In slightly shocking news from Nintendo, it looks like the father of Mario and Zelda , Shigeru Miyamoto, will not be taking the stage at the company’s E3 press conference in LA next week, kickstarting rumours that a new Super Mario game could well be announced at the show. Miyamoto has been more focused on the family-friendly Wii titles in recent times, with experts suggesting that the decision not to push him forward this year could herald a return to the more traditional Nintendo core games. “Not to put the great man down but this is a good omen for the hardcore Nintendo fan,” says Editor of NGamer , Nick Ellis.

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We have been posting updates about the new EA Sports game 3-on-3 NHL Arcade. The game is sounding like it’s going to be a great one. I love hockey so I was very interested in finding out more about this title. While EA Sports has turned the NHL series into a solid franchise, and it’s always my personal NHL game to play each year, I liked the idea of having the option of playing an over-the-top NHL game. While Hockey fans may also like the idea, I wonder about the casual gamer and what they might want to know about the game. After all, while the Xbox Live Arcade has plenty of games to pick from, sports titles have been very limited. The ones that have been released were pretty flat. I was asked if I would be interested in sitting down with the Lead Producer of 3-on-3 NHL Arcade, Matt Maher. We had the chance for a short Q&A session over the phone.

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We have teamed up once again with Charlie McCracken over at Joystickwidow.com to bring you another conference call. This time around 2K Sports brought in Rob Nelson, producer of MLB Power Pros 2008, to give us the run down about the game. It’s coming out for the Nintendo Wii, DS and the PS2. The game is a huge hit in Japan. The team effort of Konami (the developers) and 2K Sports publishing has brought this game to the US market.

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Ladies and Gentleman, introducing the new boxing game in town from 2K Sports Don King Presents Prizefighter for the Xbox 360. What you are about to read is from the live conference call today with executive producer Matthew Seymour, Don King and Larry Holmes. Joystickwidow.com invited me to sit in on this interview and I want to thank them for the opportunity. We are presenting this cooperatively so it is a little different than our normal interviews or coverage of conference calls. I also want to thank Chase at AccessPR for arranging the call.

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I’ve always been a big fan of the Need For Speed series of video games, so when I was in New York a couple of weeks ago I jumped at the opportunity to interview Mike Mann, Senior Producer for Need For Speed ProStreet. Now, unfortunately there were a couple of questions that weren’t answered, but it seems Mike did a good job at clearing up most of my concerns. Read on for the full interview, and feel free to post a comment. Read the rest of this entry

As many of you know from Xbox Solution attending E3 this year it was a great show and Microsoft had a very impressive showing. From the Live Anywhere to Halo 3 it seemed MS just kept finding ways to surprise everyone. You may have watched the E3 coverage from your Xbox 360 and saw the PMS Clan members hosting as well. I ran into the girls several times and got a chance to talk with them briefly. Then on Friday night at the Xbox Live Party I ran into Athena and we talked a bit more.

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Our head writer Rich Reed recently had an opportunity to get an exclusive interview with David DeMartini, the Executive Producer of EA’s The Godfather video game. The full transcript of the interview is below. We hope you enjoy reading his candid responses. XBS would like to thank Mr. DeMartini for his time; his responses have not been edited or altered in any way.

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Top Spinâ„¢ returns for another victory on Xbox 360â„¢. Everything you loved is back and better than ever! Top Spinâ„¢ 2 serves up 24 top-ranked athletes like Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, all four Grand Slams, a multi-season career, and a set of new risk and advanced shots, making this game an unbeatable ace! – from xbox.com.

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Xbox Solution recently sat down with a producer from Activision, Inc. to talk about their upcoming Xbox® title Shrek Super Slam.

The full Shrek SuperSlam Interview can be read at the XBS content area on Xbox.com.

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Recently we had a chance to talk shop with Noah Heller, the Producer for Suffering: Ties That Bind, the sequel to The Suffering. We wanted to get to know more about this action / horror game so our Creative Director Christina had a little chat, and found out some pretty interesting details on this upcoming game for the Xbox from Midway. So rather than tell you about the game, read the full Suffering: Ties That Bind Interview below and see why Christina is now more hyped than ever for this revamped and improved horror title.

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