This caught my interest as I remember the original Punch-Out!! all too well for the NES.

Today Nintendo of America has revealed this year's gifts for their 'Elite' status Club Nintendo members.

To quote: Gold members get a 2010 desk calendar, while Platinum members get the choice of a replica Mario hat, or Doc Louis' Punch-Out!!

This is a unique...

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In celebration of UFC® 97, held last weekend in Montreal, Quebec, the playable demo will allow consumers to sample an exhibition bout with former UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Press Release: UFC® 2009 UNDISPUTEDTM PLAYABLE DEMO NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA XBOX LIVE® MARKETPLACE AND...

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Today Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein shared how some lucky fans can compete in a tournament with the winner being awarded a Collector’s Edition Street Fighter IV as follows:

Sure, who doesn’t want to get their hands on Street Fighter IV more than a month before it’ll be in stores? Well, Capcom is offering some PlayStation.Blog readers the chance to do just that, later this...

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MotorStorm: Pacific Rift's Game Director Nigel Kershaw shared the following today via PS Blog:

Its launch day for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift in North America tomorrow (w00t)!

It means you all can enjoy MotorStorm Pacific Rift and we can all go on holiday. Except by this point, the UK is accelerating into winter in typical rainy, cold fashion.

So it’s the...

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Namco has always been ahead of the game in the 3D fighter stakes, owning two of the superlative stallions in the four-horse race – Dead or Alive and Virtua Fighter would be the only two other games that are in the same league.

And although its Soul Calibur series has arguably never hit a duff note (discounting Soul Calibur Legends in the same way you wouldn’t consider...

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Publisher 2K Games sends word that a few BioShock patches will be released next week, in addition to a free downloadable content pack for the hit game.

2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey tells Shacknews that the DLC will at least include extra plasmids for players to mess around with, a way to disable Vita-Chambers for hardcore play, and bug fixes.

The...

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EA Sports announced the soundtrack for the forthcoming release of NBA Live 08, boasting 19 tracks that span both eras (with recent singles like "The Way I Are" and old-school artists, such as DJ Jazzy Jeff and KRS-One) and genres (from hip-hop to rock and reggae).

"When it comes to defining new music for the coming year, the NBA Live soundtrack is the music industry's top...

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Benjamin Franklin once said that in life, only two things are certain: death and taxes. For a while, it seemed the November release of Unreal Tournament 3 was also assured. In its most recent bout of press releases, publisher Midway said the game would definitely ship for the PC and PlayStation 3 during the month.

Now that November window appears to have been opened up. In...

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