On May 25, Nintendo announced Wii would not exceed $250.
Today, they made it official: Wii will be $250 exactly.

WorthPlaying has a well of 35 new screen to the sequel to X-Men Legends 2.
Marvel Ultimate Alliace will pit 140 heroes from the Marvel Comics universe against Dr. Doom, Galactus and more. If that last sentence doesn’t make you want to at least play the game, just skip to the next article.
Multiplayer modes from X-Men Legends 2 return, and the customization levels go off the chart with the ability to re-create classic teams from Marvel’s past to make all new ones with your favorite characters.
The Official Site only has 14 characters revealed so far, but odds are you’ll be able to play as anyone you want. 140 is a lot of characters. You can also take a peek at the impressive trailer.

An ambitious mod of WarCraft III is being undertaken by Snowflake Entertainment to bring Starcraft a little more up to date.
Blizzplanet has a Q&A with the “Project Revolution” team.
The project is about 50% complete and they promise all the speed and fun of Blizzard’s neglected franchise. They’ve even got a mac programmer on staff to ensure it will work on OSX. (yes!) All you’ll need is to own the StarCraft and Broodwar discs, as this prevents violations of any intellectual property laws.
This should be some good news to fans since (though still unofficial) StarCraft: Ghost has been cancelled.

State and Local police raided the show floor of Motor City Comic Con back on May 19, and now Newsarama has a closer look.

This has been a long time coming. I’ll freely admit that I stole a Cowboy Bebop dvd off a bootlegger at a con for a friend a few years ago. Is stealing from a theif bad? I kinda felt like Robin Hood.

Sony BMG has acquired the rights to release cult favorite Transformers The Movie on DVD.
Details are scarce but they do promise “never-before-seen footage, exclusive interviews, interactive games and collectible packaging” so one can only assume they’re going to try one-up the old Rhino release from 2001, which like the entire 84-87 series is currently out-of-print.

Fan demands have been high for a more in-depth DVD release, and hopefully this one fits the bill.

Full press release and promo image after the jump…

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Marvel has posted a sneak peak for issue number 2 of their summer blockbuster crossover, Civil War. Check it out. Civil War #2 (of 7) drops in two weeks. I believe next week though, Civil War Frontline #1 (of 10) will come out. This book follows embedded reporters on both sides of the war and their accounts of the action. Marvel has also made a podcast available for Frontline here.

Out Magazine has named Link “Hottest Video Game Character.”

“When darkness enshrouds the land, Nintendo’s sexy farm-boy-turned-wolf sets out to save the day in this upcoming game. His weapons: a sword, a bow, arrows, and kick-ass grooming skills.”

Via GameSpot

Sorry I’m late this week, but I was caught up in the holiday. I haven’t included many products strictly for Nintendo systems, so here goes one. This game isn’t a game in the traditional sense. It’s one of those products that takes advantage of the DS’s capabilities to provide something for casual gamers to get into.

Just like your muscles, your brain has to be trained each day. Nintendo co-opted a famous Japanese neurologist to design several puzzles aimed at training your brain. These tasks range from reading out loud to simple math calculations, each designed to get certain areas of your brain working. Also included are 100 puzzles in Sudoku, a simple numerical game that’s recently swept the world, appearing in many newspapers alongside the crossword puzzle. This is quickly becoming my new obsession.