Hideki Kamiya has well proven that he can combine his own level of creativity with his team’s ingenuity to craft a stylish and satisfying game. If you need proof of that, check out the first Devil May Cry or Viewtiful Joe and see if you still aren’t a believer. Or, if you’ve no time for [...]

Turbine has released a trailer for their upcoming mini-expansion, The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood. Unlike their last expansion The Mines of Moria, Siege of Mirkwood is much smaller in scale and will be available only as a download for $19.99 and launch on December 1st, 2009. Fans of the Lord of [...]

Activision has announced the track list exclusive to the DJ Hero Renegade Edition version of the game. This special edition will include a 2-CD pack that features music by Jay-Z and Eminem. The DJ Hero Renegade Edition is aimed at the hardcore wannabe mixer, complete with a premium Renegade turntable controller and a hard shell [...]

To the dismay of many shooter fans (and fans of Valve in general) Left 4 Dead 2 is only a little over a month ahead of us. Taking the boycotting and claims of it being a glorified expansion pack in stride, Valve asserts that Left 4 Dead 2 is not only a stand-alone game, but [...]

What do you get when you mix Psychonauts and Doom, and make the game an arena shooter? Well… probably nothing particularly savory, but definitely something resembling Dreamkiller. Developed by Mindware Studios, this is a game that has flown under the radar for the most part, but has a premise that is unmistakably unique, and should [...]

If you’ve ever played any Sims game, you’ll know that the characters speak in a nonsensical, fictional language called Simlish. This extends to music featured in the game. For example, a Sim listening to the radio will hear musicians singing in Simlish. The Sims 2 took this a step further and featured famous artists such [...]

This week, dynamic detective duo Sam and Max will call Xbox Live Arcade their new home as the award-winning series Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space debuts on that console. Starting tomorrow, all five episodes will be available as one bundle and cost 1600 Microsoft points. The game is the sequel to Sam and [...]

  When first announced, Bethesda’s next big project was described as more of a tactical shooter than a linear military game. They gave it the name Rogue Warrior and, though it has the same title, it doesn’t take influence from Richard Marcinko’s autobiography at all. Rather, it draws from his fictional novels detailing different experiences [...]

As of late, the games industry has somehow found itself in a rut of numerous minor upgrades having the price tag of full retail games. In terms of consoles, the PSP Go and DSi are the worst offenders. As for software, the recently released Halo 3: ODST is the first that comes to mind. So [...]

5th Cell, developers of Drawn to Life and Scribblenauts, are hoping to please gamers worldwide again with the sequel to their first game, Drawn to Life: the Next Chapter for the Nintendo Wii and DS. The original Drawn to Life was best known for its inventive mechanics which had players drawing items rather than having to [...]

In the modern era of gaming, an aristocracy of gruff-voiced, hardened veterans has emerged. Looking to join the ranks of such gravelly orators as Solid Snake, Master Chief and Alex Mercer is Sean Devlin, a saboteur. But don’t worry; The Saboteur’s greatest qualities will probably extend far beyond the baritones of its main protagonist. In The [...]

  In a press release today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games announced the complete track list for Lego Rock Band, their upcoming new spin on the Rock Band franchise. The list for the console version has such legendary names as Jimi Hendrix, the Jackson 5, Bon Jovi and Blink 182. As for the [...]

Turbine has released a trailer for their upcoming mini-expansion, The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood. Unlike their last expansion The Mines of Moria, Siege of Mirkwood is much smaller in scale and will be available only as a download for $19.99 and launch on December 1st, 2009. Fans of the Lord of [...]

The first trailer with in-game footage of Super Street Fighter IV has just been released.  The trailer includes 3 characters, T-Hawk, Dee Jay and a brand new character Juri.  Super Street Fighter IV will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 during Spring 2010. With about 8 new characters, enhanced online play and more, [...]

The first viral video for Tekken 6 has been released today, What will you fight for?. Check out the video below and for more information and videos checkout http://www.whatwillyoufightfor.com.

