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This morning, we have a first-look at the assets that'll be packed with Guitar Hero World Tour, currently scheduled for release in "Spring" of this year (who knows, it may arrive before that other game involving musical instrument peripherals...)

Currently in development for Wii, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360, we've got some pretty pictures of the guitar you'll be rockin' out on, the new microphone and - excitingly - the new drums.

That's right - not only does the new Guitar Hero have a newly desi . . . Read more

Beijing 2008 is the official video game of the Olympic Games, and has set out to absorb not just the athletic accomplishments of the Games, but also the cultural identity of 2008. There are fully-rendered models of the cityscape of Beijing as well as the Olympic arenas where competitions will be held in just a couple of months. More than 32 countries are represented in the game, and there are more than 1,000 character models (both male and female) used to compete in the 38 different events. As i . . . Read more

The Goal? The longest non-stop lan-party style gaming session to date. Nvidia is aiming for a dedicated team of gamers to play games "non stop" (they get 10 min breaks for every 60 min play time) for 36 hours.

Want more? Check out the article:

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=68471

The Ace Combat guys are working on a flyer for the Wii that's inspired by anime. The reasoning behind this is that Mamoru Oshii, who directed Ghost in the Shell, is coming out with a film called The Sky Crawlers. The film is based on a series of novels about dogfighter pilots in a fiction-based setting in a WWII style.

Check below for the source and a screenshot.


http://www.arnsteinlarsen.no/?p=19847

SEGA Europe has told Eurogamer that The Crucible: Evil Within is not the game Silicon Knights is making for it.

This was another of the leaks from the Intellisponse market research, which contained a video supposedly showing footage from an action-adventure many believed to be made by the Too Human developer.

"I can confirm that SK are not working on The Crucible for SEGA," a spokesperson told us, unable to shed any light on what the developer is making, then.

However, comments made by . . . Read more

According to the Rumortoid (not to mention a few other sites), Silicon Knights is working on a game called The Crucible: The Evil Within, possibly for the 360.

I haven't been able to find out too many details about it yet, but it appears to be another horror based game with a good bit of slashing and hacking.

Rumortoid links to a video, but it isn't the best quality in the world. However, seeing as I enjoyed (loved!) Eternal Darkness from Silicon Knights, I am keeping my fingers crossed an . . . Read more

Namco Bandai announced today that the classic gorefest Splatterhouse will be making its return on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2009.

A press release from Namco said that the next-gen version of the arcade and TurboGrafx 16 classic will feature a melee combat system complete with grappling and combos.

The infamous 2x4 wooden board also makes a comeback some 20 years after the original, as well as the ability to use the limbs of your enemies as weapons to dispatch them and, in . . . Read more

The sequel to Ubisoft's action-adventure title Beyond Good & Evil will appeal to casual gamers moreso than the first game, Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot said at the recent Ubidays press event in Paris.

"We saw with Beyond Good & Evil that so many customers were extremely happy with the game," said Guillemot to Next-Gen. "We had a different audience at that time. We had more core gamers than casual gamers than we have today."

"We think the game was probably a little too difficult for the . . . Read more

Square Enix has released a new site for Square Enix Members. The website is called Everyone's Kingdom, based on last week's release of the WiiWare game, FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King.

From the Square Enix blog: "Today we opened a mini site within MEMBERS called "Everyone's Kingdom," which is based on the world of FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King. As more peope visit the little kingdom, more content will become available. The kingdom currently offers a . . . Read more

With the death earlier this year of Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, one of the world's most iconic games became front page news around the world. With a following of over 25 million players worldwide since its conception in the 70s, Dungeons & Dragons has brought the magic and mystery of fantasy roleplaying to a global audience which includes celebrities such as Vin Diesel and Robin Williams.

June 7th sees the global launch of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition with the addition . . . Read more

Nintendo has apologised for the WiiFit calling people fat.

Apparently people have taken offense to their 'game' calling them fat, after it's calculated their BMI (body mass index).

The Daily Mail has published a news story about it, which is no surprise, and found here.

Anyone with half an ounce of sense knows the BMI is going to be wrong in any number of cas . . . Read more

The pulling power of Games Workshop’s futuristic Warhammer 40,000 franchise is surprising. As a boy, I dabbled in this world, until I got fed up with grown men shouting “Waaaaaaaggggh” while hunched over their collection of expertly painted Orks.

So I left it all behind, but never lost the theoretical interest in that sort of thing (not the shouting, the gaming). 15 years later, Dawn of War II is moving the franchise further into the digital sphere, after the very successful first itera . . . Read more

As Sangue settles in to read her massive list of gaming news, one particular bit of news catches her eye, and the sound of her elated squeal can be heard as far out as England; no doubt scaring half the world in the process:


Silicon Knights shed some light on the possibility of an Eternal Darkness sequel at Microsoft's Gamer Day 2008.


Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack confirmed to TVG yesterday at Microsoft's spring gaming showcase that an Eternal Darkness sequel is a definite po . . . Read more

Goblins aren't the most well treated of fantasy races. Usually depicted as savages hell bent on carving up dwarves and anyone else chancing their arm at some good old fashioned dungeon crawling, green skins, it would be fair to say, don't enjoy a good press. Well, that's all about to change. Firefly Studios, of Stronghold fame, is attempting to sprinkle some positive PR on the misunderstood goblin race with its new third-person PC and Xbox 360 action game Dungeon Hero. We unsheathed our broad sw . . . Read more

Blimey - what a mouthful. I guess we don't expect brevity in titles from the guys behind Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, but this is getting a little bit ridiculous. Still, at least the name is descriptive: Square-Enix's new Wii game is a member of the Dragon Quest family, Swords are involved and there is - not wishing to give the game away - a masked queen in a Tower of Mirrors at some point in the game. The key word in all this is Swords. Anyone wanting an epic RPG on the lines . . . Read more

Pandemic™ Studios, an award-winning developer of blockbuster video games, is proud to announce the development of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PC and Nintendo DS™ platforms. Pandemic Studios is a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS).

In a partnership with New Line Cinema, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game created by the same Pandemic Studios team b . . . Read more

If you possess skills in a particular area, why not do what you're good at and get paid for it, too? That seems to be the premise behind the Fury League, which is Auran Games' latest skill-based, competitive online format for the MMORPG Fury.

Auran Games will be running the Fury League Qualifying Season throughout this month - free of charge. It will culminate in two special "Cash Ladders." The top 1,000 players on each Ladder will win cash prizes, with a total of US$ 25,000 to be won. The f . . . Read more

Activision announced today that the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will be released on ALL current-gen consoles and the PS2. This includes the Nintendo DS and the Wii, which lack COD4 in their game library.

In related news, Activision also announced that the next James Bond game will be running the Call of Duty 4 Engine, leading one to believe the game will be a first-person shooter. No word yet on what platforms the next Bond game will be released on.

Eidos Interactive has announced Top Trumps: Doctor Who, a brand new game for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PC and Mobile.

Top Trumps: Doctor Who brings the classic card game to life by introducing interactive elements and combining them with character animations from the hugely popular Doctor Who: Infinite Quest animation series, plus there is a whole universe of mini-games to keep everyone entertained.

Featuring over 35 character cards each with their own biographic data, the game boasts bo . . . Read more

Okay, normally, this kind of review passes under my radar, and barely registers on my list of things to read, but hey, I was swept in by the title.

Heather Chaplin of Next-Gen.biz has reviewed/discussed the book Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth about Violent Videogames, written by Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson. Both Kutner and Olson are mental health experts, who conducted this research out of interest, rather than the champion one school of thought over another.

Found [url=" . . . Read more

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