Alice's Tea Cup Madness

post from Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com on 06 January 2010 07:00:00 PM. © Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com

Alice has once again fallen down the rabbit hole, landing in a nonsensical yet familiar world of wonder. Equipped with only her determination and a knack for delivering impeccable tea service, Alice must earn her ticket home by prepping and serving tea and pastries to whimsical and sometimes demanding characters in various tea shops across the land. Dive into Alice’s Tea Cup Madness for some Time Management fun!

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The Daily Hotness: M is for Mega Man

post from Destructoid on 06 January 2010 06:59:00 PM. © Destructoid

The Daily Hotness: M is for Mega Man screenshot

You know, I never realized how much of a jerk Mega Man really is. What a jerk face! Go check out the latest Once Upon a Pixel to find out just how jerky he is.

CES 2010 is in full swing, Microsoft reveals Xbox Game Room, Topher misses MAGfest 8, Brad reviewed Sky Crawlers, we're getting a new Zelda this year, a new DS is in the works with motion controls and more happened on 01/06/10.

CES 2010:
Modern Warfare 2 DLC packs hitting 360 first
Natal coming out this Holiday season
Microsoft officially reveals Xbox Game Room
Microsoft CES press conference live blog
Your PSN ID to be useful with other Sony stuff
Over 3.8 million PS3s sold this holiday
Watch Sony's CES keynote stream live
'Xbox Game Room' will probably be announced
Nyko unveils... cupcakes?

Destructoid Originals:
Podtoid 132: Something
Once Upon a Pixel: Mega Man
Rev Rant: crushing difficulty
Dark Void demo is live, watch us play it
What you missed at MAGfest 8

Community:
Community blogs of 01/06/10
Forum of the day: Favorite gaming moments of 2009

Reviews:
Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

Previews:
Quick Hit Football: A football strategy RPG

Contests:
Comment to win a code for Allods Online's beta

News:
Atlus might stick a Norse spear in gamers' ears
DS successor confirmed, will have motion control
Achievement whores giving NBA Live 07 a final shot
Amazon offering cheap(er) 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold cards
Retailers listing Fallout: New Vegas as a June release
Games may go Fable II episodic route in the future
Bayonetta was 2009's most downloaded Xbox Live demo
Dissidia: Final Fantasy coming to PS3/Xbox 360?
Blu-ray discs are about to get even bigger
Capcom says hardcore gamers have disowned the Wii
Rumor: Call of Duty 7: Vietnam
Final Fantasy XIII might be last true Final Fantasy
God of War III 'only possible on PS3'
Michael Jackson 'This Is It' PS3 bundle revealed
Capcom looks back on 2009, teases new stuff for 2010
New Zelda will be out this year
Jeff Minter pitches Video Game Hero
THQ wastes no time, starts pitching Darksiders movie
Naughty Dog not interested in Uncharted motion control
Race as Miis in Sonic & All-Star Racing
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney out next week on WiiWare
Jeff Minter pitches Video Game Hero
New features, y'all: Rock Band 2 PS3 patch incoming
Crazy-pretty: Sakura Wars getting hot preorder art books

Offbeat:
Teenage World of Warcraft fan sexes up married lunatic
Half-Life 2 PC upgraded to the Episode Two standard

Media:
First trailer, images of Dragon Age: Origins -- Awakening
Fist of the North Star Musou JP release date and screens
Bioware puts the spotlight on Mass Effect 2's Miranda
Super Street Fighter IV trailer details new features
Here's Ninja Gaiden's Ryu in DW: Strikeforce

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Top dogs of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft discuss
the future of the gaming industry

post from Gaming Nexus on 06 January 2010 06:57:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Nathan Murray
NEWS - Guest editor of MCV Andrew Brown recently interviewed Microsoft’s Neil Thompson, Sony’s Ray Maguire and Nintendo’s David Yarnton about the future of the gaming industry. The full article revealed some interesting tidbits about the interviewees (Mr. Thompson still hasn't competed Halo on Legendary) the most intriguing of which were the respective company's views on the transition from retail to digital distribution of video games. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Maguire, and Mr. Yarton confirmed that digital distribution will be important in the future, but for now retail will remain as the most convenient way to distribute massive media content.

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Poll Study: 2009 an Average Year According to
Gamers

post from The Wiire on 06 January 2010 06:49:00 PM. © The Wiire

2009 saw its equal share of good and bad Wii games

The Wiire recently polled its readers on the following question:

How would you rate 2009's Wii games?

