October is almost upon us – time flies when you're having fun. Many big things are on the way this month, but we get off to kind of a slow start. Leading off the week is the crazy DS puzzler Scribblenauts. Following that is FIFA 10, which is bound to be one of the best sports games of the year. Also hitting store shelves this week is Gran Turismo for the PSP, which launches alongside the new PSP Go.

Don't forget to check out our full release schedule for all of the latest changes and updates on your most wanted games.

Each week, we collate the most popular stories that we published over the past seven days, plus a lineup of the most downloaded files added in the same timeframe. That way, in case you missed something, you can catch up in one helpful little spot, every Monday morning.

Last week, everybody wanted to take a first glimpse at the first officially released gameplay footage from Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare. Other news that was popular included an explanation about EVE Online from the developers, what was to be contained within the Assassin's Creed II collector's edition.

Finally, lots of people wanted to hear all about the fact that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed would be making its way to both the PC and Mac.

The video game industry has come far in the last thirty years, but we still can’t shake the perception that everything needs to be released in the fourth quarter of the year. It has gotten better, particularly in the last two years where heavy hitters like Grand Theft Auto IV, Resident Evil 5 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl were released in the first half of the year. Q4 2009 is still stacked with high profile titles, some of which will inevitably be overlooked in favour of Halo 3: ODST, Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2.

This week, The Warp Pipe is going to shed a bit of light on titles which are deserving of your attention this year, but are at risk of being lost in the Q4 shuffle.

After a couple of months of collecting older video games, my partner and I finally found copies of what’s effectively known as the “holy trinity” of Super Nintendo RPGs – Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars – in excellent condition. She’s delighted, being a fan of Japanese RPGs since the dawn of gaming, but I’ve got this feeling of emptiness. That got me thinking about things in a gaming context – how often do you feel that the quest is the more rewarding part of the experience, and that the ending is a bit of a letdown?

This week, The Warp Pipe is going to serve up another round of quick thoughts and observations loosely associated with video gaming.

At E3, French publisher Ubisoft announced that they'd be bringing an all new brawler to the Nintendo Wii, set to feature everyone's favourite creatures, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Today, Ubisoft have sent word that we can expect to see more than just turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up, which is currently in development by the same folk who worked on Super Smash Bros.

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up players will also be able to play as Casey Jones, Ulrominator (Krang) and the nondescript Foot Soldier, who should really be capable of kicking things.

To prove to us that the characters are actually in the game and that Ubisoft aren't telling fibs, they've sent us some flashy concept art and screenshots to prove that they're being honest with us.

I spent the weekend watching cartoons and bitterly reminiscing on the glory days of Saturday-morning TV, before I became somehow detached from children's popular culture involving anorexic dolls with bee stung lips. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, now that was a cartoon, and I am gleefully awaiting the arrival of TMNT: Smash Up on Wii. Apparently it's a brawler a là Smash Brothers, but four palette swapped turtles do not an ensemble cast make. This new trailer introduces a few familiar faces, both friend and foe, who will star along side our reptilian (amphibian? chelonian?) friends.

Apparently, there's something that Miyamoto has wanted to do for the past 20 years that he has been working on Mario titles, and that is to re-create the single-player gameplay with multiplayer.

...and now, he's done just that, with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which lets up to four players join in the action co-operatively and competitively, on the Wii. As if the news wasn't already pretty thrilling, and the new screens and first-look trailer kinda awesome-looking, Nintendo are working their fingers to the bone on this one, and it will be on shelf (at least in the US) by Christmas this year.

In sales terms, 2008 was very much the year of Nintendo, as evidenced by recent figures released by the company. As a part of their latest financial briefing, Nintendo have revealed a list of both Wii and DS titles that have sold over one million copies since launch. The top seller worldwide? Wii Sports, with 40.5 million units sold since launch, making it the best selling console game in history. Other titles which sold like hot cakes on the Wii console include Wii Play and Wii Fit.

Top sellers on the DS were a little more modest, with 21.67 million bones were thrown to Nintendogs worldwide. New Super Mario Bros. and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (known locally as Prof. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?) rounded up the top three sellers on the hand-held, with 17.63 and 16.82 million sales respectively.

In total, since the launch of the Nintendo Wii and DS, twenty-six titles have sold more than a million copies - which ones are they? Read on to find out!

What will you remember 2008 for, in terms of gaming?

