Following Capcom's fiscal year results for 2007, they have released a list of their best selling franchises and games. To find out more about this, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Aside from the Fight Night series and Wii Sports Boxing, what do boxing and gaming have in common? A lot, really. Join us as we analyze the histories of both fields by drawing parallels between great boxers and game consoles. Why is Muhammad Ali equivalent to the NES? Why is Oscar De la Hoya comparable to the PS2? What does Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. share with next-gen consoles? Find out in the full article when you click on the "read more" link.

Getting tired of the same-old machismo that's prevalent in your daily dose of gaming? For the guys looking for an alternative to the said manliness, we've come up with a list of our  "beautiful men" of gaming. And while they're all indeed effeminate beyond compare, they're in every way just as bad-ass as the likes of Kratos or  Markus Fenix. Head on over to the full article for the list!

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Amycall's mobile offering is going for the gold. The phone manufacturer's PS3 phone carries other concepts "borrowed" from other consoles, the details of which you can pick up over in the full article.

Producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka was recently pulled in for an interview regarding the release of his game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. Takatsuka took the time to discuss his studio's apparent disappointment over the game's PS3 release, while looking forward to the upcoming next-gen sequel, PES 2009. Details on this interview are available in the full article.

An article posted on Infendo ran a discussion on the prospect of the Wii, and in effect Nintendo, going monopolistic as it did in the NES era and taking over the gaming world. The article pointed to the weakening sales of main rival Microsoft Xbox 360 and altogether dismissed the significance of Sony's PlayStation 3 in this generation's console war.

Pointing to the successful marketing and innovations of the Wii while highlighting the decline in Xbox 360 sales, the article imagined Nintendo's hot-selling console rolling out in all directions and flattening everything in its path. The reports of Nintendo publishing 124 first-party games in 2007 seemed to suggest to the author that an encore of the SNES days may be at hand.

The article went as far as comparing the Xbox 360 to the iPod, saying "Apple's iPod rollout -- a product which sold at the time for more than the Xbox 360 -- it had sold nearly 30 million units. Microsoft is struggling to achieve less than half that." The article concludes that the Xbox 360 may very well be "2007's house of cards."

There are a lot of other interesting points raised by the write-up which you may want to read for yourself. We won't make any judgments regarding the ideas expressed, though we would like to point out that iPods and Xbox 360s are two very different products that cater to distinct crowds. You may own both, but it's not likely that you bought them for the same reasons.

And what about each console serving niche crowds categorized by age groups? You be the judge of that. Follow the read URL and tell us what you think.

Now, who would have thought it?

According to the German gaming site GameFront, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun has released a report about a press conference which has just been held by Nintendo. As most press conferences go, the Nintendo officials spoke about upcoming game titles, the financial gains of the company, movements and plans in general. However, one simple statement from Nintendo President Satoru Iwata made the event a whole lot more exciting.

According to the Japanese newspaper, Iwata stated that they "would love to see Kutaragi join up with Nintendo".

Now, this may generate a lot of reactions, but then again, how this will all develop would be nothing short of interesting. After all, Kutaragi's honorary position at Sony isn't exactly a very active office, and The Father of Playstation has also stated in recent interviews that his next ventures would mostly be independent from Sony, so there MAY be a good chance that he'll take Nintendo up on his offer. After all, it cannot be denied that Kutaragi has a long history with Nintendo, since he IS the guy who gave the SNES the gift of sound, via the SPC700 chip which he designed.

However, considering the fact that Kutaragi was also once badly slighted by Iwata's predecessors (think: Hiroshi Yamauchi, CES 1989, and a botched Play Station announcement... note the space in between "Play Station"), one can't really tell what Crazy Ken will do next.

Famitsu has revealed that a potentially huge RPG-related announcement will be made during the Square Enix Party event which will run from May 12 to May 13.

According to the schedule posted on the website, Square Enix will be holding its "Star Ocean Special Stage" on the morning of May 12. The big news here is that Square Enix will reportedly be announcing a new title in the Star Ocean franchise. A video clip (presumably from the new title) will also be shown as well as an introduction to the new characters and their voice actors.

The Star Ocean series made its debut on Nintendo's SNES, so the announcement could be for Nintendo's DS and Wii. However, the series did become popular in North America thanks to its PlayStation titles, so a PS3 or PSP installment isn't totally out of the picture.

Rob Enderle of Digital Trends recently wrote his thoughts regarding two upcoming biggies for the Xbox 360: Halo 3 and Shadowrun. Enderle discussed how good it can be for the Xbox 360 to have a deeper multiplayer online experience and what this spells out for the console wars, especially for the Sony PlayStation 3.

The article praised Shadowrun and Halo 3 for developing titles that would push the hardware to its limits. Add to that the fact that Halo 3's online battlefields will be massive and can support more players than ever imagined. Shadowrun will have 16 players tops per game but we suppose the developers thought it was best for the SNES original to be played in smaller bunches.

"Sony is in trouble if these games take off. They don’t even do multi-player that well yet, MMOGs are well out of their reach and they have effectively blocked every attempt their PC unit has made to work with their game platform," argues Enderle.

He also predicted what response gamers may take, saying "this creates the very real possibility that Sony PC users will be more likely to choose an Xbox 360 over Playstation 3 if they want to experience cross-platform play."

Another point the article established was that the Xbox 360 brings a more or less level playing field to the MMO circuit. Unlike PCs, everyone will have almost the same hardware set and all the Xbox Live users will be on broadband. That means there will probably be less lag and more fun for the users.

And how does the Wii figure into all of this? Enderle says, "I don't see these latest efforts from Microsoft having much impact. Nintendo is more physical and tends to play to a younger crowd. Nintendo also has a very attractive price point so they should be able to sleep easy while continuing to enjoy an impressive sales ramp."

Thanks to Taimoor, we found out about a new tutorial for PS3 users to get even more out of their system. Over at the T-Break Forums, Solid has written a rather in-depth tutorial about installing Yellow Dog Linux and VLC Media Player on your PlayStation 3.

The tutorial has everything, from locations to download the applications you'll need, screenshots to serve as reference for installation, and a step-by-step guide to putting it all together. You will need a DVD-R or two to use the tutorial, as well as a USB keyboard and mouse to get things going, since you'll be burning a distributable version of YDL v5.0 and doing some mighty computing on your PS3 when you're done. All you have to do is read the instructions and you should be on your way.

As an added bonus, Solid's also put up a tutorial for installing SNES9X, an SNES emulator, just in case you needed even more reason to check out some gaming nostalgia. As for finding games, we'll leave that up to your supreme hacking skills.