega...

The winner has been chosen for 2BeeGames’ 2nd Indie Game Competition! Why should you care? Because the winning game,Climb to the Top of the Castleis A)quite a bit of funand B) earned a publishing deal with Zoo Games. Additionally, developer TwO Bros. Games received $10,000 in hard cash for its efforts, andcommunity favoriteVector Conflict: The Siegegot a sweet $5,000 in prize money. Right now, there’s a poll asking for which platforms you’d like to seeClimb to the Top of the Castleappear on....

Last week, weheld a contest wherewe were giving awayCritter Crunchfor the PSN,Critter CrunchT-shirtsand thissigned print artby Nick “Qiqo” Stephan. After the contest went up, Capybara and Qiqo gave us an additional prize to give away, which was this AWESOME drawing ofBiggs barfing up a shark that’s barfing up a cheetah with laser beamscoming out of its eyes. A lot of you barfed up some crazy things resulting in some pretty great pictures....

WWE games, such as their most recentWWE All-Stars, are the type of game that probably come to mind when you think of the wrestling franchise. The corporate brain behind this old entertainment past-time is trying something new, removing the ring, the audience and the realistic style, with their newest venture.WWE Brawlwill feature cartoony characters set in destructible environments, and seems to take its cues from more traditional fighting games with things like super powers and finishing combos....

The Xbox 360 Summer of Arcade is back this summer for its fourth year. Again we’ll get five weeks of summer downloadable gaming for Xbox Live Arcade. Today we have the games and the dates we expect to see them. There’s also a bonus for buying all five games: A free copy ofCrimson Alliance(shown above), a 1200 MSP value. It’s a four-player fast-action RPG from Certain Affinity. Here’s the games you’ll have to buy to get this bonus:...

I’m all about exercising and staying healthy. I kind of slacked off in 2010 but was going to make up for it starting this year. The first three days of my training was going great. That is until I hurt my knee running the other day. So now I’m limping around like a pirate with a peg leg. Neat. The moral of this story? I WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN!...

During Yu Suzuki’s GDC panel he dropped this bomb aboutShenmue3: “I think Sega will let me make it.” Don’t get too excited, as this probably means mothing. According toJoystiq, Suzuki put the smack down on that dream by saying it’s contingent on budget issues. I take this as an old game maker running his mouth, and not a sign that a game is actually being worked on. He joked that only the 200 people in the panel room would buyShenmue 3anyway....