Who can forget the the age-old dice game from Milton Bradley, Yahtzee? The latest version of the popular dice game gets its own homebrew incarnation on the Nintendo DS as developer hotkebab99 delivers Yahtzee DS to handheld owners everywhere with its first public release. See if you have what it takes to score a Yahtzee by reading our full article on this latest homebrew coverage.

Download: Yahtzee DS 1.0

We're in for a brutal week to kick this month off, marked by Kratos' latest killing trip through God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP and Jimmy Hopkins' enrollment for scholarship in Bullworth Academy. War is nigh with Warhammer 40K's latest expansion and Army of Two, though there's still a couple of baseball titles inbound if you want a break from all the violence. All these are waiting at the full article, so hit that jump!

A poker tournament involving 120 players from all over the game industry squared off at the GDC and played for the benefit of the Starlight Starbright Children's foundation, raising $24,000 in the process.

Lee Jacobson of Midway Home Entertainment was the supreme winner and took home a huge 37" Philips flatscreen TV. "I'm thrilled I won," said Jacobson. "But most importantly, the winners are the kids and their families. We played for them. I can't wait to come back next year and defend my title."

Equally thrilled was ISM Senior Partner Stew Kosoy who said "We were delighted to see so many people turn up to compete for fun and for charity." He then thanked the event's sponsors for the attractive prizes.

We mentioned a few hours ago that Clubhouse Games for the Nintendo DS will be coming out October 9th. Well, looks like someone got a head start and did a video preview of the game. Although, according to Jonah, they call this 42 All-time Classics (we think this is the European version of the same game).

We just can't say how much we'd like to play through all 42 games! Although, from what we gathered from the footage, some games (the cool ones) need to be unlocked by accomplishing other games in the Stamp level. If you want a complete list of the available games you can check out one of our previous articles. As was mentioned before, it has chatting features so you can trash-talk after the game or bluff while playing Poker. In the meantime, grab and put on your headphones and click on the Play button below.

Remember that the thin line that seperates us from being chimps is free will. So exercise your right to choose by going over the esteemed list of game releases here and abroad. If you don't so much as skim through these lists, then that's a very thin line you're walking my friend.

Here are the games to be released on all platforms for this week (until September 9) according to Gamasutra's Release This!. Time to rewrite that Christmas wish list don't you think?

The US G-List

Game Boy Advance:

• Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots
• Uno / Skip-Bo 2 Game Pack

PlayStation 2:

• NASCAR 07
• Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run
• Yakuza

PlayStation Portable:

• Guilty Gear: Judgment
• LocoRoco
• NASCAR 07
• World Championship Poker: All In

Xbox:

• NASCAR 07
• Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run

Xbox 360:

• Test Drive: Unlimited
• Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1

The rest fo the list awaits after the jump!

For people who are on the look-out for new games they can pick up from the game store shelves, here's a quick list of games that have been released or are going to be released very soon in the USA:

Xbox 360:

• 8/15 - Ninety Nine Nights
  
• 8/22 - Madden 07

PSP:

• 8/15 - Payout Poker Casino
• 8/15 - Super Monkey Ball Adventures

Nintendo DS:

• 8/15 - Deep Labyrinth
• 8/15 - Konductra
• 8/15 - Freedom Wings

With these in mind, get ready to make that dash to the mall! Or for those who pre-ordered it, you can start harassing your mailman within the next week or so...

Making full use of the touch-screen feature of the Nintendo DS is the title 42 All-Time Classics, which features 42 of the most popular games ever invented. The game allows you to play the classic games without having to deal with cumbersome boards or cards. Games that you can play in this package include Poker, Texas Hold 'Em, Darts, Chess, Backgammon and Mahjong.

Check out the video below and see how this game is made possible by Nintendo.

Big thanks to EduarDS for the heads up!

Nintendo has released five new screens from the game collection 42 All-Time Classics, to go with our previous post that detailed the game's contents. As a new title in the Touch! Generations franchise, 42 All-Time Classics will give you hours and hours of entertainment.

The game features 42 of the most popular games ever invented ranging from card classics like Poker and Texas Hold ‘Em, board games such as Chess and Backgammon to bar games like Darts and Snooker. And should you ever run out of games to play in Single-Player modes (pretty unlikely by itself), you can try out the multi-player mode with up to seven friends, not only enabling you to play all the games in the collection together, but also offering a Pictochat-like communications feature that lets you bluff about your Poker hand just like in real life!

42 All-Time Classics hits European store shelves on September 29.

   

 

With Clubhouse Games you can play more than 20 classic board, card and party games alone or with friends on the Nintendo DS. With familiar favorites like checkers, darts and poker, Clubhouse Games will appeal to everyone from kids to adults. Video game newcomers will appreciate the easy-to-use interface, while card game novices will appreciate each game's rules section. Players can challenge up to seven friends with one game card via Multi-Card Play or DS Download Play. Can't play checkers without shouting "KING ME!" across the table? The in-game (PictoChat-like) feature takes table talk to a new level. The game should be coming out sometime before the end of the year, but until then go ahead and check out a few of the screenshots by clicking on the thumbnails below.