GameStop and Best Buy customers will be the only players to get invisibility and tag modes this year; Wal-Mart preorders receive Oddjob-themed “Cheater” apparel.   Last month, Activision announced a Goldeneye 007 bundle with a gilded Classic Controller to promote its upcoming remake of the seminal Nintendo 64 first-person shooter. The publisher’s picked up its promotional activities today, revealing a trio of retailer-exclusive enticements for players to pick the game up when it arrives November 16. Ideal for Oddjob players with low self-esteem. Gamers who pick up the title at GameStop or Best Buy can receive exclusive codes to unlock the game’s invisibility and tag splitscreen multiplayer modes, respectively. The invisibility mode (available with preorder) gives players the ability to become invisible for a limited amount of time to sneak up on opponents, while the tag mode makes whoever is “it” unable to score any kills until they touch another player. The modes are said to be exclusive until December 31, 2010, suggesting they will become available to other players after that date. Both the GameStop and Best Buy codes will need to be authenticated online through the Wii before the modes are unlocked, an Activision representative told GameSpot. The third retailer-specific incentive is a T-shirt offer available to those who reserve the game from Wal-Mart’s Web site or purchase it from one of the chain’s brick-and-mortar locations at launch. The shirt features the distinctive silhouette of strongman Oddjob’s lethal bowler hat, along with the caption “Cheater.” Playing as Oddjob in the N64 GoldenEye was frequently frowned upon by players, as his shorter stature made for a harder target and gave him a distinct advantage in matches. For more on GoldenEye, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage . [ Watch Video ] Comment on this video Watch this video in High Def Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ” GoldenEye 007 gets retailer-exclusive game modes, T-shirt ” was posted by Brendan Sinclair on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:07:04 -0700

The Westerner braves the dangers of the Wild West on Nintendo’s WiiWare.

NBA JAM returns with all-new modes and fast-paced action outlined in this dev diary from Electronic Arts!

Watch as The RZA from Wu-Tang Clan fame talks about his beginnings. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ” DJ Hero 2 The RZA Trailer ” was posted by DanM on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:13:30 -0700

Get a look at Goldeneye 007 from the developers standpoint.   Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ” Goldeneye 007 Reimagining Trailer ” was posted by DanM on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:25:36 -0700

Just admit it Batman… you had fun playing this, didn’t you?   Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ” Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame Launch Trailer ” was posted by DanM on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:32:13 -0700

The PlayStation 3′s Move and Xbox 360′s Kinect are right around the corner, but even when all three major consoles have dedicated motion controls, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami thinks it’ll still be a decade before such controls really become “mainstream.” Speaking to PSM3 magazine (via CVG ), Mikami — who, in addition to creating the Resident Evil series, also worked on the Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe series — said he’s still not interested in what motion controls currently have to offer. “I don’t think motion controls will be in the gaming mainstream in the next ten years,” Mikami explained. “When the technology gets to the point where you can just flick your eyeballs around and the computer can pick it up, you won’t need a controller anymore. Obviously it’s going to take a while to get there.” Well let’s hope it does take a while, because by then we’ll probably also have retina-scanning sensors all over civilization like in Minority Report . But then depending on your definition of “mainstream,” it’s arguable whether motion controls are there already, considering just how many Wiis Nintendo has sold since it released in 2006.

Recently Capcom made clear their intentions to significantly reduce the time between releases in their major franchises, and it looks like they’re following through. Speaking to Spanish website 3DJuegos (via NeoGAF ), Keiji Inafune, global head of production at Capcom, said they intend to put Resident Evil 6 on the fast-track to retail shelves. “Given the great success which led to us Resident Evil 5 , we want Resident Evil 6 to hit the market as soon as possible,” Inafune said. “In fact, Capcom will have news about this soon…” If that’s in fact the case, it seems likely we may hear something at Tokyo Game Show, which kicks off on September 16. It’s a venue big enough to seem appropriate for the first Resident Evil 6 announcement, and there’s really no other big gaming event taking place any time soon after that. We already know at least one thing about Resident Evil 6, which is that Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi won’t return to spearhead the title. But otherwise, for now we’ll look ahead toward TGS and hope we do indeed get some news on the game.

The original Super Mario Bros. was first released in 1985. This is meaningful to you because it would make 2010 the 25th anniversary of the series, and that has apparently compelled Nintendo to celebrate by readying a revival of Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii…at least in Japan. Andriasang reports that Nintendo held a retailer briefing in Japan recently, with news leaking out that they plan to release “Super Mario Collection Special Pack” on the Wii on October 21. Presumably this will include the same compellation of Mario games — 1, 2, 3, and “Lost Levels” — as Super Mario All-Stars did for the SNES, which was, indeed, originally called Super Mario Collection in Japan. But the “Special Pack” part refers to a bonus item called “Super Mario History 1985 – 2010.” This includes a booklet covering the history of the Mario series over the past 25 years with never-before-seen development material, and a soundtrack CD with music from the series spanning from the first game all the way up to Super Mario Galaxy 2 . Keep in mind Nintendo hasn’t actually confirmed this themselves yet, but the leaks from retailers supposedly involved in the briefing say Super Mario Collection Special Pack will sell in Japan for ¥2,500 — which is just about a reasonable $30. There’s no indication whether Nintendo also plans to release the same collection in North America, but let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Back in 1993, Super Mario Collection was released in Japan for the SNES, featuring a handful of classic Mario titles, freshened up with a graphical touch-up. It was released in the US two weeks later as Super

The heroic denizen of Dream Land is almost ready to make an epic return in an all new yarn filled adventure.

A new gameplay trailer has been released by Nintendo for the uber-lovable Kirby’s Epic Yarn title. Coming out for the North American Wii later this year, Epic Yarn is the tenth installment to the famed video game

Wiibrew coder teknecal has released a new version of Homebrew Browser, the handy homebrew utility that allows you to download the latest homebrew applications and games straight to your Nintendo Wii.     Download: Homebrew

Nintendo kicks up the drama in this TV Spot for Other M in Japan.

Samus and Metroid take the journey from origin to Other M in these TV Spots from Japan.

Echo Tesla cranks up the voltage in her transformation in Warriors of Rock!

Axel Steel loses some pesky flesh when he goes full metal in Warriors of Rock!

Echo Tesla cranks up the voltage in her transformation in Warriors of Rock!

Pandora summons powers from the netherworld in her transformation in Warriors of Rock!

Judy Nails unveils her fire within when transforming in Warriors of Rock.