Deathsmiles interview with Aksys Games at Siliconera.

This year’s biggest surprise so far is an English version of Deathsmiles. How did Aksys get the rights to Cave’s horizontal shooter?

“We asked,” Cherie Baker, PR Specialist at Aksys jokingly replied. “No, but really we’re big shmup fans here at Aksys, and we pushed for it. We also know that there are many Cave fans in the states that have been dying for something new and fresh. We asked, and Cave was all up for it!”

Click here for the full interview.

IGN has written up an awesomely positive preview on Commander Video’s latest adventure.

“Gaijin Games has three Bit.Trip titles under its belt and they’re some of the best, most artful titles available on WiiWare. The next installment in the series, Bit.Trip Runner is more ambitious than the first three in every way. An onrails platformer much like the recent indie hit Canabalt, Runner combines retro game nostalgia, catchy chiptunes, and hardcore twitch gameplay into one impressive package.”

Click here for the full article.

WOW. We didn’t think it was possible, but someone by the name of Sophie497 has scored a perfect in Bit.Trip Beat’s Growth level. Call it a triumph of the human spirit or a freak of nature… Either way we salute you Sophie497.

BlazBlue comes to 0D Beat Drop! It’s the collaboration of your dreams! This first DLC pack contains new skins and music for three of BlazBlue’s lovely ladies: Noel, Nu and Tsubaki. When you purchase this DLC, a new [Planet Quest +] option will be added to the [Single Player Game] menu, where you can play with the new skins and music. This DLC also adds a new DLC-only leaderboard!

The full game is available for 800 MS points and the BlazBlue pack is available today for 320 MS points.

Above ripped straight from Xbox.com’s description.

Well we got our ESRB and it’s Teen, yay! Just for reminders, as you can see from the boxart, the first run of Mimana will have a CD soundtrack plus voice mail messages from the main characters!

Check out these adorable plushies of Sol and Noel, created by sengster of Deviant Art. Awwwww~ precious!

We love seeing fan-made creations, send more in!

A long time ago, in a galaxy very far away… In podcast #16, I believe we ran the Contest Contest Writing Contest where you had to write a story using the list of words below:

Commander Video
Harry
Noba
Gail
Aaron
Bo
Mary and Chris (Must be used together exactly like this)
Apophenia
Slattern
Vainglorious

We were a little remiss in that we said we would post the runner-up of that contest. So here it is, in its entirety after the jump. It’s a little long, so you might want to clear out appointments for the day. Thanks again Alex B. for your epic entry to our contest. We hope to read more about your writing endeavors in the future! Enjoy!

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