It’s not unusual to see advertisements from the U.S. Armed Forces presented alongside videos on the PS3. We’ve also seen commercials on television depicting situations appear to be something that could only happen in videogames, only to be told it actually happens all the time. These ads are all designed to make the Armed Forces more »

Rock Band 3 is getting re-launched this holiday season. No it isn’t coming with additional features or songs. This re-launch is the result of a new agreement that has been reached between Harmonix and Mad Catz. Rock Band 3 will be bundled with Mad Catz peripherals at retail.

Mad Catz announced at the beginning of 2011 that it would release a line of peripherals for Gears of War 3. At Comic-Con this year, Mad Catz will show off some audio peripherals that will be released around the time Gears 3 ships in September. If you’re interested, you can pre-order a couple of the items right now.

The 3DS is a bit over a month from release in North America and Europe. Big releases such as this prompt third-party peripheral makers to scramble to get their products out the door. It was a given that Mad Catz would be in on the ground floor. Snakebyte on the other hand is going to cater to Europe with a whole line of 3DS accessories on March 25, 2011.

Last week Mad Catz announced it was to begin shipping a BrawlStick and BrawlPad for WWE All Stars. Whether this modern take on WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game needs more input methods is up to you. Mad Catz has also partnered with Epic Games to bring even more peripherals to Gears of War 3.

There are some sweet StarCraft II peripherals coming down the pipeline. They may be of interest to you if haven’t been suspended or banned by now. Razer has three StarCraft II inspired accessories that are as cool as they are costly.

If life has taught me one thing, it’s this. LEGO bricks posses an unnatural power that bring smiles to nearly everyone who comes in contact with them. Infusing LEGO’s into everyday products is a win-win situation. If LEGO made an adult size office chair, I would be sitting in it right now. Until then, this LEGO Wii Remote will have to satisfy my needs.

Big Lots’ December 13-19, 2009 sales flier was sent out in the mail and in newspapers yesterday, and once again it has some game offers you can take advantage of this holiday season. Unfortunately, one of the sales requires you to purchase additional items and the other sale is on games that only a specific audience are going to want.

First, let’s look at the Wii game sale. Select Wii accessories will be in stock and on sale, specifically $20 Aerobic Steps for the balance board, a bowling ball and a sure shot rifle peripherals and a $30 skateboard deck mount balance board peripheral. If you purchase one of the peripherals mentioned above, you can then get up to two select Wii games for $14.16, 25% off of the normal $18.88 price. The seven games you can choose from are Alien Monster Bowling League, AMF Bowling, Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts, Gold’s Gym Workout, Jillian Michael’s Fitness, North American Hunting and We Ski. Honestly, I never knew a game like Alien Monster Bowling League even existed.

Big Lots also has two Twilight board games on sale, which should delight teenage fans of the books and movies…

If you’re working on Christmas shopping, it’s starting to get to the point and time period where people get desperate. It also means that stores are starting to get to that desperate point and offering more sales. Big Lots sent out a flier December 6, 2009 with some possible deals people shopping for Wii owners may be interested in.

The front page of the ad displays the store’s only two major video game sales from December 6-12, 2009. First, Big Lots is carrying the Guitar Hero: World Tour bundle, that includes the game and a guitar, for $39.88. The normal price on that bundle is typically $59-69, depending on what store you’re at. Big Lots also has discounted four kinds of Wii peripherals, a dual charger for remotes, a 6-in-1 remote sports peripheral pack, boxer gloves and a rechargeable battery pack for the balance board. All four of the peripherals are $16 each, and normally cost $20-24.99.

If you’re interested, I recommend visiting your local Big Lots as soon as possible…

The inevitable announcement has come. Nintendo has confirmed that it is planning to release the latest DS Pokemon games, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, to North America and Europe in Spring 2010. The news came during the 2009 Pokemon World Championships, a Pokemon Trading Card Game event held August 14-15, 2009 in San Diego.

As fans of the series who’ve been following the news out of Japan probably know, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver are DS remakes of the original GBA games Pokemon Gold and Silver, only with additional content added in. Both games are scheduled to be released September 12, 2009 in Japan, so everyone else has to wait a little under a year.

The official announcement is incredibly brief, omitting quite a few details concerning Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Like, for example, the PokeWalker…