Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Afro Samurai on Xbox 360 & PS3, MLB Front Office Manager on Xbox 360, PS3 & PC, and DJ Max Fever on PSP. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Niki: Rock…

If you haven’t heard, Square Enix is set to remake the Game Boy’s Final Fantasy Legend 2 (or, as it’s properly known in Japan, Saga 2) for the DS under the title SaGa 2: Legend of the Secret Treasure. Although not a whole ton is known about the game, Famitsu recently interviewed the developers behind…

Over 52 playable characters have been confirmed for the PlayStation 2 fighting game Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden, that will be released in America on March 17th, 2009. This is thanks to the game’s release in Japan back in April 2007 under the name Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel. The game covers the first 17 episodes…

Starbreeze’s Chronicle’s of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is set for release on April 7th, 2009 and will not only include an updated version of the entire previous game (Escape from Butcher Bay), but also enough all-new content to be considered a bonafide sequel to the first game. The campaign is reportedly eleven hours long…

Hype couldn’t be higher for Capcom’s amazing looking Street Fighter 4, which is set to explode onto the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 17th. One of the newest trailers for the game shows off more of the amazing art-style in the CG cut-scenes and will have you looking on in awe at some…

Dragon Ball: Evolution is the upcoming live-action film based on the Dragonball anime that is set to take one of the biggest properties in anime history (and arguably the show that kickstarted the rise in popularity of anime in the United States) and turn it into a live-action Hollywood film for one of the first…

If you miss the 1-Up Show you aren’t alone. Thankfully all your favorite people have moved on to new frontiers. On that note, make sure to check out the first episode of Co-Op at Area5, the all-new site from the guys behind the extremely popular 1-Up Show. Who is in the CO-video podcast you ask?…

IO Interactive have announced their newest project, Mini Ninjas, for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS for a Fall 2009 release date. The developers have warned to “Prepare yourself for a Ninja adventure like you have never seen before!” Join Hiro, the smallest hero on the biggest adventure, as he embarks on an…

Some new artwork has been revealed for Free Radical Design’s defunct project Star Wars Battlefront III that reveals a very cool looking Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi! It’s unknown if the original concept art for the character was canon to the series, which means that it has to be approved first by Star Wars mastermind George Lucas,…

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings has been announced for Nintendo Wii, DS and PSP. Indy will be making his return to gaming in Spring 2009. This according to a Youtube teaser video that was put online so early that developer LucasArts haven’t even confirmed the game with a press release yet. It would…

Guitar Hero: Metallica‘s set list focuses on the career and legacy of the heavy-metal band Metallica. They themselves have just announced the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 & PS2 game’s complete 49-track song listing! Metallica Tracks: 1. All Nightmare Long 2. Battery 3. Creeping Death 4. Disposable Heroes 5. Dyers Eve 6. Enter Sandman 7. Fade…

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…

In a recent interview with indie developer and Braid game creator Jonathan Blow, it’s mentioned that aside from the other version of Braid that’s coming to PC in February-March 2009, he’s working on another game. Sadly no word of a Braid platformer/puzzle sequel is mentioned, instead he says Braid 2 isn’t needed and is working…