We asked some of the game admins and network staff to find out their thoughts, but here's a quick recap of the past 12 months, to refresh your memory.

Non-games dominated this year's charts, with Wii Fit rewarding gamers for standing still. As a country, we were still fans of the music game genre too, finally getting our hands on Rock Band, which seemed to have been pushed onto shelves by the release of Guitar Hero: World Tour a week later. Who knows, the full-band version may even have healed some hurt caused by the "interesting" yet awkward Guitar Hero: On Tour release for DS. There was a new Call of Duty to heed, a new Bond to meet, Marcus and Dom were back, and independent developers twisted our brains with Braid and our rhythm skills with Audiosurf. Red Alert was back, and we revisited the Midnight Club. We also saw the release of the "Three Fs" - Far Cry 2, Fable 2, and Fallout 3, meaning many gamers were a bit strapped for cash by the end of the year.
...and, who could forget? 2008 is the year we met Sackboy!

As we watch 2008 log off and 2009 jump into gear, we are looking back at some of our highlights for all the fantastic games released this year. It wasn't easy and with so many big titles and great games coming out there was much debate in the Newsbot den as to what game should take out the Games on Net 2008 Awards.

What will be labelled the top games in the consoles? Which was our favourite PC hit? What other awards do we have to give out? All will be explained inside as we round up the year by letting you guys know what we did and didn't like.

2008 has been a little different from the standard industry year, in that we’ve seen a lot of major titles released outside of the holiday shopping season. Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots were all released in the first half of the year. One would think that that might make for a less than stellar holiday line up, but the game publishers of the world (bar Nintendo) are inclined to prove otherwise.

Over the next two weeks (due to the sheer number of releases), The Warp Pipe will be boldly predicting the quality of new games in the next quarter.

If you feel like there's something you've been missing, perhaps it's the ABC's gaming show Good Game! It made its return to our screens this week, for the continuation of its 4th season in the leadup to this year's holiday rush.

Forgot about the first episode? It's okay, the show's on again late tonight, so you can catch up before the regular screening on Monday night at 9pm (...or else you could visit the website where the episode is available to stream or download!).

In all the recent fuss, the poor video game charts were on a piece of paper that got lost on my desk! I've found them today though, so I can tell you all about who was topping the game sales in Australia for the week ending 20th July. Perhaps more eloquently, I can tell you who was not topping the game sales - the Xbox 360, which does not appear in the overall top 10 at all, which instead features four Wii titles, three DS, two PS3 and a lonely PS2 game snuck in there, too. Interesting.

Again, the majority of Australian gamers were out in force, snapping up copies of a smashing Wii brawler. The PC fans are heeding the call of a modern war, Xbox 360 and PS3 are hanging out in Liberty City (...more on Sony's side though, it seems), the PS2 is eating bamboo with its new fighting friend, DS owners are still testing their mental capacities, and the PSP has run into a robotic secret agent!

So the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit has wrapped up. Bitter fanboys are sure to have run out of tears, at least temporarily, while tired journalists are no doubt catching up on some much needed sleep. I have no doubt that many of you have long lists of games you're now salivating over even more than before – better start putting those pennies aside. On the other hand, those of us on the reviewing side of things are currently wondering how on Earth we're going to manage to cover all of the fourth quarter's games without going insane.

This week, we'll reflect on the events that transpired during the three manufacturer press conferences and discuss our thoughts and any potential ramifications, and we'll also look at a few of the best games that were on show.

Ah, back to reality with the solid tradition of the charts post. After spending a week concentrating on games that are yet to arrive on these shores, it's refreshing to note that people are still buying - and enjoying - games that were announced at last year's E3 - or even before!

This week, everybody is playing one of the highlights of last year's summit, with the Wii taking a brawling top spot. The PC is off buying more simulated flat pack furniture, Xbox 360 and PS3 are still lounging in Liberty City and the PS2 is having a party with lots of singing. While the DS has revisted Professor Kawashima, the PSP remains trapped in a final, fantastic, crisis!

No prizes for guessing what the biggest-selling title was in Australia last week - we've been waiting long enough for this one, I'm not surprised everybody seems to have rushed out and bought it on launch day!

The rest of the charts have been shuffled a bit, too (except for the PSP, which is solidly dependent, week in week out).

