In Splinter Cell: Conviction you are a fugitive and you’re being ruthlessly hunted by the very government you once served. The key to your survival is to improvise, adapt and overcome. Experience original game play based on improvisation where your environment becomes your weapon. You need to react to changing situations and use the environment…

Ubisoft revealed in its Ubidays press conference that Tom Clancy’s EndWar will be playable using only voice commands and there’ll also be the option to use a joypad on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Ubisoft promised a public beta-test in November 2007. Ubisoft proudly told the press to “imagine the apocalypse as a techno…

Capcom’s president Tsujimoto has announced that the fifth Japanese installment of adventure game Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright) is in development according to Bloomberg, that would make the title of a possible Western version Ace Attorney 4. The first two games starring Phoenix Wright have been released outside of Japan, with the third one, Trials and…

When Bungie started the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta on May 16th last week, I bet they didn’t expect modders like the 7th Columnist to go through the Beta’s source code and discovering some carefully hidden secrets from Halo 3! Please be aware that none of these are official until confirmed, but it should be obvious…

The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu writes about an Xbox Live Arcade version of Exit. Taito’s side-scrolling puzzle/platformer originally only appeared on the PSP and has in the meantime gotten a sequel, Exit 2 AKA Thinking Exit, in Japan. Exit will be released on Xbox Live Arcade in Japan this summer at a price…

The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed R-Type Tactics for the PSP. Instead of another classic shooter, Irem is making a strategy spin-off to the series. When the game’s producer Kazuma Kujo was asked why they made this game into a strategy game, he answered: “The R-Type series came to an end with…

Assassin’s Creed will be released on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC in the last three months of 2007. You’ll be able to get it in the regular edition which “only” has the game and then there’s the limited edition for a so far unknown price. The Assassin’s Creed Limited Edition comes with a number of…

Rockstar will release Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 16th, 2007. It’ll be available in the regular edition (shown on your left) and then there’s the special edition you can now pre-order for $89.99. The Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition comes inside a metal safety deposit box with a…

Free Radical‘s futuristic FPS Haze will have 4-player co-op in both campaign and online modes. Ubisoft boss David Doak confirmed this today at the Ubidays conference in Paris, France. To quote: “Haze will tackle subjects not normally addressed in videogames, it’s truly a bit more mature without being gory.” The game will appear on Xbox…

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 is Ubisoft’s sequel to the Wii party games launch title. As the Transformers Movie spoof trailer below shows, this time the Rabbids attempt to invade planet Earth. The gameplay involves 60 new minigames, and there will be a greater emphasis on multiplayer. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 is set for release in…

From today, May 23 at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play the action/platform game Rush ‘N Attack (also known as Green Beret) on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. It will be available worldwide for 400 Microsoft Points (that’s $5 / €4.80 / £3.40). Another game will be available this Wednesday, the vertical scrolling…

Atari and Silver Birch announced they are bringing their PC based 2D puzzle/action platform game N to the DS, PSP and Xbox Live Arcade by fall 2007. The game known on PC as N or N 1.5 will be renamed to N+, which features over 500 levels, organized into 100 unlockable episodes, and supports over…

A reporter from French TV channel M6 visits game developer Polyphony Digital to interview the creator of the Gran Turismo series, Kazunori Yamauchi. The new Gran Turismo 5 info that was unveiled includes that the upcoming PlayStation 3 racing game will have a car interior camera, and as such they are spending a lot of…

Bianca told us pearls and diamonds are in sight for DS’ers! The Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl adventures launch across Europe on 27th July 2007 and will cost around €45 in Europe and £29 in the UK. A special stylus is available for those who pre-order in the UK (a Dialga stylus when ordering Pokemon…

The OCregister has the heartwarming tale of the Make-A-Wish foundation and game developer Blizzard coming together to help a grade schooler become the first outsider to create a new character in the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The backstory: The Riverside 10-year-old Ezra Chatterton has a brain tumor. The diagnosis isn’t good; metastatic cancer. Splitting…