Including the bonus stages revealed in Famitsu recently, Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox 360) has a grand total of four new modes. Details and a video after the jump.

While it was not quite as fulfilling as giving another player a brutal beat down, the car-destroying minigame in Street Fighter II served as a sort of calming distraction from the constant fist, foot, and fireball on flesh action. We haven't seen it in any of the recent iterations of the series, but as shown in the latest issue of Famitsu, it may be making a return in Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox 360) along with the barrel smashing bonus stage.

It's numbers time yet again! Famitsu's come out with their hardware sales charts, albeit a bit late this week. Still on top: DSi. And what's this we see inching closer to the top, a mere 4,000 units shy? It's the PSP with 40,000, just a tad bit below the DSi who has 44,000. The Xbox 360, meanwhile, edges out over PS2 with just 2,000 more units sold.

It's been a while, and a lot of things definitely happened this week for the green blog. We have here some buzz pertaining to the supposed inclusion of Blu-ray into the Xbox 360, an expected subsequent denial, and piqued interest as to this possibility and more. On the games front, we've got a slew of add-ons and new releases, as well as record-making/ record-breaking game sessions. Catch up on things you might have missed this week on the Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior.

If only we could read Japanese then the language barrier would not have delayed the info and we could've gotten them sooner. Caught the Famitsu scans for Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3) we posted yesterday? Now we know what those Japanese text walls have been trying to tell us.

Japanese gaming mag Famitsu comes up big once again with a whole bunch of images from the scene's hottest. Kotaku managed to get their hands on a whole bunch of scans off their latest issue, and we've got info on the latest character for Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3).

Japanese magazine Famitsu has given out its verdict for Platinum Games' Bayonetta, and what do you know, it got a perfect score of 40/40. Here's the thing, though. Not only did it get a perfect 40, it also got a 38.

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has laid out a few of his plans for the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox 360) in a recent interview with Japanese gaming mag Famitsu. Hit the jump for details.

Arc System Works, the company behind the Guilty Gear series and the much more recent BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, has good news 2D fighting game fanatics -- particularly those who enjoyed BlazBlue. They've announced in the latest issue of Famitsu that an update/sequel for BlazBlue called "Continuum Shift" is in development.

Japanese gaming mag, Famitsu, comes up big again in their latest issue, where they managed to get hold of more info on the characters that we'll be meeting next year in Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), as well as a few other gameplay elements. For now, we're stuck with getting details when they come, and come they just did, so read up and stay updated.