Another week, another retro title on Xbox Live Arcade. But wait! This isn’t just your average retro titled shoehorned into the XBLA universe. This one has been completely redone with fancy new graphics and a ton of new… everything. New enemies, items, weapons and levels. It’s really a complete re-imagining of the original title. Problem [...]

There were rumors that Konami’s galactic shmup Gyruss was going to be this week since it has a March 2007 release date on the Xbox Live page, but fret not. Microsoft announced that the last game coming out in March is Jetpac Refuelled a remake of Rare’s Jetpac with Xbox Live co-op play for two [...]

  Microsoft sent over a note about some of the Xbox Live games they are going to be showing at GDC:   · “Boom Boom Rocket” (EA and Bizarre Creations). This eagerly anticipated title from EA and Bizarre Creations is a hypnotic rhythm music game that will launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade this spring, priced at [...]

First it’s a video game with a TV series tie in, now Viva Pinata is going to be all over the place. 4Kids Entertainment made a deals to begin making Viva Pinata toys, Halloween costumes, online greeting cards and toys. DecoPac who makes Spongebob cakes is going to be making the Viva Pinata templates. To [...]

After three system changes and many years of waiting Kameo: Elements of Power was a bit disappointing. However, it looks like Microsoft and Rare still have plans for the franchise. According to an IMDB entry a Kameo movie is slated for 2007. Sunmin Park is spearheading the project as the writer and the director. Her [...]

Remember that rumored Xbox 360 backwards compatibility update we posted a few days earlier? It was real and there are a couple extra games on the list. Conker: Live and Reloaded was long due for backwards compatibility and it just made the list. There are also a couple of surprises for Japanese Xbox 360 owners. [...]

  While Japan got a strong initial line up for the Wii Virtual Console only one out of the three new games released today are new. Donkey Kong Country (aka Super Donkey Kong) is online for the price of 800 points. Rare’s Donkey Kong platformer was one of the best games on the Super NES [...]

  Love Viva Pinata? Now you can color your own piñata with these blank Viva Pinata coloring book pages.   Elephanilla | Lickatoad | Buzzlegum | Cocodile | Galagoogoo | Chewnicorn | Fudgehog   Also see: Pages from the Super Mario Brothers Activity book

On Saturday, December 2nd, Microsoft is throwing a party to celebrate the launch of Viva Piñata. From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM animals from the TV series Viva Piñata are going to be hanging out at the Santa Monica Pier. You can meet up with Hudson Horstachio, Fergy Fudgehog and Paulie Pretztail. At the party [...]

There are plenty of quality titles on the Xbox 360, but few are exclusive games are geared towards children. Viva Piñata aims to change this, but even with its colorful characters Viva Piñata is a game anyone can enjoy. You start out with a barren garden and a masked girl named Leafos wandering in it. [...]

Yesterday I got this awesome package for Viva Pinata with a Hudson Horstachio piñata in a wooden crate plus the game. The clever package also had something else, a bunch of online safety pamphlets for parents. Not all of these safety guides come with every copy of Viva Pinata, but Microsoft is trying hard to [...]

The budget version of Perfect Dark Zero comes with an added bonus, six extra multiplayer maps that didn’t ship with the original release. The first four maps were released online as an added map pack sold for 500 points ($6.25). Fans of the Perfect Dark series are going to like the two new maps, “facility” [...]

Microsoft saved some of their best announcements for X06 in Europe. The biggest surprise was the “major franchise” making its way on to Xbox Live Arcade. Early rumors swirled around that it was Metal Slug, which is coming to Live, but actually it’s Doom. Id Software’s horror based FPS is online now with four player [...]

Viva Piñata wasn’t Rare’s first foray into the silver screen. They got their start back in the 90’s with a 40 episode series of Donkey Kong Country. At first Donkey Kong is just like any regular monkey, hanging out with his favorite nephew Diddy. Then suddenly he stumbles upon the “Crystal Coconut”, which created a [...]