While Arc System Works has mostly been focusing on their excellent BlazBlue franchise in this console generation, they still haven’t forgotten about the original fighting franchise that made them big, the Guilty Gear series. As Arc System Works has just unveiled a HD remake of their last Guilty Gear...

All you fans of our fab little French hero Rayman can give a little smile as Ubisoft have unveiled a new trailer for Rayman 3 HD, coming this March for XBox 360 and Playstation 3. The sheer amount of adventures this little guy goes on, all without arms and legs is amazing, and his return in HD shuld get all...

Gamestop…Classic Games? Don’t adjust your monitors. This is a thing that is happening. As of now, Power Up Rewards members can now redeem their hard earned points for actual cartridges of some of gaming’s greatest. So what games are up for grabs? The likes of Mortal Kombat (SNES), Mario...

InXile Entertainment and Konami have announced that their personal take on the amazingly addictive retro game “Choplifter” will be released on January 11th and cost $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points for XBox users. InXile will be responsible for the PSN and PC versions and will also co-publish the...

Its release date announced today, the Retrode 2  will allow you to play SNES and Genesis games on your computer, provided you can come up with a cartridge and a downloadable emulator.  Oh and a controller.  After that, just plug the device into your computer and play all your favorite classics.  The...

After being announced about a year ago with updates on it’s progress and release date few and far between, the final Oddworld installment finally sees its HD remake hit the PSN in North America.  For those who are unaware of what Stranger’s Wrath is like, it’s a fantastic game with a...

The critically-acclaimed BloodRayne: Betrayal is getting a massive temporary price cut starting today! From December 20th through till January 2nd as a part of Xbox LIVE’s Countdown to 2012 promotion, BloodRayne: Betrayal’s glorious 2D blood-sucking, vampire-decapitation fun is on for sale at half...

Upon it’s release, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time consistently amazed, impressed and surprised gamers, earning it a legendary status. Still today after countless ports and releases, the legend lives on and still amazes, impresses and surprises. Around this time last year one of the most...

Konami has launched an official website for the Metal Gear Solid franchise today, unifying the game universe with exclusive interactive features such as a media player to show off all the newest game trailers, gameplay footage and production team updates. Fans can even pre-order the upcoming titles, Metal...

With the recent announcement that Ezio Auditore from the Assassin’s Creed franchise is set to appear as a playable character in Soul Calibur V, fighting game fanatics have been ecstatic worldwide. These days having a random playable guest character appear in a fighting game has become somewhat of an...

Today video gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto accepted the Spike VGA 2011 Hall of fame Award for his work on the classic franchise The Legend of Zelda. Holding the award above his head much like Link when he found the master sword, an emotional Miyamoto thanked the fans on behalf of both himself and Nintendo...

I don’t remember if my childhood obsession with dinosaurs began with Jurassic Park or was just fueled by it, but either way, the series has been a big part of my life growing up, both as films and games. Having just reviewed Telltale’s recent Jurassic Park game, I found I enjoyed it, despite the...

A remake for the classic series “Space Battleship Yamato 2199″ is in production and with that production comes a trailer of the upcoming movie. According to Crunchyroll the movie is set to be, basically, the first two episodes of an upcoming series pasted together. To quote Crunchyroll - More...

Not too long ago Atari released the iOS version of Atari’s Greatest Hits, and now Android smart phone and tablet users can download this from the Anroid Market. It allows the user to browse a catalog of over 100 classic Atari games and allows them relive the past. Some of the games included in this...

I recall reading about this when it was first released many years ago, and call me sick and twisted but it always stuck in my mind as a cool concept with many social issues rooted deeply in its ideology. So without further ado I bring you the ultimate in sadistic gaming; The Painstation. The arcade gaming...

2.5D graphics-it’s like old school with a modern twist. Is this the future? It may be hard to believe but when you think about it, video games are still in a very experimental stage and for the most part are still trying to understand the concept of using 3D graphics. Many of our favorite franchises...

Space Channel 5 Part 2 Developer: SEGA Publisher: SEGA Platform: XBLA, PSN (reviewed) Price: 800 Microsoft Points, $9.99 (buy here) Release Date: October 5, 2011   Overview: Hey Spacecats! Welcome to Space Channel 5 Part 2, the groovy follow up to Space Channel 5! Today I’ll be taking a close...

Here I am reminiscing again and thought I’d make a small list of a few games you might like to try if you are looking for a true challenge. It is PS1 onwards as there are just way too many older NES, SNES, Master System and Megadrive games to count such as Contra, Alienstorm, Zelda II to name but a very...

Time to don your raincoats and hockey masks, as Sega Europe and America announce House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut, exclusive to PS3 and now fully immersive in all its 3D glory. Whether you are one of the lucky ones who already own a 3D TV or even if you are still playing on an old CRT screen, Sega...

Radiant Silvergun Platform: Xbox Live Arcade (Reviewed) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: Treasure Genre: Top Down Shooter/Bullet Hell Release Date: September 14, 2011 Price: 1200 MS Points Overview Radiant Silvergun was originally released in 1998 for the arcades and then ported to the Sega Saturn...

Got a point and click adventure itch? Well Wadjet Eye Games are on hand with a new entry in their Blackwell series – The Blackwell Deception. The studio is the same one behind the sci-fi noir themed Gemini Rue, which picked up a lot of critical praise for it’s gripping storyline, truly smart...

Im not sure about you but im bored, really bored with the current state of the gaming industry and what it has slowly become, lets say since the release of the latest generation of consoles. Just when you think a ray of light in the form of some kind of unique and conceptually different IP has broken...

Not long ago we brought you news on Starbreeze studios in relation to their HD remake of Bullfrog’s classic retro title “Syndicate”, and now the studio is back in the lime light with the announcement of brand new IP to be developed in conjunction with award winning director and write...

Time to dust off your leather and denim, slick back your hear with some bryll cream (really old hair care product more akin to car grease) and , as 505 games bring the classic stage-show and iconic film Grease into your living rooms via the PS3 Move and Xbox360 Kinect. Warm up this fall by dancing and...

During Nintendo’s 3DS Conference 2011 some footage was shown for a 3DS soccer title called Culchobit (カルチョビット), coming in 2012. Sporting cute, cartoony and simplistic 8-bit graphics, Culchobit will place a focus on stats and is currently in development. It was also revealed that the game...

Shadow the Hedgehog made his debut on the Dreamcast in 2001′s Sonic Adventure 2, and quickly became a very popular character amongst Sonic fans. The anti-hero has been one of the few new editions to the recent Sonic roster to be so happily embraced, and as a result even scored his own self-titled game...