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Riding on the inevitable wave of hip hop games following the release of GTA: San Andreas, Crime Life also features gameplay similar to GTA. Notable are the morally infused storyline, meaning that your decisions will have an impact on the outcome of the game. The participation of famous rap crew D12 adds to the game, … Read more

Following the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence for the PS2 were some quick first details on this recreation of last year’s smash hit Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. For the first time in the history of the Metal Gear franchise, gamers can play in an online gameplay environment. In the new “Online … Read more

Hideo Kojima, the world-renowned creator of the Metal Gear franchise, is the lead for a new development team from Konami. The newly formed Kojima Productions is currently hard at work on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3), Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2), and Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP). “Consolidation within the Konami Corporation has brought … Read more

A short little statement was released by Konami today, announcing the release this fall of a new Castlevania on both the PS2 and Xbox: “Castlevania: Curse of Darkness takes the series in a fresh new direction – complete with new heroes and villains,â€? says Matt Knoles, Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment – America. “And … Read more

Midway Games today announced that its PC title, Unreal Tournament 2007, will be released in 2006 on the PC. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that some version of it will land on the PlayStation 3, but as of now, that’s purely speculation from the Sony press conference. “UT2007 will be a major … Read more

Soon it will be possible to carry the governor of California in your pocket. Fox Home Entertainment will release its first film titles on the UMD format for Sony’s PlayStation Portable this coming July. Available for the suggested retail price of $26.98 each, the titles will be available everywhere UMDs are sold. The first five … Read more

The Nintendo DS will get some lovin’ from Vivendi Universal this fall with the release of Spyro: Shadow Legacy. By fighting and defeating creatures in the game, players will earn experience points that improve Spyro’s strength and abilities. This RPG element will allow players to use their experience to build Spyro’s new magical powers and … Read more

Below are the first images of the Nintendo Revolution and the new Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Micro. It’s important to note that the Game Boy Micro is not the successor to Game Boy Advance or the DS:

Nintendo opened their E3 press conference with an assortment of quotes over the loud speakers. When Iwata took the stage, he said, “I’m about making games and I’m about playing games……so Reggie, I have a question for you, who’s your daddy?’ With all the talk of numbers, “we’d like to add another number….2′. Nintendo-published games … Read more

Buena Vista Games, an arm of Disney, earlier Monday afternoon announced that they will be releasing several new titles for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Here are the titles they announced: Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe (DS and GBA) Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (GBA) Chicken Little (GBA) Herbie: … Read more

Unlike Sony, who focused exclusively on PS3, Microsoft focused some of their attention on current-generation hardware. Over 20 million Xbox’s have been sold worldwide with an expected 2 million Xbox Live users in the near-term. Hitman: Blood Money, L.A Rush, Batman Returns, Blitz Playmakers, Tak 3, Conker, Tomb Raider: Legend, From Russia with Love, Destroy … Read more

Below are the first screenshots from Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3 (Vision Gran Turismo according to Sony’s video):

The Sony news conference lasted two hours today, focusing exclusively on the PlayStation 3. The majority of the conference was dedicated to technical babble that few but the most dedicated gamers would care to hear. The most interesting parts of the show came as game demonstrations were shown in video form. Here’s a breakdown of … Read more

Below are the first screenshots of Killzone 2, the follow-up to Guerilla’s PlayStation 2 fall 2004 FPS, Killzone. Killzone 2 will be released exclusively for the PlayStation 3:

Sony announced that its next-generation console would be named PlayStation 3, an unsurprising move. What wasn’t expected was the enormous amount of AAA titles that were announced. So far we are expecting the following games to launch alongside the PlayStation 3, or shortly after: Metal Gear Solid 4 Devil May Cry 4 Tekken 6 Gran … Read more

The following are renders of the PS3, not actual consoles. We expect to have images from the Sony news conference later this evening:

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates seemingly confirmed in an interview with Time Magazine that Halo 3 would be released to the masses at the time of the PlayStation 3 launch. This of course has been rumored for some time, but keep in mind, it took Halo over two years of development time. “Note to the hard-core … Read more

A few days before E3, it’s always good to have good news coming out of Japan, for any company. That’s why Nintendo’s sure to be excited by the past week of activity in the Land of the Rising Sun. The Nintendo DS continued to sweep across the Pacific nation over the past week, selling nearly … Read more