Microsoft and Enterbrain, the company that publishes Famitsu, are holding a contest for XNA developers where 3,600,000 yen ($40,000) in cash prizes will be awarded.

Namco Bandai must be gearing up for another Time Crisis game since they trademarked Time Crisis 2nd Strike and made a logo for it.

And that’s a good indiactor that Media.Vision is developing an iPhone game.

Instead of your standard D-pad control scheme or even using a finger to direct units, players must think of the iPhone as a flat surface. Tilting the phone in different directions will cause units to walk into that direction, much like tilting a handful of marbles on a cutting board.

It’s a small reason, but Square Enix added something new to cell phone version of Final Fantasy IV.

Earth Defense Force lives! D3 Publisher ported Earth Defense Force 2017, their giant bug shooting game, to cell phones and it looks pretty good.

Prope’s quirky tapping game is now on the iPhone. Well, part of it. Let’s Tap: Tap Runner, arguably the best game in Let’s Tap, is available now.

Remember that Sliding Heroes trademark we discovered? Sadly, it’s not for a Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime sequel.

Have you heard of Hills and Rivers Remain? It’s a mobile phone game where you order a group of units to take over towns. Items like hold, speed, defense, and shield orbs can boost your forces and protect conquered land.

We’ve known about Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie for DS for a while but this is the first time in a while we’ve seen actual artwork for it.