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RayStorm HD Hands-On: Sharper Than Ever

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Of the handful of Xbox Live Arcade games playable at Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show booth space, only RayStorm HD, the remake of the 13 year old shooter, had a line. More »
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review

6:00AM AJ Glasser | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up is one of the longer video game names out there, but it says pretty much everything you need to know about the game. More »
Media

Here’s A TMNT Smash-Up Launch Trailer

7:30PM AJ Glasser | If you’re wondering why this looks like Smash Bros. Brawl with Ninja Turtles, it’s because of developer Game Arts. More »
Culture

Time Warp: Inside The Turtle Van

8:00AM AJ Glasser | The outside of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PAX display was largely about the new TMNT: Smash-Up game, but the inside was a trip back in time to the late 80s/early 90s. More »
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TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?

3:00AM AJ Glasser | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up aims to combine not only the best of Wii fighting games with the TMNT franchise, but also to combine the best parts of the franchise into one game. More »
Media

First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Trailer

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Ubisoft’s upcoming Wii fighter Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up may be trying a little too hard to capitalise on its Game Arts pedigree in this new trailer. But, hey, this is Ubisoft. More »
News

Ubisoft Celebrates 25 Years Of Turtle Power WIth New TMNT Game

3:40AM Mike Fahey | In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ubisoft unveils a brand-new video game based on the turtles, with no movie, TV show, or comic strings attached. More »

Super Secret Super Smash Bros. Brawl Developer Revealed

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sure, apologies are appreciated when it comes to Super Smash Bros. Brawl shipping even later in North America than promised (twice!). However, the juicy, meaty portion of Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata’s interview with the game’s producer Masahiro Sakurai is the ultimate reveal of the team responsible for the Wii brawler. It’s not HAL Laboratory, obviously, and Sora Ltd. weren’t officially involved. Game Arts, of all folks, is the developer responsible. Didn’t see that one coming. You may (or may not) remember Game Arts from its development on the Lunar and Grandia series, both quite aged, both essentially the opposite of a lightning fast, multiplayer fighting game. Why the secrecy? It couldn’t have anything to do with the overreaction found on the internet. Could it? Nah. The full interview, if you missed it before, is worth the read. Iwata Asks: Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Wii.com] More »