Obviously, the Wii has smashed the opposition this week with a brawling masterpiece. The PC gamers among us have bought a lot of flat-pack simulated furniture, Xbox 360 is keeping some bad company, while the PS3 still hangs out with some Patriots. The PS2 is still an archaeologist exploring plastic bricks, and it's the DS's turn to rock out heroically, but the PSP is still stuck in a final, fantastic, crisis.

This weekend marks the midway point of 2008, a milestone which has either come very slowly or out of nowhere, depending on your perception of time and space. I find myself in the latter group, stuck in a state of mind where it's March or April, largely out of desperation for some warm weather. Most of my recent time has been spent wrestling a Metal Gear Solid 4 review, which you'll see on the site soon, and the new Alone in the Dark game, which has some promising concepts destroyed by wretched controls and a multitude of glitches.

With the midway point reached, I thought I'd take the time this week to look back at the major events and releases of the first six months of the year.

Yes, I can confirm that is a pig, flying past your window - Nintendo Australia have just announced that their (very) highly-anticipated title Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be arriving on Australian shores on June 26th, just over a month away.

Not long to wait now before you'll be able to join the rest of the world in this action-packed fighting game, that boasts more moves, more levels, online play, Wi-Fi, multiple control options, more characters and a bonus single-player campaign that is a whole game by itself.

So we return to regular Warp Pipe programming. It hasn't been that long since I did a regular column, but it feels like ages - the GTA articles (one, two, three) turned out to be a little more work than I thought they'd be, but I'm happy with the result. I took a little time off writing over the last week, tucking into Viking: Battle for Asgard and a few awful EA Sports games to push my Xbox 360 gamerscore past the 50,000 mark. Passing that mark seems to have killed my enthusiasm for the system at this point. Of course, I've also spent a bunch of time with Grand Theft Auto IV; it's a good game, possibly even great, but I've yet to see the things that are encouraging other reviewers to give it perfect scores, so I seem to be expecting it to pick up at some point.

As promised, this week we'll have a bit of a grumbly rant about what I don't like about Nintendo, we'll uncover the hidden gem that is The Red Star, and revisit the destructive fun of The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It's one of the biggest games to hit the Wii - even if we haven't seen it Down Under yet. Launched in Japan in late January, the US got their copies in early March, and the game sold more than 4.85 million copies by the beginning of April.

From all accounts, it's one of those almost flawless games, but it's packed to overflowing with content. Who else to tackle the beast than Matt_K, who stepped up to the plate, picked his favourite Nintendo character, and slogged it out, writing us a review in the process. I know it's not the same as getting the game, but it'll whet your appetite just that bit more!

I had my first experience with a Wii console on the weekend at a friends place. While it was only Guitar Hero, (and an incredibly large amount of me failing), I was astonished to discover that the Wii-mote required AA batteries. After a while, the Guitar Hero controller was wrestled from my grip in order for a quick round of retro Gamecube goodness - though something disturbed me. Something didn't fit in.

The controllers were all the wrong colour when compared to the Wii. If that bothers you too... fear not, you won't have to put up with non colour-coordinated Wii and Gamecube controllers for much longer, with Nintendo set to release a pristine white Gamecube controller in Japan sometime this month.

The horrendous Melbourne weather did its best to prevent The Warp Pipe happening this week by knocking the power out multiple times and damn near sending a tree through my car's windshield. I've spent much of my week playing the despicable Two Worlds for the Xbox 360; it's the first console game I've played to date where I have had to enter in commands into an in-game console in order to turn off special effects like dynamic lighting and shadows in order to get the game to run at a playable speed. Maybe Microsoft should give the 360 a new slogan along the lines of "bringing the worst parts of PC gaming into your living room".

This week, we're going to run through the second quarter release schedule and make judgment calls on which ones are going to be worth your time. We'll also give our impressions of Contra 4, a game which mysteriously remains unreleased in Australia. Finally, we'll revisit the SiN anime movie.

Easter has passed us by, and I'm sure many of you had a good time gorging yourselves on chocolate. The Warp Pipe spent its holiday nestled up to a copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with a few hours dedicated to attaining that all important 100% in Bully: Scholarship Edition. It has been a busy week for gaming here, actually; I think I managed about 3,000 new achievement points since the return of my 360 (which pushed me into the top 100 Australians on MyGamerCard), I pushed my way through the majority of Smash Bros' single player modes and I've been reading Steven Kent's The Ultimate History of Video Games, which I'll talk about more in a later column.

