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It’s time yet again for another scientific study that may or may not prove videogames are detrimental to your health! The mainstream media is lapping up a brand new report that suggests videogame playing can cause physical pain to children, hurting their hands after just an hour a day. “Around 170 children aged seven to twelve filled out questionnaires about their video game habits. Among the results: The younger the player the more significant the pain,” writesABC....

Good news for those of you who, like me, have been waiting forWhite Knight Chronicles IIas D3Publisher has settled on a release date. North American fans can pick up the title on September 13th and, aspreviously announced, will also receive the originalWhite Knight Chronicles. I never had a chance to play the first game, which made me rather sad, so I am even more excited for the second installment. Two games for the price of one is always a sweet deal, and to make it even better gameplay mechanics fromWhite Knight Chronicles IIhave been put into the first game....

A few months ago we told you about a ChineseWii one-off called the Vii. This product steals not only Nintendo’s design and control scheme, but also bites from its marketing and advertising model, as it’s aimed at families, children, and elderly people.Seeing the device in action in the Vii’s Chinese television infomercial really hits home. The games look like sad rip-offs ofWii Sportstitles, and the two misshapen-headed mascots are horrendously ugly....

No, your eyes do not deceive you — the legendary and kookyCho Aniki(TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 900 Wii Points)is coming to the Virtual Console today. Nintendo says that “this shooter made for quite the conversation piece in its day,” but I’d argue that people are still trying to figure out just what in the hell is going on. The “mild suggestive themes” ofCho Anikiare joined by an orgiinal WiWare titleGroovin’ Blocks(800 Wii Points)....

[Update] Contest closed! Winners are Shaneq, Fisty Dollars, NoJ87 and KisamaX! Thanks to all that entered and to Mircosoft for these controllers! The new transformingD-pad Xbox 360 controllerfeatures a D-pad that won’t want to make you smash your controller in frustration when it comes to genres like fighting games. Plus, the controller offers a different color scheme, a more comfortable feel to the analog sticks and comes with the Play and Charge kit....

Well, notall. But it does have some shortcut buttons that you can load up with complex combos and retrigger at a touch. Check out the video above of the XCM Dominator Joystick for PS3, fromTotalConsole. It shows how easy it is to tap in a combo, save it to one of the memory buttons, and then retrigger it. Of course, you’ll get no respect using this in a fighting game tourney, but I could see how it would be fun to have four preloaded hard-to-do moves set up, ready to go....

Yoostar 2was an interesting concept. Using the PlayStation Move camera or Kinect, players could insert themselves into, and reenact scenes from their favorite films. Lacking in its execution, the game didn’t live up to the bold concept it was on paper. The plethora of technical issues it carried wasn’t helping its case either. Yoostar Entertainment and Blitz Games are making another pass at it though, drawing from MTV’s expansive library and aiming to capture the series’ promise this go around....

What’s up, kids?! This is Brad Nicholson and I’m here to talk about DRAGONS! They’re pretty tight, right? Dragons are the second best thing in the world. What’s the first!? MY BICEPS! So there’s this game,Divinity IIright, and it’s all about dragons. you’re able to ride them, right, and it’s unbelievable how muscular dragons look. Despite that, I know I can take a dragon on cause of my awesome ripped upper body strength....

When I see information about a game’s Achievements, I generally skip over it. I could probably find something better to do with 30 seconds of my life than read an Achievement list. I could watch some paint dry orgive myself elf ears. Prurient debauchery, however, catches my attention. Fortunately for us, Peter Molyneux’srecently-datedopus, Fable 2,is just depraved enough to keep my attention, if its Achievement list is anything to go by....

ACE Team’s weirdo first-person brawler/shooterZeno Clash Ultimate Editionis getting discounted this week on Xbox Live Arcade. The title is down to 800 MS Points from its usual 1200, which means you’ll save 400 MS Points that you’re able to spend on Avatar crap. Right? Even at 1200 (roughly $15),Zeno Clashis worth its price. It’s such a strange little game, with plenty of single-player content, and some unique gameplay to back it up....

Butt-slapping, blinged-out guns, and music can mix. At least, that’s what EA Montreal is thinking. The studio announced earlier this afternoon that film and television composer Tyler Bates is the man creating the “immersive” score for their next game,Army of 2-2: the 40th Day. Bates is the guy who composed the scores for the films300andThe Watchman. In the videogame world, Bates is credited as the composer of the terrible RPGThe Rise of the Argonauts, the bad action game300: March to Glory, as well as the clunky brawlersWatchmen: The End is Night Part 1andPart 2....

Remember the fancy “Time Trial” mode in theMirror’s Edgedemo only available to those who pre-ordered the game? The one that require the fancy codes we gave away in a contest? Well, now that the game is out, it’s not so fancy or special anymore — Electronic Arts has opened the “Time Trial” mode to everyone. Now players can use any 16-digit code to unlock the time trial mode … no fancy string of numbers necessary....

In the upcoming 3DS port ofZelda: Ocarina of Timefans can expect a new feature called Boss Challenge mode. This is an all-fighting mode that lets players go up against any of the bosses they’ve encountered on the main quest.Eurogamersays that you can take on bosses individually or all at once in continuous battle. There’s not much information on the new mode yet, but we do know that this mode is unlocked after reaching a certain point within the main quest....