We can finally get our hands on (through import) Nintendo’s newest iteration of their super-popular portable, the DSi. But before we get caught up in all the shiny-shiny newness hype (TWO cameras!!!), it’s worth noting that not all the DS games introduced so far have managed to use the current DS’s features. Plenty stopped innovating with two screens, or took a big punt and used the extra screen as a map or character info screen; some barely even used the DS’s innovative touch screen. (Press here for start! Now put that silly stick away, you won’t be needing it.)

Let’s take a look back at some of the best uses of the full range of DS features to date:

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We’re only two weeks away from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit National Championship in Las Vegas, NV.

The winner is looking at six figures in prize money and the best attainable bragging rights.

There’s money, fame, national titles and groupies. Sounds like what we’d expect from professional sports. But the explosion of attention on professional gaming revives the debate- will it ever be a sport?

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DS-toting travelers rejoice: Nintendo sampled a new use for your DS at last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo USA.

Last month, Nintendo brought a sample of their Nintendo Travel Network to the first Aircraft Interiors Expo USA. (As much of a big deal the Aircraft Interiors Expo is, I’m sure, no one from GotGame actually went- details come from The Cranky Flier.)

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The video game movie has never been an incredible success. Our favorite characters and storylines seem to lose something in translation to the big screen. This unfortunate time line started with the live-action Super Mario Bros. in 1993, and reached new lows with House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have potential.

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SouthPeak Interactive has announced their acquisition of Austin-based Gamecock Media Group.
All fear… the SouthCock?

Neither financial details nor possible name changes were disclosed in the release, but both parties seem pleased to be bedding down together.

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It’s the 10th anniversary of Harvest Moon, the crack-cocaine of farming games, and the titles just won’t stop.

There are two new releases for the DS and the Wii, and two more on the horizon. Even as a serious pretend farmer, my stamina is running low.

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In the lead-up to the much anticipated release of Spore, I wondered to myself why the only gameplay demos we saw were of the cell and creature stage. I should have seen it coming.

Sure, the early part’s fun, with very simple and user-friendly kill-or-be-killed mechanics. But why didn’t I see clips from the much-lauded Space stage?

When you finally reach it, Space seems great—it’s very bright and very shiny; there’s plenty more to do, see and explore in comparison to the previous chapters. But that comparison should hint to the fact that there’s just not much of a game here.

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Sony Computer Entertainment America and creative director David Jaffe are being sued in California District Court for copyright infringement relating to their massively successful God of War franchise, reports GamePolitics. It looks like the idea of a ripped Spartan warrior isn’t as original as Jaffe might have thought.

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