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Respondents were almost equally divided among excellent/good (31.1%) and weak/terrible (25.9%) games released in 2009, with average-quality games taking the strong majority of 43.1%.

Many quality titles were released such as New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (which also debuted with Wii MotionPlus), but Wii also saw its fair share of poorly-reviewed games too.

What do you think? Could the Wii have done better over the past year, or did the games meet all your expectations?

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Speed Escape

post from Escape Games 24 on 06 January 2010 06:46:00 PM. © Escape Games 24

Speed Escape is another new point and click type escape the room game made by Selfdefiant for Flonga. In this game, you try to escape the house by finding items and solving puzzles. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

[[ This is a summary only. Visit EscapeGames24.com for game links, walkthroughs, comments, and more! ]]

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The Next Zelda: Breaking News

post from MonsterVine.com on 06 January 2010 06:37:00 PM. © MonsterVine.com

While on my online travels today, earthbounding notified me of some breaking news…Breaking[...]

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New features, y'all: Rock Band 2 PS3 patch
incoming

post from Destructoid on 06 January 2010 06:30:00 PM. © Destructoid

New features, y'all: Rock Band 2 PS3 patch incoming screenshot

Tomorrow marks the debut of a new patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2. Y'know, the one that Xbox 360 owners have had for some time now? Uh huh. Well, it doesn't really matter now; the update is almost upon us, and it's got enough tweaks and additions to help ease the pain.

New Rock Band 2 PS3 features to look forward to include: the ability to sort by stars in Quickplay mode, an improved HO/PO system a la The Beatles: Rock Band, velocity sensitivity for those mad-expensive Ion Drum Kits, support for the Rock Band Network Store (which isn't live yet), and also support for the wireless SingStar mics that can be found in Europe.

Again, this is obviously a bit on the late side, but Rock Band 2 is still very much a platform, and these improvements from Harmonix won't go unappreciated.

Rock Band 2 PS3 Software Update [PlayStation.Blog]

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CES 2010: 39 million Xbox 360s sold (and
counting)

CES 2010: 39 million Xbox 360s sold (and counting) screenshot

If you're just dying for the latest numbers coming out of Microsoft's CES press conference, I've got you covered. Armchair market analysis was never as sexy as it is now.

Speaking to what I'm sure was a positively rapt audience, besweatered Microsoft CEO Steve "Bing" Ballmer explained that "nearly 10 million people have logged into Xbox Live's nongaming applications" which include "Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm, Sky, Canal and Zune." Those numbers become less impressive when you consider that a lot of those people probably logged on once to poke around and never returned to the services. Nevertheless, that's a lot of Gold accounts -- at $50 a year, Microsoft is looking at $500 million of revenue, not counting the ads that run on Xbox Live or Arcade sales. Woof.

There are also "39 million Xbox 360s around the world," surely cornering that burgeoning "global middle-class" in Zimbabwe. 500 million games have been sold, raking in what I assume is an impressive $20 billion at retail. I presume that Steve "Natural Interfaces" Ballmer is rather proud of his company, but I don't really have a good frame of reference -- I got into this gig because I like Mario, and all those zeroes make my eyes cross.

I'm sure we have some number-crunchers in the audience, though. Quick hit: do you guys have any financial predictions for Microsoft in 2010?

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CES 2010: 39 billion Xbox 360s sold (and
counting)

CES 2010: 39 billion Xbox 360s sold (and counting) screenshot

If you're just dying for the latest numbers coming out of Microsoft's CES press conference, I've got you covered. Armchair market analysis was never as sexy as it is now.

Speaking to what I'm sure was a positively rapt audience, besweatered Microsoft CEO Steve "Bing" Ballmer explained that "nearly 10 million people have logged into Xbox Live's nongaming applications" which include "Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm, Sky, Canal and Zune." Those numbers become less impressive when you consider that a lot of those people probably logged on once to poke around and never returned to the services. Nevertheless, that's a lot of Gold accounts -- at $60 a year, Microsoft is looking at $600 million of revenue, not counting the ads that run on Xbox Live or Arcade sales. Woof.

There are also "39 billion Xbox 360s around the world," surely cornering that burgeoning "global middle-class" in Zimbabwe. 500 million games have been sold, raking in what I assume is an impressive $20 billion at retail. I presume that Steve "Natural Interfaces" Ballmer is rather proud of his company, but I don't really have a good frame of reference -- I got into this gig because I like Mario, and all those zeroes make my eyes cross.

I'm sure we have some number crunchers in the audience though. Quick hit: do you guys have any financial predictions for Microsoft in 2010?

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