It’s the small victories that truly add up. Europe will be gettingPokemon BlackandWhitea couple of days prior to the States: Friday, March 4 is when those funky new Pokemon descend from the heavens. That date comes to us courtesy ofOfficial Nintendo Magazine. Every once in a while — now being one such occasion — I long to be one of those casual observers who doesn’t realize that Japan has been rockingBlackandWhitefor a matter of months now....

Fan projects never cease to fascinate me, and as far as this front is concerned,Sonic Fan Remixranks up there at the top. For the unaware, you need to watchthis video demonstrationand tell yourself “A mortal man made this with his hands” while doing so. Some aren’t so keen on the high level of detail present inSonic Fan Remix, but I think it makes the environment look like a living, breathing world; something those cute little animals could actually thrive in....

WhileFable IIIhas technically already beenofficially unveiledwe actually haven’t seen much of the game at all — and by that I mean we haven’t seen anything. This will all change come next month, which, for those of you without a calendar and basic knowledge of the Gregorian calendar system, is February. Lionhead Studio’s community manager Sam Van Tilburgh has been tweeting a bit and has told the world that the game will be seen for the first time at an event next month....

Disappointingly,Fallout 3didn’t get its own “Horse Armor.” Instead, it got some pretty solid expansion packs. If you missed out, here’s your chance to pick ’em up — they’re now half off on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Until March 29, “Operation: Anchorage,” “The Pitt,” “Broken Steel,” “Point Lookout,” and “Mothership Zeta” are available for 400 Microsoft points. That’s about five bucks a piece in human monies. The catch is that you must be an Xbox LIVE Gold member to get the discounts....

Here’s a trailer and a bunch of screenshots forFallout: New Vegas‘Honest HeartsDLC. It tells the story of The Burned Man, who you’ll remember as being involved with Caesar’s Legion in the original campaign. It looks like it’ll be a pretty cool story and I’m looking forward to finally meeting the mysterious bandaged God-botherer. Anybody else planning to pick it up?

Pulse check:Fat Princessis still coming. Also, it has a pulse. Earlier todayon the official PlayStation blog, SCEA managing producer Deborah Mars reminded rabid PlayStation brand fans that the game is still on its way and invited them (and now by extension, you) to ask Titan Studios questions about the eternally upcoming PlayStation Network title. It’s a neat opportunity if you’re down withFat Princess. She also dropped new screenshots, one of which you’re able to see in the header above all this text stuff....

Square Enix has revealed that it’s working on yet anotherFinal Fantasyport, because we definitely need more of those.Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collectiongathers not onlyFinal Fantasy IV, but its mobile sequel,The After. Thankfully, it won’t just be a pair of straight ports.The Complete Collectionwill boast new visuals and, more crucially, an all-new scenario which ties the two games together. It’s set for a Spring 2011 launch in Japan, with no international details at this time....

The word on the street is thatMass Effect 2kicks off on a mysterious note with Commander Shepard gone missing. But there’s no need to worry about the odd plot thread — there’s a comic book to explain it. As previously announced, Dark Horse Comics and Mac Walters are getting together to make a visual baby that should explain what the galaxy’s protagonist is up to post-missing status. Due out in early January, the first six pages of this comic, dubbedMass Effect: Redemption, are available right now viaComic Book Resources....

In addition to thehands-on previewthat I did ofGuitar Hero: Aerosmith, I posted apartial listof the songs that would be in the game — the 25 tunes that make up its first five tiers. Now, thanks to VideoGamesBlogger, we’ve gotthe whole megillahfor you fine folks: all 41 songs that will be playable in Activision’s upcoming tribute to the best-selling band out of Boston. The entire list, including the names of the venues and the tiers, can be found after the jump (it’s organized alphabetically by song title)....

Last weekwe discussed the pairing of an amazing action game and a breathtakingly emotional adventure game. Even though about half of the votes said it was a really hard choice, the “debate is half empty” crowd definitely resounded a little more loudly. If there was ever a landslide to be proud of, though, I suppose last week was a golden example of how good gameplay can’t easily trump good story. Here are the results:...

Thelast debatekicked off Dtoidboot campand over one hundred votes were cast when I asked what the best football video game of all time was. Not only was a clear winner decided by our votes, but we even get to see the outcome of the wholeMaddenseries versus the wholeBlitzseries. The top three most voted games are listed below, followed by the series showdown. And just in case you were wondering what the most votedBlitz/Maddengames were,Blitz 2000had seven votes, whileMadden 95led its huddle with just three votes....

Last weekI asked everyone a very stupid question. I needed to have a girl-on-girl game debate to further theMortal KombatversusStreet Fightersaga, and I knew Chun-Li would win no matter who her opponent was. So I summoned the Sheeva for some laughs, and here are the hilarious results: This will definitely go down as the biggest landslide win we’ve ever seen in game debate history. Although, sadly, even with a match this easy, Chun-Li still couldn’t overcome Samus’s all-timerecordhigh of 89 votes in a single debate....

The newHalo 3maps coming withHalo 3: ODSTlook pretty great. Midship was definitely a map worth getting remade and LongShore looks like a great open area. I’m on the fence about Citadel, as the video from GameTrailers makes it seem like there’s just not much to the map. The new maps are coming out withHalo 3: ODSTthis September and if the videos after the break aren’t enough to convince you, then check out ourpreview on the threenew maps from earlier today....