The first Halo Wars expansion, Strategic Options, has been announced. Although they didn’t give a release date, they cited it as available “in the coming weeks”. So it’s not too far off. Strategic Options will add three new game modes to Halo Wars which will “dramatically change the multiplayer experience and challenge players to rethink…

New Play Control: Pikmin 2 releases in Europe on April 24th exclusively for Wii (the game has yet to be announced for U.S. release). Following on the heels of New Play Control: Pikmin 1. Like the first game, the sequel is an upgraded version of the original GameCube release that has been improved to make…

Fatal Frame 4 or “Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse” as it’s called, was released in Japan last year. Fans of the camera-shooting, ghost-haunting, story-driven survival horror series were really excited to see such a fitting title come to the Wii. Naturally the Wii Remote’s pointer would be perfect for a game in which…

Virtua On: Oratorio Tangram (or VOOT for short) has been confirmed for release on Xbox Live Arcade on April 29th in Japan. And hopefully soon after for the rest of the world. Ever since its announcement however Virtual On fans have had one question on their brain: Any chance of having a twin-stick controller released…

Do you want Zone of the Enders 3? Well that’s the question that series creator Hideo Kojima is asking via the latest edition of the in-game Metal Gear Solid 4 “Metal Gear Integral” podcast, which you can listen to by selecting “Extras>Online>Integral Podcast” from the Metal Gear Solid 4 title screen and then equipping the…

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a Japanese Wii-exclusive action adventure game developed by Vanillaware, the same company that made the side-scrolling PS2 fantasy action game Odin Sphere. Just published in Japan, the game was originally going to be published in the U.S. by XSEED Games. However it is now coming from publisher Ignition Entertainment who…

Grandia Online was originally announced way back in 2004 and was supposed to begin beta testing in 2006. But a series of company issues forced the game to be delayed as development shifted from Game Arts to GungHO (who bought them out). It then shifted again when GungHo sold all the copyright and domestic and…

Amazon.com has expanded their online store and now offers the ability to purchase both Xbox Live Arcade games and WiiWare games (though it looks like World of Goo is the only one for now) via the popular online site. How does this work you say, when XBLA and WiiWare titles are digital and only purchasable…

Tekken 6 finally brings the “King of the Iron Fist Tournament” out of hibernation and onto current generation consoles: The Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. We have previously revealed Tekken 6 gameplay videos that show off the game’s new graphics, as well as the list of known Tekken 6 characters. Now you can watch…

The Beatles: Rock Band is set to include everything a Beatles fan could ask for: Unreleased songs, replicas of The Beatle’s instruments and now harmonizing. Yup, that’s right. The Beatles: Rock Band will incorporate up to three microphones for singing multi-person harmonies, a first for the Rock Band series and adding yet another layer of…

Electronic Arts has announced that two of their signature Wii sports games: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis, will come bundled with the WiiMotion Plus Accessory for only $10 extra! However, only Europe will apparently be getting the Grand Slam Tennis bundle. Adding the WiiMotion Plus accessory increases the price of the…

Kittens are pesky and often times dangerous creatures. Not only do they have the ability to stick sharp objects into your flesh at will, they are also completely helpless in certain situations of their own undoing. Trees. And when the kitten comes a-meowing, from tress up on high . . . Who you gonna call?…

Broken Steel is the third Fallout 3 downloadable content expansion pack which releases on May 5th, 2009 for Xbox 360 and PC. And not PS3. The expansion’s biggest feature comes from the ability to continue playing the game even after you have beaten it. It does this by literally removing the ending! The open-ended resolution…