In an interview with Nikkei Shimbun, Sega managing director Hideki Okamura says the company is shifting its focus from PSP to Nintendo DS. Here’s a quote where he mentions the challenges of making games on DS: “We have to do a lot of thinking about titles for Nintendo’s hardware, because Nintendo’s own titles are extremely…

SCEE has revised the specifications for the European PlayStation 3 console, revealing that the PAL version of the console won’t include full backwards compatibility for PS2 game, but all PSone game will still be supported. PSone games will work on PS3 and a limited number of PS2 titles will also work on the console. Sony…

The world’s most fearsome fighting team is back in both a new TMNT movie on March 23rd and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or TMNT: The Video Game, for every game system (except PS3) out there this March 20th. Ubisoft just released a PC demo, get it in our menu’s Download section, or download TMNT…

Watch what happens when stop-motion animated TV show Robot Chicken does a new video game skit. See an odd chain of events occur when Halo’s Master Chief and company meet with Donkey Kong, Mario, and a damsel in distress…

Developer Insomniac‘s fifth console Ratchet & Clank game set for release on PS3 appears on the cover of March’s April issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. To quote EGM‘s article: “The name Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction works on many levels. It signals a new era for the franchise, ties into the game’s story,…

The creators of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda Softworks, only focus their studio on one game at a time. Next up for them is Fallout 3. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t talking about a sequel to Oblivion. Bethesda Softworks’ VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines told 1up the following about the years-away…

Irrational Games, developer of System Shock 2 as well as the upcoming BioShock (Xbox 360 & PC), may be working on a successor to Microprose’s PC tactical sci-fi classic X-COM: UFO Defense. Shacknews discovered a CV document of a firm partner lists the following games as being credited to the Boston, Massachusetts- and Canberra, Australia-based…

Sega today announced four titles from the SEGA Genesis library, Sword of Vermilion, Vectorman, Sonic Spinball, and Beyond Oasis will soon be available for download on the Wii Shop Channel. Prices start at 800 Wii Points ($8) for SEGA Genesis titles. Sword of Vermilion – When the evil wizard-king, Tsarkon, invaded Excalabria, King Erik V…

Virtua Fighter 5 may be the only PS3 game being released in stores this week, but Sony’s PlayStation Store has two PS3 games as well for you to download. 1. The 80s arcade classic Q*bert can be downloaded for $4.99. Score points by hopping around the pyramid and changing the cube colors… but keep an…

Update: EA just announced the game will be coming to Xbox 360, PC, PS3 and PS2 in the Christmas period this year. The latest issue of the UK’s Official PlayStation Magazine has a feature on Mercenaries 2: World In Flames for PS3. The reason the headline says Xbox 360 as well, is because the developer…

Yeeeeee-haw, a video review for the red neck in us all. Cabela’s Big Game Hunter: 2005 Adventures really shows how far along gaming has come, and the game itself isn’t an example of that! This hunting simulation was released in 2004 on every platform under the sun and all were equally pointless, unless you enjoy…

While development of the Wing Commander space combat simulation series began in 1990. The last game released on October 3rd, 2006, was the original Wing Commander and The Secret Missions (SNES versions) on the PSP’s EA Replay Volume One 14-in-1 retro collection. The ESRB Ratings website is a great sneak peek into what games we…

From March 26th 2007, through Medal of Honor Vanguard, you can step into the boots of Frank Keegan, Corporal of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From Operation Husky on the shores of Sicily to Operation Varsity inside Nazi Germany, you’ll fight behind enemy lines in the epic WWII battles that…

The fourth chapter in the multi-platinum selling NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay that has made the franchise a hit. NBA Street Homecourt creates a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments. Earn a…

“Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan” means “Go! Fight! Cheer Squad” is a rhythm game developed by iNiS and published in Japan only by Nintendo for the DS on July 28th 2005. Ouendan stars a cheer squad rhythmically cheering for various troubled people and was very popular with importers (that helped it sell to 60,000 a year ago)…