The Video Game Pianist is a lover of classical music and pop music alike. He has one other major love though. Video games. Using the piano as his instrument of choice, he has vowed to use his talents to reach both worlds. Appealing to fans of classical music by using the piano and appealing to…

Tekken: Dark Resurrection arrives on the PSP based on the arcade expansion. New characters Lili and Dragunov join the classic cast such as Jin, Heihachi, Paul and Law in the battle to be crowned King of the Iron Fist Tournament. An all-new intro movie lets you dive into the midst of the world of Tekken,…

In a Star Wars panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, LucasArts representative Steve Sansweet confirmed that the company that would be working with all three next generation systems, the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. He also mentioned the likeness between the Wii controller and a lightsaber Here’s new CG footage from the next-gen Star Wars…

A new, extended version of the Episode Two trailer is now available for high-res download (or watch it below). Half-Life 2: Episode Two advances the 16-million unit selling franchise, as Valve’s trilogy of episodic single player releases continue the award-winning story of Half-Life 2. Armed with new weaponry and vehicles, Dr. Gordon Freeman must race…

Ubisoft’s modern-day samurai story Red Steel is one of the most eagerly-awaited Wii titles and with good reason. You can wield the Wii Remote like a sword and engage in on-screen clashes that would put Kill Bill to shame. Or you can hold it like a gun to spray a room full of bad guys…

An anonymous source recently sent a video communication our way from an unknown Yellow Zone. According to the source, something MAJOR will be revealed at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany that is going to shake the very foundation of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and rattle the spines of every human on the planet….

Microsoft announced it has shipped around 5 million units worldwide, that it will have shipped 10 million units by the end of 2006, and even estimates 15 million Xbox 360′s will be shipped out within the next 12 months! In total Microsoft has sold: 3.3 million machines in the US, 1.3 million in Europe, and…

The Wiire received the first look at Heroes for the Nintendo Wii. As you can see in the below teaser, the game has the same art style as the teams previous game Killer 7. According to Chami Hentona, PA to CEO at Spike Co. Ltd in Japan, Heroes is currently in the works with Marvelous…

Developer Turn10 has revealed new info on Forza Motorsport 2, the Xbox 360 exclusive racer. In the official Xbox 360 Magazine they said: * The game will be released in November 2006. * The damage model programming took six months. The gathering of the required data took them another nine months. * There will be…

The second DS game in Konami’s bloody vampire hunter series, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, gives the player control of two different characters: Vampire hunter Jonathan Morris (weapons) and Charlotte Orlean (spells), a young girl with magical abilities. They must stop a plan to resurrect Dracula’s Castle and unleash a reign of evil upon the unsuspecting…

Bomberman finally gets his own classic-style bomber action game on Sony’s PSP. Hudson Soft is promising: * All new levels, boss enemies, and power-ups, * Players can choose between a single player Bomberman adventure (100 levels) or classic mode (50 levels), or play multiplayer (20 maps) wirelessly complete with extra items and game sharing, *…

July 29 update: Amazon.com has it for $35.82 as well, AND includes free shipping! Thanks to friend for the tip! Wal-Mart in the US is selling the Microsoft Live 12 Month Gold Card for only $35.82! A huge bargain considering its regular price is around $60. (no idea if this is online only though) Xbox…

Developer Codemasters has signed up for a new supernatural horror concept and story devised by the master mythmaker, novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker. Titled “Clive Barker’s Jericho”, the game will launch on next-gen consoles and PC in late 2007. Clive Barker’s Jericho is being designed as an action horror title that will up the stakes…

At the San Diego Comic-Con, Ubisoft announced it’s creating a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game based on the upcoming CGI movie. Currently titled TMNT, the game is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal (Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia). Story: The turtles will battle an evil that threatened the city and sewers they live in. Ubisoft…

Tripwire announced details for the free content of its Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 game, which is set for release on Steam on July 27th. New in the update are: a new map, smoke grenades, modified tank reloading, tweaked victory conditions and a number of other fixes including solutions for choppy voice-over-IP problems. The new map…