This week I thought we'd do something a little different: spurt out some interesting facts, insightful thoughts and bold proclamations. As promised last week, we'll look at one of Shiny's most underappreciated efforts in Sacrifice, and throw our cheap gaming buddies a bone with the Gothic Universe collection.

Writing this week's Warp Pipe is a difficult task; I've been as sick as a dog for a week, and there's copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl sitting on my desk. Much of the week was spent being grumpy at Australia Post for not delivering the game on time (usually 7 days from Canada, it took 10). Having only toyed with the latest fighting effort from Nintendo for roughly an hour, I can't make a definitive judgment, but I will say it is damn good fun. My Xbox 360 also made a triumphant return this week; the turnaround on warranty repair is really quite fast. I'm a little worried about the slower boot speed, but at the moment, it's running the best it has in ages.

This week, we're going to look into the PSP's rather dire software situation, revisit the truly awful Final Fight: Streetwise, and evaluate Winnie Forster's book, The Encyclopedia of Game Machines.

With consoles becoming more complex, and containing more powerful hardware, there is bound to be a few issues here and there. The Xbox 360 has its formidable "Red Ring of Death", whilst the PS3 initially had issues with backwards compatibility before being promptly scrapped or severely cut down for most of the world.

It seems now it is Nintendo's turn to join the camp of having a console with some issues, albeit minor. There have been some reports of Super Smash Brothers: Brawl causing disc read errors with some Wii consoles, due to lasers which have had some intimacies with dust.

The issue is caused by Super Smash Brothers: Brawl shipping on a dual layer disc, which is more demanding of the laser which reads the disc. The issue can be resolved simply by shipping the console back to Nintendo, and they'll fix it, free of charge.

Usually for The Warp Pipe, March requires a certain writer's wallet to be sealed within a heavily secured vault to prevent him from spending too much money on games he'll leave sitting on shelf. Fortunately this year, a combination of lower income and a distinct lack of anything interesting being released, my wallet shall remain firmly pressed against my buttocks (with the exception of my import copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Okami: Wii Edition). I'm really surprised as March used to represent a dumping ground for PAL publishers for all of those titles that hit North American at Christmas time. Ignoring Nintendo, does that imply that the situation is getting better? The games that were delayed seem to be mostly niche titles – Beautiful Katamari, Persona 3, Odin Sphere. We should really be thankful that they're getting released here at all.

This week, we'll weigh in on the recent movements in the corporate world, take a look at Activision's bizarre (and rather offensive) way of trying to teach Spanish on the DS, and revisit the hackneyed Wing Commander movie.

So here we are with the second edition of The Warp Pipe, Internode Games Network's Sunday morning editorial. The reaction to the first article of the series was obviously good enough to keep me around a bit more, and I'm happy to continue to serve the Internode overlords so long as they give me scraps from the table and take me for walks. It took three of them to pry me away from the awesomeness that is Audiosurf this week, and they had to chain me to the desk and whip me every half hour to ensure I didn't go back to it.

As for the column itself, we're going to stick to the same formula from here on out, so if you don't like it have a whinge to your mum. She's the only one that'll care. Our main topic this week may contain sensitive issues for some Sega fans, but I'm sure they're used to the abuse by now.

What will you remember 2007 for, in terms of gaming?

We asked some of the game admins and network staff to find out their thoughts, but I'll give you a quick recap first:
Australia got the PS3 in a bit of an anti-climactic launch, bringing with it a bit of resistance, as well as a stormy racer. We got a new Command & Conquer, another episode of Half-Life 2, a final Halo and didn't get the latest Grand Theft Auto. The world was thrown into "what-if?" with a little game from Massive, a motley crew of cartoons finally arrived, making up Team Fortress 2, and the Call of Duty was heard on a more modern battlefield. Ingame physics were turned on their head and flipped inside-out with Valve's puzzling Portal, our favourite four-fingered family arrived on almost every console known to man, first-person shooters got genetically-engineered, and the world was overrun by pocket monsters, both handheld and motion-sensitive. It's also been a big year for a little Italian plumber, who not only took over the soccer field, he also had a party or two and even headed into space, as well as turning somewhat more two-dimensional. Blizzard released their first MMO expansion, announced their second, revealed that 9 million people played World of Warcraft, took the covers off of StarCraft II, and still managed to keep tight-lipped on their new project.

