Tweet Toys”R”Us has just gone above and beyond the call of corporate greed, in an effort to take advantage of every consumer interested in purchasing the popular Nintendo Wii console. The retailer is offering what is perhaps the worst next-gen console “bundle” in the history of gaming: a Nintendo Wii and 10 games (no first [...]

Tweet I don’t know about you, but I was growing pretty damn sick of hearing about all the horrible shit people have been doing lately that has been attributed to videogames. That’s why it’s such a relief to hear that Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity raised over one million dollars this holiday season.

Tweet When Burnout: Paradise first hit my radar I was cautiously optimistic. Burnout is one of the few racing series that I still care about and I figured Paradise was going to be nothing more than a reincarnation of Burnout: Revenge because, well, it’s EA. Boy, did Criterion prove me wrong. This is them at [...]

Tweet As we previously reported, Xbox Live has not been having a good time, what with all the disconnects and general wonkiness. All this was meant to be fixed by the end of the weekend.

Tweet Very ironic, however I am not impressed as this pales in comparison to the bible I found in a hotel room, signed by none other than Satan himself. If you are interested in the unique mix of pop culture and politics that this particular ink stained copy of GTA III offers up, you will [...]

Tweet While Wii Fit doesn’t have a definitive US release date, it’ll be here eventually, and the folks over at Nintendo World Report think that us Americans might be a little out of shape for the title. They may be right, so to help us out, they’ve compiled a list of games to help whip [...]

Tweet Complaints have started to hit the internet en mass regarding the Psyclone Wii-Mote charger. Claims range from the unit simply not working, to reports of the remote actually melting onto the charger. Amazon.com’s review page runs rampant with warnings regarding the battery charger; out of 27 reviews, 25 of them ended up being negative. [...]

Tweet Where’s Chris Hansen when you need him? As if there weren’t enough sick individuals out there ruining the reputation of gamers, a 20-year-old man was arrested for stalking a 15-year-old girl and her sister via Xbox Live.

Tweet Some artwork depicting Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Versus characters has made its way on to the web. Whether or not the art is the work of an individual within Square-Enix, or that of a talented illustrator/fan of the series is unclear. Regardless, enjoy the art after the jump, and if you [...]

Tweet Nintendo Wii! Children and the modern Christmas do not mix. The amount of advertising stuffing electronic items into their chubby little cheeks fills me with a wistful sense of nonchalance. Children are spoilt, Christmas is ruled by consumerism, and the older generation isn’t down with the kids. These truths are summed up with one [...]

Tweet Steam, Valve’s download service, has been picking up…city crims, in the form of the Grand Theft Auto 3 Trilogy.

Tweet While Microsoft has been banning people left and right for modding their Xbox 360 consoles, Sony is actually encouraging people to upgrade their PS3 hard drives with standard drives.

Tweet Did you ask for a Nintendo Wii for the holidays, only to get left out in the cold by your family and friends? Costco has got your back, maybe!

Tweet Echochrome, the elegant black and white puzzle game coming to the Playstation 3 next year, has five simple rules to advance through each stage. We can reveal them for the first time here at Ripten.com

Tweet Nokia has pushed back the release date of their long awaited second attempt to launch into the mobile gaming market with their N-gage service. Delays in testing are being blamed for the delay.