Yodariquo makes sure you don't miss your weekly news updates in this bite-size edition of The Press Room

News
Pachter gets his own show
Nintendo kicks off UK online campaign
South Korea declares virtual money actual currency
Little King's Story sequel unlikely
Rare studio head implies Killer Instinct Natal
Rare reportedly working on Wii Fit clone
Take-Two board to see shake-up
Project Needlemouse internally going by Sonic 4

IGN Review
Mass Effect 2 - 9.6
Tatsunoko vs Capcom - 9.0
No More Heroes 2 - 8.8
Chinatown Wars iPhone - 9.0

1up Reviews
Muscle March - D

Foolz and Yodariquo reveal a shocking truth (with comical results) in this week's episode of The Pressroom.  Games discussed: FIFA 10, Disaster, Tekken 6, New Super Mario Brothers (Wii), Lost Winds: Winter of Melodia.

Yodariquo
(17:23) Netflix Coming to Nintendo
(19:33) Big in Japan - Sales Numbers from the land of the rising sun.
(23:50) Rumor: Konami Working on Castlevania Collection
(25:58) XBLAA (Yes two A's) Announced at CES
(27:23) Iwata Announces Amazing New Advances for DS!
(31:00) BOOM-Shakka-Lakka NBA Jam Returns!
(33:19) Tiger's Wood Will Stay on EA - Frederick Explains.

Foolz
(35:29) Wii Sells 3M Units in USA  in December. (And Whizzinator Summary)
(37:07) Criterion Making New SSX Game?
(38:54) EA Shuts down Servers
(42:15) Capcom Craps on Wii
(45:59) Metroid Collection Now Metroid Collectable.
(47:04) PES Button Lag? "Open Your Router" Says Konami.

Foolz and Dvader report live from the apocalyptic bunker. Only the most inhuman, heartless and cruel could ever hope to brave the outside to join them.

Dvader
(15:33) Media Create sales for Dec 21 - Dec 27
(21:04) Gaming Outlet GOTY Winners

Foolz
(26:30) Historians rebuilding Atari chips
(28:50) Dragon Age exansion appears likely for March
(30:44) Re-releases killing retro game market

(34:05 - 37:39) Intermission: The Galop - Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld

(37:40) SEGA stunned by EA's failure to sell Dead Space Extraction
(43:07) Predictions for the next decade
(51:30) Special Guest
(54:23) Half-Life 2 with Natal video leaked

Back from a week of purgatory, it's the 41st Press Room! With all your favourite stars, Darthhomer, Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo!

Darthhomer
(33:21) Alien vs Predator unbanned in Australia
(35:40) Australia introduces content-level filtering act

Foolz
(40:45) Retro-style Dark Void Zero coming to WiiWare
(44:04) 19-disc Castlevania soundtrack collection coming

(47:40) Zelda Reorchestrated completes reorchestration of Ocarina of Time
(49:44) Capcom backing out of Q1 2010 with releases
(51:31) "Sony moving away from cell-based PS4"

Pachter Watch!
(55:00) Take-Two must fix "lack-of-discipline"
(57:30) Gamers are getting too much value

Community focus
(1:10:30) Have you been naughty or nice? Write your Santa letter here!

Yodariquo takes on a world not meant for dreamers. Dvader joins the struggle, Foolz as well. And SteelAttack makes a heroic return.

Dvader
(41:35) NPD November 2009
(57:55) Spike VGA 2009 results
(1:17:05) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed announced
(1:18:38) Batman Arkham Asylum 2 announced
(1:21:22) Medal of Honor debut trailer
(1:22:35) Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands debut trailer
(1:24:14) TRON Evolution trailer
(1:26:30) Green Day Rockband announced
(1:28:25) Spec Ops: The Line trailer
(1:32:14) Halo Reach "trailer"
(1:33:19) Deadliest Warrior: The Game
(1:34:40) True Crime returns
(1:37:00) Dead Space 2 unveiled
(1:44:55) Mega-man 10 announced
(1:46:22) GameInformer Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers review

