Analysts are expecting January 2009 to be another strong month for the U.S. videogame industry, as Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes that the industry will buck the economic recession once again and see growth of 12% for sales of $690 million. As reported by GameSpot, his picks for the top performing titles including…

Resident Evil is famous for taking videogame survival horror to an entirely new level that had never been seen before in the land of videogame pixels. The first Resident Evil combined a lack of ammo and health items with a great and haunting soundtrack and spooky environments to create an atmosphere of fear that was…

Dead Rising 2 has been revealed by Capcom in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and starring an all-new character apparently in place of Frank West. The sequel to the million-selling first Dead Rising and Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, Dead Rising 2 introduces literally thousands of new zombies to swarm the new…

The cult series Onechanbara from Japan is finally coming to North America this week thanks to D3 Publisher, who claim “It’s the perfect game for the guy without a date on Valentine’s day!” Still, I’ve also seen quite a few women take to the Hack-and-Slash genre this game is in. Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers on…

SimAnimals is the life-simulation game recently released by Electronic Arts for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Although the title eludes to it being in the line of “The Sims”-people-simulation games that have become insanely popular after the release of The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 and their numerous expansions (with the upcoming The Sims…

Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Sonic’s Ultimate Collection on Xbox 360 & PS3, FEAR 2: Project Origin PC, Xbox 360 & PS3, Onechanbara on Xbox 360 & Wii, House of the Dead: Overkill on Wii, Deadly Creatures on Wii, and LocoRoco 2 on PSP.. On the downloadable…

“How can I solve a Rubik’s Cube?” “I need a Rubik’s Cube video walkthrough!” “Can you actually SOLVE a Rubik’s Cube?” Do you ever find yourself asking these questions and more? Ever wished you could just whip out your iPhone and see the solution magically pop on the screen? Well now you can! Thanks to…

Amazon has entered the videogame digital distribution market via their new Amazon Game Downloads store where users can now purchase a number of full casual games including Jewel Quest 2, Build A Lot and The Scruffs which are available for a limited time for free. Already available to purchase are over 600 casual games including…

The online-rental service GameFly has bought-out independent gaming website Shacknews and all related Shacknews destinations including Fileshack and Shackvideo. Unlike some take-overs, GameFly will keep in place all of Shacknew’s previous editorial staff and direction and will instead infuse the site with additional resources that the companies larger coffers can bring. “GameFly has demonstrated a…

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…

The March issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine has a Namco Bandai preview for Dead to Rights 3, or rather a reboot of the Dead to Rights franchise for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Developer Volatile Games (best known for 2006′s Reservoir Dogs game) are “not working on a sequel, or a prequel, or a…

Like most big-hitting console games, Killzone 2 will be getting downloadable content post-launch through the PS3′s PlayStation Network. If you look at the network features listed on the back of the box, you’ll clearly see the boxart states: “add-on content”. PSGUK muses (and looking at Halo & Gears games I agree) that there’s a big…

The Warriors’ 2nd game is coming to Xbox Live Arcade this summer thanks to Paramount Digital Entertainment (not Rockstar who made the original game). The release will coincide with the movie’s 30th anniversary. The new game is in development at CTXM, the creators of such Xbox Live Arcade titles as Feeding Frenzy and Heavy Weapon….