The Games Network has done a whole bunch of work behind the scenes, making things a lot nicer and easier to work with, even if it looks pretty much the same. One of the major changes would be the upgrade to our file mirror, which now boasts 10 terabytes of space, so there's plenty of room for games, demos, screenshots, videos and patches. We also upgraded our staff, getting a whole new person to work for us, as well as a handful of new newsbots to bring you updates and good stories.

As a team, we tended to stay pretty close to home this year (other than sending representatives to eGames in Melbourne, GO3 in Perth, and BlizzCon in LA!), but we took the time to recognise the local guys with a big meetup for our Adelaide members, volunteers and gamers on the Australia Day long weekend last year. We had a whole pub to ourselves!

Overall, we must be doing something right, as every month, it seems we get bigger and bigger, with more visits, downloads and members! ...and, of course, you guys are the most important thing. Thanks for all your support, whether you're a regular visitor, someone who pops in from time to time, or just someone who keeps an eye out for interesting files in our library.

Bring on 2008 - but first, read on to find out what the admins, staff and volunteers have to say about 2007!

There's been some ongoing fuss about Super Smash Bros. Brawl this week, largely stemming from Nintendo's European release schedule being announced up until the middle of next year - with no Brawl in sight! What could this mean?

Nintendo UK have come out and said that they haven't ruled out the possibility of an early arrival, but there are still no promises about when we might see the game's PAL release - which, of course, affects us Aussies as well!

...meanwhile, this week, we have for you: The return of the Temple stage (including music!), some news on playing with your Friends ingame, a whole posse of Pokémon, some more music, some details on how the Smash Ball works, and an introduction to King Dedede's Final Smash.

Well, here we are again with another weekly update of what's coming up in Super Smash Bros Brawl!

Last week we had a double-edition update for you, with all sorts of news. a new stage, the final smash for both Ike and the Ice Climbers, some details on taunts, the improved handicap function, some music and some new details for Meta Knight, the updated Training Mode and new Spectator mode for those who like to watch, Star Fox's Smart Bomb, some updates on colour schemes, and an introduction to a new character - Saki Amamiya!

This time around, it's a bit quieter. We check out some Special Moves, particularly those from Samus and Donkey Kong, Final Smashes from both Lucas and Wario (mmm, garlic!), some advanced controls options, a song from Donkey Kong, help with widescreen, and the re-introduction of the Events game mode.

I'm not sure quite how, but it appears that our updates for Super Smash Bros Brawl fell off the to-do list last week!

In order to rectify that problem, here's a bumper two-week update for you, full of all sorts of goodies. ...if my maths is correct, I think that this marks the six-month anniversary of these updates, too. That's an awful lot of brawling!

This update, we've got information for you on a new stage, Ike's final smash, some details on taunts, the improved handicap function, some music and some new details for Meta Knight, the new Spectator mode for those who like to watch, the final smash from the Ice Climbers, updated Training Mode, Star Fox's Smart Bomb, some updates on colour schemes, and an introduction to a new character - Saki Amamiya!

Another week's gone by, it's time for your regular fix of updates about what'll be included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

Last week, we checked out King Dedede's special moves, the new feature called Stage Builder, the new Classic game mode, the The Summit, and finally Meta Knight's Final Smash.

This week, we've got some info regarding On-Screen Entrances, some music and a video starring Fox, some details on what objects will be reappearing in this new game, a lesson on how to Grab and Throw, an introduction to Solid Snake's buddy Gray Fox, and we look at Lucas and his special moves.

Welcome to another week of updates on features, characters and stages of what you'll be seeing in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl! ...better late than never, right?

In last week's article we looked at Peach's sleepy Final Smash, one of the new stages called PictoChat, a short video featuring Donkey Kong, the mini game Target Smash, and finally the newcomer King Dedede.

However, in this week's article we take a look at King Dedede's special moves, the new feature called Stage Builder, a game mode called Classic, the stage The Summit, and finally Meta Knight's Final Smash.

Welcome to another week of updates on features, characters and stages of what you'll be seeing in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article we took a look at the feature that allows you to take snapshots, the new stage New Pork City, the mini game as part of the "Stadium" game mode called Home-Run Contest, Meowth made made an appearance from the Poké balls, we got a closer look at how to use the Wii Remote, and last of all we looked at Little Mac making an appearance in an Assist Trophy.

