Older Electronic Gaming Monthly readers will recall the magazine’s famous Sheng Long Street Fighter II joke from 1992, where players could supposedly unlock the master trainer of Ken and Ryu. It took a ridiculous set of circumstances to actually pull off, and while it’s completely untrue, players still claimed they saw him.
Legend’s never die however, [...]

Bungie Studios is celebrating “Bungie Day” by giving back to their community next week. On Monday (and Monday only), the studio will be giving away Free Halo 3 themes and gamerpics that will be available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. In addition, there is a new multiplayer map, Cold Storage. It’s a faithful [...]

THQ announced late last night that “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels and “The Game” Triple H will be gracing the cover of the upcoming WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. This marks Michaels’ first time on the cover of the game, and the fifth for Triple H.
“Triple H and Shawn Michaels have made headlines over the [...]

EA Sports made an apology to the citizens of Northern Ireland yesterday for placing the wrong song in UEFA Euro 2008 as their national anthem, according to a report on MCVUK. Instead of playing the country’s correct anthem, God Save Our Queen, The Solidier’s Song is played instead which sent both citizens and fans alike [...]

Rock Band’s DLC for the week of July 8 was announced today by Harmonix:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
Rush - Closer to the Heart
Rush - Working Man (alternate-take master)
All of the songs are from the master recordings.
The songs will all be sold individually at $1.99 (160 [...]

The “mystery fourth developer” of the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock has been revealed, as 2K Games announced today that Dark Sector’s Digital Extremes will be joining up with 2K Marin, Boston, and Austrailia to work on the title.
“By partnering with Digital Extremes, 2K Games is delivering a fully optimized experience that takes advantage of [...]

Introducing the Guitar Hero franchise to the Nintendo DS is apparently paying off for Activision, as the company revealed this morning that Guitar Hero: On Tour has sold in excess of 300,000 in its first week of release. In doing so, the game is now Activision’s best DS launch, in addition to being in their [...]

Rockstar Games announced this morning that Midnight Club: Los Angeles will be releasing on October 7 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, followed by Europe three days later on October 10.
In addition, they also announced that the PSP edition, Midnight Club LA: Remix, would also be arriving on the same day. The game is [...]

DCUO Concept Art - First Look DCUO Concept Art
Fresh off of the first bits of the game being revealed by Edge Magazine last week, Sony Online Entertainment appears ready to let gamers at least get a peak of the upcoming DC Universe Online. Earlier tonight, an official MySpace page was launched for the game that [...]

Heather Trujillo, the 17 year old girl who admittedly helped her boyfriend in the killing of her seven year old half sister, was sentenced to 18 years in prison earlier today according to a report by KMGH Denver.
And while she was sentenced, there’s a good chance she won’t actually spend any time in jail. If [...]

If you haven’t updated your PS3 today, then consider yourself lucky. Many users who upgraded in anticipation of trophies and in-game XMB has experienced issues with their systems booting up. Users on the US PlayStation forums tell the sad tale they’re experiencing in a 53 page thread. Sony has since pulled the update from their [...]

While you’ll usually hear that the game industry trumps the movie industry in revenue, that’s usually not true. While box office dollars may not match up the game industry (and with $10 tickets as opposed to $60 games, that’s not really a surprise), adding in other forms of movie media always caused film to take [...]

Having just become the owner of a PS3, there was a reason I waited. It was actually Metal Gear, but the secondary reason was Little Big Planet. New details have emerged, including unspecified uses for the PlayStation Eye peripheral and voice chat. Media Molecule boss David Smith spoke with Eurogamer on the intriguing possibilities:
“There’s some [...]

America Online today announced the launch of BigDownload.com, a joint collaboration between the internet company and Weblogs, Inc. Specifically targeting PC gamers in this venture, BigDownload will offer free downloads, demos, HD game trailers, along with news and reviews.
“AOL Games is adding to our network of gaming sites by bringing a one-stop online destination to [...]

GameStop announced this morning that they have agreed to purchase independent New Zealand game retailer The Gamesman. Once the deal is completed, the eight stores will be converted to the GameStop EB/Games brand and expand the chain’s presence in the area to 38 stores, adding up to 308 for the entire Austrailia/New Zealand area.
“We are [...]

Chrono Trigger, the 1995 Super Nintendo RPG that many consider to be one of the greatest games of all-time in its genre, is officially headed for the Nintendo DS in a remastered port.
Confirming the project after rumors started to swell from Famitsu scans yesterday, Square-Enix released a full announcement for the game this morning and [...]

One would think that after an extensive wait for a sequel to the dungeon crawling PC staple Diablo II, fans would be rejoicing in unison to Blizzard’s announcement of a third game in the series. Leave it to the internet to make any joyous occasion a lackluster one. Fans of the series have begun a [...]

Castlevania is getting ready to take an unexpected turn, as Konami confirmed today the development of Castlevania Judgment for the Wii. Being handled by series producer Koji “Iga” Igarashi, Judgment isn’t a new side-scrolling adventure in the series, but a fighting game that will, in Konami’s words, ” bridges the past with the present as [...]

As a kickoff to their “Seize Control” marketing campaign for Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Activision today announced a contest that will let players pick the cover art for the upcoming game.
The first of the covers features Spidey holding an image of New York City, while the other features him in DBZ-style powerup pose with silouettes [...]

Alten8 CEO Paul Andrews confirmed today that their WiiWare title Eternity’s Child will indeed be making its way to North America at some point, according to a post made today on WiiWareWorld. This comes shortly after game creator Luc Benard told the site that the game was only going to be available in the UK.
“EC [...]