Akira Yamaoka, veteran game musician and producer of Konami’s Silent Hill series since the third installment, made waves early in December when he suddenly left the company he had worked for since 1993. What’s he up to now? This week’s issue of Famitsu magazine has revealed all —...

Akira Yamaoka, veteran game musician and producer of Konami’s Silent Hill series since the third installment, made waves early in December when he suddenly left the company he had worked for since 1993. What’s he up to now? Read more: Silent Hill Director Joins Grasshopper Manufacture

Back in May and June of 09 respectively, both Wal-Mart and Best Buy — two of the biggest videogame-selling retail chains in the nation — began experimenting with used games sales by using automated kiosks for consumers to trade-in titles and receive credit card or store credit. And now only...

This week, the epic Tales of Monkey Island series concludes with its fifth installment, for the usual price of 1,000 Wii Points ($10). Alongside it is Tumblebugs 2 , a PC puzzle port for 800 points ($8) More here: More Monkey Island, More Alex Kidd on Nintendo Downloads