The new Skylanders Giants spot is loaded with 'new' everything

Check out a bunch of the Giant-sized features and characters that the forthcoming Skylanders sequel will be bringing to consoles and PC next month.

Spidey swings into stores today

Just a reminder that Spider-Man's return to an open world NYC hits stores today with the release of the awesome looking The Amazing Spider-Man.

E3: NY is open in The Amazing Spider-Man

Between this new trailer (that shows Spidey swinging through a gloriously open NYC) and the rebooted film franchise set to open this July, arachnid fans have a lot to be very happy about.

Spike TV's E3 coverage is serious

Serious as in 17 freakin' hours of coverage spread across the web and the channel itself.

And just to whet your gaming news appetite, the network has just released a short rundown of just some of the stuff that you can expect to see from the biggest videogame event of the year.

Get cookin' this August on the Wii and DS

Cooking Mama is coming back to Nintendo consoles of both the home and portable variety this Summer- cook off!

Big Bass Arcade Casts it's Lure

Debuting this Spring exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, Big John Games' Big Bass Arcade: No Limit looks to liven up the fishing game genre by putting an emphasis on fast, arcade style action.

Back to the Future Warps onto Store Shelves

If you missed out on any of Telltale's excellent time-traveling graphic adventures release over this past year (or you just really like boxed copies of your games) you're in luck.

New Upcomin's from the Big N

  Here's the rundown from the release:

• Wii Fit Plus: This enhanced version of the top-selling game offers a range of new features, along with new exercises, yoga activities and balance games designed to keep workouts fun. For the first time, users can customize their workouts to target specific areas of their bodies or to fill specific intervals of time. Wii Fit Plus will replace the current Wii Fit^™ configuration at retail, and will be bundled with the Wii Balance Board^™ accessory at a suggested retail price of $99.99. For people who currently own Wii Fit and want to add the expanded options to their fitness regimen, the Wii Fit Plus disc will be available on its own at a suggested retail price of $19.99. 

• White and Pink Nintendo DSi colors: The two new colors give consumers even more options to personalize their experiences. All models of the Nintendo DSi hardware come with two cameras and interactive options to let users create and manipulate pictures or sound in fun and creative ways. All versions of Nintendo DSi are available at a suggested retail price of $169.99. 

 

• Wii Remote and Wii MotionPlus Black bundle: The Black bundle is the first new color for the Wii Remote and Wii MotionPlus. 

• Black Nunchuk: The Black Nunchuk will be available as a standalone purchase. 

I've gotta say that the black Wiimote and 'chuck is freakin awesome. Now, listening Nintendo? Release the Black Wii in the US! It'll sell a billion units all over again as everybody sells their old white one on eBay and gets the new one. Trust me.

Contra Rebirth

There are some franchises that just need to stay in the second dimension.


Anybody who remembers action gaming on the NES & SNES (or Genesis for that matter) knows the name 'Contra'. The recent (and excellent) Contra 4 on the DS was a great continuation of a 2D series that stumbled and fell flat on it's face into the world of 3D. But now it looks like we're going to be treated to a second modern 2D iteration of the classic blast-a-thon. 1up.com has reported that Konami's Japanese website has a bit about a WiiWare version of Contra called 'Contra Rebirth'.

It's not really clear at present if this is a new game or a remake of one of the previous games in the series. Whatever it may be, it's really awesome that companies are producing 'SF2HD-style' remakes of their back catalogs. First Street Fighter and Bionic Commando, then Turtles in Time, now Contra- keep 'em coming! (and preferably to all the networks)

Gettin Punchy?

Did you know that you can follow along with the soon to be released 'Punch Out!!' for the Wii on Twitter? I didn't, but the 'Big N' was so kind as to let me know-

I freakin love Punch Out!!! in any form so I'm very much looking forward to the 18th of May. I'm gonna hit Glass Joe so hard. He's really got it coming...