Attendees of the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational will be in for a bit of a treat, as the company announced this morning that both Video Games Live and Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain will perform at the event.
“We’re looking forward to spending a great weekend with Blizzard gamers from around the world and then [...]

Certainly looking to capture the feel of a cheesy infomercial (which is pulled off flawlessly, by the way), Activision debuted a new video for their upcoming Nintendo DS title, Guitar Hero: On Tour. In this “how to” trailer, players are taught how to set up the Guitar Grip peripheral as well as some basic gameplay [...]

The still somewhat mysterious, yet beautiful PlayStation 3 title Afrika is apparently no longer planned for the European audience. According to Eurogamer, a Sony spokesperson would only confirm a Japan release for the game. The title has seen little press since an E3 reveal, and it’s not even clear what the player will be doing [...]

After days of speculation and rumors thanks to a recent JeuxFrance article, Capcom confirmed tonight to IGN.com that Street Fighter IV will be making its way to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC later this year.
The latest edition in the franchise fighting series, Street Fighter IV will blend 2D fighting along with psuedo 3D [...]

Sega of America announced today that they have licensed Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 for a new cross-platform title. Coming almost a year after signing a previous deal with the Cary, NC-based company, Sega didn’t offer any other information on the game but said more details would be coming soon.
“The great capabilities of Unreal Engine 3 [...]

Those who have seen the second Narnia film in theaters will probably remember the scene in which an enraged minotuar runs around collecting spinning gold and silver pieces strewn around the land. Then again, maybe the developers of Prince Caspian viewed a different movie than the rest of us.
As typical licensed movie fodder, Caspian fares [...]

Within their respective launch period (a three day window), four Xbox Live Arcade titles have stood out. Rez HD pulled in at the number one spot, selling 25,000 units. Ikaruga was close behind at 22,500, Penny Arcade Episode 1 is in third with 16,500, while N+ takes spot number four with 13,000 sales. It’s interesting [...]

Music video games have recently become big business thanks to the success of titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and today it was validated even more as the formation of a new music-based game company, Music Video Games (MvG), was unveiled.
Founded by Realtime Associates, Inc. president David Warhol and former TDK Mediactive CEO Vincent [...]

Electronic Arts announced this morning a new map pack for Army of Two. Dubbed the Veteran Map Pack, the new pack will come with two new co-op campaign maps in addition to an “enhanced” multiplayer map. Thanks to being sponsored by Pontiac, the Veteran Map Pack will be free of charge when it becomes available [...]

It appears that being a virtual rock star is beginning to pay off for some folks. This morning, The Ant Commandos, makers of guitar controllers that are compatible with both Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, revealed that they’ve signed 16-year old Chris Chike as their new spokesperson in an exclusive, long-term deal to promote [...]

Yet another mini-game mish-mash for the Wii, Hudson’s Deca Sports fails where most of the other slapped together compilations do. It’s simply not fun, featureless, and few of the games actually work. The 10 sports included here don’t even make sense to be on the same disc as they’re all unrelated.
There’s little question Hudson is [...]

Will Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots be your first dive in the adventures of Solid Snake? If so, you might want to catch up on the history of the iconic character first to see how he became a fan favorite. Earlier today, GameTrailers debuted Part Three of their Metal Gear Retrospective series, [...]

Following LucasArts and Activision-Vivendi, Wolfenstein and Doom creators id have dropped their membership in the ESA. GamePolitics confirmed the news, but no reason was stated for their departure. The full list of companies now  currently stands at 24 companies, including all major console manufacturers and third party developers such as EA. The ESA is expected [...]

Heather Trujillo, the 17-year-old Johnston, Colorado girl accused of killing her half-sister in a style imitating Midway’s Mortal Kombat, pleaded guilty this afternoon to child abuse causing death.
By taking the plea and agreeing to testify against her boyfriend, Lamar Roberts, Trujillo will reduce her own charges from a Class 3 to Class 2 felony. She [...]

After a couple of remakes and a psuedo-sequel on the Nintendo DS, Ryu Hayabusa is finally ready to make his return as Microsoft and Team Ninja announced today that Ninja Gaiden II has gone gold.
From the PR Release:
In “Ninja Gaiden II,” gamers must guide Ryu Hayabusa on a mission to avenge his clan and prevent [...]

As many sports gaming fan already knows, Madden NFL 09 marks the 20th anniversary of EA Sports’ acclaimed football title. While the series has been going through the motions over the last few years, the crew down at Tiburon looks like they’re finally giving the game a much needed shot in the arm as Madden [...]

Next-Gen’s interview with Marc Whitten, General Manager of Xbox Live, shed some light on upcoming changes. The biggest announcement is that owners should not be expecting a Spring dashboard update:
“We have taken a different approach this spring and spent a lot of our time and resources of building the proper infrastructure and scale for the [...]

Giving the general gaming public access to their press events isn’t something new, but is still quite rare nowadays. For the last few years, the only companies that have done so are first-party publishers(Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony), and even then it’s usually only during E3.
Today a third-party is joining the group, however, as Ubisoft announced [...]

Activision’s Guitar Hero III got some more mainstream attention last night, as two new commercials debuted for the game during the Fox’s American Idol finale. In the commercials, finalists David Archuleta and eventual winner David Cook rocked out with their wireless Les Paul guitar controllers parodying Tom Cruise’s famous scene from Risky Business.
“We continue to [...]

Codemasters revealed today that their free MMO ArchLord has broken the 500,000 player barrier. In what started as a pay-to-play MMO, the game eventually moved into free territory in August of 2007. Codemasters will be opening another game world to fit in the influx of new gamers, and also to prepare for a new expansion [...]