Marvel's just announced that their premiere superhero team will be hitting game consoles later this year, confirming recent rumors about such a game's existence.

Designed for use with Xbox 360's Kinect camera and Wii U's gestural inputs, Avengers: Battle for Earth will be a motion control game developed by the Ubisoft Quebec studio. Marvel says that it'll take inspiration from the recent Secret Invasion storyline, and will competitive elements as well. (Skrull-hunting, anyone?) Battle for Earth will feature all the characters from the recent hit movie and other protagonists from the House of Ideas' stable will round out the roster to 20 playable heroes.

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Angry Impoverished Dude's a boss! The bread and the man have become one in The_Real_Pan1da7's homage to Contra. Watch out for the yeast attack!

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I knew absolutely nothing about Bethesda's Dishonored until Totilo told us 18 things we should know about the steal action game. Now I know a 19th thing: Dishonored hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on October 9.

Oh, and it has some incredibly sexy box art, if you can get past that nasty Games for Windows logo.

It's hard not to get all wistful and teary-eyed when you watch these videos of Final Fantasy VI's various landmarks, faithfully recreated in Minecraft by builder Felix Trapper and set to glorious Nobuo Uematsu-composed music.

The Narshe and Opera videos are particularly impressive (and tear-jerking) if you've played Final Fantasy VI. And if you haven't, well, what the hell are you waiting for?

Check out all the vids below.

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Narshe

This frost-filled city is the first thing you see when you open up Final Fantasy VI, and it's also one of the prettiest parts of the game. And that music. Oh man.

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Figaro Castle

The castle where lovable brothers Edgar and Sabin were born and raised. Also it can transform into an underground sand ship because it's just baller like that.

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Fanatic's Tower

Also known as the most annoying dungeon in Final Fantasy VI.

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South Figaro

An overhead look at South Figaro, the quaint little city in which you can eventually steal peoples' clothes and use them to sneak past guards.

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The Opera Scene

The best scene in Final Fantasy history, presented in all its harmonic glory.

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GDKT0486 [YouTube]

The Wii Virtual Console springs back to life this week with two classic games from the fine folks at Sega, including one that never even made it stateside. Time for some old school action role-playing!

Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Monster World IV hit the Wii Virtual Console today, giving owners of the console two excellent reasons to turn it on and figure out where the Wii remote got off to. A pair of action role-playing games, Wonder Boy in Monster Land for the Sega Master System is a bit like the second Legend of Zelda game, though this looks to be the arcade version of the game. Monster World IV for the Mega Drive is the final game in the Wonder Boy / Monster World series.

Seriously, where the hell did I put that Wii remote?

The rest is, as it were, the rest. There's a Sudoku game for the 3DS, the sequel to a DSiWare shooter, and ooooo, more Dinosaur Office.

Games

Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Platform: Virtual Console
Price: 900 Wii Points

The once-beautiful kingdom of Wonder Land has been thrown into chaos by a ferocious, fire-breathing dragon called MEKA dragon. The dragon and his monstrous henchmen conquer the peaceful world, turning it into Monster Land. Unable to defend themselves from the onslaught, the people cry out for a hero to save them. Wonder Boy sets out on and incredible journey across different environments and dungeons. He collects powerful weapons and spells to rid the land of the evil monsters and defeat the dragon!

Monster World IV
Platform: Wii Virtual Console
Price: 900 Wii Points

For the first time outside of Japan, experience the final chapter in the classic Monster World series! One day, a young, green-haired girl names Asha, hears spirits calling out for help. Upon hearing the spirits, she leaves her village and sets forth on a grand adventure into Monster World. One her journey, she comes across a small blue monster named Pepe and a magical Genie. Together they must fight through Monster Land to defeat evil and save the troubled Elemental Spirits.

Paul's Shooting Adventure 2
Platform: DSiWare
Price: $1.99 / 200 DSi Points

Paul and his twin brother join forces to smash the Insectians in this explosive sequel. The player controls Paul and his brother, twins of a super hero family who were born with innate super powers. The two brothers have the ability to take flight and attack with powerful projectile energy. However, most importantly, they are both gifted with the ability to take the form and seize the weaponry from fallen enemies. The Insectians have vowed revenge for their defeated ally – the Oceanians. Paul is once again summoned to fight an alien invasion force bent of retribution, but this time Paul is not alone. It's up to Paul and his twin brother to use their combined powers and weapons obtained from the aliens to fight back and smash the Insectians.

Sudoku by Nikoli
Platform: eShop
Price: $4.99

"Sudoku by Nikoli" contains 50 sudoku puzzles. Sudoku is a puzzle in which you place numbers from 1 to 9 into a 9x9 grid, divided into horizontal and vertical lines and 3x3 blocks, filling up all of the spaces with the numbers. With everything from simple puzzles to super-difficult ones, this game is popular with a wide range of players, from beginners to veterans. To ensure your long-term enjoyment, we've prepared both a "Stage Clear" mode and a "Random" mode. In "Stage Clear" mode, you progress by clearing puzzles one by one, and in "Random" mode puzzles are generated at random. Please enjoy this high-quality sudoku game.

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Dinosaur Office: Office Party (Available May 11)

An after-work party leads to a dinosaur cat fight.

The next Hitman game will be out on November 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Square Enix said today in a press release.

There's also a preorder-exclusive bonus called Hitman: Sniper Challenge, available only if you preorder the game at a GameStop. Here's what Square Enix has to say about it:

Developed by IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, Hitman: Sniper Challenge is not part of the main game, but a stand-alone experience to reward fans who pre-order Hitman: Absolution. Players can don the suit of Agent 47 as he takes on an exclusive assassination assignment. From a balcony overlooking a rooftop gathering, players will be tasked with taking out Richard Strong, Jr., CEO of Stallion Armaments, along with his entire staff of bodyguards. Skilled players will capitalize on score multipliers, hidden secrets, unlock equipment upgrades and marvel at the many creative ways one can discretely dispose of a body while they work to fulfill their contract in the most efficient way possible.

Is there anything grosser than preorder bonuses? That, I do not know.

"I want to take all these rich kids into a poor environment and make them realize they can enjoy it." That's a bold statement from game designer Vander Caballero, who's leading the development of Papo & Yo.

But the upcoming PlayStation release aims for bold things, like letting players experience the dysfunctional relationship Caballero had with his alcoholic father through a video game. In the video, you'll also see how the imagination Caballero used to escape his challenging childhood informs the game's quirky mechanics. Papo & Yo charmed the hell out of me when I played it a few months ago and it's great to see the amount of passion being poured into this game. I can't wait to play it some more at E3.

Papo & Yo Dev Diary: Fantastic Realities [PlayStation Blog]

While the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 get what's shaping up to be a pretty spectacular Fall of Cybertron, Nintendo Wii, 3DS and DS players get this.

Now I am not saying this isn't an excellent Transformers Prime game. I've not played it, so for all I know it could be spectacular. It just looks like origami robots in disguise.

This wouldn't be a bad thing if Transformers Prime weren't such a pretty CGI cartoon series. It's so lovely I bought the entire first season on Blu-ray even though it was already available on Netflix. I am a dedicated fan.

So I hope that we dedicated fans eventually get a Transformers Prime game as dark and pretty as the series.

Until then, we've got this, coming later this year from Activision and developers Now Production (Wii, 3DS) and Altron Corporation (DS). Hooray.

One of the best values in gaming gets even better on May 20, when Nintendo drops the price of the DSi to $99.99, with its larger sibling the DSi XL at $129.99.

That's a $50 drop over current retail, with the $149.99 DSi's price effectively slashed by 33 percent.

What a wonderful price point for the DSi to be at. For under $100 gamers old and new will gain access to a digital and retail library filled with more than 2,000 titles, a relatively substantial portion of them worth playing. And $99 is a sweet spot for just about any electronics; one dollar over and you're into triple digits, but $99? That's not so bad.

The new price will also help separate the DSi from the newer 3DS in the market. Previously only $20 apart, the $169.99 3DS is now obviously the higher-end product, at least in the eyes of consumers that still subscribe to the notion that the higher the price the better the product.

Why now? Here's what Nintendo's official announcement had to say: "The new suggested retail prices provide an even greater incentive to pick up the systems, and provide an easy option for parents who want to introduce younger kids to their first portable games. With graduations looming, Father's Day approaching and the start of the summer travel season imminent, the new suggested retail prices appeal to all kinds of shoppers."

I just wish Nintendo had dropped the price before Mother's Day. I wonder if my mom will accept a rain check.

Warriors Orochi 2, a game that brings together characters from the Dynasty Warriors series and the Samurai Warriors series to fight against hundreds of enemy soldiers in epic battlegrounds is being ported to the PSP as Warriors Orochi 2 Special. The new game, like Dynasty Warriors VS for the 3DS, will feature guest characters as bonus playable characters. This time it's Rachel from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Images also show Ryu Hayabusa as a bonus character. The character, Ayane, was a bonus character in the PS3 version of Warriors Orochi 2, but it is unclear if she will return for Warriors Orochi 2 Special.

Another added feature will be a reset function to restore character stats to their original starting level. Also, by copying a save data of the PS3 version of the game to a memory stick and starting a game on the PSP version, all characters will automatically be unlocked.

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