If you're in North America and you've been dutifully collecting Square Enix games, you may have some free stuff headed your way. The end of the current reward period for the Square Enix Members club is coming up on March 31, at which point Square Enix will ship out rewards depending on your "tier" rank -- a status awarded based on the number of games you've registered through the program.

For the mere seconds of work we just spent registering a single game, we hit "bronze" status and earned a postcard set featuring Final Fantasy XIII, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Star Ocean The Last Hope International artwork. Silver members will get a desktop calendar with artwork from Final Fantasy XIV, Front Mission Evolved and other games; Gold members get a music compilation on CD; and Ultimate members will get an 8GB iPod Touch and a free Square Enix game to play on it!

Square Enix details upcoming membership rewards originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nintendo explains what the biggest misconception about the Wii is.

The 2010 Nintendo Media Summit has come and gone, and sent a wave of huge Nintendo news through the industry. We had hands-on time with some of the Wii's biggest upcoming titles, screenshots for almost everything on Nintendo's 2010 calendar and a big ol' sack full of new videos. In case you missed anything, we've wrapped it all up and have it here for you in one tidy little package.

Continue reading Nintendo Media Summit 2010: The Recap Post

Nintendo Media Summit 2010: The Recap Post originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CoffeewithGames.Blogspot.com says, "House of the Dead: Overkill had 315,323 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 6,064 hours from last week.
Dead Space: Extraction had 62,638 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 2,698 from last week.
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles had 141,084 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 10,544 hours from last week.

House of the Dead: Overkill's review score average is 80.80%, based on 55 reviews.
Dead Space: Extraction's review score average is 83.75% based on 59 reviews.
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles' review score average is 74.54% based on 40 reviews."

TSA Writes:

The ESRB have let slip some new gameplay details for Sonic The Hedgehog 4 and from the description it sounds like fans of the original games are going to be very happy.

One of the more famous video game composers has been confirmed to be working on the new RPG from Nintendo and Monolith Soft.

"On Nick's Gaming View Episode #5, Nick covers this week's latest news including new details on Halo: Reach and events including hints towards new titles and sequels. Nick also expresses what he would like to see in the next Killzone and asks for the watchers/listeners to contribute by sharing their ideas in the comment section. Lastly, he discusses what really grinds his gears."

-TheGamerAccess.com

AllIsBrawl: As we all know there seems to be a kind of subliminal message in the Mario Galaxy 1 boxart:

In the SMG logo, some words have a little star on the bottom, which are:
U R M R G A Y

Which, if read like U R MR GAY, sounds like You are Mr. Gay

Now many people think it's just a coincidence, including myself, that is, however until a few minutes ago:

Same deal, certain letters have a little star on the bottom, which are:
U R M I A Y

UR MIAY? UR MI AY? no no, read it BACKWARDS:
Y A I M R U

which, if read like YA I M R U, sounds like Yeah I am are you?

We're not sure which element of this story is the most newsworthy, so we'll lead with this: Some person, somewhere in the world, recently spent $41,300 on an extremely rare NES game. Someone was perusing the eBay auction block, saw Stadium Events (which Nintendo bought the rights to and retitled World Class Track Meet), and said, "you know what? That looks like the kind of thing I'd like to spend an American's median annual income on."

According to Video Game Price Charts, that auction has turned Stadium Events into the most expensive NES game ever sold. There are around 200 copies of the game still floating around out there -- which should be enough to send most of you rushing to your local pawn shop in a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-esque tizzy.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Stadium Events sells for $41,300, becomes most expensive NES game ever originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although it may not have been as packed as the first month of 2010, February still provided plenty of great new releases, especially in regards to unique titles from niche genres.