by: Charles HusemannNEWS - Here's the debut trailer for Dracula:Origin the upcoming adventure game that's supposed to suck (your blood). Comment

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - Here are seven new screenshots from The Bourne Conspiracy that show off all the fun things you'll be able to do in the game.  Things like hitting people in the head with a wrench, throwing them into signs, and driving around Paris in a mini-Cooper while getting shot …

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - It looks like it's going to be another good Penny Arcade Expo as it was announced today that Bioshock creater Ken Levine would be the keynote speaker at this years show.  He's got a hard act to follow as Wil Wheaton did a spectacular job last year.  Musical …

Indie publisher Gamecock has established a European base, taking roost in Queens Park, London.

Nintendo’s Wii Fit debuted at No1 in the Australian software chart, knocking Grand Theft Auto IV from the top spot after just one week.

Mario Kart Wii made it five weeks at the top of the Japanese software chart, while Wii Fit broke the two million sales mark.

Being a serial entrepreneurial is almost an addiction. It is the thrill of starting new things that are nothing but promise, have no baggage, and cannot yet be fully quantified. Once the vision is mostly realized, however, the itch comes back, and the cycle starts all over again. For me, the time …

Presenting us with his utmost experienced opinion, John Blyth a “Professional Video Game Player”, attempts to convince gamers and game bloggers alike into rethinking the way we play and write about Grand Theft Auto: via videosift.com

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - Soul Calibur was the game that convinced me to buy a Dreamcast back in the day.  The combat was fairly easy to learn but took a while to master and the graphics were drop dead gorgeous.  I used to own the guys at work with Kilick and Cervantes except for the …

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg tells Next-Gen why he lit a fire under the behind of the console war with recent comments made about Sony snowing consumers.

That's all from the game for now! As you read this, I am either sat on the beach reading The White Wolf's Son or studying the Gulf Coast fauna first hand with a snorkel and mask - perhaps I'll see...

by: Nathan MurrayNEWS - SEGA and Platinum Games have become partners. Platinum games will be the development force behind three new Sega inspired intellectual properties MADWORLD, Infinite Line, and Bayonette. There is also a fourth title yet to be announced and Sega has dropped the name Shinji …

“It is the custom, particularly among magistrates, to attribute half the crimes of the Metropolis to cheap novelettes.” G. K. Chesterton pooh-poohs Conservative MP David Ruffley’s claims that video games are contributing to a surge in juvenile crime in the UK, particularly among …

Like WarioWare before it, Bangai-O Spirits is an exercise in reducing videogaming’s first principles to a torrent of micro-levels. But where the games differ is in the execution and challenge of their myriad tasks. If WarioWare is an introduction to mainstream videogame convention then Bangai-O …

Following his initial take, EA veteran and Emergent VP Gregory completes his look at rapid iteration by examining methods for seeing asset change swiftly in your games.

GameSpot is reporting that details for Guitar Hero 4 have been released. The biggest news seems to be that the new release will be adding drums and vocals a la Rock Band. The new drums are to offer three pressure-sensitive pads (which can tell if you are just tapping or really wailing), two elevated …

For those of you desperately anxious to know who will be the cover athlete for 2K Sports' upcoming NHL 2K9, your long winter of angst has come to an end. It'll be Columbus Blue Jackets captain and three-time NHL All-Star Rick Nash, the company announced today, and apparently Mr. Nash is a big hockey …

Looking to get your hand on the first Dragon Balls on the PS3 and Xbox 360? Atari has a demo up on Xbox Live right now for Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, the series' first foray onto the current crop of cutting-edge consoles. The demo weighs in at under 500 megs and features two battles from the game's …

What I learned from the Hello Kitty Online keynote

Following the release of April NPD data, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says that he respects his competitors, but claims Sony in particular is getting squeezed out of the console war.

While not unusual for Valve on the PC, it is strange for a game to be lacking a pre-release demo on the 360.  But Valve has come out and stated that they will not have a demo before the launch of the new co-op zombie fest, Left 4 Dead. When asked about the lack of a [...]

Last week when the Haze demo hit PSN I was as giddy as a school kid with a handful of cupcakes, but after playing the game for a good hour I came away seriously unimpressed. I decided not to write anything about the demo because I was getting ready to leave on a trip to [...]

"TrackMania Nations Forever" is a must-download! Hours of game time and online play for free - doesn't get much better than that. It's a huge download at 500 megs. Dialup...

Konami today announced Rock Revolution, a music game that lets you play guitar, bass, and drums. Specifically, the drums were noted as being "the most realistic drum peripheral on...

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - I'm not sure why but I've never gotten into the Dragon Ball Z franchise but I'm guessing they are fairly popular as Atari keeps cranking out games based on the series (which Cyril ends up reviewing).  If you want to get a taste of Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, the new …

by: John YanNEWS - I don't know there's much of a "Madden Curse" for hockey cover athletes but Columbus Blue Jacket's own Rick Nash has been selected as the NHL 2K9 cover athlete. I'm sure Chuck's got something to say about this good or bad. It's nice to see the Columbus star headline the …