Ace Combat Team Brings Sky Crawlers to Nintendo Wii

Currently pickings are awfully slim when it comes to Wii flight sims. There are only currently two titles on the console I know of. Blazing Angels: Squadrons of World War II and Heatseeker that are currently the only ones flying the flag for airborne shooters on the Nintendo Wii.

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TF2 Pyro Update: 1st Unlockable Weapon Revealed

The upcoming Pyro update bound for Valve's multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 is "almost completely wrapped" and will include changes to the core class beyond the addition of unlockable weapons and achievements.

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Robbie Bach: Xbox Makes Money This Fiscal Year

"That’s the first time we’ve been able to say that," Bach, chief of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, told the San Jose Mercury News." That’s total Xbox business — service, software and hardware.”

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Top US selling video games of all time: Violence & Football

And if American football, unabashedly violent, is also a combat simulation, then really one genre dominates the top 10 list that Forbes asked NPD to put together: the best selling home video games of all time, in units sold, in the United States. NPD's data goes back to 1989, so this does not include units sold before them.

The top all-time U.S. sellers, in order (since 1989):

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock
• Madden NFL 07
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Madden NFL 06
• Halo 2
• Madden NFL 08
• Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Grand Theft Auto 3
• Madden NFL 2005

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The Most Stunning Metal Gear Solid Artwork (PICS)

It’s hard to believe that the original Metal Gear Solid was released nearly a decade ago. Now that Metal Gear Solid 4 is ready for release, I thought it would be fitting to see some artistic interpretations of this famous franchise.

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