Gamasutra revealed today that a very interesting, non-bear-with-Wii-remote containing patent filed by Nintendo has been made public.  The patent contains a description of a possibility to have in-game video walkthrough that users can access when they get stuck, hopefully allowing the player to actually finish a game they would normally quit playing at frustratingly difficult moments.  Users wou... more.

In a press release sent out by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announcing the Blu-Ray release of the first Ghostbusters movie today, the release date for the game was also announced.  It does not mention much about the game, other than both the Blu-ray disc and game will be out simultaneously to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film on June 16th, 2009. Source: http://www.hometheaterforum... more.

Konami's latest entry in the survival horror franchise was able to survive the horror of Australia's strict video game outlines.  Silent Hill: Homecoming just got the ability to sell in the land down under, receiving the Ma15+ max rating that the Australia rating system allows. Video games in Australia cannot receive the R18+ rating as it is only allowed for movies. Silent Hill: Homecoming is ... more.

A Gametrailers.com user posted this video of a child getting a Wii for Christmas.  Temporary insanity ensues, and we have a new screaming-game-console-receiving-kid champion.  Now we need a video of his reaction when he realizes there's only a handful of good games to play. ... more.

As someone who had just seen the Japanese movie Battle Royale, a strange movie that has the Japanese government taking randomly chosen 9th grade classes, setting them on a deserted island and forcing to kill each other until there's only one survivor, I figured I had seen my weekly dose of crazy. Capcom has just proven me wrong. On their Japanese webpage for Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (h... more.