CVG reports that the release date of the uber-casual Wii Music has been confirmed at November 14. This follows the US release date of October 20 by almost a month, so nothing new there. Not that it even matters, as the ‘casual’ market in the UK is huge and Wii Music will make more money [...]

Peggle Nights is so addictive, it could be considered mainline gaming at its purest. It’s a game you can replay endlessly to squeeze out a good 20-30 hours of content— not bad for a “budget” title. Even though my preferred method of playing the game is to idly focus on the dozens of challenges while [...]

Editors Note: In the process of reevaluating our review standards, the Ripten editorial team has agreed upon a no syndication policy for any review (past, present, or future) indexed in the Ripten catalog. In light of this, we have replaced the previous syndicated review with the exclusive Ripten review below. Thank you. From the mind [...]

The 2008 Pokémon World Championships took place this past weekend, along with the first-ever Video Game Showdown. Over 400 players from nearly 30 countries qualified for and competed in the Championships, but the United States swept first place in all three divisions of the Trading Card Game (TCG) finals. Additionally, the U.S. won the Junior [...]

Controversy is brewing over poll results featured in a What They Play article featured earlier this month. The poll, published in a story titled “Parent’s More Concerned About Video Games than Alcohol or Pornography” generated significant attention from the video game media as well as mainstream news outlets. Representatives from What They Play told Ripten.com [...]

EA was showing off four iPhone games yesterday at their Studio Showcase, and while two of them (Tetris and Sudoku) are already available, the upgrade to Scrabble, Scrabble Bonjour, and Spore Origins are still forthcoming. Read on for our hands-on impressions.

What the heck is a “Wandolier?” You learn quickly as you rise from the role of a pig farmer to work for the King in MySims Kingdom. Kingdom already seems more interesting than the original MySims simply by virtue of having a plot! Not only that, but they’ve added cute, cuddly animals, taken out some [...]

Is it April already? Not being content with releasing Dead Space, Rock Band 2, Crysis, and the million other games coming out this holiday season, EA has announced that they’re developing Celebrity Sports Showdown to be released this fall. Apparently, they’re also not happy with how completely unsaturated the Wii casual sports market has been [...]

Mark Wahlberg was spotted with his hand wrapped from a recent injury. Did he bust himself up during one of his diving slo-motion gun battles on the set of Max Payne, or perhaps from punching someone in the face with extreme Funky Bunchedness? Nope, turns out he took a crack on the wrist doing something [...]

We’ve taken a week now to get our bearings and fully recover from our jet-lag, and I think overall we all felt that E3 2008 was a huge success. We definitely can’t wait to go back next year! The three console-makers each had a few surprises (some which we liked better than others) and the [...]

If I were to tell you that one of the most surprisingly fun games at Sony’s E3 showcase had you playing as the wind and guiding a swarm of pedals in a flower’s dream, would you believe me? Well you better, because Flower is an upcoming PSN game that is a fun, soothing and relaxing [...]

The first thing I noticed about Sony Online Entertainment’s family-oriented MMO, Free Realms, was the inviting and pretty art style–cartoony, but not obnoxious; colorful, but not garish. This is a place you want to come. It’s a place I could see letting kids play around in, and probably a place that parents wouldn’t mind playing [...]

If you’ve been keeping up with Ripten’s E3 coverage, you may have come across the majority opinion on Wii Music… Range: no rhythm, no tone, weren’t following each other, didn’t know if you were on pace Chad: mass mayhem Andrew: wasn’t working, sounded like a mess, all over the place, sort of hitting the buttons [...]

I led a parade of animals through E3 yesterday, but it was pretty unobtrusive since all I had to do was wave a Wiimote at NanOnSha’s station in the Majesco booth.

Our third installment of Ripten Radio, will run you through the high (and sometimes low) points from E3 08 day 3. We give hands-on impressions of Fallout 3, Mirror’s Edge, Dead Space, Madden 09, DC vs MK, PixelJunk Eden, and many more. This particular edition features the following Ripten super studs: Andrew “Hotel DJ” Podolsky, [...]