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Get all of the Xbox Achievements for Assassin’s Creed on Xbox 260!

According to the NBA, three-quarters of its professional players are also avid gamers. That makes it easy for EA Sports to find NBA stars willing to come visit its Canadian studio where the NBA Live franchise is made, and GamePro was there to snag some one on one time with the players.

A port of the arcade shooter, Ghost Squad lacks the meatiness of The Umbrella Chronicles but it still has its moments.

Nintendo of Japan launched the Everybody’s Nintendo Channel on Tuesday which grants Wii owners the ability to download DS game demos in addition to viewing promotional videos of upcoming games.

Environmental group says Nintendo and Microsoft fail miserably when it comes to policies on toxic waste and recycling to save the planet.

More Ghost Squad screens!

Get a mega boost when racing that damn fast Cosmic Mario!

The Guitar Hero franchise has finally arrived on the PS3, but it doesn’t quite match that momentous first time you plugged that wired Gibson into your PS2. With a superior version of the game on the Xbox 360, and a potential Hero-killer on the horizon in the form of Rock Band, Guitar Hero III on the PS3 is like catching a sweet second-stage show at a music festival–you’ll have fun, but you can’t help but think that there’s more entertainment to be had elsewhere.

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has named Ken Kutaragi, creator of the PlayStation, as the recipient of the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Eidos Interactive said on Monday that it has begun work on Deus Ex 3, the second sequel to the critically acclaimed first-person shooter with role playing elements first released in 2000.

After a decade-plus of 3D missteps, Konami finally delivers a Contra title worthy of succeeding the SNES classic, The Alien Wars. One part homage and one part evolution, Contra 4 is two screens of delicious torture.

We could have given away one customized DS Lite signed by legendary developer John Carmack, but then we remembered something: two is better than one!

Microsoft on Monday said Xbox Live users will be able to check out the friend lists of fellow members starting Dec. 4 with the release of the Fall Dashboard Update.

Take on new surgeries with New Blood

Nintendo has refuted ongoing speculation that the company is limiting the supply of global Wii units in an effort to fake demand.

Sony’s slimmer and cheaper PlayStation Portable (PSP) has struck a chord with Japanese shoppers and racked up sales of 1 million units in its first two months on sale.

Midway on Monday confirmed the release of Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 on Dec. 10, this despite previous reports that the game would be delayed until 2008.

Orcs and Elves, oh my!

All great puzzle games are based on a simple idea: stacking falling blocks, lining up three like colors, and so on. This is exactly what Neves does so well; it takes a simple idea and lets you put the pieces into place.

Call me a geek, but any game that allows you to get your hands on a Vorpal Sword is alright with me.