Yodariquo
(1:48:29) Sakura Wars to have rip-off localization
(1:49:55) Apple counter-sues Nokia
(1:50:50) Datel DSi Speaker

Foolz
(1:54:00) Mass Effect 2 voice actors
(1:56:48) Final Fantasy XIII video and audio compressed
(1:59:42) Sony still losing money on PS3
(2:00:43) Japan weekly sales from Nov 30 - Dec 6
(2:03:36) EA going after Call of Duty

Darthhomer with Foolz and Yodariquo. Grab them cakes.

Darthhomer
(20:56) EA announces new Medal of Honor game
(25:46) Australia banned CrimeCraft and Alien vs Predator

Yodariquo
(34:05) Muscle March is coming to North America
(35:25) Nintendo loses lawsuit against DS flash cartridge maker
(37:34) Taiwanese man beats World of Warcraft

Foolz
(39:38) John Riccitiello of EA surprised Dead Space failed
(43:10) Japan is turning Japa--err, American

Community Focus
(47:40) Gamestop + Casuals = DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!

Darthhomer with Dvader, Foolz and Yodariquo. Grab the pitchforks.

Yodariquo
(27:28) Ogre Battle 64 coming to Virtual Console
(31:38) 80% of female console owners are Nintendo owners
(35:05) Xbox 360 BBC iPlayer delayed

Foolz
(37:22) New Castlevania is a departure for series
(39:35) Steam competitors boycott Modern Warfare 2
(41:55) Deus Ex 3 not PC-exclusive
(43:53) Mercenaries sequel still coming
(45:04) Robbie Williams racing game coming to iPhone

Dvader
(46:45) Official Nokia blog shows off SNES emulator
(49:40) PSN terms of service updated to mitigate sharing abuse
(55:44) Greatest Games lists

Community Focus
(1:05:47) The Sitcom Project: Contribute, one line at a time *CANNED APPLAUSE*

We just keep pumping them out. Yodariquo hosts Dvader and Foolz for a startlingly concise show.

Yodariquo
(30:22) Aonuma talks Zelda Wii
(37:55) Firm looking at class action lawsuit over Xbox 360 bannings
(41:47) FBI using PS3 clusters for password cracking

Foolz
(45:38) Tony Hawk Ride not winning over reviewers
(46:36) Aliens vs Predator to support dedicated servers
(47:32) Steam has ~70 percent of the digital download market
(49:30) Infinity Ward considered aliens in Modern Warfare 2
(50:50) Marvelous lost money on Wii releases
(52:13) Square Enix CEO talks about Japanese gaming market

Dvader
(54:16) Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition details
(58:14) LittleBigPlanet to add Sonic costumes
(59:40) Kaz Hirai opens the door for paid subscription model
(1:01:37) Pandemic closes its doors

Pachter Watch!
(1:02:12) Pachter vs. Reggie: The Ultimate Struggle

NPD week! Dvader is absent :( But we have the other usuals with Darthhomer in the hosting chair along with Foolz and Yodariquo. Now what's that sound?

Darthhomer
(36:16) October 2009 NPD numbers
(55:40) Activision replaces Bond with new actor
(57:57) Dynamic Slash and Hotel Dusk 2
(1:00:14) Final Fantasy XIII gets official North American release date
(1:01:16) Resident Evil 5 Alternate Edition will be DLC in North America

Yodariquo
(1:02:12) Pokemon Rumble announced
(1:02:55) Paint program coming to DSiWare
(1:03:33) Pizza Delivery Boy coming to Wii
(1:04:30) Keroro RPG announced
(1:05:21) Sony sued by blind gamer for not accomodating

Foolz
(1:07:35) Endless Ocean 2 confirmed for Australian release
(1:08:20) Facebook for PS3 confirmed
(1:09:12) Motorbikes possible for Gran Turismo 5
(1:10:39) Newegg House of the Dead Overkill deal

