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In a recent interview withNikkei Net, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata spoke about Nintendo’s intentions withthe announcement of the DSi, clarifying that it was not intended in any way to compete with the iPhone, but simply a way to make the gaming device more essential for everyday users. From the interview: “We wanted users to have the device on them at all times,” he stated. “By downloading subway maps and other things, for instance, the DSi can be useful for applications other than playing games....

Activision sent over another trailer for007: Blood Stonefocused on the combat elements featured in the upcoming game. I don’t think the intent here was to highlight the differences between stealthy and aggressive play, which is good because I can’t tell the difference. All I see is Bond pummeling a bunch of guys, followed by Bond shooting a bunch of guys before going back to pummeling again. Actually, the combat sequences as shown here remind me a lot ofThe Bourne Conspiracy, which is probably not the association anybody working on the game would like drawn....

The level of win in the photo above is somewhat beyond my ability to comprehend, but it seemed an ideal photo to use to celebrate the re-release of the Playstation 1 classicChocobo Racingon PSN (well, in Japan anyway). I’d bitch about the US PSN selections, but they’ve been getting a lot better lately, so I’ll just have to log on to my Japanese PSN account to get my hands on this....

If a recent ad posting onGamasutrais to be believed, Silicon Knights is looking for fresh talent to work on a game, and that game may very well beToo Human 2. So far, all the world’s babies have not cried out in tandem, so until that happens, the sequel has most definitelynotbeen confirmed. SK is looking for someone with experience in a range of game systems, “including combat, UI, inventory, progression, levels, NPC actions, play balance and reward schemes....

Another day, another Kinect hack that shows more interesting things than any of the official games have come up with. This one uses the fancy camera’s body tracking to putyouintoa theoretical videogame starring classic Japanese superheroUltraman. Produced by a dedicated Japanese nerd, uses“augmented reality”tech to overlay a classic Ultraman costume onto live footage of the player, and triggers the costumed hero’s iconic attacks when certain poses are struck.You can even see the special effects “interacting” with other objects on screen, bouncing off of chairs and walls....

Holy mother of God do I miss the olden days ofCounterSrike, and it’s moments like these that leave a tear of joy in my eye. You may find this hard to believe, but back in my college days all I really did 24/7 was playCounterStrike. I’d go to class, eat, maybe write a paper or two, then jump on and pwn noobs or pull off dick moves like the one you see in the video....

And have you been to the company website lately? There’s several pages of information about Sarif Industries and its staff, a timeline of events relating to augmentations spanning fifty years of (mostly) fictional history and product pages for a variety of augmentations. Neat stuff and just sort of thing I’m going to need to appropriately excite me for the game.

[Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday from 4-8pm Pacific. Join Jon Carnage and Pico Mause as they host a wacky and interactive show on Justin.Tv. Join us for your chance to win prizes, talk to industry guests, and experience jaw-dropping stunts.] Today onMash Tactics, we will be showing you live gameplay footage fromSonic the HedgehogandStreets of Rage IIwith 20 codes to give away. Are you on the edge of whether or not to pick up a game?...

In an effort to get more eyes looking at theHumble Indie Bundle, a collection of five independent games that you can pay as much — or as little — as you want for, I decided to share Wolfire Games’breakdown of the contributionsso far. By the time you read this, the stats will have changed. Keep that in mind, please! Back when there were about 53,500 contributions to the sale, it was discovered by Wolfire that Mac and Linux users were paying on average 40 and 100 percent more, respectively, than Windows users....

Speaking ofdowngrading next-gen games, here’s another concept to chew on: BioWare’s Miles Holmes says that the developer is considering bringingMass Effect,Dragon AgeandJade Empireto the DS. In fact, he also mentioned thatSonic Chronicleswas a specific effort in hopes of getting BioWare’s handheld division off the ground. Holmes specifies that he would want to seeMass Effecton the DS the most out of all the franchises, also mentioning that the studio has a lot of plans for the series....

Media Molecule has made its name with the critically acclaimed platformerLittleBigPlanet, but if a new job listing is anything to go by, the studio is not content to merely sit on its laurels, with a new console titlecurrently in the works. The job listing asks for someone with “experience writing and maintaining physics code,” who has, “shipped a console game with an online component.” Both these elements hint thatLittleBigPlanet 2is in the works, which should have been a given anyway, considering how hard Sony has been pushing that prospective franchise....

Minecraftdeveloper Markus “Notch” Persson is doing extremely well for himself. His game isn’t even finished yet, and he’s already surpassed 100,000 sales. On his blog, he’s given us an update on where the money is going and what the future will hold. “A close friend and I will be starting up a new company together,” he writes. “That company will continue to develop Minecraft. I will be the main developer, and I will keep working on it just as I have now, but there will be people supporting me, such as an artist, a web site developer and a business guy to help sort out all deals and verify that things like the Creeper plushies actually happens....

Every month, the Destructoid Monthly Musing topic gives community members the ability to have their work posted on the Dtoid front page. It took all my strength not to title this month’s theme “future events such as these will affect you in the future.” Another month — heck, another year — has come and gone, which means it’s time for another monthly c-blog topic. Seeing as it’s the beginning of a new year and all, why not look to the future?...