Wolf-waggling commences early next year.

What has been rumored since early this year has finally been confirmed: Capcom and Clover's critically acclaimed adventure title, Okami, will be coming to the Wii sometime in Spring 2008.

Since the esteemed Clover Studio is no longer with us, porting duties will be handled by the extremely competent Ready At Dawn, best known for their PSP titles Daxter and the upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus.

This has always been one of those rumors that just made too much sense not to happen, but then again, if there was any sense in the world, Clover would still be around to bring us original titles; so it's nice to see that it is coming to fruition in spite of this.

There is no word yet on whether anything aside from the requisite motion controls will be added, but if RAD can nail just that one aspect, I'll be happy. There is nothing that can ruin a good game quite like sloppy motion controls.

[via GoNintendo]

"I'm here to chew gum and play Speedball, and I'm all out of gum."

I'm sure this is going to date me and make me look like a geek, but the Bit Brothers masterpiece, Speedball 2, was the most heavily played game of my college years, even while the shiny Playstation was making the scene.  From the nearly impossible to read copy protection booklet, to switching off with a friend brutalizing the computerized competition to make it all the way to the big leagues, it was a nerd orgy of blood and tears.  Only days from now it will finally return in high def on XBLA.

Online play or local smashing.  Choice of new 3D visuals, or the classic 2D style. The game features 32 teams,four leagues, cup and knockout competitions, team enhancements, management and training options, and Ranked Preset or Ranked Career games.

* For more details on "Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe," please visit:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/speedball2xboxlivearcade/default.htm

Because Microsoft wants to make your head explode (with goodness!) that's not all for the week. The long awaited Every Extend Extra Extreme from Q Entertainment is finally set to explode all over XBLA, where timing your suicide is the key to big scores.  This version promises a hundred times more enemies and chain reactions than the previous one, full of modes such as Main mode, Wiz Ur Muzik mode, VS mode,Time Attack Mode and a genuine shooting mode.

* For more details on "Every Extend Extra Extreme," please visit:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/e/e4xboxlivearcade/default.htm

Feel the heat of the new entry in the Kingdom Under Fire series.

Exclusive to the Xbox 360, this action RPG features randomly generated levels, four playing online co-op, fully destructible surroundings, and a whole lot of loot to customize its four fierce warriors with.  Screens have surfaced and videos have appeared.  The only thing we didn't have was a launch date.  Well, here it is straight from Microsoft:

* Japan , Australia/New Zealand and Asia Dec. 13
* Americas (U.S., Canada, Latin America) Jan. 8, 2008
* Europe, the Middle East and Africa Feb. 1, 2008

A little something to keep you warm in the long winter months ahead.

 Let your Blu-ray player try something different. 

Jonathan Mak's Everyday Shooter is almost ready to bestow its aural pleasures upon PS3 owners everywhere as it has been announced for release this Thursday for $10. The synaesthetic shooter looks all kinds of awesome and should be considered required gaming for anyone with a PS3. You already spent $600 on the console so you could pay twice as much for your movies, $10 isn't going to kill you.

It's an odd feeling to be so looking forward to a PS3 title that isn't months or years away. Along with LittleBigPlanet and echochrome, PSN is definitely starting to give XBLA a run for its (my?) money. 

All these downloadable games are starting to take their toll on my wallet. Sin and Punishment and SMB2 on VC last week, and Puzzle Quest on XBLA and Everyday Shooter on PSN this week. The first three are all sold at a premium over standard prices too!

[via Destructoid]