Steve Schardein

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena – Demo coming, plus screens and release dates

We've got finalized release dates, three new screenshots, and all the information on a newly-announced downloadable demo (coming in March) inside; check it out!

Major League Baseball 2K9 – Downloadable demo released; queue yours today

You’re probably tired of video trailers at this point, so why not try the game out for yourself?  You can now on Xbox Live Marketplace, or this Thursday on PSN.  Here are the details: As baseball fans get ready for Opening Day, 2K Sports today released a free demo of Major League Baseball 2K9 for download on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360®. Queue it up from Xbox.com and it will be w...[Read More]

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop released to chopping centers everywhere

Just a friendly reminder, courtesy of Capcom: today you can pick up Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop at whatever store you normally do your chopping. More details inside in the full press release.

Blue Dragon Plus

Brownie Brown takes another crack at real-time strategy on the DS, this time with even more of an RPG twist.

Killzone 2 – Developer’s ‘Making of’ Video Trailer in Free HD

Streaming wouldn’t do this one justice.  Download the full HD trailer, for crying out loud.  After all, we’ve got it for you here, for free.  So take advantage of that already!

More sexy Nintendo DSi pics released – NSFW (…heh, only kidding)

We want one. (click Read More and then click the image to the right to view the full size photos)

Nintendo comes clean about last week’s Virtual Console teaser – plus, three other Wii Shop additions

Tired of ciphering all of the possible clues in last week's enigmatic Nintendo press release?  Toil no more, friends; the answer is afoot. The answer: Commodore 64 games are coming. This week spells three additions from the ancient gem of a console, plus the first-ever WiiWare first-person shooter title, to boot.  For full details, check out the press release within.

Rock Band goes Country; also, 3-pack of Jimmy Eat World

Rock Band’s getting some country twang to satisfy you rockers with cowboy hats.  Meanwhile, we’re also treated to a few more Jimmy Eat World tracks, rounding out an update that ought to please a wide variety of tastes.  Here’s the dirt. Release Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360®)Thursday, February 26, 2009 (PlayStation®Store) ** Dates for Rock B...[Read More]

MadWorld – Gameplay Video Trailer #2

Because killing is okay when it’s part of a sport. More stylized black-and-white gory action has arrived in the form of a streaming video.

Halo Wars – Another European Developer Diary Video

Because we love Europeans! {hwdvs-player}515{/hwdvs-player}  

Nintendo DSi news: Iwata Asks column full transcript posted

The first of a series of Iwata Asks columns discussing the upcoming DSi handheld has been posted at nintendodsi.com.  Here’s an excerpt from today’s update: Kuwahara: To explain simply, the outer camera is there so you can take pictures of other objects or persons as you usually would with a digital camera. The inside camera is for taking pictures of yourself while you play. That’s why...[Read More]

New Ghostbusters: The Video Game screenshots released (DS and Wii)

I’m not entirely sure, but I seem to vaguely remember being told “don’t cross the consoles”.  Nevertheless, this news posting contains images from both the DS and Wii versions of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. What’s the worst that can happen… right? I suppose if you have trouble differentiating between the screenshots from the two consoles—though you may have so...[Read More]