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 [...]