It’s taken a while for Capcom to get around to releasing another trailer for Resident Evil 5, but they’ve finally done so. Debuting early this morning on GameTrailers TV, the new clip again highlights Chris Redfield, but also manages to show off a number of gameplay mechanics as well in addition to the introduction of [...]

Not long after the Xbox 360 launched, THQ released a quirky World War II third person shooter called The Outfit. Outside of its flaws, the unique combination of shooting and resource management to build new vehicles or defenses was addictive. Quake Wars borrows much of the same concept, only in simpler form and rougher gameplay [...]

There is more South Park in high-definition coming around the corner, as Comedy Central confirmed with us this afternoon that the feature-length director’s cut version of South Park’s Imaginationland will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Monday, June 2.
This will be the second high-definition episode of South Park to hit Xbox Live, with [...]

Rock Band’s DLC for the week of June 3 has been announced today by Harmonix.
“Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett (master - new original recording)
“Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett (master - new original recording)
“Volcano” by Jimmy Buffett (master - new original recording)
These songs will be sold separately for $1.99 each (160 Microsoft Points) or $5.49 (440 [...]

One internet video game show that I’ve recently made it a habit to check out weekly is Players Only with Scott Steinberg. The show, which has covered everything from casual gaming to MMOs up to this point, usually talks to a ton of people in the industry (press included) and is remarkably thorough for the [...]

Embargoes are nothing new to video game reviews, or any other kind of media reviews for that matter. Typically, items such as story spoilers or game length are the items you can’t talk about, but what happens when you’re told to refrain from discussing something directly tied to the gameplay experience?
According a story posted today [...]

Have you ever want to be programmed into a game? If so, here’s your chance to have it happen.
Lionhead Studios has an open call for models to be transformed into paintings which will adorn the walls of Alibion’s residents. E-mails are due ASAP (June 4th) and can be sent to the address included on Lionhead [...]

Prolific developer Sid Meier, the man behind hits like Civilization, The Sims, and Pirates!, is now a world record holder. Meier will be entered into the record books in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2008. Said Meier on his accomplishment:
“I’m fortunate to be able to do what I love and am grateful for all [...]

It’s taken a while for Namco Bandai to get around to confirming their new Splatterhouse game that was shown in last month’s EGM, but today they finally did it as they officially announced the new entry in the classic series. Being developed by BottleRocket Entertainment, this new edition of Splatterhouse will be making its way [...]

Lisa Bell-Cabrera has been promoted to Vice President of Sales at NCSoft, via a statement released today by the company. Previously a national sales manager at the company. Cabrera will now oversee strategic sales initiatives across multiple sales channels in North/South America.
“This is my dream job,” said Bell-Cabrera. “The online gaming industry is moving at [...]

Thanks to the success of Grand Theft Auto IV, the Xbox 360 has gained an 18% lead over its rival in the UK. The game itself followed a similar path, outselling the PS3 counterpart by a 57% to 43% margin.
Current Chart-Track panel figures place sales of the game in the UK at over 1.3 million, [...]

Three separate studies profiled at today’s 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine showed that active video games appeared to be helpful in encouraging young people to exercise.
The first of the studies, done by Gregory Brown, Ph. D., FACSM and his study team, examined energy expenditure for active games compared to sedentary [...]

Don King Presents: Prizefighter is sure to have enough fantabulous spectaculosity in it considering the game’s namesake, but today things got a bit funkier as Bootsy Collins revealed that he produced an original theme song for the upcoming boxing title.
“Doing the game track was very exciting,” Collins tells billboard.com. “It’s for Don King, a hero [...]

An unnamed senior executive from THQ has told Reuters that Saints Row 2 will be delayed until October 14th, moved from a previously announced date of August 26th. The reasons stated were “… due to product quality and marketing considerations.”
This pushes the game near the Autumn release of Grand Theft Auto IV’s anticipated downloadable content.
THQ [...]

It’s Wednesday, so that must mean that a new episode of Zero Punctuation is out. This week, Yahtzee gets his hands on Square Enix’s critically acclaimed RPG The World Ends With You. To see him comment on his math abilities, along with his take on JRPGs with a little bit of R.E.M. thrown in to [...]

Ubisoft’s 2008 Ubidays press event has come and gone, with a number of key announcements being made. Of all the games that were shown during the conference, the confirmation (and following teaser, shown above) of Beyond Good & Evil 2 was among the many things that fans can look forward to from the company.
A quick [...]

If Ryu ever crossed paths with Kimbo Slice, who do you think would come out on top? While one may never find out the answer to that question, the two entities will indeed meet (indirectly, at least), as Capcom announced this afternoon that the first commercial for Street Fighter IV will debut this Saturday during [...]

Despite not even being up for a year to this point, Turner Broadcasting System has decided to terminate GameTap’s editoral and video branches. In doing so, staff from both branches have been laid off.
“We have had a lot of successes over the last year and the move to the web has been a good one [...]

Coldplay’s new single Violet Hill will be making its way to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock next month, according to a report on Entertainment Weekly.
“[‘Violet Hill’] is the first Coldplay song to be put on ‘Guitar Hero,’” Martin bragged to EW on a recent visit to the band’s London studio. And unlike much of [...]

Visual Concepts will now be in control of the MLB 2K and NHL 2K brand of games for 2K Sports, according to a news story posted on 1UP.com. They take over development duties from the now defunct Kush Games.
Ben Brinkman, former developer of the MLB 2K series, has switched jobs and moved to Activision.
The company [...]