Tweet No, it’s not the name of a new console for Dracula, but China’s most blatant knock-off yet. Attempting to ride high on Nintendo’s coattails, the system comes with plenty half-assed facsimiles of popular Wii software from Bowling to Cooking Mama.

Tweet Say hello to Activision Blizzard, the result of a Sunday-morning announcement between Activision and Vivendi Games that they’ve agreed to combine their resources. The new company results in about $3.8 billion of pro forma and the greatest operating margins of any current third party publisher. Stick that in your craw, Electronic Arts!

Tweet A new update for High Stakes on the Vegas Strip (downloadable through PSN) has patched in remote play, making it the third or so title to actually take advantage of the much-hyped feature; the other two being Japanese game Mainichi Issho and Lair.

Tweet After injuring one of his fingers from playing too much Guitar Hero II, modder Egyokeo took it upon himself to rig up a MIDI drum kit to work with the game. If he wasn’t going to be able to grip the fret his Xplorer until the aching digit fully healed, then he’d play guitar…with [...]

Tweet Game Director Dylan Jobe’s updated Playstation.blog with an announcement that the Warhawk Booster Pack, entitled “Omega Dawn,” is finished, save for some last minute testing. In the post, he gushes like a mother proud of her straight-A child over the expansion and let’s slip just how much it will cost you.

Tweet According to Variety, Sony plans to launch a new “On Demand” service for the Playstation 3 early next year in Japan, with motoring videos as the initial draw.

Tweet When I posted yesterday’s Playstation Store update, I cited that Idol Minds’ new PSN title was thought up in a marketing department. Now, we know how big a role the ad men can play in shaping a game’s public face, but it’s still taken on good faith that most of the real ideas are [...]

Tweet For over ten years, Jeff Gerstmann ruffled the feathers of sensitive fanboys with his controversial reviews on Gamespot, which is why it’s ironic that he’s been fired for giving a mediocre game a score it deserves. At least, that’s what we’ve heard. You’re going to read this here and you’re going to read this [...]

Tweet It’s Thursday again, which means that it’s time for Sony to throw up some content on the good ol’ Playstation Store. The marquee release this week is PAIN, a game once unceremoniously touted as being thought up by a marketing department. If that doesn’t blow your skirt up, there’s plenty of DLC for your [...]

Tweet “Heroes?! In MY Labyrinth?!” Have you ever gotten lost in a dungeon? Frustrated, confused, swamped by enemies with not a single health potion left in your inventory? Well, have you ever wanted to be the jerkface that designs those soul-killing labyrinths you loathe so much? If so, then you clearly need to play “Yuusha [...]

Tweet All of you PS3 hold-outs better be ready to pony up the cash when Metal Gear Solid 4 finally hits shelves next year, because Kojima Productions needs your support to continue working exclusively on Sony’s next-gen platform.

Tweet Rockstar revealed the official box art for Grand Theft Auto IV today, albeit in a manner we’re not very used to seeing. A video clip on GameTrailers shows several artists constructing it piece by piece on a wall until we’re given the full picture at the end.

Tweet Everything old is new again. Where Ion Storm failed, Eidos’ Montreal studio is poised to take another crack at the Deus Ex franchise, hopefully pulling it out of the grave before the last spade of dirt is tossed. Really. It’s right there in their mission statement: “AAA games, with high quality licenses that offer [...]

Tweet It’s time again for Greenpeace International’s “Guide to Greener Electronics,” a report they’ve been putting together every three or four months for the past couple years that compares the manufacturing and processing policies of different consumer electronics giants.

Tweet With a lower price point and a revamped ad campaign, it seems like Sony is finally on the ball. It begs the question: why didn’t they handle the Playstation 3 like this right from the start?