Will it blend? Remember “Will it Blend?” Although it’sstill technically airing, the show took off in a viral fashion back at the tail end of 2006, when the Wii launched worldwide. Yes, the Wii is 13 years old now, and roughly the same age asWill it Blend. And finally, after 13 long years of getting random sports, shovelware, and party game ports, its reign may finally be coming to an end....

Backstreet Boss SNK has announced that another legendarily irritating boss character is headed to the roster of its neat scrapperThe King of Fighters XV— Goenitz, he of mythic wind abilities and boyband haircut, will be joining the roster as part of a free DLC update launching this summer. Goenitz made his debut in the popular sequelThe King of Fighters ’96, where he was presented as one of the antagonistic Four Kings of Orochi....

Kid Dracula! Roughly a month ago Konamiannounced theCastlevania Anniversary Collectionand gave us four of the eight games they were set to include. Now, thanks to a PlayStation Blog post, we have all of them. So, let’s get onto it! We already knew aboutCastlevania, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Castlevania II Belmont’s Revenge(Game Boy) andSuper Castlevania IV: but Sony has shared the last few inclusions. It seems as ifBloodlines, Kid Dracula, Castlevania the Adventure(Game Boy), andCastlevania II: Simon’s Questwill round out the collection....

XSEED Games has announced that they’ll be bringing overKORG DS-10 Plusover to America in early 2010.KORG DS-10, in case you’re an idiot and haven’t been following, is a music-creation program based on theKORG MS-10music synthesizer.KORG DS-10Pluswill work with the regular DS, but you’ll get more bang for your buck with the DSi. DSi specific features will include 12-voice polyphony, four tracks for analog synthesizer simulating, two drum machines, and two effect layers....

That’s a lotta In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita Limited Run Games is running a cute little presser today featuring some of their upcoming projects. And guess what?A lotof them are Vita related. The system isn’t dead yet folks (though it totally is, as physical card production shut down already), and before Sony kills it completely Limited Run Games is operating those sweet sweet puppet strings on its bloodlet-body. Here’s the huge breakdown for physical releases:Deadbolt(Quarter 3)Guacamelee (June 14),Super Mutant Assault(July 5),Pix the Cat(June 21),Revenant Dogma(2019),Mutant Blobs Attack(June 14),Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken(2019),Rocketbirds 2: Evolution(2019),Atari Flashback Classics(July 2019),Super Meat Boy(2019),Damascus Gear Operation Osaka(2019),Damascus Gear Operation Tokyo(2019)....

A glimpse into the life of a games writer The marketing for Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel is so wonderfully dated, but, then again, so is the branding. “Game Fuel” is a name that clues everyone in that this drink is only forhardcore gamerswho are doinghardcore gamingthings likegaming hardcoreall night long. The commercials follow suit with straight-faced phrases like “16 ounces of pure annihilation” and “tastes like berry-flavored win sauce.” Embarrassing!...

AModern Warfare 3player took one for the team and spent $80 to acquire the exclusive King Kong Beast Glove melee weapon, and the verdict was as expected. In what’s become a growing relationship,Modern Warfare 3andWarzonelaunched anew collaborationwith Godzilla and King Kong inSeason 3to celebrate the latest MonsterVerse movie, which was released at the end of March. TheCoDstore added one bundle for each monster: Shimo, Godzilla, Star King, and King Kong....

Squirrel with a Gunis nuts (in the best way) One of the most fun things about following a bunch of game developers on Twitter is that you get to see the process of how some really cool indie games are made. That’s exactly what happened to me withDan DeEntremont‘s upcoming projectSquirrel with a Gun— and yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like. The first I saw of this awesome game was a viral tweet from back in May of this year, where he showed off the first time he got fur on the squirrel....

As of June 22 It was known for quite a while, but it looks like the North American arm of theNintendo Badge Arcadeis no more — sort of, at least. On June 22 the service will get its last batch of badges, and beyond that there will be no more updates. You can keep playing and keep giving Nintendo your cash, you just won’t get any more content. This US shutdown joins both Europe and Japan....

‘Nintendo Switch is our primary sales objective’ It’s always great to get a clearer picture of what’s happening with Nintendo as the Switch increasingly moves into the stratosphere of success. Watching them mostly go silent last generation with the Wii U wasn’t very fun to watch, but now the publisher has a sense of unbridled enthusiasm with the wildly successful console/handheld hybrid, significantly mixing things up and forcing more competition (their partnering with Microsoft for cross-play was assuredly the impetus for Sony finally caving)....

Yes please Fallout 4is a pretty good open world game that a lot of people are still enjoying weeks after launch, but I couldn’t help but feel like it was a downgrade fromNew Vegasin many ways.Most of you agreed. That’s because Bethesda didn’t developVegas— Obsidian did — and it seems like they may be interested in doing it all over again. When asked on Twitter, Eric Fenstermaker, lead designer at Obsidian, responded, “I’m always up for working on a Fallout....

It’ll be useful for a few high profile projects VR has become much more accessible in just this past year, and Oculus has smartly pivoted to match market demands. The users have spoken: they want untethered freedom of movement, and lower price points. That was the goal withthe Oculus Quest, which is actually moving some units while delivering higher quality experiences likeVader Immortal. The next step? To allow the Quest to connect to PCs to draw more power: an initiative Oculus is calling Oculus Link....

Coder “Mr Sid” spent two-and-a-half years porting the 1980’s platform gamePrince of Persiato the good ol’ Commodore 64.Ceator Jordan Mechner has given it his blessing: “Back in 1989, when I was making POP on the Apple II, I couldn’t get anyone interested in doing a C64 port… because it was too old a system.” The coder of this port says that it was reverse engineered from the Apple II game, and ended up being the “biggest crossword puzzle” he’s ever worked on....