Below your find the recently released trailer for Dead Rising 2 Terror is Reality where  4 players can play against each other in a Gladiator type of game except with zombies.  I don’t know, looks kinda weird. At an exclusive event in Ebisu, Tokyo, Capcom, in collaboration with Microsoft, unveiled the first details on Dead Rising [...]

Montreal developer Ubisoft electrified a crowd of 5,000 on Friday night with its back-to-back presentations of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin’s Creed II. The Sam Fisher game was first, with Creative Director Max Beland giving the presentation. He stressed that this Splinter Cell will change the way people play stealth-based games. According to Beland, typical [...]

The trailer for the highly-anticipated Command and Conquer 4 has been released. Like a standard C&C live action cutscene from the games, this trailer wallows in its campy but badass glory. EA announced Command and Conquer 4 back at E3 and is scheduled for a 2010 release date. The story takes place in the year [...]

Fresh off the Sega blog is the new trailer for the Iron Man 2 video game and some details about the upcoming game.   It seems comic book writter Matt Fraction will be writing the storyline for the video game which will include elements from both the movie and comic book universes.   The game will also feature [...]

A new trailer for Katamari Forever was released today on the Playstation Blog.  It’s a little weird, but then again what about Katamari isn’t. Katamari Forever is set to be released in Japan on July 23rd and later on in Europe and North America.

Last week Infinity Ward promised to publish an unboxing video for the Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition and they’ve made good on that promise. Actually there are a couple limited edition collectors sets for MW2. The first is called the Hardened Edition that comes with a collector’s art book and a voucher for the original [...]

The rumors have been circling around for several weeks about a PS3 slim in development but no one has had any solid proof. The above video isn’t what we’d call proof but it’s defiantly firewood used to fuel the speculation. The video is very blurry and shaky and the gentlemen talking seem to be talking [...]

Bohemia Interactive has released the first developer’s diary for Arma 2 in a series of videos to show of just how different Arma II is for other FPS.  The most interesting feature in the video was in the final 30 seconds when they showed you can roll around while in the prone position, which also [...]

During GDC 2009 OnLive was one of the talks of the show. It promised the ability to stream games at high quality with no lag over the internet without the use of consoles or high powered home PC’s. Not too long after OnLive was announced David Perry, now an executive video game industry consultant, showed [...]

Attendees at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo got the chance to see a faithful replica of Mark Meltzer’s office, which is featured in the teaser site for BioShock 2 that launched a few months ago. Called “There’s Something Under the Sea,” the interactive website offers tantalizing clues as to what we can expect in the [...]

As some of you may know, a second film adaptation of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are will be coming out this October. Surprise surprise! There’s a video game tie-in. The video game version will be released on all consoles except the PSP at roughly the same time as the film. Here [...]

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. and MTV just announced five more songs for the kid- and tween-friendly LEGO Rock Band, bringing the total revealed tracklist to 11. The game is scheduled for release this winter, though a definite date hasn’t been given yet. It’ll of course be available on all three consoles. LEGO Rock Band is [...]

Wouldn’t it be great if the lazer beams from your eyes would match the color of your boots? Or if the swirly fire emanating from your hands matched your minions? Well, now you can with Powers Customization, a feature that will be introduced in City of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum. When I first read [...]

As annoying as they can be, you can’t help but laugh at these manically insane, ADD-laden rabbids. Here are four new screenshots from the upcoming Rabbids Go Home, which is coming out for the Wii. In Rabbids Go Home, which debuted at E3 this summer, the rabbids want to go home. Somewhere, Rayman breathes a [...]

It’s not very often news like this leaks out over the weekend. An inside source from 4 Player Co-Op has gotten their hands on what is rumored to be the first concept images from an all new Tomb Raider game. A hard glimpse at the blurry images suggests this new game will be open world [...]

Six new screenshots of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars have been released today.  The upcoming fighter is slated for a winter 2009 release date, but no official date has been announced yet .