This is actually some pretty big news! According to the Recording Academy itself, video games will now be included in the following categories at the Grammy Awards:

The Music for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)

Best Song Written for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)

This comes after Christopher Tin won the first ever Grammy for a video game last year for this track, which is the theme song to Civilization V.

Via Gamasutra

Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (4/11)

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UK software sales (Week ending 4/9)

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Individual formats

1 1 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
2 2 CRYSIS 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 3 HOMEFRONT XB360 THQ THQ
5 4 SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 5 CRYSIS 2 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 6 POKEMON BLACK VERSION DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
8 7 POKEMON WHITE VERSION DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 8 ART ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 9 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 10 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 11 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS XB360 LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
9 12 SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 13 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS WII LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
12 14 JUST DANCE 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
15 15 WWE ALL STARS XB360 THQ THQ
17 16 HOMEFRONT PS3 THQ THQ
16 17 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS PS3 LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
24 18 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS DS LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
20 19 MOTORSTORM: APOCALYPSE PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
– 20 DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 XB360 KOEI TECMO KOEI EUROPE
22 21 KILLZONE 3 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
27 22 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 23 THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 24 DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 PS3 KOEI TECMO KOEI EUROPE
21 25 WWE ALL STARS PS3 THQ THQ
25 26 FIFA 11 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 27 WII PARTY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 28 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
29 29 UDRAW STUDIO WII THQ THQ
– 30 BULLETSTORM XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
36 31 JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 32 HALO: REACH XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 33 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 PC SEGA SEGA
– 34 DRAGON AGE II XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 35 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 36 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28 37 FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 38 ZUMBA FITNESS XB360 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
– 39 THE TOMB RAIDER TRILOGY PS3 EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
31 40 FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS

All formats

2 1 ZUMBA FITNESS PIPEWORKS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
1 2 CRYSIS 2 CRYTEK EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 3 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS TRAVELLER’S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
6 4 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 5 SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED SLIGHTLY MAD STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 6 HOMEFRONT KAOS STUDIOS THQ THQ
7 7 WWE ALL STARS THQ SAN DIEGO THQ THQ
13 8 POKEMON BLACK VERSION GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 9 POKEMON WHITE VERSION GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 10 DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 OMEGA FORCE KOEI TECMO KOEI EUROPE
10 11 ART ACADEMY HEADSTRONG GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
8 12 FIFA 11 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
19 13 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
12 14 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
22 15 DRAGON AGE II BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 16 FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 17 BULLETSTORM EPIC GAMES/PEOPLE CAN FLY EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
17 18 MOTORSTORM: APOCALYPSE EVOLUTION STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
20 19 KILLZONE 3 GUERRILLA GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
14 20 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
24 21 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 22 THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 23 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 24 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 YUKE’S THQ THQ
18 25 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 26 WII PARTY ND CUBE NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 27 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
36 28 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
38 29 TOY STORY 3 N-SPACE DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
25 30 UDRAW STUDIO PIPEWORKS THQ THQ
– 31 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
35 32 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 33 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 34 HALO: REACH BUNGIE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 35 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 EDEN STUDIOS ATARI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
– 36 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS XBOX 360 CLASSICS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 37 JUST CAUSE 2 AVALANCHE STUDIOS XBOX 360 CLASSICS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
27 38 TOP SPIN 4 2K CZECH 2K SPORTS TAKE 2
28 39 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
– 40 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO

Nintendo signs distribution deal with Namco Bandai for Solatorobo: Red the Hunter in Europe

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Just how awesome is Nintendo of Europe? Well, think about this. They’ve brought over Disaster: Day of Crisis from Japan. They’ve announced Xenoblade Chronicles for European territories. And now they’ve revealed that they’re going to handle localization for CyberConnect2’s stellar DS title, Solatorobo. I think it’s pretty clear at this point that Nintendo of Europe blows Nintendo of America out of the water…

11th April, 2011 – Nintendo and NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S., a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today confirmed they have entered into a distribution agreement for Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, a game for the Nintendo DS family of consoles which is due to launch across Europe later this year. Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the game throughout European territories including Russia and Turkey, as well as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Nintendo Download: New Downloadable Games Keep the Ink Flowing and the Fun Growing

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Ready for a new hand-held game that’s sure to get under your skin? Art of Ink for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service invites players to flex their creative muscle by designing memorable tattoos for a colorful range of clients. Meanwhile, Slingo Quest offers a super-charged brand of puzzle-based fun, combining slots and bingo. A new prison-break adventure rounds out the latest Nintendo DSiWare offerings, while fresh additions to the WiiWare™ service include cartoon birds and a demo version of an engaging Wild West shooter.

Somethin’ dun went wrong with that there contest

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Hey folks, Austin here with a quick update regarding our contest we’ve been running that allows you to win some awesome free crap:

Something went wrong with Facebook, and despite the fact that many of you are mentioning us in your profiles, I cannot see your lovely, kind words. As it is, I’ve no choice but to make the contest even easier to enter for you Facebookers. If you wanna win some really cool stuff (see original post for details), then just become a fan of us on our Facebook page and post something nice about us on our wall. Or mean about us, I honestly don’t care either way.

Just don’t make it stupid and say “I like turtles” or something. You all are much too creative for that.

A note to the people who entered via Twitter: You’re all fine. We can see your mentions!

Thanks!

~Austin

GamesTM review scores

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Crysis 2 – 8
Shift 2: Unleashed – 6
PilotWings Resort – 6
Okamiden – 8
Top Spin 4 – 7
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars – 8
Dynasty Warriors 7 – 5
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters – 7
Torchlight – 8
WWE All Stars – 7
Homefront – 7
Asphalt 3D – 3
Puzzle Bobble Universe – 4
The Sims Medieval – 8
Radiant Historia – 8
PlayStation Move Heroes – 3
Ridge Racer 3D – 6
Dr Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises – 4
PixleJunk Shooter 2 – 9
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars – 8
Full House Poker – 5

Thanks to joclo for the tip!

Capcom on lack of Ace Attorney Investigations 2 localization, Okamiden sales surpass first Investigations

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Capcom created a lot of buzz recently when they stated that there are no plans to localize Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Now Capcom’s Corporate Officer/Senior Vice-President Christian Svensson has taken a bit of time to explain the company’s reasoning. Svensson also shared an interesting nugget that Okamiden’s sales have already surpassed those of the original Investigations title.

“The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return. And no, it wouldn’t sell more than Okamiden (which has already sold more than the first Investigations). Could this content show up on some other platform somewhere down the line? Possibly, but there’s nothing on that front for me to talk about. I realize there are fans who would like to have this and I’ll be sure to explore ways that could happen viably in the future with our strategy and R&D teams but no promises.”

Source

Best-selling games in Japan for March

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This information is based on data collection from February 28 to March 27…

1. [PSP] Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy – 414,127 / NEW
2. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 – 375,372 / NEW
3. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle – 128,178 / 245,767
4. [PS3] Way of the Samurai 4 – 112,719 / NEW
5. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection – 101,513 / NEW
6. [3DS] nintendogs + cats – 98,804 / 167,777
7. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity – 90,245 / 309,722
8. [PSP] SD Gundam G Generation: World – 82,056 / 309,846
9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – 56,263 / 4,372,182
10. [3DS] Samurai Warriors Chronicles – 54,285 / 97,329