Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XI reached a new milestone during the third week of April: The total number of active characters across all worlds exceeded 2 million for the first time in the game’s history. And while that doesn’t mean that there are two million active subscribers, it does mean that there…

Bethesda has announced that two all-new Elder Scroll novels are coming via Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random house Publishing Group. The high-fantasy novels will be based on the Elder Scrolls universe as presented in the popular RPG videogame series including The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV:…

At Capcom’s “Captivate 2009″ event going on right now, they revealed the first gameplay footage for Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC). The trailer reveals some bits of the game’s story, a look at the game’s main character Chuck Greene and,as you would expect (and want) from a Dead Rising 2 trailer,…

Capcom has officially announced Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, with a release set for this Summer! Over on the Capcom Unity blog, Sven used the announcement as proof that Capcom REALLY IS listening to what their fans are saying and what they want. To quote, “I can’t stress enough,…

Microsoft declared it’s quarterly earnings boasting $1.57 billion in revenue from the Xbox division and 30.2 million Xbox 360 units shipped worldwide. Here is the numbers breakdown: * Revenue for the 3rd quarter ending March 31st was $13.65 billion, a decline of 6% compared to last year. * Net income for Microsoft was $2.98 billion,…

Star Trek: D-A-C has officially been announced for release on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this month. The game is inspired by the upcoming Motion Picture which hits theaters on May 8th. Star Trek D-A-C is a fast-paced top-down shooter that has players taking on the role of the captain and engaging in…

Do you get bored while playing World of Warcraft and having to wait for boats or while flying? Well now you will have one more thing to keep you busy, as you can now play Peggle from within World of Warcraft! This follows on the heels of Bejeweled which was also brought into the WoW…

A Wii port of arcade FMV shooter “Mad Dog McGree” has been revealed via an ESRB listing under the title Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack. Published by Majesco. The game is based on the arcade light-gun shooter in which players would face off against live-action actors in which you both draw to see who has…

Developer ZootFly has announced an all-new game starring Mr. T and Will Wright! No, I did not get the two name’s mixed up with two other people. Here is an actual description of the game: “The first game will see Mr. T take on Nazis and their gigantic machines in the varied universe of South…

Namco Bandai has released the first trailer for Magna Carta 2, an Xbox 360-exclusive Softmax RPG and the sequel to 2004′s Magna Carta: Tears of Blood for PS2. The game has some pretty graphics and looks pretty interesting. Although not a whole lot of information is known about the game. It does feature a song…

Bethesda has announced that award-winning actor Mickey Rourke (of “The Wrestler” fame) will be providing the voice of “battle-tested” lead character Richard “Demo Dick” Marcinko in their upcoming Xbox 360, PS3 and PC first-person shooter Rogue Warrior. Which is based on the real-life Navy SEAL and founder of the Elite SEAL Team 6 (though not…

Gears of War the comic book #9 will have cover artwork drawn by comic legend Jim Lee on DC Comic’s WildStorm imprint announced Epic Games. The artwork will be drawn for the July 2009 issue. “Being a huge Gears of War fan, I couldn’t pass the opportunity to draw a cover for the series”, said…

Here’s a list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are X-Men Origins: Wolverine on multiple platforms, Velvet Assassin on Xbox 360 & PC, and Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce on PSP. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop and DSiWare titles Nobunaga’s Ambition, Cocoto Platform Jumper, Paper Airplane Chase, Card Classics,…

Machima.com’s Inside Gaming covers game news you might’ve missed last week in a nice, brief video format. The Dead Pixel, details the latest news, reviews, and trailers in his own irreverent style. In week 16, 2009, he asks: Has the pirate ship been sunk? A new Fallout announced and baits some flame wars. Did I…

Today Nintendo adds new/classic games to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. Users with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be…