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…

IGN has released a raunchy but funny and REALLY rough first go on the English localization for Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix will be crying themselves to sleep tonight! The real-time rendering sequence uses the game’s engine to great effect. Take a gander at the English intro video that was taken from the Final Fantasy…

SingStar Pop Edition is coming to Australia on April 30th and to Europe on May 1st, 2009. It’s a new instalment in the rhythm-music karaoke series for the PS3, and follows in the footsteps of SingStar Vol. 3, with 30 new songs. SingStar Pop Edition includes Sony’s brand-new voice control feature. You won’t need to…

Take the following steps to unlock each of the secret playable characters in Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2. On Xbox 360 and PS3, to unlocking playable characters in Mission Mode, do the below tasks, but don’t forget to read the new mail in the Terminal to unlock the characters…

Ubisoft has trademarked Driver: The Recruit on April 21st, 2009, which will be the fifth main Driver game in the series. Last summer Ubisoft Reflections claimed to be “working on a whole new version” of Driver. “Driver 5″ was confirmed to be in production back in August 2006, when Ubisoft acquired the rights of the…

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. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout (Ubisoft), 4. My Fitness Coach…

Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PlayStation 3 will be getting an exclusive Joker as a playable character for the game’s Challenge Maps, announced publisher Eidos. Joker will be available at the game’s launch via the PlayStation Network and the download will be free. Although as stated above only during the Challenge Maps and not during…

Battlefield 1943: Pacific, EA’s upcoming downloadable multiplayer WWII first-person shooter, has received a release date of this June and will be available for $15 on both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade (1200 MS Points). In addition EA announced that a PC version of Battlefield 1943 is coming this September. In Battlefield 1943 players…