Konami has announced the new expansion pack for Metal Gear Online: the “Scene Expansion”.  We’ve got all the screenshots, along with the full press release below. (To view the screens, click through to the full article and then click the picture). Pre-Order Metal Gear Online SCENE Expansion to Receive the Special “Cardboard Man” Head Gear Konami today announced SCENE ...[Read More]

Nintendo's handheld darling finally sees its update here in the states on April 5 with the launch of the DSi.  As I'm sure you're all aware, this new minor revision of the handheld features a larger screen, dual cameras (one inside and out), SD card and music support, and DSiWare downloaded game compatibility.  We're pumped about the prospects of getting our hands on one for ourselves, but until ...[Read More]

Any Wii owners out there who also happen to be Nirvana fans?  We thought so. Today, you’ll be pleased to know that seven more Nirvana songs were released as DLC for Rock Band 2 Wii owners.  Check it out: Nirvana – Breed Nirvana – Lounge Act Nirvana – On a Plain Nirvana – Polly Nirvana – Something in the Way Nirvana – Stay Away Nirvana – Territorial P...[Read More]

Dragon Quest V is in stores today, and to celebrate, we're posting all of the media we missed before our news section kick-started and became, er, awesome. As such, please find attached an unreasonable amount of screenshots, and an increasingly varied selection of video clips (more available throughout the day, right here in this article). Also, click through to the full version to read the full ...[Read More]

All-new screens of Activision’s upcoming thrash-fest were just released.  Check them out by clicking through to the full article and then clicking on the image.

Massive megaton here: we’ve got all-new, hi-res screens of God of War III.  Plus, we’ve also bagged the HD trailer, and it’s not even available to the general American press yet (this is the European version).  Kick-ass!  First, check out the full screens by using the direct links just below this paragraph. God of War III: Screenshot #1God of War III: Screenshot #2God of War III:...[Read More]

(picture unrelated – source) I’ll let the press release speak for itself here. Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising Takes Halo® Franchise To Next Level With New Toy Deals Unveiled at Toy Fair CENTURY CITY, CA – (February 16, 2009) – The highly anticipated release of “Halo Wars“, the newest video game in one of the most successful entertainment fr...[Read More]

Nintendo announced today two more downloadable games coming to the Wii Shop channel at noon EST.  One of them is Life Force, a classic shmup for the NES developed by Konami.  It's actually a spin-off of sorts from the Gradius universe of games, which already by default makes it awesome.  What puts it over the top is typical of most Konami titles—the soundtrack.  It plays somewhat frequently on my ...[Read More]

In case you missed it, our huge, in-depth Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon review just went up last night (and this one's written by yours truly, making it even better). For everything you wanted to know about the game, give it a short read. On the other hand, I didn't waste a lot of time fooling around with specifics about the basic gameplay (as it's assumed you know what a tactics game is about if yo...[Read More]