Left 4 Dead Maps Resurrected in Left 4 Dead 2 Over Forty New Final Fantasy XIII Screens Just In Time For The Weekend PlayStation Network Plans To Implement Premium Content Subscription-Based Model Microsoft Game Studios Hiring Epic Liason/Producer For Gears of War & Shadow Complex Madden NFL Arcade Game Changers Video Toys“R”Us Goes Game Stop, Geoffrey the Giraffe Now Accepting Used Console Trade-Ins

July is just around the corner, and as the release date for NCAA Football 08 approaches EA begins to dig deep into their bag of tricks dishing out preview videos and images for all the good little gaming boys and girls.

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Sony officials were asked about the rumbling rumors earlier in the month and expectedly declined to comment. However the website maxconsole.net reports that an “official” Playstation blog links to an article that states the rumble feature will be making its way back to the Playstation 3.

Please note that this is just a rumor at this point and none of the information has been confirmed. We will continue to research this topic so stay tuned.

The Official Crysis website is now live, and like the game itself, it boldly states that one must “adapt to survive”.

Those doubting the game based on its requirements need to look no further than the home page of the site to understand the logic that must run through the mind of each Crytek developer hard at work on the title. Read more…

Even “Ray Ray” Can’t Help The PS3 Come Back From 30 Frames Down…

It has been confirmed that Madden NFL 08 and NCAA Football 08 will run at 60 frames per second on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and only 30 frames per second on the Sony Playstation 3. Read more…

This is the second All-Pro Football video from 2K Sports and it features highlights of Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, Dick Butkus, and The Fridge. We definitely feel this one looks better then the first video so check it out. Read more…

The kind folks over at Gamecock just sent us a new back story video for “Insecticide” which will be available for the DS, PSP, and PC. Enjoy. Read more…

I predict that Capcom will shed 1.8 million tears in 2007…

Kazuhiko Abe, Capcom’s Director and Managing Corporate Officer stated in his keynote speech at the company’s 2007 Fiscal Year results meeting that the title “Devil May Cry 4″ is projected to sell a tear jerking 1.8 million copies worldwide. Read more…

The Official Madden NFL 2008 Soundtrack has been released. Now that soundtracks for both Madden and 2K Sport’s All-Pro Football 2K8 have been released comparisons are bound to be made. Who do you think has the best soundtrack between the two? If you could only pick one song that makes you want to strap on a helmet and hit someone which would it be? Read more…

The other day I had a dream that I was a kid again, just hanging out watching Sesame Street, everything was great. As the show came to an end The Count said this episode was brought to us by … you guessed it, the letter “e” and the number “3″.

Never before has one letter and one number brought one so much pain to so many, but one company is trying to change all that … Gamecock Media Group presents the E3 Funeral and Wake (celebration) of Originality, 4:20pm Friday the 13th.

Join your friends, colleagues, and unemployed booth babes in mourning, for a final goodbye to the magical beast that was E3, and a wholehearted welcoming for the resurgence of independence, originality, and creativity to come.

Meet at 4:20 at the EIEIO World Headquarters, Hotel California (1670 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica). Marching procession to begin shortly thereafter…

Very special guest eulogies, music, and good times, flavored with Gamecock’s own secret sauce.

Growing pains, they are a fact of life…wait that’s another show. What we are trying to say is due to the increase in traffic on our site we are moving ripten.com to a more powerful server. The site may be up and down for the next few days but fear not we are still alive and kicking. We hope to have everything squared away by this Monday, July 2nd. Your patience and understanding is much appreciated, we thank you for your support.

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Update: 6/25/07 – 9:15PM EST
The site update is complete (at least that is what the server people tell us) thank you again for your patience and understanding.

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“I Believe In A Thing Called Blood”

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no…well actually, there’s a lot to fear in the shadows. Anyone whose had a run in with Jackie Estacado, the protagonist of Starbreeze Studio’s new first person shooter: The Darkness, is all too aware of this fact. And death seems to be the least of Jackie’s troubles. After all, there’s always hell to worry about. Read more…

Imagine, you hunt down your enemy as he runs rampant through the jungle. How do you find him? In a traditional first person shooter, if you didn’t see him run by you then it won’t be easy.

But what if there was a game that would allow you to see what you could never see before. The moving blades of grass, the branches on the trees swaying from recent contact, and the fresh set of prints in the mud that will ultimately lead you to your prey. It does exist, the engine is CryENGINE 2 and the game is Crysis for the PC.

There there now, you are in the company of friends and there is no shame in crying tears of joy. If it makes you feel better, we will look the other way for a moment. You ready to go on? Great. Read more…

The Halo 3 Beta has come and gone but the guys and gals over at Bungie Studios are still feeding their Halo hungry fans.

If the breathtaking new “Finish The Fight” artwork doesn’t satisfy your craving for the chief, then take a look behind the scenes of what we here at ripten have in store for our readers in the coming weeks.

After you sort through the Halo art from Bungie you will find the comic style artwork of artists Jonathan Lo and Kristoffer who are brining to life a battle between Metriod’s Samus Aran and Halo’s Master Chief. All of this is a part of our exclusive “King Of The Game” series which will be hitting the site in the next few weeks. Read more…

According to an interview with Gamasutra, Rockstar San Diego Executive, Alan Wasserman was asked what the term “next gen” meant to him, and he had this to say…

“I absolutely hate the term, because it’s a manufactured marketing term. To me, next-gen is any combination of thousands of things that developers pull out of their bag of tricks and mix and match things together to create their own special recipe. If it’s done well, it’s a masterpiece, and that experience is a next-gen experience.” Read more…

The ever glaring eye that has remained open staring down the eager gamers who stared back anticipating its release for what must have seemed like an eternity, has closed its lid today.

When all was said and done, it took the combined efforts of a political, legal, and media “witch hunt” to finally put an end to a one companies release of a video game “manhunt”. Those same individuals do not understand the amount of sacrifice and dedication it takes to develop a product such as this, and it is likely they never will.

After receiving the dreaded “adults only” rating, both Nintendo and Sony officials decided to “close the lid” on Manhunt 2. Read more…

We are working away on bringing our readers the “King Of The Game” series but wanted to share some early sketches with you in the mean time. Artwork by Kristoffer

There will be 32 different characters competing for the recognition of being pixel for pixel the baddest that ever called a console home. If you would like to take a look at the rest of the line ups you can check them out here. Enjoy.

Division 1, Division 2.

The head honchos in the Playstation 3 technology department say that the firmware will undergo yet another round of improvements.

Sony Computer Entertainment’s CTO Kawanishi and Audio Video Manager Kanehide both stated they believe there is still room for improvement by an additional 30 to 40 percent in terms of the visual upscale and overall audio quality. On top of that they added that they can foresee a fanless PS3 as well. Read more…

Green clover, green clover, tell Rockstar that Manhunt 2 “can’t come over”.

According to an article that was published here, Manhunt 2 has just become the first video game ever to be banned in Ireland. The Irish eyes over at Rockstar are definitively not smiling today.

This doesn’t look like Santa Monica … are you sure this is the way to E3?

Yesterday we reported that a rumor was going around regarding a sequel to the Gears of War game debuting at E3. We put an email into Cliffy B. at Epic late last night looking for a response regarding the matter, when we saw that a UK site (link here) was reporting today that Epic VP, Mark Rein flat out denied the rumor. Rein was quoted saying… Read more…

There are many rumors circling around this years E3 convention, although today we saw that Xbox 360 Wire is reporting that in addition to Metal Gear Solid 4 (which has been rumored for some time now) there is also a possibility that Gears of War 2 will see the light of day at this years E3. Check out the story in the link above.