Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP this week in America and Europe. AMERICAN PlayStation Store for PS3 Downloadable Games Shatter ($7.99) Shatter supercharges the brick-breaking genre with Boss battles, physics effects, power-ups and special attacks. Intuitive and visceral controls…

This is the 74th in a series of reviews of bad video games by the Angry Video Game Nerd. Watch as the Angry Nerd reviews a 3DO console game that seems like it would be so bad it’s funny, but really it’s just braincell-killing bad. The interactive CD-ROM title is called Kirin Entertainment’s Plumbers Don’t…

Namco has announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 as the fifth installment in the best-selling series for the PlayStation 2. It will be released in November 2009 in Europe. No American or Australian release date has been announced. The second title based on the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime, NARUTO Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 takes the player…

Sega has announced a 4th Yakuza game in Japan called Yakuza 4: Heir to the Legend (Yakuza is called “Ryu Ga Gotoku” in Japan) for PS3. It is once again being helped by series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi. The game will carry on the tradition of including Japanese celebrity talent in the title. They will contribute…

Nintendo has released a new trailer for Metroid Prime Trilogy to counter all the other Comic-Con 2009 footage of games from other systems; Seeking to remind you not to forget about Nintendo’s Wii console and Samus’ upcoming greatest hits package. The trailer below shows off the first gameplay footage from Metroid Prime Trilogy, a disc…

The Halo franchise is set to break new ground for videogame collaborations with Halo Legends, an all-new anime short film project announced by Microsoft at Comic-Con 2009. As you may expect from the above statement, Halo Legends seeks to do for Halo what The Animatrix did for The Matrix. And that original groundbreaking work has,…

Alice in Wonderland the video game, based on Tim Burton’s upcoming film, has been announced for Wii, PC and DS. It will release in early 2010 to coincide with the launch of the movie in theaters. The game is being developed by French developer Etranges Libellules and seeks to capture the magic and wonderment of…

The future of Beyond Good & Evil 2 is starting to look a little foggy. At least according to a recent interview with Ubisoft’s North American president Laurent Detoc. To quote from the interview by IndustryGamers: “I didn’t say there’s definitely going to be another game [in the Beyond Good & Evil series]. I said…

PC adventure fans rejoice! Space Quest Collection and Kings Quest Collection have been added to Steam and are now available for your quick and easy downloading pleasure! The game collections both cost $15 each, although if you buy them before July 30th you can save 25% off the price! Any adventure fan who hasn’t played…

Those who pre-order Batman: Arkham Asylum on Xbox 360, PS3 or PC will get a special in-game “Dem Bones” Scarecrow Villain Challenge Map that allows players to battle against Scarecrow and an army of skeleton enemies in a special Horde-like mode. The game releases on August 25th. The pre-order bonus is being offered exclusively at…

Defense Grid: The Awakening, a highly regarded PC Tower Defense Game, has been announced as coming to Xbox Live Arcade “soon”, so says developer Hidden Path Entertainment. This was announced by Microsoft at their booth during the on-going Comic-Con 2009. Defense Grid: The Awakening’s unique spin on tower defense gameplay appeals to gamers of all…

Publisher EA has announced that Battlefield 1943, their downloadable first-person shooter for PlayStation 3′s PlayStation Network and Xbox 360′s Xbox Live Arcade, has sold over 600,000 copies, breaking records for both systems. The game was released on July 8th for $15 by developer DICE to great acclaim. Additionally, one of the cool features was the…

Sony has announced that Media Molecule’s hit user-created platformer LittleBigPlanet has reached the “one million user-generated levels created” milestone! And just to put the into perspective, that means that one new level has been published roughly every 21 seconds since LittleBigPlanet launched! The levels themselves have also been played a total of 244 million times….