However, in this week's article we take a glance at Peach's Final Smash, a new sketchy stage called PictoChat, Donkey Kong makes his stand in a short clip, we look at another mini game called Target Smash, and finally we have yet another newcomer entering the brawl.

Welcome to another week of updates on features, characters and stages of what you'll be seeing in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article we took a look at the gameplay mode called Team which involves co-operative play, Zero Suit Samus' special moves, Kirby showed us his Final Smash, listened to some music based on WarioWare, Sonic was announced that he will be in the game and he showed us his special moves, and finally we were told that the release date was pushed back to early 2008.

However, in this week's article we look at the feature that allows you to take snapshots, a new stage called New Pork City, a game mode which I guess you can call a mini game which is called Home-Run Contest, Meowth will be appearing in the Poké balls, we take a look at how to use the Wii Remote, and finally we look at the boxer named Little Mac as he makes an appearance in an Assist Trophy.

Welcome to another week of updates on features, characters and stages of what you'll be seeing in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article we saw the game mode Tourney, the young newcomer Lucas, a short video of Snake in gameplay, the stage Shadow Moses Island and a short clip of an intermission, the Assist Trophy Excitebike, a closer look into the techniques sheilding and dodging, and finally Fox's Final Smash called Landmaster.

However, in this week's article we look at another game mode that's based on team play, Zero Suit Samus' special moves, Kirby's Final Smash is a cooker, some music based on WarioWare, Sonic enters the brawl with a video and some special moves, a fresh new trailer, and the disturbing announcement that involves the release date.

With the expectation and rumors going around on whether if Sonic will appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl because of him starring along side of Mario in the game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Well, at today's fall conference in Japan, Nintendo announced and confirmed that Sonic will definitely be a playable character in SSBB! Also mentioned was that he will transform into Super Sonic in the game, maybe this is his final smash move?

We have a few screens for you to check out and you can download a copy of the brand new trailer that's just been released!

Welcome to another week of updates on features, characters and stages of what you'll be seeing in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article we saw Snake and his special moves, the feature where you'll be storing your Trophies, Diddy Kong's Final Smash called Rocketbarrel Barrage, Mr. Resetti guest appearing in the Assist Trophies, and finally the Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash called Triple Finish.

However in this week's article we take look at the game mode Tourney, a newcomer called Lucas, a short video that shows Snake in gameplay, the new stage Shadow Moses Island based on the game Metal Gear Solid, an Assist Trophy called Excitebike, some techniques that are handy called Shielding & Dodging, and finally Fox will take the stage to show his Final Smash.

Welcome to another week of updates on the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article, we saw the Ice Climbers, the item Golden Hammer, Wi-Fi Play was announced that it will be included in the game, we saw The Space Emissary enemies, and the Pokémon Piplup appearing from the Poké Balls.

However in this week's article we look at Snake and his special moves, the theme song for Metal Gear Solid, the section where you keep your Trophies, Diddy Kong steps up to show his Final Smash, Mr. Resetti is guest appearing as an Assist Trophey, and Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash.

Welcome to another week of updates for the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article, we saw the feature "My Music", the Pokémon Munchlax from the Pokéballs, Lyn making an appearence from the Assist Trophies, got a good look at the stage Battleship Halberd, and the game mode Special Brawl.

However in this week's article we look at the character Ice Climbers, the item Golden Hammer, the game mode Wi-Fi Play has been confirmed, we look at the enemies from The Subspace Emissary, and a Pokémon from the Poké Balls called Piplup.

Today, on the Super Smash Bros. Brawl website, an update was released confirming that there will definitely be Wi-fi in the game. So yes it means that you can connect your Nintendo Wii to the Internet and enjoy battles against people everywhere!

However it's not all beer and skittles and there are a few downs about the feature, read on for more info.

Welcome to another week of exciting updates on the upcoming game Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article, the stage WarioWare and Pokémon Stadium 2 were introduced, a short video called Pit's Descent was shown, Diddy Kong and Mario took the stage to show off some moves, then finally Meta Knight tried to take all the glory from them.

However in this week's article you get a look at the new feature called "My Music", listen to 2 songs that you'll hear in the game, the Pokémon Munchlax makes an appearance from a Pokéball, Lyn comes to save the day from an Assist Trophy, the stage Battleship Halberd goes on display, and a new game mode called Special Brawl.

Welcome to another week of Super Smash Bros. Brawl updates!

