Nintendo has gone on a Wii-spelling related trademark buying spree by trademarking a bunch of letters with the two “ii” letters following them. The “words” trademarked by Nintendo include: Zii, Cii, Bii, Oii and Yii. So what is Nintendo’s plan with these trademarks? Is the Cii an upcoming camera-based Wii system to compete with the…

BlazBlue is heading to the DSiWare downloadable DS service in 2010 with BlazBlue Battle X Battle . . . an odd title for an equally odd “fighting” game. Perhaps trying to target the younger audience of the Nintendo portable, this newest game in the series will have a very cute, big-headed style that will give…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat has received a release date of February 2, 2010 announced pubilsher Viva Media who will be publishing the game in North America. This marks only the latest game in a string of high profile early next-year releases. Viva Media CEO Carlo Voelker commented, “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat is the third in…

Although the 2009 Video Game Awards from SpikeTV made most of the news headlines due to all of their world premier trailers and videogame announcements, the actual focus of the show is really the awards themselves. To that end, Uncharted 2 took home the top prize of Game of the Year along with three other…

Probably the most exciting trailer shown at the Video Game Awards 2009 on SpikeTV was the first ever gameplay trailer for Halo: Reach! Although granted the trailer is simply a cut-scene and isn’t gameplay footage, it still gives you a good idea of the concept in the game and gives you a nice look at…

Revealed for the first time at the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009 was Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, an all-new POP game that is a spiritual sequel to The Sands of Time and is visually in line with the look of the upcoming Prince of Persia movie. According to Ubisoft, Prince of Persia:…

The sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was announced by LucasArts at the 2009 Video Game Awards on SpikeTV and revealed in a very cool CG trailer, which you can watch below. Although no gameplay is revealed, the trailer is impressive and will definitely get you pumped for this all-new adventure, which will once…

The sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, which is currently unnamed (some are reporting the title as Arkham Unleashed), was officially announced at the SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2009 with a teaser trailer that you can watch below. It will once again be deveoped by Rocksteady, who deserves it after the smash hit that the first…

The first gameplay footage of Medal of Honor (Afghanistan) was finally shown at the SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2009. The footage is extremely explosive and shows intense modern combat from a first-person perspective that is clearly aiming to rival/compete against the competing Activision Call of Duty franchise. Which would be a big deal for Electronic…

At the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009, Crackdown 2 got an all-new video showcasing gameplay footage for the upcoming open-world online action game. Crackdown 2 promises to take everything from the first game and amp it up a notch. Four-players can now make their way through the city, wracking havoc wherever they go, and…

Green Day: Rock Band has been rumored in the past, but it was finally officially confirmed as the next single-artist-centric music title from Activision, MTV Games and Warner Bros./Reprise Records, with the official title of “Rock Band: Green Day”. The game will be released globally in 2010 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Like The…

A Deadliest Warrior videogame, based on the SpikeTV show of the same name, was revealed via a teaser trailer at the SpikeTV 2009 Video Game Awards show. The game is being developed by Pipeworks Software (Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords) and will likely be released for Xbox Live Arcade and…

UFC Undisputed 2009 was the most successful MMA game ever, naturally THQ is following that up with a sequel in UFC 2010 Undisputed . The first ever gameplay footage of the title premiered at the Spike TV Video Game Awards, where a teaser trailer was shown that revealed some of the fighters that will be…