The 7th game in Midway’s fighting series brings together every character in Mortal Kombat history, that’s over 60 playable characters! Take a look at what chaos that brings to Mortal Kombat Armageddon’s intro: Release dates on Xbox & PS2 are: US on October 9, Europe on October 27. Wii version follows early 2007. Via Destructoid

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker introduces a new character to this side of RPG the series, a battler who takes up the challenge of the Joker’s GP arena tournament. On the overworld, you will play as this Joker contestant as you explore the 3D space. In battle, however, you will stand aside and let your collected…

A brand-new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has been shown at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan. This is the first trailer where actual gameplay is shown! And as expected, the game looks absolutely marvelous. According to Hideo Kojima, creator of the franchise, the fourth core game in the Metal…

Straight from the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) in Japan, the following content is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, via Microsoft’s “Bringing it Home”. Trailers: Portal, and Forza 2 Customization. Theme: Forza 2 Theme (Premium) Videos: TGS Showfloor video 1 (presenter looks bored, but its about the games like Blue Dragon) Demo: Fusion Frenzy…

The greatest “Tactical Espionage Action” series of all time, Metal Gear Solid, hit the TGS show big-time as series creator Hideo Kojima took the stage to discuss the franchise at Konami‘s event stage. This year has been a big one for Kojima, who’s celebrating his 20th year in the video game industry and the 10th…

Microsoft announced the debut of their Platinum Hits lineup for Xbox 360 games, available October 15 at retail locations in North America. The first wave of Platinum Hits games includes “Perfect Dark Zero” (Microsoft Game Studios), “Project Gotham Racing 3″ (Microsoft Game Studios), “Kameo: Elements of Power” (Microsoft Game Studios) and “Need for Speed Most…

After only one week on store shelves worldwide, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy has already established itself as one of 2006’s strongest forces in video games. Since its release by LucasArts and TT Games on September 12th, the biggest family game of the year has sold more than 1.1 million copies spanning eight…

While you won’t be able to buy Guild Wars: Nightfall until October 27th, 2006. The MMORPG’s creator ArenaNet is holding a free trial demo this weekend for you to give the second Guild Wars expansion a try! Download the game client here to try out the game from September 22nd to 24th. Launch the game…

Lair is an action adventure game that has you playing as a dragon-riding warrior. Factor 5 (of Star Wars games fame) are developing it for Sony as a PS3 exclusive set for 2007. Features include: * Engage in a struggle on an epic scale as your civilization repels the onslaught of an unrelenting army. *…

Sony made a huge surprise announcement when they unveiled a brand-new RPG by the makers of the Dark Cloud series, Level 5. Also known for the cancelled Xbox MMORPG True Fantasy Online and the upcoming PS2 RPG Rogue Galaxy, Level 5 takes their RPG chops to Sony’s newest PS3 console. In the official trailer for…

GameSpot recently interviewed Hiroshi Kamide, director of KBC Securities’ research department, at KBC’s headquarters in downtown Tokyo. Kamide’s offices are located on the fifth floor of the Akasaka Tameike Tower in the Akasaka neighborhood, a veritable hub of corporate offices that hosts the US Embassy as well. GameSpot (GS): What’s your opinion as to why…

Square Enix has been one of the global leaders in the video game marketplace, releasing hit after worldwide hit. And in Japan the company is exceptionally successful with it’s hallmark Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest franchises. However while Yoichi Wada is indeed the President of Square Enix, he spoke at the Tokyo Game Show not…

Sony has acquired a lot of game development studios over the past 12 years since the release of the original PlayStation. Today Phil Harrison, head of Sony Worldwide Studios revealed to Famitsu, and IGN translates, that the company’s many international studios now have around 190 games in development for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP…