Is today the unofficial make a song about how much you love the Nintendo Wii day? Sir Jim Sterling brought you the byAmy Brickhouse called “Wiihab”this morning. Now I present to you this video by Andre Meadows fromBlackNerdComedycalled “Buy Mii a Wii”. The song by Andre is spoofingT-Pain’s “Buy U A Drank”but Andre’s version is so much better.It’s extremely cheesy, but it’s so fun to watch. He rhymes everything really well and watching him roll around and make out with the Wii box is hilarious....

Trying his hand, then losing that hand Conan O’Brien, the self-professed “Clueless Gamer,” is back for another round with one of the year’s biggest videogames. This time, it’sCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Ever the sharp mind, Conan immediately jumps all over the emotionaltry-hard “pay respects” scenenear the beginning. Then, he dies a lot. Not from bullets, however — from ruthless morning commuters.

Well yak-xcuse kiwa-me Take on gang violence with the power of goofiness in today’s contest for a Steam copy ofYakuza Kiwami! I know there are a ton ofYakuzafans here on the site, so I’ll make this one brief: We’ve got some Steam copies for the PC version ofYakuza Kiwami, and we’re giving them away. To you. Right now. Yay! The remaster of the popular game that started it all finally hit PC a few weeks ago, bringing with it 4k resolutions, uncapped framerates, and fully customizable controls!...

All it costs is some of your data cap Anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure of playing the originalCrackdowncan do so now at no price. In the lead-up to the launch ofCrackdown 3,Microsoft has made 2007’sCrackdownfree for everyone. It can be played on Xbox One through backward compatibility. Crackdownis one of those mindlessly enjoyable games that should be played at some point. It’s a lot of bounding across buildings and landing in a thick mob of armed enemies....

One of the exciting parts of the Dynasty mode inCollege Football 25is the ability to play with your friends. The presence of a cloud-based save allows you to create an online Dynasty, where you and your friends can take charge of different schools and their respective football programs. As accessible as the mode is when it comes to playing with your friends, there might be some disappointment if all of you are not on the same platform....

Sawaki Takeyasu and Crim are making it happen If you never got around to playing thehidden gemEl Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatronon PS3 or Xbox 360, you might have better luck on PC. In a tweet today, the game’s director, Sawaki Takeyasu, confirmed that his studio Crim (which acquired the rights in 2013) will bringEl Shaddaito Steam. The PC version is “currently in development,” but there isn’t much else to share....

TheEuropean Citizens’ Collective’s petitionto prevent game developers and publishers from ending support for their games has now passed 100,000 signatures and is fast approaching 150,000. At 1 million signatures, the petition can be taken to the European Commission and considered as a law. The petition, titled “Stop Destroying Videogames,” aims to get an EU law passed that will force game developers and publishers to ensure their games are playable, even when the decision is made to cut support for any that are live service titles....

Lionhead’s community manager Sam Van Tilburgbrings us some good news today— the online cooperative multiplayer patch forFable IIwill be available on day one. That means when you pop your copy ofFable IIinto your Xbox 360 tomorrow, the game will prompt you for an auto-update which will allow you to explore the world of Albion with your friends … online! Speaking with me at Tokyo Game Show, Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux was confident a patch would be available at launch, telling me that it was “looking fantastically good for that day one patch....

Aiming to release this year The oldGauntletgames are some of the best cooperative experiences of days gone by. There was something about destroying monsters with your buddies, leveling up your character, and competing for loot that made those games special. Hammerwatchis a hack-and-slash dungeon crawler that is currently hanging out onSteam Greenlight. It’s inspired byGauntlet, though I cannot confirm whether or not anyoneneeds food badly. It’s definitely worth checking out as it will include modding tools to extend the game’s life indefinitely, online and local co-op, a hardcore mode, and it is coming to Windows, Mac, and Linux....

And discounts for everyone else Today on GOG.com, there’s aShutdown Promodiscounting games likeCapitalism,Alpha Centauri,Theme Hospital, andRedneck Rampageto half price. “It occurs to us that one of the problems may be that there are people on Capitol Hill who don’t know what a functioning government looks like, so we thought we’d help,”writes the site. It gets better. People who have been furloughed by the government shutdown can get these games for free by sending an email to — and this is the part that truly cracks me up — thanksobama [at] gog [dot] com....

A laid-back discussion of this week in gaming Max Scoville and Conrad Zimmerman appeared on this week’s Hardline to share their thoughts about the controversy surroundingMicrosoft’s media buyin which Machinima partners were paid to make videos promoting the Xbox One without disclosing the partnership, and thetrademarking of the word “Candy”byCandy Crush Sagamaker King. Then there was the whole “Nintendo has to rethink its business structure” thing after the companysubstantially loweredits sales forecast for the Wii U this year....

Gravity Game Arise and Sunsofthave revealedthat they’re bringing backHashire Hebereke, a Super Famicom spin-off ofUfouria: The Saga. That’s all we really have aboutHashire Hebereke EX. It was announced via Twitter, and the link for more information goes toa press releasethat is mostly just descriptions of the involved companies. The Twitter account reveals that there will be more characters, more levels, and online multiplayer. 『はしれへべれけEX(仮題)』プロジェクトスタートだぴょ～！⭐️新規キャラクター⛳️新規ステージ🌐オンラインマルチ対応！続報を待て！！！くわしくはコチラ！https://t.co/YZLTs3N8ODpic.twitter.com/ZbAQzLDA3w Ufouria: The Sagawas initially released in Japan asHebereke, which Sunsoft had hoped to turn into a franchise based around memorable characters....

My hopes are high for this one Housemarque (Resogun) and Eugene Jarvis (Robotron: 2084) are collaborating on a twin-stick shooter, and that’s such a beautiful thought. The new game,Nex Machina, really does look like a fitting fusion. You’ve got robo-blasting, human saving, invincible dashing, hidden paths, and yes, voxels. Today’s news is short but most definitely sweet:Nex Machinawill appear on PC as well as PlayStation 4, as previously announced. To that end, “the game will be controller focused, but we are also fine-tuning a mouse and keyboard control scheme as we speak....