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Space Invaders is turning 30 and Taito is rocking the Space Invaders angle in everything possible. They are even turning HMV and LaForet stores into complete Space Invaders headquarters.

First of all, knowing that Space Invaders is 30 years old: how old does that make you feel? Me, um, I’d say I feel somewhere around super old…

The guys over at Brick Flick have painstakingly built a series of LEGO vignettes based on classic video games.

The scenes include Mortal Kombat, Castlevania, Shadow of the Colossus, Contra, Excitebike and my personal Favorite, Katamari (Block)acy - shown above. There’s also an awesome animated featurette, Grand Theft Auto LEGO CITY.

You can check out the complete photo set here…

Can’t wait to get your new Nintendo Wii so you can download and play classic NES games? Over at vNES, you can get a head start by playing 395 games from the old Nintendo online, right now.

Although it’s a little annoying that the site requires Java (v.1.5 or later) to play, it’s done an admirable job of emulating these classics…

At today’s “It’s Showtime” event, Steve Jobs showed off a bunch of new iPod and iTunes features and products…

PlayStation Magazine has published an unconfirmed report from unnamed sources that state that Sony is working on a new model of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) for release in 2007. PSM’s Editors believe that the upgrade will be a revision of the existing hardware at the same retail price as the current model…

SEGA has announce a Fall 2006 release date for their new compilation, the SEGA Genesis Collection. The title will be released for Sony’s Playstation 2 and Playstation Portable systems.
The disc will include 30 titles from the Genesis system including classics such as Altered Beast, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shinobi III, Phantasy Star and Golden Axe…

Publisher Ubisoft has announced that they will release seven titles for the Nintendo Wii when it launched this holiday season…

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW II: As a squadron leader and ace fighter pilot, leverage the Wii controller to experience intense dog fighting in the famous air battles of WW II. Air combat simulation…