Activision today announced that they will be bringing a new installment to the ultra popular party favorite Guitar Hero series. They will be paying homage to a classic rock era with Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s exclusively on PS2. It will be available in America on July 17th, 2007. Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s will…

Tecmo held an event in Tokyo, Japan, today to show off some of their new upcoming games like Tecmo Bowl 2008! Sadly no other details are known about that game, except that Mr. Inaga, Vice President of Tecmo, took the stage and said: “Tecmo Bowl is not going to be on the platform you’re probably…

THQ announced to analysts during the quarterly earnings report conference call that Saints Row will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive, as they have now cancelled the PS3 version that was in the works for Q1 2007. The reason? CFO Edward Zinser said “We are rolling the resources [from developer Volition] onto Saints Row 2.” THQ…

LucasArts today announced the FPS game Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron as an exclusive release for the Sony PSP, coming in Fall 2007. Renegade Squadron will support online multiplayer matches, up to 16 players via internet and up to 8 players via ad-hoc wireless connection, or in co-op or against other teams. Star Wars Battlefront:…

Bungie asked Mr. Jukes, an internal beta tester on Halo 3, to put together an amusing “Betalicious” video that uses Halo 3′s save system. If you include the Halo 3 Alpha and Beta, he’s played about 1,100 games so far! To quote: “Before you check out Mr. Jukes’ Halo 3 video debut, please keep in…

May 12 update: Warning! The new downloads (or just the title update) are erasing save game data some of the time when you play a co-op game where the host has the Keys to the City cheat mode enabled. The Crackdown forums mention the creators are working on a fix for the problem over the…

Producer Yoshinori Yamagishi was also present at yesterday’s Square-Enix Party 2007 pre-conference meeting. He said a few words, and then let a video do the talking. It revealed these games: * Star Ocean: First Departure is a full remake of the first Super Famicom (SNES) Star Ocean Japan-only game from 1996, but for PSP. *…

At Square-Enix Party’s pre-conference meeting yesterday, Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon for Wii was announced. Ten years ago the first Chocobo’s Dungeon game was released by Square in Japan, with a sequel also making it to America in 1999. According to the game’s producer Yuki Yokoyama, it will not just be a dungeon-crawler as it has been…

Microsoft Game Studios and FASA Studios (MechAssault) have announced that Shadowrun is finished for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista PC. Shadowrun incorporates ancient magic and advanced technology into strategic and clever teambased gameplay for an unparalleled combat experience. The FPS game has an American release date of May 29th, 2007. Whereas the European release date…

Remember those Colorware console casings in all sorts of fruity colors? Microsoft hired those guys to make a limited edition Homer Simpson Xbox 360 Premium, and yes, it’s very yellow! Perfect for The Simpsons fans waiting to play The Simpsons Game in Fall 2007. There will only be 100 produced. No word yet on how…

SEGA today announced an exclusive agreement with Mondo Media to create video game content based on the popular animated series, Happy Tree Friends. Mind you, it’s dark comedy. Currently under development by Stainless Studios, Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is scheduled for release via digital download on PC and Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade in Fall…

Sony Online Entertainment has just revealed a new downloadable title for the PlayStation Network. The much too awkwardly titled “High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition” will be released this summer on the PS3 download service for $9.99. Play modes including Texas Hold’em, Super Hold’em, Billabong, Tahoe and Shanghai. Each style can be played…

Disney Interactive has announced they will be bringing the arcade classics Tron and Discs of Tron to the Xbox Live Arcade this Summer. Tron should be a familiar name to gamers all over, it was the first movie to use computer graphics and the first movie about video games. Both games are in development at…

Today Nintendo of Europe (and Australia) add two new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK…