Xbox LIVE update -- 'The Misadventures of Duke Nukem 2K10' edition

This was a pretty healthy week for LIVE. We got PB Winterbottom, the MLB 2K10 demo, and the armory add-on for Borderlands. Not too shabby...

Playstation Network Update - 'Have a Grandia time with the GoW3 demo' edition

The post title pretty much says it all but it is worth noting that there's not much in the way of PSP stuff at all in here. We finally get another biggie from the PSOne vault but get skimped on the Portable stuff. 

Typical.

Nintendo unleashes Metroid: Other M & Mario Galaxy 2 this Summer

Nintendo today announced it's release schedule for this coming year and it's a good one. Honestly, all they had to do to make the faithful cry tears of joy was announce Galaxy 2 and Metroid. They could have called it a day after that.

Complete lineup *including the release date for the DSiXL after the break... DSi->Wii & DS->WiiWare->DsiWare -- in that order.

Nintendo Download -- 'Flight Control?' edition

Wow, not much from the big 'N' this week at all.


Flight Control, the popular iPhone game about air traffic controllers, comes to the DSi shoppe and that's about it. There's other stuff, don't get me wrong-

Ghostslayer for WiiWare is pretty self explanatory and does sound kinda cool- but where are the VC games? Glaring in their omission this week, there are no Virtual Console games to be found. None. They have been dwindling lately, but this is just wierd.

There are plenty of great games left in the catalog of the ages for Nintendo et al to sift through and unearth. I hope this isn't a trend.

Playstation Network Update - 'Little big Bonfire' edition

This week's PSN update includes some standout stuff in the form of the 'Bonfire of the Vanities' episode for the excellent Assassins Creed 2, the first DLC expansion to Resident Evil 5 as well as a couple of new paks for LBP for the PSP.

Windows Phone 7 debuts with LIVE connectivity

Well, here's that Windows 7 phone OS- and look, it's brought a friend! Xbox LIVE, you finally made it to the mobile party! (Officially)

This looks pretty slick actually- Nice work MS.

This link heads to a YouTube Reuters story about the W7 phone. It's a nice little piece that'll get you the basics. I would've just embedded it but it's ... UNEMBEDDABLE!!!!!!!11!!!!!

Nintendo Download -- 'And Justice for Knuckles' edition

This week's stand outs on the Nintendo front have to be the classic Sonic & Knuckles and a Wii port of Phoenix Wright's second DS adventure.

S&K is the one and only VC game this week and is one of my all time faves. Check it out if you've got any spare points cluttering up your account. Sega even managed to maintain the 'lock-on' gimmick for the downloadable game- which means that if you have Sonic 2 & 3 on you VC, you can go back and use Knuckles in them! Cool stuff.

The second notable is the cartoony lawyer 'sim' sequel- Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All. If you've never played this on the DS, then It's definately worth a look. The Phoenix games are a little kooky, very different from what you're probably used to, and pretty fun to boot.