Few more screenshots of The Force Unleashed for all you Star Wars fans. The game - developed and published by LucasArts alongside Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books - will be released mid-Septemeber, and the plot will focus on Darth Vader's secret apprentice.

"And to wrap things up today, here's "The ABCs of Gaming," from a t-shirt design contest at Shirt.woot.com. The contest closed this week. The latest on the site shows another shirt claiming 2nd place in this derby so, who knows, maybe it won. I'm sure the ordering information will follow.

For now, take a long look and see if you can name all 26. I can name about 19 offhand. There's a spoiler solution after the jump."

This article discusses ways to improve cognitive skills using video game guides, especially targeting areas impacted by learning disabilities. Why not use strategy guides for games young people are already playing. Author gives suggestions to parents for using guides with young people to build reading, analysis, and language skills.
The author has a PhD in Special Education and Rehabilitation Psychology.

"Griffith said that CoD5 would be available on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, and PC. That pretty much covers every platform but the PSP. Why this is, is anyone’s guess. Griffith also pointed out that CoD5 will be using the same game engine that was used in CoD4. As for the game’s setting, “We’ll bring the intensity of the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare title to a new military theater to engage our significantly larger user base which nearly doubled last year as new users came into the fran..."

"Listening to the gamespot podcast with Rob Yescombe, he said that they have already started work on Time Splitters 4 and a Lucas Art 'secret project'


YES!!! TIME SPLITTERS 4 IN THE WORKS!!!"

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"PC
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Ford Racing Offroad

PS2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

PS3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Xbox 360
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Wii
Castle of Shikigami III, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Deca Sports, We Ski

DS
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Drone Tactics, Myst"

"SEC filings have revealed that Electronic Arts borrowed $1 billion from Morgan Stanley and other lenders to help finance a possible acquisition of Take-Two.

"There's no news here," said EA VP of communications Jeff Brown. "This is just a process point on something we announced in February."

With $2.3 billion on hand in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, EA already has the funds available to do the deal as it currently stands. With the deal not contingent on financing, wh..."

Ah, this is a nice blast from the past. A batch of Ghostbusters concept art has been released, and they show some familiar ghosts that players will have to defeat as well as the good ol' Ectomobile.

With Ghostbusters getting positive previews already, it certainly looks like fans won't be disappointed.

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"Sony announced today a major milestone for Polyphony Digital's banner racing series, Gran Turismo. The series has, as of May 9, crossed the 50 million shipment mark worldwide.

This figure includes shipments for seven titles, going back to the PlayStation original and continuing on to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Here's a game-by-game and region-by-region look.

Gran Turismo (PlayStation)
Total: 10.85 million
North America: 3.99 million
Europe: 4.30 million
Japan: 2.55 million
Asi..."

Playstation's big boss Kaz Hirai only recently announced that he believes the PS3 will win the console 'race'.
But he's not just content with the PS3 beating Nintendo and Microsoft - He wants the PS3 to beat every form of entertainment ...

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Arguably the best baseball video game to release last year, and certainly the best on the Wii, MLB Power Pros provided a deep baseball simulation with a multitude of options and modes, under the guise of its super deformed Power Pro versions of current MLB players. The Power Pros series is hugely popular and successful, and well-established series in Japan.

MLB Power Pros 2008 will feature those same game modes that were present in the original MLB Power Pros, plus new ones for a total o...

Recently ThreeSpeech asked their members what questions they wanted to ask Evan Wells at Naughty Dog. Now they have selected the best ones and put them to the man in this exclusive interview. There is some interesting stuff in there, but by far the highlight is his discussion of Naughty Dog's next project, he mentions that the next game might not be Uncharted and that a new Jak is definitely a possibility. This is just half the interview though, the rest will be posted tomorrow

"Fresh from their big PR event today in London, Sony have released some new screenshots from their now-delayed flagship shooter, Killzone 2. And looking at a couple of the in-game shots they chose to release (not the gorgeous one above), it's easy to see why it's been held back. Still looking a little rough in places. Indeed, some of these shots aren't just missing their earlier "target renders", they look more PS2 than PS3! Ah, I kid, but really, there's still a long way to go if they want to..."