In last week's article, Petey Piranha was out and about running a muck, some sort of dish called Superspicy Curry was being given out for free at the matches, Andross decided to show his face, Meta Knight demonstrated the 4 Special Moves, Pokémon Trainer showed off his special moves to the crowd, and finally the ability to Glide.

However in this week's article we'll show you the upgraded stage Pokémon Stadium 2 and bizarre look of the stage WarioWare, a short movie of Pit's Descent, Diddy Kong and Mario will take the stage to show off his special moves, however Meta Knight might try to take the stage from them.

Yep - that time again, another weekly wrapup of all things Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This week we get a new boss from the singleplayer Subspace Emissary mode, a delicious meal, a big scary assist trophy, an explanation of some special move types and an illustration of how those moves affect some pocket monsters, and the winged characters show off some new techniques.

If you missed last week's report, we let Peach show off her sparkling jewellery, Link showed off some Special Moves, the scary Subspace Army introduced themselves in a new video, and fan favourites Diddy Kong and Yoshi clowned around a bit for the cameras, before closing with a little ditty from K.K. Slider.

Well, hello and welcome to another week of Super Smash Bros. Brawl updates!

In last week's article we introduced you to the Pokemon Trainer challenger as well as the Devil assist trophy, showed off the new collecting stickers game mode, a new Tether Recovery technique and a new shiny Franklin Badge.

This week, we re-introduce you to a lovely lady, let you get to know a gentleman hero a little better, find out more about the Subspace Emissary mode, meet a new challenger and see what an old favourite can do. Plus there's a video and some music for you, too!

Welcome to another week of Super Smash Bros. Brawl updates!

In last week's article we showed you the new game/adventure mode "The Subspace Emissary", Pit's Final Smash, the new item Smoke Ball, Ike's Special Moves, and some music to go with Kid Icarus.

However, in this week's article we have a newcomer and his special move, a new game mode where the key word is "collect", another assist trophy, a new item, and a technique.

Welcome to another week of Super Smash Bros. Brawl updates!

In last week's article, we showed you the newcomer Ike, the Assist Trophy Knuckle Joe, Donkey Kong's Final Smash, A new item called Pitfall, and the stage Castle Siege.

However, in this week's article we have a new game mode (including a video!), a new item, a character's special moves, a character's final smash, and more music.

Welcome to another week of exciting updates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's article, we showed you "this world", the stage Rumble Falls, the return of Yoshi, the stage Skyworld, and a new technique being introduced called Footstool Jump.

However, this week we get to look at a newcomer, a new assist trophy character, a character's Final Smash, a new item, and finally a new stage.

Welcome to another week's worth of updates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

Last week, we introduced you to Zero Suit Samus, and displayed her Final Smash, demonstrated that Pokéballs can contain the Pokémon Deoxys, showed you the Animal Crossing-themed stage, Smashville, and played some music from Star Fox.

This week, we have some ominous signals coming from the game... quickly squashed by the fun that is two new stages, another new character confirmed, and a brand new move.

Yet again we are here for another week of updates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

In last week's update we got to see the return of the ape Donkey Kong, Dr. Wright from SNES' SimCity, some Standard combos, the return of the Bumper, and finally the new stage Bride of Eldin. If you wish to find out more details on last weeks article, you can find it here!

However in this week's line of updates there is a new stage, some music, a new Pokémon in a Pokéball, a character's final smash, and new character joining the ranks!

Welcome to another week of updates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl! I have been busy the past few days with E3 on, but of course I'll still give you your Super Smash Bros. fix.

In case you missed on last week's update, I'll give you a quick run down on what came out. Last week we got glimpses of Bowser and his Final Smash, Wario's special moves, a new item called Assist Trophy, a look at one of the characters in the Assist Trophy, and finally the basic Smash Attacks. If you want more details on these, you can read the article here!

However in this week's updates there is the return of a character, the standard combos, a stage, the return of an item which hasn't been seen for nine years, a guest starring character in the assist trophies, the confirmed official release date, and finally a 15 second Movie Presentation.

Welcome to yet another week of exhilarating updates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl! Just like every other week I'll give you a small recap or catch up on what you missed last week.

In last week's update we got to see the release of the beautiful Princess Zelda and her featured music, as well as the stage Lylat Cruise, the item Banana Peel, and one of the game modes where you can enter in your name. If you would like to find out more details you can read the article here!

