9dragons, the martial arts MMO from (the new) Acclaim is currently running their open beta phase and have finally added a European server for us on the motherland. 9dragons is a massive-multiplayer martial arts title, re-creating the ancient myths of early Asian, allowing you to explore, learn and battle rival fighters along with your friends, mentors and fellow disciples.

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Bored at work waiting for the next meeting to start? Pass the time by playing some of the greatest classic video games ever released. As part of their web expansion, Atari is offering registered users (it’s free) the chance to play classic video and board games online as part of it’s “Atari Play” section. From classic board games like Battleship, Monopoly and Sorry!, to classic arcade titles like Centipede, Lunar Lander and Asteroids, it’s free to enjoy the arcade games of your youth AND show those young interns at work a thing or two about retro gaming.

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Having trudged through as much Gears of War I can stand for the moment and going through Lost Planet in a few evenings, I’ve been looking forward to what my next purchase for the 360 is going to be. A stealthy action-horror title, Rain (Vampire’s Rain in Japan), looks like it’s going to be it! With a heap of Japanese science-fiction, enough dark corners to move a city into, raging vampires and stealth-action gear second to Splinter Cell’s, Rain takes you to a suburban Los Angeles, overrun with vampires who are than willing to turn you into their next meal. You as the player are the vampire hunter, using technology to determine who among the city are actually dormant vampires, all taking place in a gothic-inspired rendition of LA, which features a much-touted weather and water effects system to enhance the immersion and give you the feeling you’re stuck in a water-soaked vampire hell.

Watch the video after the jump..

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As many already know, I’m all about the Wii and most definitely about Wii web browsing. The things that people are doing with Opera on the Wii are already exciting as hell and things just keep getting better. From the crew behind Warp Pipe comes Wiiminder, an extremely nifty tabbed browser interface for your Wii browser, giving you access to tabbed browsing (how could this be left out of Opera Wii!?), nifty little home and favorites tools and a more pleasant user experience while surfing the ‘net.

Watch Wiiminder in action after the jump..

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Having played around with developing on the Torque Engine in the past, I still like to pop in and see what’s going on with the enhancement of the engine and related tools from time to time. That’s how I came upon Dreamlords and whoa was I surprised. The power of Torque is starting to really shine and Dreamlords looks to be an extremely interesting title. Combining an MMORPG with traditional RTS battled and long-term tactical strategy, Dreamlords looks to be a must for any indie games and MMO fan.

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In a recent interview with IGN, Killer 7 director Goichi Suda has revealed some neat little tidbits about his upcoming mature Wii title, No More Heroes. Set to be a violent, open world sandbox, heavily influenced by Rockstar Games’ GTA brand, Suda is promising to make No More Heroes more violent than Manhunt 2, support progressive and widescreen graphics and also make a damn nice looking follow up to Killer 7! Though I’m not a huge fan of mature titles on the Wii, I’m extremely happy to see Nintendo opening up a bit more to mature styles of gameplay.

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Seems we were so excited to actually have a reason to use our PSP again that we might have jumped the gun on our previous post saying Gish PSP was on it’s way. Ignoring the DVDboxoffice and Amazon listings, some rumors (read: forum posts) are stating that the deal for the PSP version of Gish fell through at the last minute, after sales had already sent out the announcements to a few retailers.

Boo. With no official announcement (yet) we can only just wait and see, but, here’s to hoping we can get Gish on a handheld console soon (preferably the DS).

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Old but what the hell, I just found out that indie games darling Gish is heading to the PSP, bringing it’s dark and ultra-stylish art direction to a slowly dying platform. I’ve heard rumors all around that Sony is approaching high quality indie developers to bring their games to the PSP, which may be a smart move on their part, considering the few who still are interested in the PSP are homebrewers and indie developers. Gish is a unique 2D side-scrolling title, completely physics-based and featuring a Tim Burton-esque meets Japanese animation style ball of tar, rolling around and causing havoc. Congrats to the folks behind Gish!

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A few days old, but hey, even old news is post-worthy when it points out how badly the PS3 is doing in the market. Over in Japan, the sales figures for January have rolled in and boy was it a surprise. Nintendo sold through around 405,000 units of their Wii console in comparison to the Sony PS3′s paltry 148,000 units. These are sold, in the homes, not ‘shipped’ which Sony (and to a degree Microsoft) are so often touting as their sales figures. The key for Nintendo’s success is to stretch their current lead throughout the rest of the year, with solid first and third party new releases and some real expansions in their online service, which is a bit weak to say the least. Online Wii Sports anyone? Yes please!

For the PS3? Sony can probably just hope their marketing team and execs don’t completely alienate the Europeans, who are their last hope of reclaiming market dominance. Though it’s starting to seem quite clear that mainstream games and consumers are replacing their PS2s as this generation’s console of choice with the Nintendo Wii, leaving the PS3 battling it out with the Xbox 360 for the fickle hardcore gamers market.

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Never has 3rd party accessories been so fashionable as now with the Nintendo Wii. These little beauties are genius, even if they are ‘prototypes’, basically an over-the-counter set of wrist weights with Wii stamped on them. Wiilympics? Wiirobics? When will the brilliantly delicious madness end!

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