As you probably know, Grand Theft Auto III was a huge hit on the Playstation 2 and while the Xbox was sitting in the corner, slitting its wrists, Sony gloated over the victory, since the game made the PS2 stand out and overtake it's rival. This, essential decided the winning console of that generation. Now getting to this generation, Microsoft was smart and planned for the future to get Grand Theft Auto IV for their Xbox 360 in order to not make the same mistake and also even trying to make i...

As many of you know, Electronic Arts tried to buy out Take 2 Interactive, but if that did happen, how would the Grand Theft Auto series change? Would it be the same? Or crash and burn like Command and Conquer when the company took over Westwood Studios? Talk Playstation figures that the franchise simply wouldn't be the same and would be ruined if EA took over.

The Late Show host Conan O'Brien could not resist makign fun of GTA. With so many news stories abiut this game being evil, its good to see a change of news stories. Conan O'Brien shows off the softer, friendlier side of Grand Theft Auto.

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"Regular CVG readers will know we have a very large soft sport for Lego Indiana Jones and this new gameplay footage may have just brought a tear to our eyes.

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Running for just under two minutes the footage, backed up by the rousing Indy signature score, includes recreated memorable scenes from Raiders, Temple of Doom and the Last Crusade, three of the best movies ever made (fact). Watch it in our video player on your right.

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is ou..."

"Tiger Woods has had something of a peculiar relationship with the Nintendo Wii, given that both the 2007 and 2008 versions of his PGA Tour games were released within six months of one another. With the inevitable 2009 build on the horizon, you’ll not be surprised to hear that developer Electronic Arts is promising the most feature-packed edition of the series."

Japan's Dengeki Online recently polled it's readers about the games they want remade the most.
Nobody will be surprised with the game that appears at the top of the list.

What is the main reason Japanese gamers want these games remade? Better graphics, of course.

And what is Japanese gamer's main worry for their favorite games getting remade? A changed/different storyline.

If you have been a hardcore PC gamer, switching to a console may be tough. The reason? Controls! Think that you played all previous GTA games on PC. Then you switch to the PS3 or 360 to play GTA IV. You have a problem. You're not used to the controls. (OMG! I can haz no mouse!?) And think of when it comes to FPSes. Not that easy to play with a controller, eh?
That VideoGame Blog has thought of this, and is trying to shed some light on this factor.

"When did a videogame release become such a big deal?

Well, the U.S. videogame industry is worth a whopping $18.8 billion a year--that's less than McDonald's makes selling burgers and fries but 2.5 times as much as all the music CDs sold last year. It's also enough money to turn even the most conservative of entertainment executives' heads. Scott Steinberg, vice president of product marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, predicts we're about to see the "GTA Effect"--box office sa..."

"PSP　99000
Wii　49000
DSL　40000
PS3　11000
PS2　7800
360　1900

1.Mario Kart Wii　143000　(952000)
2.MHP2G　120000　(1851000)
3.Senjou no Valkyria (PS3)　78000
4.Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2　60000
5.Summon Night (DS)　44000
6.WiiFit　36000 (1890000)
7.Bokura ha Kaseki-Horida (DS)　25000　(65000)
8.DS Bi-Mozi Training　22000　(185000)
9.Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (PS2)　18000　(332000)
10.Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS)　17000　(463000)

11 DS NARUTO 15000
12.Mario Kart DS　14000　2979000
13.Pro Basebal..."

"Bejeweled 2 was found to reduce stress activity by 54% compared to the control group. Peggle and Bookworm Adventures did not reduce subjects' physical stress levels significantly but did affect psychological tension, depression and other aspects of mood, in some cases dramatically.

Peggle had the greatest affect, improving mood by 573% across all study subjects - with Bejeweled 2 at 435% and Bookworm Adventures at 303%."