A little bit Lord of the Rings-y, a little bit Geisty... who doesn't want to control a bunch of ghosts of slain soldiers, hell-bent on revenge? Also, get a load of that genre.  I love my DS. :) • An experience unlike any before it -- Incorporating strategy RPG, real-time strategy, and shooter elements, you've never experienced a game like this.  Control a Wisp with your stylus and activate the so...[Read More]

Yes indeed (cue three rotating claw claps... yes, you get it), a veritable explosion of information about the new Suikoden spin-off was just released by Konami.  Be sure to check out all those lovely unwatermarked screenshots by clicking on the image to the right. Suikoden: Tierkreis' universe apparently consists of "parallel worlds", which should make for an interesting classic RPG-style premise....[Read More]

Well, the trailer is coming, anyway.  For now, chew on these screens, and we’ll have high-quality video to you within the next twenty minutes. Edit:  Here’s the trailer, in beautiful HD:

Brand-new Sonic and the Black Knight trailer here!  It’s not available yet from the SEGA press archive, but we managed to get our hands on it anyway.  Check out the streaming version below, or download the full-res high-quality version in HD resolution below that.

Well, wouldn't you know it?  With every major action movie release, a video game is generally just right around the corner.  And this time, it's EA who's scored the license; we'll see the game this summer. Here's the scoop: Storyline picks up where the movie leaves off Allows players to "re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line" (such as...[Read More]

Real-time strategy games on consoles have always… well, sucked compared to their PC counterparts, simply because of one little (okay, big) thing: when you’re managing so many troops at once in real-time, you need a ton of buttons and super-fast selection speed via mouse cursor to make it all happen the way you want it to.  Fortunately, The Creative Assembly (developer of Stormrise) rec...[Read More]

As has been the case with most other recently-announced Atlus titles, the upcoming release of The Dark Spire will now also be "spoiled", meaning that you get a premium box with it which includes a full game soundtrack. And if you're a huge game music nerd like me, that makes you quite happy indeed. I am always thrilled to see companies trumpeting the quality of their games' music, as it says to m...[Read More]

Looks like Niko stole you some free Xbox LIVE Gold All right, cheapskates, we know you’re out there; this one’s for you! Microsoft and Rockstar Games will be bringing you six free days of Xbox LIVE Gold online multiplayer in both Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and the Damned beginning on February 17 at 9:00 PST and ending on Sunday, February 22 at 11:59 PST.  That means that if you s...[Read More]

"Paying attention now?" Sirius Entertainment was heard to have said. Also, screenshots. God among videogame composers Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears) is apparently working on Lime Odyssey, an MMORPG coming from the same development team that brought us all Ragnarok Online (which, by the way, was responsible for robbing my college roommates from me for an entire year of my/their life.....[Read More]

Remember our report over the weekend about that viral video on YouTube that claimed to be footage of Dead Rising 2?  Well, it looks like it was legit after all.  Capcom just released confirmation, along with screenshots and video, of Dead Rising 2.  We'll have more very soon—including the full trailer—but for now, here's the press release and some screens.

Activision’s just released four new screenshots and an HD trailer for the upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.  We’ll have more on the title as it breaks; for now, enjoy the media!