The next Halo novel is titled Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and written by Eric Nylund. Bungie‘s new publishing partner, Tor, will release the latest novel in November 2006. Continuing and expanding the scenarios and characters created by Mr. Nylund, and expanding the Halo universe a little bit more. “Halo has established itself as one of…

This is perfect for a late night update. In Capcom’s Xbox 360 exclusive game Dead Rising, once beat the game and kill 60,000 zombies, you get the full MegaMan suit. Aside from ripping out zombie intestines the MegaMan suit has a Mega Buster that gives you 300 shots, it respawns right where you got it…

Madden NFL 07 is an exclusive 2007 edition of EA’s football franchise, built specifically to do football Wii-style. Utilizing the unique Wii game controller of the system, you can get out on the line of scrimmage like never before. Players can hike the ball with a real “hike” move. They can punt the ball with…

Blizzard has unveiled the new spells, abilities and talents that will be available to character classes from level 60 to the new level cap of 70 when the Burning Crusade expansion will be released on November 15, 2006. On the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade page the new stuff for the Mage, Paladin, Rogue,…

LucasArts announced a new game in the popular movie series tentatively titled Indiana Jones 2007. It’s set for release in the summer of 2007 for Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is set in 1939, where Indy goes around the globe from San Francisco’s Chinatown to the world’s most sacred ground in an attempt to…

Codemasters is updating the gameplay of the beloved 16-bit 1993-1994 originals, Cannon Fodder combines fast-paced strategic action with the series’ devilish sense of humour that earned it the tagline: war has never been so much fun… on PSP. The game is set for release on April 1st 2007. For those who haven’t been through Cannon…

There is an auto update now available for Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting. Xbox 360 Live users will be automatically prompted to accept this auto update the next time they sign in to Xbox Live with Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting. When asked what the update does, Major Nelson got this reply from the Capcom…

The Behemoth put a trailer online for their next big game, the 2D cell-shaded beat-’em up Castle Crashers. Includes gameplay as well as other footage:The Alien Homonid 360 remake will have 2-player online co-op, Xbox Live Arcade release late in 2006. The new Castle Crashers game will have 4-player online co-op, Xbox Live Arcade release…

EA today announced that Burnout 5 is in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Made by Criterion Games, Burnout 5 will ship in 2007. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to…

Dragon’s Lair was one of the first laserdisc video games, released June 1983 by Cinematronics. It featured polished Disney-like animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth, for the first time allowing players to control a fully realized character, as opposed to a pixel-based sprite, which at the time were comparatively limited in the amount…

Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. All the websites are listed for you to check out. The summer games drought is over it seems Monday: The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff (PC) Star Fox Command (DS) Tuesday: 50 Cent: Bulletproof (PSP) Birth of America (PC) Bomberman: Act Zero (Xbox 360) Dance Factory…

Microsoft just posted a Backwards Compatibility update, with 39 new games and 9 updated games–the largest number of new games updated since the original list of over 200. It’s interesting to note that this is the first time the list includes games that are not on the market yet for Xbox, with Spy Hunter: Nowhere…

Penny Arcade the webcomic is written by Jerry Holkins (aka Tycho) and illustrated by Mike Krahulik (aka Gabe). In this interview by Gamehelper at Penny Arcade Expo 2006 (PAX06) they talked about their upcoming PC game “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness” for which they write the text, and create the design…