We Be Trollin' - The Stupid-Off
Darthhomer's entry
Yodariquo's entry

darthhomer is back once again to lead in Dvader and Yodariquo on a slow news, but big game release week.

darthhomer
(39:13) No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero use
(41:24) 3D Dot Game Heroes possible on Xbox 360

Dvader
(42:58) 3D Dot Game Heroes includes Link clone on bonus disc
(47:54) Little Big Planet sequel would be "counter-productive"
(49:07) New Super Mario Bros. Wii reviews
(49:51) Dragon Age: Origins reviews

Yodariquo
(54:35) Gamers sue Sony over alleged firmware brickings
(59:01) WiiWare demos may be on the way
(1:00:30) Baby and Me baby peripheral game
(1:01:30) WiiWaa plush toy peripheral game

We Be Trollin'
(1:04:50) Need Help for Christmas
(1:05:41) NfS Porsche: 3D setup.exe won't start!
(1:06:02) what games developer would you like to work for
(1:07:49) Where the hell is the Twilight video game?

It's the 1-year anniversary of The VG Press! What better way to do it than with a podcast? It's Yodariquo, Foolz and Dvader.

Yodariquo
(37:30) DSi XL announced with larger screen
(39:53) GoldenEye 2010 listed on animator's CV
(44:22) Modern Warfare 2 contraversy

Foolz
(53:42) FIFA 10 sells 1.7 million in first week in Europe
(54:34) Capcom profits increase 58%
(56:28) Iwata says price drop effective

Dvader
(57:48) "3D Dot Game Heroes for PS3 is DEFINITELY coming to NA!"
(58:50) 3D Dot Game Heroes scores 30/40 in Famitsu
(59:44) Insomniac not doing any more 60FPS games

I Be Trollin'
(1:04:40) Do You Think Brawl is a Fighting Game?

Pachter Watch!
(1:09:33) Sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii will "shock" you

Community Focus
(1:16:20) The VG Press Hall of Fame

Darthhomer's back with Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo. Do a barrel roll!

NPD sales
(30:15) NPD September, 2009

Darthhomer
(45:30) Australia only gets edited Left 4 Dead 2
(49:10) No dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2

Dvader
(52:20) Ratchet & Crank: A Crack in Time Reviews
(53:13) Borderlands reviews
(53:30) Forza Motorsport 3 reviews
(55:15) New Super Mario Bros. Wii reviews
(57:25) Famitsu scores Bayonetta 40/40

Foolz
(58:42) Elder Scrolls V coming
(59:50) Okami Wii shows up on Japanese sales charts
(1:00:42) Atmoic Games to port FPS to Wii

Yodariquo
(1:01:42) Nokia sues Apple for unpaid patent infringement in iPhone
(1:03:23) NFL fan sues EA for use of likeness
(1:07:23) Crazy comments from Toyota executive

Community Focus
(1:08:35) Is the overarching concept of game completion crippling your enjoyment of gaming?

Pachter Watch!:
(1:14:17) Pachter laments music game sales
(1:17:00) Xbox Live pricing to go up to $100

Yodariquo hosts yet another riveting NPD month with Foolz, Dvader and Iga_Bobovic!

Yodariquo
(20:25) Lou Albano dies at 76
(22:30) 53 publishers suing over R4 Revolution
(30:15) Wii Fit to pass Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
(33:04) ATI graphics card to be in next Xbox
(36:53) Nvidia Tegra to be used in next Nintendo handheld
(47:23) Canadians are impulse buyers

Iga
(50:42) Epic Mickey scans and details
(59:13) Modern Warfare Wii controls to use PC style
(1:05:05) Monstrous Wii Hype Thread (excuse to mention Sin & Punishment 2)>

Foolz
(1:09:53) Mailman steals $86,000 worth of GameFly games
(1:12:38) Miyamoto likes to measure things
(1:14:24) World of Warcraft to require Battle.net accounts

Dvader
(1:18:00) $350 PS3 with 250GB HDD coming to US
(1:26:40) 3D Dot Heroes to include minigames

Community Focus
(1:33:00) Is it me or the media? Game Reviews and group think.

