The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut. Blomkamp is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising. Halo will be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Fox. Visual effects, miniatures, and creature design and creation…

Dark Messiah is an action-RPG powered by an enhanced version of Valve’s Source engine. Set in the second chapter of the Might and Magic universe, you’ll get ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Become an expert warrior, mage, or assassin using a wide variety of weapons against evil creatures in a huge…

Sierra just announced F.E.A.R. Combat. Sierra took the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat and will be made available to the public as a free F.E.A.R. download on Thursday August 17th, 2006. F.E.A.R. Combat is the complete multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. and includes…

Electronic Arts (EA) are closing down more online servers for older console and pc games on October 1st. This following an earlier August 1st closedown of various old titles. The games will be playable online until the stated date, however support for community features will stop after that. Below is a list of the games…

Atlus just sent out a Trauma Center press release talking about the upcoming Wii release and a re-release of the DS game. First, Trauma Center: Second Opinion was confirmed as a launch title for the Nintendo Wii, set for release in the fourth quarter of 2006. This remake of the DS game Trauma Center: Under…

Check out this really cool AMV of a guy doing crazy combos in the original N64 classic, Super Smash Bros. The video is set to some pretty cool music (including a Spanish metal song for the first section). It’s a rather long vid so sit tight. I don’t know about you but it makes me…

Futurama is an American animated television series that follows Philip J. Fry after he is cryonically frozen at midnight, December 31, 1999 and is defrosted in the year 2999. The series was created by Matt Groening of The Simpsons fame. In this 6 minute video the show covers every well-known game icon from Mario, Donkey…

The game’s concept revolves around Battle Melo and his crew 3-on-3 in the Cloverdale City game to earn respect. The ultimate goal is to beat NBA superstars from their hometown courts to the legendary parks across the land, finally putting your neighborhood on the map, just like Melo did for B-More. Electronic Arts has just…

Namco’s January lineup has been updated for late 2006. Some titles like Frame City Killer for Xbox 360 were cancelled, other next-gen games like Mobile Suit Gundam (working title) were added to the PS3 lineup, and more release dates have been finalized for 2006. Here’s the full list: PlayStation 2 Pac-Man World Rally, August 22,…

Rare just announced its fifth downloadable pack: “Think you’ve mastered Kameo: Elements of Power? Think again! With expanded co-op action and super challenging gameplay, the upcoming Kameo Power Pack is sure to put your abilities to the test. This downloadable content contains three great new co-op modes of play: Expert Mode, Rune Battle Mode, and…

Dead Rising follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance photojournalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to a small suburban town only to find that it has become overrun by zombies. He escapes to the local shopping mall,…

Bethesda recently acquired the rights to the popular Star Trek license and has begun to pump out games taking place in the popular and extremely complex universe. Later this year they will release Star Trek: Legacy on Xbox 360 and PC, a game in which we just reported as having acquired Star Trek scriptwriter Dorothy…

Ubisoft today announced five more games in its Petz line of strategy games, as the series makes its transition from the PC and Game Boy Advance to Nintendo’s newest portable system. Ubisoft and developer MTO are bringing Dogz to the Nintendo DS in November. Dogz lets players choose from a variety of breeds–18 were in…