From Wirebot: Looks like the new 2012 Pokemon Championship Series will happen very soon! Battles will be held in Europe and the top 4 trainers will win a trip to the Pokemon World Championship in Hawaii. More »

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Today’s GIF of the day features one of the most confused Pokemon out there. It’s none other than the yellow duck we all know and love, Psyduck! Seriously, Psyduck is always confused. Every time it pops up on screen, it has got the most vacant stare ever. It doesn’t help with there’s a whole bunch of them too! More »

From Girlybubble: Today’s Plushie of the Day features some Mario Kart Plushies! I’m pretty sure you’ve all seen these characters before somewhere or somehow in your life. Although I can get almost any character plushie nearby, I usually never see the flower plushie on sale though. More »

From Wirebot: Master of Monsters, the name of a new Final Fantasy XIII-2 gameplay trailer, has been released by Square Enix. They said “For the first time in a Final Fantasy game, the player has the ability to capture monsters for use in future battles”. More »

From Wirebot: Tecmo Koei has announced that Ninja Gaiden 3 will be hit shelves on March 20, 2012 in North America for the Xbox 360 and PS3. More »

From Wirebot: Though Japan may be receiving Final Fantasy XIII-2 at the end of this week, US and European fans won’t be seeing the game until next year and there have been numerous trailers that have come out, but have all been in Japanese. Luckily for all of us non-Japanese-speaking fans, there is an English trailer out that guides us through the new aspects of the game. More »

From Wirebot: For diehard Final Fantasy XIII-2 fans, here is some good news coming your way. Square Enix and Studio Bentstuff have teamed up to produce a few Ultimania Guides for your playing desires. More »

From Wirebot: It seems that Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the PS3 will be receiving a first shipment of 1 million copies, a number that seems quite large. More »

From Wirebot: We are just a few days away from the Japanese release of anticipated game Final Fantasy XIII-2 and just last week, we saw the first commercial spot of the game air on TV. Well, good news! There’s a new 30-second commercial out with never-before-seen footage. More »

From Wirebot: In a new video released by Square Enix (the Japanese side), players will get to see a more detailed look of how Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Historia Crux system will work. More »

From Wirebot: The all-time favorite of everyone are Super Mario games. In Japan, a 3DS hardware was launched for Mario Kart 7 and it is now gaining more sales throughout this week. More »

From Wirebot: Official details for the upcoming Katamari Damacy Novita’s download content plans have now been revealed. There will be two download missions when the DLC is launched, including a Snowman mission to roll around in and craft a four meter snowman. More »

From Wirebot: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, the head of development and a name that is easily recognized in the gaming world, has decided to make a big change…he’s retiring from his current position. More »

Still remember the photos of 2NE1 playing video games with actor Kim Kab Soo? If not, this should refresh your memory. Sure it looked like they were playing video games but what we don’t know is that the photos came from a commercial shoot for Nintendo Wii. More »

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From Wirebot: Just a few months ago, there has been some rumors going around that Square Enix are already planning a third game for the Final Fantasy XIII even before the second game was to be launched. However, it looks like they certainly clarified it today that they only registered a Final Fantasy XIII- 3 domain as nothing but a precautionary measure. More »

From Wirebot: After doing well in Japan, Namco is now having thoughts of releasing the game in the US market.There are still no confirmed dates but as of now, we know where the game will be put to the test and these are Fun Works - Honolulu, HI, Super Arcade - Walnut, CA, Round One Entertainment - City of Industry, CA, Arcade UFO - Austin, TX, Next Level Arcade - New York, NY More »

2011 saw a number of sweet video games. As part of the Ningin 2011 End of the Year Awards, we’re turning to you to let us know what you thought the best video game of the year was by answering this poll question: More »

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From Wirebot: A new Uncharted: Golden Abyss movie has just been released by Sony, prior to the title’s Japanese launch on December 17th. Uncharted is to be Vita’s dominating game. Sony Bend, their developers, have well executed the development of it. More »

From Wirebot: Xenoblade fans will surely be happy about this news: Xenoblade Chronicles will be crossing the Pacific to hit North American shelves next year. More »

From Wirebot: Hideo Kojima speaks up about the making of Metal Gear Solid 5. Quite a talk I can say there has been about this topic, but still not enough information for satisfaction, however Kojima-san gives us something to bite on. More »