Pachter Watch!
(1:48:53) iPod Touch is publishers' enemy
(1:53:18) Natal and Sony motion controllers and prices

Iga hosts another Euro podcast with Gamingeek and the overseas guest Yodariquo for a news-heavy edition.

(5:45) Epic Mickey details
(15:50) New Super Mario Bros. "Contra-hard"
(32:35) Rocket Knight Adventures announced
(36:54) LostWinds reviews
(48:14) Sony wants Sony to win
(54:12) Capcom asks how people want RE5 Alternate Edition
(59:52) Tales of Graces to have DLC
(1:01:45) Xbox 360 version of "Home" leaked
(1:09:53) Retro had to be convinced of Hyper-mode
(1:14:34) Monster Hunter 3 looking at free online, voice-chat
(1:17:58) Wii sales triple in Japan
(1:24:20) Why Canada (and Holland) is better than the US
(1:29:53) Halo planned for 6 years ahead

Yodariquo hosts Dvader and Foolz in a universal routing of company failures. We're looking at you, Capcom!

Yodariquo
(24:53) Wii system update bricking consoles
(29:52) The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom new trailer
(31:25) PSPgo mixed reviews, retailer backlash
(37:35) Jenny McCarthy to headline Ubisoft fitness game
(40:21) UK retailers furious at supermarket pricing

Dvader
(45:10) Dead Space Extraction reviews
(48:28) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves reviews
(53:30) Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition new content to be 2 hours
(54:22) Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition new trailer
(55:40) Super Street Fighter IV details
(1:01:05) 3D Dot Heroes is Zelda

Foolz
(1:06:55) Lawsuit against Sony for PSN banning thrown out
(1:09:28) Man sues BofA for 1,784 billion trillion dollars
(1:09:58) Nintendogs in Animal Crossing
(1:11:40) DJ Hero 2 is already in production
(1:13:14) PS3 Wand control to come to Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)

Other news
(1:20:42) Mini Pachter Watch! OnLive not a "goofy company"
(1:25:08) Community Focus - Games Flashback

SteelAttack returns! Along with host darthhomer, we have Foolz and Yodariquo once again in the fray, and I manage to render Jamie speechless -- success!

darthhomer
(29:10) Resident Evil 5 alternative edition and PS3 motion control line-up
(37:30) Warriors: Legend of Troy announcement
(41:50) Meeting Notes Between Sega and SCEA Leaked
(50:00) Twilight the Game announced

Yodariquo
(51:18) Microsoft to Buy EA?
(56:20) PSPgo peripherals and pricing
(58:47) Wii in the UK gets Wii Sports Resort bundle, no price cut
(1:01:05) Wolfenstein being recalled in Germany

Foolz
(1:04:26) Dead Space Extraction IGN review
(1:07:30) Buy Valkyria Chronicles II to see more on PS3

SteelAttack
(1:10:15) Keiji Inafune declares Japanese gaming dead

Community Focus
(1:13:42) The VG Press on GoNintendo

Iga_Bobovic, bugsonglass, darthhomer, Foolz and...Gamingeek! All together on the debut, full-length episode of the Euro Press Room!

Roundtable
(01:20) Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition and motion control
(04:30) PS3 motion control launch line-up
(16:40) Next Dynasty Warriors to go to Troy
(18:40) Halo ODST reviews criticise length
(24:51) PSP Go trade-in program killed
(28:00) EB Australia refuses to sell PSP Go
(29:24) Awwwwwwwwww
(32:28) Square predicts next Wii in 2011
(34:30) TGS games discussion
(34:40) Splinter Cell: Conviction trailer
(37:45) Ninokuni impressions
(41:15) Tales of Graces trailer
(42:45) Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers trailer

Community Focus
(46:50) The VG Press Video Thread! Movie, TV series, anime and cartoon discussion

Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo bring you another titillating edition of The Press Room. Download now, and get 25 minutes of bonus Pachter bashing!

