Ignition Entertainment announced that it will be releasing Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys. In this game, teenage zombies become Earth’s reluctant heroes. READ: H-E-R-O-E-S, not the cannon fodder. See, as the planet is being rampaged by Alien Brain Thingys, humans are held helpless against the invaders. Due to the raucous of the attacks, three teenage zombies have risen from their graves. Instead of going after their usual human, the zombies go after the juicier pink brain creatures. How’s that for a twist?

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The mash up of all mash ups has arrived. Fifteen years ago, it would’ve been sacrilegious to even think of a team-up such as this. Mario of Nintendo and Sonic of Sega are two of the most recognizable gaming icons. Now, they are pitted against each other in Mario and Sonic at the Olympics.

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Nothing brings back my childhood memories than the games I used to play, and Contra was a big part of it. I used to spend countless days and nights in front of the TV playing this game.

Contra by Konami is one of the best games ever created. Don’t just take my word for it, Contra consistently places in every best game list. For those who aren’t familiar, Contra is an action/shooting game originally done in 2D.

Now you don’t know how happy I was when I found out that there is a Contra game for Nintendo DS. Contra 4 is the fourth installation of the game. It has been hailed as the rebirth of the Contra franchise. Just like the original game, Contra 4 can be challenging. The game play is loyal to the feel of the original. Hardcore Contra fans may handle the normal mode, but most gamers might try and hone their skills with the easy mode first. Well, you can always use the Konami Code to get some advantage. For those born after the NES era, the Konami code is: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start. Once you’ve mastered the game, you can really feel that you accomplished the impossible.

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Solving mysteries has never been this much fun. Ubisoft announced this week that Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence will be available for the Wii. The fourth title from the CSI franchise, this is the first time a CSI game is being offered for the Wii. Use the Wii remote to navigate through a crime scene. The intuitive interface has been redone with the Wii gamers in mind. This game is more like the hit TV show than ever before.

The players will join Gil Grissom and the rest of CSI Las Vegas team to help untangle mysteries using real lab equipments and crime solving techniques. The game has more areas to explore and better interaction with the CSI team, giving it a longer gaming experience than previous CSI games.

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Will Wright is at it again. The game designer famous for creating The SIMS is taking things a step further with his latest project, Spore. It’s a “massively single-player online game” inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. In Spore, you make a tiny multi-cell organism evolve into a fully-developed intelligent being of your own design, then try to lead it towards universal domination – and what a big universe it is! The game is made up of over half a million stars, each with its own planetary system. How to cope with this awesome complexity? Have no fear, because the UrSpore.com online community is here.

UrSpore is a dedicated fan site that compiles the latest news and videos about the game. However, the best thing about the site is probably the forum, and I expect this section to pick up as soon as Spore is released by March 2008. See, Spore is the gaming industry’s answer to Web 2.0, or the proliferation of user-generated content. If YouTube allows you to share videos, Spore will allow you to share creatures, vehicles, and buildings you created with other players. These will be catalogued and rated for quality. Hence, an online community can go a long way in terms of street credibility and popularity. Now, if only UrSpore can have original written content like news and commentary (i.e., a blog) instead of merely compiling those from other sites, then this would really become an awesome pit stop.

Spore will be available in several platforms, including Windows PC, PS3, XBOX 360, and the Wii. For portable addicts, you’ll be happy to know that Spore is scalable, and a DS version is also in the works. And, as a bonus for Nintendo fans, the game will have additional features exclusively for the Wii, utilizing the motion-sensitive controls. Not surprising, really, as Wright has always been vocal about his console preference. “The only next-gen system I’ve seen is the Wii — the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement.”

Ouch. Sony and Microsoft must be reeling.

Wanna know more about Spore? Visit UrSpore and join the forum now.