However in this week's line up of updates, we get to see the return of a character, the final smash of that character, a look into the special moves of a character featured in last week's article, a new item, and Smash Attacks.

Welcome aboard to another week of Super Smash Bros. Brawl updates! If you have been too busy and completely forgot about last week's article, I'll give you a small recap. There was an introduction on 2 characters, Samus Aran and Wario, we also got to see the Final Smash move for Pikachu and Link, and finally what Fox's special moves are. If you wish to find out more information, you can read the article here!

In this week's line up we have, a look of a stage, the return of a character, more smashing music, a returning item, and a game mode where you can enter individual names.

Welcome to yet another exciting article on Super Smash Bros. Brawl weekly updates! Wow I can't believe it has already been 5 weeks. Anywho... If you missed last week's article I'll give you small details or if you forgot I'll refresh your memory. Last week we gave you details on the returning character Fox, which controllers are compatible to use, one of the new stages Yoshi's Island, music based on the character Samus, and finally the return of the crates and barrels with a small modification. If you missed out you can read that article here!

Featuring in this week's line up of updates we have 1 returning character and 1 newcomer, a preview of 2 characters' final smash, and finally 1 character's special move.

Welcome to another weekly Super Smash Bros. Brawl Update! In last week's article, there was the release of 2 returning characters featuring Kirby and Pikachu, new music, a new stage, a new Pokémon in the Pokéballs, and a classic technique/move. If you missed out on that article you can read more about it here!

Featuring in this week's range of updates is another returning character, a new stage, more music, the return of an item with a few small adjustments, and finally which controllers are compatible with the game!

Not that I'm trying to steal Max's thunder, but I've got a new tidbit to add to his Super Smash Bros Brawl weekly update. Some of you were asking earlier about what controller SSBB would use - and we have an answer for you!

Will it be the Classic Controller? The Wiimote? The Wiimote + Nunchuk combo? What about the old-school GameCube Controller?

Last week we spoke about a new character on the horizon for Super Smash Bros Brawl... featuring Pit! New items such as the Gooey Bomb, the Smash Ball, the Cracker Launcher, and finally new techniques and moves ranging from Pit's special moves to Mario's Final Smash. If you want to catch up on last week's article you can find it here!

On the other hand, if you're well and truly up to date, this week's article is featuring 2 returning characters! A stage, a new song ending for a character, a new Pokémon featuring in the Pokéballs, and the return of an item from the past Super Smash Bros. series.

Recently Nintendo Australia held a media conference. At the media conference, Nintendo Australia confirmed that we will get Super Paper Mario sometime this year. But the release date for the "Big Three" is still in question for the Australian release.

The "Big Three" titles are Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy. It was a little over a week now when Mr Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed at the US Nintendo News Summit that the US would expect the "Big Three" titles before December 31, 2007.

Last week we brought you news about the website going live, a peak at what music you will expect to hear in the game, and that Mr Reggie Fils-Aime had confirmed we should expect the arrival of Super Smash Bros. Brawl before December 31st, 2007. If you missed last weeks news post you can do some catching up here!

This week we have information about a new character, special moves/skills, and items.

For those that were excited and sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for the launch of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl website, were probably disappointed that you didn't get to see any new characters revealed... I sure was. But other than that we have some cheesy new screenshots and a soundtrack list.

Looking back, what will 2006 be most remembered for, gameswise? Obviously, there's the Wii, and everything that came with it - Zelda, Rayman, cracked TVs, which is probably a highlight for most people. There's also Battlefield 2142, which let a lot of people down and didn't do much to restore faith in EA/Dice. Then there was a little game about thermonuclear war, which took the world by storm (ha!), surprising even the developers. 2006 also saw E3 change significantly, and countless similar events pop up around the globe to pick up the slack, meaning gamers have no shortage of events.

Speaking of shortages, the PS3 was delayed in Australia, while Wii was launched, and the Xbox 360 plodded along happily, among brightly coloured pinatas and killer locusts.

On a more local level - the Internode Games Network has doubled in size. We now boast an impressive news portal, a comprehensive File Library and get more than 100,000 unique visitors a month (and more than 20,000 downloads a week). Server-side, there are now eight more quad-core machines hosting game servers (with three more on order), in four cities around Australia - giving more than 2,000 peak players a night somewhere to play.

We've written up a few questions and handed them around to various Internode Games Network types, to find out about their highlights, lowlights and memorable events of 2006.