As of today, Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob have four new brothers. Or four new pets, depending on how you look at it. Nickelodeon has acquired the global rights for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million. Considered one of the most successful franchises in the past 25 years, the Turtles have had a successful run in cartoons, movies, toy lines, and of course video games.

John Master Lee via www.variety.com »

"Games should be fun.

But sometimes they get to a point where the challenge simply becomes beyond frustrating and makes you feel like an incompetent, so you don’t finish. Sometimes maybe it is your lack of skill, but other times it is just poor game design.

Or maybe the game becomes so boring that it becomes too frustrating to even bother finishing. After all, every second is a second lost of your life you’ll never get back, and who wants to be stuck playing a game that’s no longer fun..."

Godem via oxcgn.com »

"0 Ubisoft have today announced that it will launch an all-new, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) videogame – the first that is not tied to a TMNT movie, television show or comic book – which will be a four-player action fighting title. The game is being developed by Game Arts, noted for working on the critically acclaimed Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

"Remember the first time you played a game where you couldn’t get by the first level no matter how hard you tried? Remember thinking to yourself that you spent 3$ dollars borrowing a game that was so difficult you wanted to return it and ask for something more tolerable?"

tyranitar24 via old-wizard.com »

"Hello chart-fappers! It's Wednesday and time to cast our beady, numerically-fixated eyes over this weeks official UK Chart Track full-price videogames top 20! We know we're a day late, but it's been so nice outside, we thought we'd give you time to work on that tan, expose your thighs and dribble ice cream down your favourite t-shirt. We're thoughtful like that.

Anyway, while you were gone, those mighty Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles high-kicked and karate-chopped their way up from last week..."

Chaos Swordsman via ds.ign.com »