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If you’ve already readNex’s post aboutDouble Dragonfrom last week, think of this as a little friendly reminder. But in case you missed that article,Double Dragonis in fact being released on Wednesday for 400 Microsoft Points. We’ve even got the official details this time around: *Two-player co-op multiplayer locally or over Xbox LIVE *Special extras such as a look at the original Japanese and U.S. “Double Dragon” sales fliers *Gameplay with either the original graphics or with new high-definition graphics...

Japanese magazineShōnen Ganganhas revealed some new images ofItadaki Street DS. If you’re not familiar,Itadaki Streetis a computer board game designed byDragon Questcreator, Yuji Horii. It originally appeared on the Famicom in the early 90s, and found success on other consoles including the Super Famicom, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Sony PSP. What’s interesting about the Square Enix published/createdItadaki Street DSis that it not only featuresDragon Questcharacters, but also a full roster of Nintendo characters as well (including Mario, Waluigi, and more)....

Well,thisscrews up my head. When I was young and used to sneak off to the arcade to look at games and bum quarters, I remember staring in awe atDragon’s Laircabinets, and I remember reading that state-of-the-art Laserdisc technology is what made this game possible. It was light years ahead of anything we’d ever have at home. And now it’s running on a phone. Don Bluth’s classic game is up on the iTunes App Store for only $4....

In all the excitement over the Penny Arcade Expo this week, it’s easy to forget about E for All. But withthe cancellation of the DigitalLife trade showlast week, some are questioning the viability of the relative newcomer. With only six weeks until the show, the only major publishers confirmed to be in attendance are Microsoft and Electronic Arts. “We’re expecting a great event,” says Carolyn Rauch, VP of Event Development for the expo....

Simon Viklundis living the dream. Not only is he the composer for the upcoming 3DBionic Commandotitle, but he is the composerandcreative director ofBionic Commando Rearmedas well. With all that under his belt, Simon has cause to be a cocky, yet nothing could be further from the truth. In our discussions he repeatedly stated how humbled he was to be working on the first home console follow ups to the original NESBionic Commando, a game that he has loved for most of his life....

Shoved in a lonely little corner of the show floor was 5th Cell’sScribblenauts. Even the DS display was facing backwards from everything else, making the game hidden from the rest of the world save for a lone banner announcing its location. The game was obviously getting no love back there, so Anthony and I went over to give it a shot. We both really enjoy the DS games that the developer has offered so far (Drawn to Life,Lock’s Quest), and were really excited to have hands-on time withScribblenauts....

Majesco has a pretty interesting line-up for E3 this year, including threeMamatitles, one Kinect wrestling game, and the return of a busty vampire-killing dhampir. The full list of games can be found after the jump, two of which are Facebook titles (one of which is aCooking Mamatitle). I can’t recall seeing Facebook games at E3 before, which may be indicative of a notable industry trend. Maybe Facebook games should get their own E3....

Electronic Arts chief creative officer Rich Hilleman is one of many people who expect this current generation to drag on and on. He believes that incremental updates will extend the lives of the PS3 and Xbox 360, and that a new line of systems won’t happen until we see notable upgrades to the current machines. “I expect we’ll see a PlayStation 3.5 before we see a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox 560 before we see an Xbox 720,”he states....

Most people who aren’t German politicians will tell you that Germany’s reaction to so-called “killer games” is childish and ludicrous. Gamers, the gaming press and developers have all voiced dismay over Germany’s treatment of the game industry, and now Electronic Artshas chipped into condemn the nonsensical behavior of the Fourth Reich. “What we’re doing here is censorship,”ragesEA executive VP and GM of international publishing Gerhard Florin. “And nobody complains. When we talk about games here it’s about violence or their alleged addictiveness, and not about their cultural status....

Ekans (アーボ Abo?), is known as the Rattlesnake Pokémon. The name Ekans is the word snake backwards. Ekans’ Japanese name, Arbo, is a reversal by morae of the word boa. This reptilian Pokémon has a rattle at the tip of its tail, and is mostly purple while its underbelly, eyes, rattle, and the “bands” on it are yellow. They swallow whole the eggs of small bird Pokémon, such as Pidgey or Spearow....

Last year, Chad “I have a new favorite videogame every week” Concelmo told us about hisnew favorite videogame of the week. It was the relaunch of theElevator Actionseries as a light gun game that involved actual elevator doors opening and closing (a wise choice for his favoritist videogame EVAR for that week). Sadly, the game wasn’t launching until next year (now) and was only coming out in arcades in Japan. Un-sadly, Joystiq is in Japan (now) for the Amusement Machine Show and had a chance to film themselves playing the game so we can all see how it actually works....

For those of you out there that still think an RTS can succeed on a console, it might be time to download Tom Clancy’sEndWar. Recently, Ubisoft released a fully public demo of the game on Xbox Live Marketplace that features both single-player and multiplayer components, with the hook that troop movements can be controlled by your voice. The single-player portion of the demo will serve as a tutorial to orient players to the controls and mechanics of the game....

The Engineers have long been talked about in theHalonovels. They’re a class of super smart aliens that can fix anything they touch. For whatever reason, the Engineers were never in an actualHalogame, until now. GameVideoshas a newHalo 3: ODSTvideo up showing the floating little aliens as they move around the battlefield. We don’t see what the Engineers can actually do, but I suspect they are some sort of support class alien and will aid the other Covenant forces in some way....