Console News - Nintendo is about the get the big 2-5

Super Mario isn't the only one with a 25^th birthday this year. October 18^th, 2010, marked the 25^th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System's sale in the United States.

In 1985, Manhattan's FAO Schwarz sold the very first NES that would later begin a nationwide craze. The NES sold for ten years in the United States, ceasing production in 1995 after having sold approximately 50 million consoles.

The first titles released included Excitebike, Duck Hunt, Baseball, and Ice Climber. Within the 10 years the NES was manufactured, amazing franchises such as The Legend of

Industry News - King of Kong to be in a Theater near you?

Billy Mitchell and Steve Weibe are known for the ongoing battle for the title of King of Kong. They both have spent a significant portion of time trying to get the best score on the original Donkey Kong game. Their documentary "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" is greatly known throughout the gaming world and has developed a cult following. If you thought we couldn't get enough of these two, you were WRONG!

There have been talks about making a featured film. They are currently working on the script and working with New Line Cinema. It is going to be interesting to see if they capture the magic from the documentary and put it a scripted film.

There are some concerns about making this movie. The success of this movie was a complete shock to many. The timing and release of the original documentary helped to make it successful. The writers for the new film will need to address that we are in a different era,

GIRL GAMING - Top Games for New Female Gamers

If you're a female and haven't ever touched a video game controller, what have you been doing with your life? Gaming isn't just for boys (and girls with lackluster love lives) more and more, chicks are joining the ranks of both serious and casual gamers.

Gaming News - Infamous Back and Better than Ever!

For gamers who enjoy free roaming and shocking enemies with their hands, wait no longer. Infamous 2 is coming out; Cole is back and stronger than ever.

Infamous 1 is about Cole acquiring his super powers and learning about what it means to be a superhero in an unnamed city. Infamous 2 will take the story further with Cole's journey as a superhero. The second game was given a definitive place, a new city called Marais, which is based on New Orleans. Cole heads to this city in search of a scientist who is believed to hold the key to defeating the dark entity. As Cole learns more and more, he must harness his powers to save mankind.

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Industry News - Redbox to be everywhere!

Redbox game rentals are going nationwide. As of now, the service is expanding to 24,000 Redbox kiosks, nicely located outside thousands of local grocery and convenience stores. Currently offering a wide variety of games at $2 per day, Redbox rents out titles for the DS, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Redbox.com currently features a section where you can look up kiosks by zipcode and see which titles each specific one has as well, which definitely cuts down on drive time searching for any specific title.

How well will this actually work? For someone who just wants one game, once in a while, this may be the best bet but a month of renting can reach the

XBOX 360 Console NEWS: Chevy and others advertise by XBOX

The forces of Sprint, T-Mobile, and Chevrolet in using the Kinect from Microsoft in order to advertiseÂÂto gamers in a new way. When Kinect Joy Ride comes out later this year, Chevrolet will use the technology of the Kinect in order to have gamers test-drive vehicles in-game. In addition you can unlock other Chevy products such was the Cruze, Camaro, and the Corvette.

Sprint will be using Kinect by sponsoring the launch of Kinect Adventures by co-branding the experience on X-Box live and also holding a contest where people can get their pictures on the

Industry News - Research finds Video Games connected to a number of injuries

Games - Gears of War Delayed

Waiting patiently for Gears of War 3? Keep waititng. So sorry to inform you but Gears is being pushed back until Fall 2011.The game was supposed to be released in spring 2011, but Epic Games and Microsoft decided that was too early. Apparently they are pushing it back to benefit themselves as opposed to a customer related reason like quality of the game With the holiday's right around the corner, sales for this game should be great if released in the fall. Also, Microsoft made a point to announce they want Gears of Wars 3 to be the cover game for 2011, like Halo Reach. This might be a better move for the Gears of Wars series, with the line up of games coming out over the next year, Gears of War will have better luck with more attention and focus if it comes out in the fall . We know, and they know that fans are anxiously looking forward to this game and releasing it at a later date helps to build the anticipation.

Games - NBA Jam sets Politicians against each other

Taking a page from the old NBA Jam games, there will be political figures in NBA Jam. EA's latest game in the franchise will feature the political figures of today including Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, John McCain, and President Obama.

Thankfully, both sides of the aisle will be represented and will have actual teams based on their parties of both Republican and Democrat and will have their own uniforms and home courts. So far it's been confirmed to be included on the Wii at the moment but they're likely to be on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions in an upcoming update.

Now it's only a matter of time before

Games - Medal of Honor to be like EA's Call of Duty?

Spending a lot of my time with Halo: Reach and other gaming distractions, I'm left to decipher the opinions of others when it comes to Medal of Honor. EA has obviously spent an incredible amount of money advertising this franchise, but even if this Medal of Honor turns out not to be that great, it won't all be superfluous. To be clear, EA hasn't spent money on just this game, they've spent the marketing dollars on a blitz to revive the name, the juggernaut, the franchise for the inevitable Medal of Honor 2.

Reviews across the board are giving this game an adequate score. Metacritic.com,