Tweet Professor Layton and the Curious Village was a hit when it hit the Nintendo DS. Level 5′s point-and-click adventure received high-grade scores across the board. Now, next to Zelda for the DS, what else could Nintendo fans want besides a sequel? At GDC 09, during a Q&A session with Akihiro Hino, the head publisher [...]

Tweet At the end of the Game Developers Choice Awards, Infinity Ward debuted the trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There’s nothing left to say, but to watch and enjoy.

Tweet Activision has announced today that Guitar Hero fans will have a place to rock out and bob their heads in unison in Sony’s online service, PlayStation Home. The Guitar Hero room is called “Backstage with Guitar Hero”. “Backstage with Guitar Hero” will grant VIP access to both a themed backstage lounge and massive concert [...]

Tweet The website for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now live. All you’ll see is an animated wavy green line, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t the most exciting wavy green line there’s ever been. Let’s hope that MW2 sticks to its planned holiday 2009 release.

Tweet Over in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference, a little sit down was held with a few respectable game developers. Of the group, Emil Pagliarulo revealed that Bethesda Softworks is currently working on some more Fallout 3 downloadable content as well as the next Fallout. Emil asked himself: “What famous landmarks can we [...]

Tweet If I was at GDC, then I could say that I was at the Nintendo keynote, but instead, I’ll just report some news that I found as if I was. The Wii’s Virtual Console service will soon include arcade games as well as the myriad of other retro platforms it supports. The four available [...]

Tweet Following its reveal during Satoru Itwata’s GDC keynote, here’s the first HQ teaser trailer for the Nintendo DS game Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Tweet Square Enix is bringing more Final Fantasy to the Wii, a lot more. Originally announced in Nintendo’s GDC keynote, but just announced via press release, Square Enix will be releasing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and the original Final Fantasy on the Wii through [...]

Tweet If you’re looking to get your swing on, Capcom’s announced today that Bionic Commando will be releasing on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 19, 2009 in North America and on May 22, 2009 in Europe. You’ll play as Nathan Spencer, a government operative who is betrayed and imprisoned by the group [...]

Tweet Ripten TV’s Jonathan Zungre gives his impressions of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Warioware Snapped and other cool stuff talked about at the Nintendo Keynote at the Game Developers Conference ’09. Also, check out the photos Joystiq snuck while at the press conference — one below.

Tweet Siliconera reports that Katamari will make a triumphant return to the Playstation later this year with Katamari Damacy Tribute. It will be the first in the series to feature full 1080p resolution, and is likely to feature a ‘best-of’ selection of levels and music from the series. The text from the magazine scan apparently [...]

Tweet SCEA has big plans for downloadable games on the PSP this year. SCEA director of hardware marketing, John Koller, tells us that it’s one of Sony’s “big pushes this year”. Downloadable games include downloadable versions of key UMD games. Even though retail is important, “the idea of digital distribution fits into the world as [...]

Tweet Video game-themed parody song writers Palette Swapped Ninja take aim at Halo 3. Halo (All I Play-Oh) is based on the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Snow (Hey Oh) and the lead singer sounds alarmingly like RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis. The accompanying video is by YouTuber and Halo 3 player Aven Phoenix. Good stuff.

Tweet Naked Sky Entertainment has released the first set of screenshots for their upcoming XBLA/PSN downloadable title, Star Trek D.A.C.. The game is an 12-player online shooter, allowing gamers to play as Federation or Romulan. A single-player option is also available. The game will not follow the movie’s storyline. The first screenshots can be seen [...]

Tweet There’s always more than one side to an image, Super Paper Mario showed us that. That was just step one, however. Polytron’s Fez is taking that innovation to a whole new level. It’s showing us that there’s WAY more than one side to any image. It also shows us rotation is a hella lot [...]