I like Overlord and I love freebies, so this Overlord pre-order promo from GameStop is definitely relevant to my interests. See, anyone who pre-orders a copy of Overlord II, Overlord Dark Legend and Overlord Minions from GameStop will receive one of four different minion figurines.

One of the more heated issues in the video game industry right now is the thrust of some studios to fight video game rentals and second hand game sales. GameStop tosses in its two cents saying that this will only end up hurting gamers, and even sales of new games.

Morpheon Mods has just announced the completion of their custom Super Mario Galaxy Wii console. While the light and sound show on this new piece are certainly an eyeful, one other feature the team's proud of is its custom logo. More details on this project are available in the full article.

Earlier this month, comScore found that the Nintendo Wii was the most popular item in UK search engines, which is why it doesn't really come as all that surprising that the console has turned out to be the most popular item on UK's eBay. Read how the handhelds and other consoles fared in the full article.

Kurt Jellinek, president of Slackers, released an official statement in response to the news expose of Ars Technica Ben Kuchera. In the statement, Jellinek provided some material regarding this issue and even refuted some accusations made by the Kuchera's article about Slackers scalping Wii consoles on eBay.

Details about the official statement after the Jump.

Ars Technica expose writer Ben Kuchera brings another ground breaking story as he infiltratesd local video games retail chain Slackers and interviewed some employees about some of the business practices there. Apparently it was confirmed that employees mislead their customers by inaccurately reporting actual Wii stocks in the store and instead selling the extra ones on eBay at a premium.

For more information, read the full article after the jump!

For those of you may have been praying for a miracle to occur in the midst of the shortage (read: finding a reasonably priced Nintendo Wii these days), it seems your prayers have been answered. Yes, there are Nintendo Wiis on eBay, and yes, they're selling for cheaper there. Want to find out how it happened? Check out the full story after the jump!

So kids, don't do drugs: after catching his son in the act of smoking pot with his two friends, an angry father put up the copy of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC), which was meant to be his son's Christmas present, for sale on eBay, and got thousands of dollars richer by accident. Details in the full article.

In the scramble for Nintendo Wiis this holiday season, it seems that some people would rather shell out an exorbitant amount of money to obtain a Nintendo Wii of their own: US$15,000 to be exact, especially when it involves an ultra rare Darth Vader Nintendo Wii for sale on eBay.

The full article awaits after the jump!

Here's something you certainly don't want to happen to you especially during this time of the year: Kathy Green, a woman from Columbus, Georgia had her Nintendo Wii console stolen while it was under the care of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Accordingly, Green was able to find the console on eBay. When the packaged arrived, however, she noticed that the box was torn open and that the Wii was already missing. The full details after the jump!