It's wholesome games galore this week of July 6 to July 12 for your fave consoles. From carnivals (Carnival Games, Wonder World Amusement Park) to memory-treasure hunting (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon), there's certainly a lot of Everyone ratings raining down from ESRB. Oh, but you want some blood and gore and fast-paced action? Alright, there's a couple of them stashed for you and Unreal Tournament III for the Xbox 360 is (finally) one of them here. Check out the full list after the jump.

Megaman's last showing as the original blue bomber was in Megaman Powered Up. There now appears to be a listing, however, on Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification board for one Megaman 9. Learn more about it after the jump!

Developer Jake has announced the release of version 1.3.5 of the DS Visual Novel Reader homebrew. Aside from bug fixes, one additional feature this new release carries is compatibility with the True Remembrance visual novel that was translated into English early this year. More details are available in the full article.


Download: DS Visual Novel Reader 1.3.5

After eight weeks on top, Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii was ousted from the top spot in Media Create's software chart list by Sega's Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! On the flip side, the PlayStation Portable is still enjoying a comfortable lead against its other hardware rivals. You can read the hard numbers to both the hardware and software charts in Japan by clicking on the "read more" link found below.

We've got the latest information that was recently released by Media Create regarding the hardware and software sales in Japan. Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is heading the rest of the pack in terms of software sales, while Sony's PSP is still dominating the hardware charts. Catch the details after the jump!

The fiscal year of 2007 has long gone for game companies since early April, but only now has Capcom closed its books and revealed its financial performance last year. And how fares the same company out to create movie adaptations of one of its famed fighting franchises? Considerably well it seems, given the numbers at the full story.

According to the latest numbers from the Media Create marketing group in Japan, it seems like the same old tune was being played about the top contender in both the software and hardware sales charts. The numbers for the week of May 5 to May 11 revealed that both Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii and Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G are once again the top charting titles in the country. More details about this in our full article after the jump.

Chasing the coattails of the juicy Guitar Hero 4 bits we've revealed to you earlier are those of Ubisoft's latest addition to the Prince of Persia (DS, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360) series and Capcom's Resident Evil 5 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360). Now while the details aren't as voluminous as those for Activision's hit rhythm game, they've got their own share of eyebrow-raising potential. No kidding. Check the full article for headturners.

Back in January, we reported that Shinji Mikami, of Dino Crisis and Resident Evil fame, will start work on the first title of the team Platinum Games (formerly SEEDS). Now how far along are they? Rumor has it that they have signed with Sega to release three new games, one of which will involve Devil May Cry 4 creator Hideki Kamiya. More details after the jump.

It's one thing to look at the past in order to learn from it; it's quite another thing to examine the present and to see which direction you're heading toward. In the light of recent developments, various game industry insiders have taken to doing precisely those things. More reflection ensues in the full article after the jump.