It has been revealed that those who pre-order Killzone 2 on February 5th, 2009 will get a demo to download so that they can mess around with the game before its release on February 27th in the US. Which means you’ll be able to play part of the game a whole month before everyone else….

Yoshiki Okamoto addressed whether or not there will be a Folklore 2 or a Brave Story 2 in an interview. Okamoto is the creator of the Folklore, a PS3 exclusive title, as well as the PSP RPG Brave Story: New Traveler. He is also well known for creating several Capcom classics including the shooter 1942…

What do you think a normal day in the life of Shigeru Miyamoto is like? Nintendo’s legendary designer and creator of Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, Wii Music and lots of other Nintendo titles, has been instrumental in almost everything the company does from GameCube to Game Boy Advance connectivity during last last gen’s console…

Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. Most popular are: Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero on DS, Saints Row 2 on PC, and Retro Game Challenge on DS. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Kirby’s Dream Land 3 and Sandy Beach, as well as Race Driver: GRID…

Today Nintendo adds new/classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. 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 (see Card above). We’ve included videos…

If you own Mario Kart Wii, you’ll know it lets you play online in 12-player races against drivers all over the world. Now, you can show off your racing skills in a Nintendo-sponsored worldwide competition. The 17th Mario Kart Wii Competition started on January 1st and runs until January 10th. Now’s the time to get…

At E3 2009 Valve confirmed Left 4 Dead 2 is coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, when it’s released on November 17, 2009. The title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. Check it out in this first Left 4…

What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular right now. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft), 5….

Ever play a game and wonder not only why it exists but how the people making it could even allow themselves to do so? Well you are about to have that feeling after watching this hilariously horrible FMV (Full-Motion Video) clip from the PS2 game “Peter Pan” by Phoenix Games (a European company notorious for…

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series put skating games on the map when the first title in the franchise hit the PS1 in 1999 and the Nintendo 64 2000. It was so popular that it jump-started the “extreme” sports genre which had never really morphed into its own sub-genre until then, and it arguably made…

The PC version of Saints Row 2 is scheduled for release (both retail and via Steam) on January 6th, 2009. The game will use Steam as its DRM protection, even if you purchase the game at a physical retail store. Thankfully it will only be used initially to verify that you have a legit copy…

The Nintendo 64 best-seller Super Smash Bros. has been announced for release on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan this month for 1,200 Wii Points (up from the usual cost of 1,000 Wii Points). Although a release date for its release outside of Japan has not been announced, the last Nintendo 64 game to be…

It looks like Mistwalker and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Xbox 360 RPGs may not have sold well enough for them to continue. Just speculation on my part though, because Japanese publisher AQ Interactive has announced that they have officially canceled the Xbox 360 exclusive action RPG Cry On, which was to be the third…