Tweet Prototype was a hotly anticipated open-world action game that was originally supposed to release last year. After an impressive showing at GDC, Prototype continued to dazzle the media until one day it slipped to a 2009 release and then disappeared off the radar. Not any more. Prototype is back, and before its big re-reveal [...]

Tweet One of the greatest arcade games of all time (at least in my mind) is being ported to the PSP.  For some reason, I don’t think it’s going to be quite the same game.

Tweet It’s official, folks. After numerous reports and posts today from many different media outlets, Ziff Davis has sold 1UP and its associated sites GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com, and GameTab.com to Hearst Corporation, parent company of UGO. And,sadly, Electronic Gaming Monthly is being shut down after 20 strong years of publication.

Tweet Epic Games’ Gears forum received a post from company VP Mark Rein a few minutes before 1AM today. In that post Mark makes mention of a title update for the Gears sequel that they hope to release in January. The laundry list of issues being addressed include the ability to wield an invisible shield, [...]

Tweet Famitsu has some pictures of the special PS3 pack you can purchase with the latest in the Yakuza game series.  I think it’s rather stylish — I wonder what real Yakuza think.

Tweet Sony has told Eurogamer that the Killzone 2 demo will likely be hitting the PlayStation Network before the game’s release. This contrasts to the American PSN, on which the demo will not launch until after the game releases. Here’s some more salt on America’s wound: Europe seems to be getting the game 2 days [...]

Tweet Monday again folks, and that means more games to download from the Wii’s Virtual Console and WiiWare Channels. The Virtual Console gets a classic SNES game from one of my favorite Nintendo characters in Kirby’s Dream Land 3 and the WiiWare hits the beach in Sandy Beach, a game in which you build sand [...]

Tweet [youtube width="510" height="402"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OybiXxxkQG8[/youtube] Gamers have accomplished some very amazing things with musical instruments. I’ve seen a man beatbox while playing the Super Mario Bros. theme on the flute, I’ve seen someone perform the Tetris theme with a tesla coil, and I’ve even seen a man play the Legend of Zelda theme on his hands. [...]

Tweet Wii Sports has surpassed Super Mario Bros. as the best-selling game of all time. With over 40 million units sold (obviously including bundles), Wii Sports is estimated to break the 50 million mark while resting comfortably at the top of the list. Check out the closest competition as we list the top 10 best-selling [...]

Tweet Unless you’re living under a rock, I’m sure that you’ve heard about Fallout 3 and how awesome it is.  If there is any doubt, or you just want some more to read about the game because your sickeningly addicted to it, then feel free to absorb my words as they project into your eyeballs [...]

Tweet Every once in a while, we here at Ripten come across barbaric rumors that seem too good to be true, and othertimes, too strange to be true. Sure, there are some weird rumors that have turned out to be true- the Beatles in Rock Band, Street Fighter IV LBP DLC, and even Punch-Out! for [...]

Tweet It’s 2009 guys and gals, which means a new year full of new games. Too bad the games that most of us really want to play aren’t gonna be out ’til later this year, because the first week of the new year has no new outstanding releases. I guess we’ll have to settle for [...]

Tweet The Official Xbox Magazine scored the exclusive first review rights for Street Fighter IV. What’s the verdict? Check out what OXM had to say about the newest installment in the king of fighting games.

Tweet These screens for Sierra’s WET are pretty gorgeous. If you haven’t heard about WET, or at least haven’t heard from them in a while, it’s because of Activision cutting of Sierra. The game stars Rubi, an assassin-for-hire out for revenge, with a sharp sword and a personality to compare. Oh yeah, and she’s got [...]

Tweet Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, S2 Games’ multiplayer battlefield game, is now free (as in beer). Just download the game, create an account, and you’re off. Why bother, though? Well, it’s a pretty well-received game, especially by users. The main reason, though, is the main gameplay mechanic- one player on each team acts as [...]