Yodariquo
(15:37) Wii price cut confirmed
(17:50) Street Fighter IV sequel announcement coming
(18:15) Rumoured character additions to SFIV sequel
(20:13) Reggie name-drops Kid Icarus
(22:20) Shantae sequel announced for DSiWare
(23:04) Shantae to be released episodically
(25:57) NPD study shows 44% of console gamers are female

Dvader
(30:35) Yakuza 3 is being localized for the west
(31:35) Scribblenauts 82% at GameRankings
(32:43) Uncharted 2 - 21/20
(34:00) Halo ODST - 9.0/10 at IGN
(35:45) Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 250GB bundle (35:50) PS3 Slim Uncharted 2 250GB bundle

Foolz
(37:50) Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
(40:15) Possible SSX Revival
(43:03) PS3 sales drop to 57,000 in Japan
(44:50) Gamers don't want a new Xbox
(48:24) Study finds graphics and plot unimportant

Other news
(52:30) Pachter Watch! Pachter answers Yodariquo's question on Wii HD!
(59:40) Nintendo's Friend Codes - The Real Reason

Darthhomer, Yodariquo and Dvader join in for The Press Room Beatlemania, though nothing compares to Pachtermania!

(33:33) NPD August 2009
(42:27) Sonic to return to 2D in HD
(46:16) Sonic Adventure DX re-rated by Australian Classification Board
(46:30) Darkside Chronicles story details
(47:43) The Beatles Rock Band supply constrained in Australia
(50:05) Uproar over Kirk Cobain usage in Guitar Hero 5 - video can be seen here
(53:08) Arkham Asylum DRM
(55:26) Flying Gabe Newell
(58:08) Sony investigates 3D for PS3
(59:53) More Capcom Triple Packs
(1:02:20) Konami's TGS Display
(1:05:43) Pachter Watch! Part 1 - Take Two
(1:08:48) Pachter Watch! Part 2 - Console price cuts
(1:10:47) Pachter Watch! Part 3 - Ask Pachter

I CALLED OKAMI DS! - 1:14:18 - ALL BOW BEFORE MY FORESIGHT!  Dvader, Foolz, and Yodariquo.

PS3 slim officially confirmed

Xbox 360 price cut

Xbox 360 failure rate surveyed at 54 percent

Microsoft responds to Xbox failure rate

Michael Pachter on PS3 slim and the 360 price cut

Dissidia Final Fantasy review

Cursed Mountain review

Soul Calibur Broken Destiny review

The Universal Fantasy [Penny Arcade]

Capcom hints at new games

Japanese hardware sales Aug 17 to 23

Are you smart enough to understand the introduction? If you aren't, see the list below.  Foolz, SteelAttack, Dvader, Darthhomer, and Yodariquo.

Song titles intro:

Lionel Richie               - Hello
Ronnie Hilton               - Who are we?
Empire of the Sun          - We are the people
Queen                    - We are the champions
Michael Jackson               - We are the world
Texas                    - When we are together
Pop will eat itself           - Everything's cool
Jam                    - Just who is the 5 o'clock hero?
Ricky Nelson               - Fools Rush In
Duran Duran               - Meet El Presidente
Gun                    - Steal Your Fire
Total Contrast               - Takes a little time
Clarence Frogman Henry          - But I do
The Kinks               - See my friend
Jerry Lee Lewis               - Great balls of fire
Busted                    - Who's David?
Laurie London               - He's got the whole world in his hand
Red Hot Chili Peppers          - By the way
Weezer                    - Jamie
Radiohead               - Talk Show Host
Radiohead               - Everything is in its right place
Gary Glitter               - I'm the leader of the gang
Sway                    - Little Derek
Black Eyed Peas               - Let's get it started
Paul McCartney               - Press
Stevie Nicks               - Rooms on fire