Rafael Nadal's savaging of sole Brit Wimbledon hope Andy Murray may have disappointed the UK tennis fans somewhat (come on, we all knew it was going to happen) but we've still got a weekend of racquet sports to look forward to. Ie. the inevitable Federer/Nadal face-off that we witnessed a year ago.

And that's the only Wimbledon-related preamble you're going to get out of us - if you want sports punditry go and look at the BBC ...

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Wii's getting a new Raving Rabbids game; further cementing the series as such a strong brand in its own right that it really ought to drop Rayman from the name altogether. The game's unique selling point is that it's the first game you can play entirely with your butt. We tried it - it actually works! ...
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Ubisoft has unveiled a new teaser trailer presumably for a new Rayman Raving Rabbids game that uses the Wii Fit Balance Board as part of its control system.

The video features a Rabbid encountering the Balance Board in a nice looking living room that wouldn't look out of place in one of Nintendo's lifestyle advertisements.

He/She/It treats the peripheral with the type of skepticism that hardcore gamers have shown towards the ...

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Playing up to his true campy self, David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff stars in a commercial for the recently released Ready 2 Rumble Revolution.
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Here's the Euro videogames releases for this week, highlights include WWE Legends of Wrestling, Madworld and GTA Chinatown Wars. All Games are due for release on March 20th unless otherwise stated.
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The week ahead belongs to the portable gaming systems, with several big titles for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, and nothing new for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. Rockstar Games brings Grand Theft Auto to the DS with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. PSP gamers can look forward to Resistance Retribution. Don't forget to link up to Resistance 2 on the PS3! There are a couple of bundles from Ubisoft and a few RPGs to check out as well.

This week's new video game releases:
(subject to change)

Wii
Marble Saga Kororinpa
No More Hereos/Red Steel Bundleicon
Pro Evolution Soccer 09
Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution (Ready 2 Rumble T-shirt pre-order bonus)
Rune Factory: Frontier

Nintendo DS
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Exclusive Bulletproof Infernus car bonus)
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
History Great Empires: Rome
Scrabble
Suikoden Tierkreis (Soundtrack and Artbook pre-order bonus)
TrackMania DS (3-Months of Free Online "TrackMania United Forever" for PC)
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

Sony PSP
Air Conflicts
Prince of Persia Rival Swords/Prince of Persia Revelation Bundle icon
Resistance: Retribution
Scrabble
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David Geudelekian, Producer on Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, has claimed that the Wii's much-vaunted control scheme is far from perfect.

"There are a lot of hardware limitations on the Wii, like for example the Z-planing is very difficult - it's the worst and least sensitive motion for the Wii," Geudelekian told Kikizo.

This particular drawback has apparently obliged R2RR developer AKI Corporation to use the Wii remote's accelerometer in some cases rather than its motion-sensing functionality.

Geudelekian later reflected negatively on the Wii's software line-up, commenting that R2RR's mini-game offerings were a far cry from "the waggle-fest mini-games that we're used to on this wonderful piece of hardware".

Hit the jump for Geudelekian's thoughts on the strength of the IP, Revolution's relaxed combo timing and celebrities who really need to get over themselves.
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A collation of every video from Tuesday's Atari Live event held in London.
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Midway have not released one in years, but that doesn't mean that the franchise is dead. After all, German publisher 10tacle Studios did confirmed that it would be continuing the series in partnership with Japanese developer, Aki.
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