In a partnership with Game Trading Technologies, convenience store chain 7-Eleven will soon begin selling used games in its stores. Games will be priced under $20 — hence the promotion’s name “Great Games Under $20″ — and will be available in about half of 7-Eleven stores...

This week’s list of new Nintendo releases starts off with the most mega of all men. If you’d rather not pay $10 for a title meant to feel like a classic Mega Man , this week you can get Mega Man 4 , which is legitimately a classic (and pretty good) blue bomber title, for half the price at...

Unless you were willing to accept a fan-made Star Fox mod using the FreeSpace Open engine, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a Star Fox game. Star Fox Command came out for DS in 2006 and was developed by Q-Games, the current outfit of Star Fox creator Dylan Cuthbert, and before that...

There’s one thing nearly every proper Castlevania game since 1997 has had in common: They’ve all had a three- or four-word subtitle that makes little to no sense. So could “Harmony of Despair” be the latest in that grand tradition? Siliconera reports that Konami has trademarked...

Roger Ebert, arguably the most famous film critic alive today, has reopened the can of worms he first cracked ajar five years ago — or, to use another trite and hackneyed saying you’d never catch him using, he’s decided to take up the bat and pound the dead horse with a few more strokes....

Warm weather is upon us, and this week we’re highlighting Spring Fever Sales from Sony and Direct2Drive. Both are multi-week sales, with Sony cutting WipEout HD and Direct2Drive slashing prices on a slew of titles. Originally posted here: All the Best Weekend Deals From Around the Internet for...

Following a brief surge by the PlayStation 3 thanks to last month’s release of Yakuza 4 , the Nintendo DS is back on top in Japan. Nintendo’s handheld managed to move a total of 36,459 units across its three SKUs compared to the PS3′s 28,973 (via GamesIndustry.biz ). In a week where...

Interplay has announced that the first entry in the classic Descent series is headed to the Wii later this year, courtesy of the WiiWare service. Interplay is teaming up with developer G1M2 to bring the 15-year-old game to the current generation. “Descent remains the most popular 1080 degree 3D...

Interplay has announced that the first entry in the classic Descent series is headed to the Wii later this year, courtesy of the WiiWare service. Go here to see the original: Descent Headed to WiiWare This Fall

A lawsuit was filed against Activision this past November by rock band No Doubt for the alleged misuse of the band’s likeness in Band Hero . A Los Angeles Superior Court judge, Kenji Machida, has now issued a tentative ruling that rejects Activision’s attempt to get the case dismissed under...