Siliconera found a patent application from Nintendo that is one of either two things - a new cartridge for existing DS configurations, or a new cartridge for a new DS. Or it could be both, come to think of it.

A sequel for last year's breakout DS hit Scribblenauts graces the cover of the latest Nintendo power, promising a look at what 5th Cell has in mind.

Nintendo DS title Love Plus is a popular game. It a dating sim with young girls and has sold something like 180,000 copies in Japan. But nobody walks around advertising their adoration for the game. That is gonna change.

Glory of Heracles is a DS game that, while out in Japan since 2008, was only just released in the US, and won't be out in Europe for weeks. So Nintendo is still advertising. Advertising, and covering up butts.

Nintendo's partnership with pop diva Beyoncé comes to fruition, as five new pieces from her and her mother's Deréon fashion line become available for download in Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS.

Last month the worldwide effort to thwart the illegal copying and sales of video games took a turn to the draconian, with a number of publishers introducing new measures that often seemed to impact legitimate gamers as much as pirates.

Don't get excited about this screenshot. It's from the console version of Transformers: War For Cybertron. But the game still might turn your head.

Apparently selling four million copies in Japan did something to impress Nintendo, as the company announces it will be publishing Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in North America.

Coming this fall, Batman: The Brave and the Bold is based on the animated television series and will include co-op play and the ability to link the DS and Wii versions of the title.

Playable characters in the game include Batman, Robin, Green Lantern, Blue Beetle and Aquaman and Warner Bros. says there will be "dozens of popular villains" to fight.

Attention, Joan Rivers. Heads up to the E! Network. Pay attention, producers of the upcoming Academy Awards pre-show. I am about to show you how to do a Red Carpet right. Because everything is better with video games.