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Portal 2 for Christmas With Co-Op, Bodycount Will Have Multiplayer, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition Trailer, Ubisoft's New DRM Plan Turns Away Paying Players  

From GameInformer.com:

Portal 2 is set to drop this upcoming holiday season at full retail price. Even though the first game was just a few hours long, the sequel promises some extra content for your return through Aperture Science, most notably the inclusion of co-op.

For the past year I have been heavily following the production of Tron Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 cult classic film Tron directed by Steven Lisberger. While Lisberger is credited as a writer for Tron Legacy, he will not be directing the sequel. Instead, it will be directed by new comer Joseph Kosinski. However, we will be treated to the return of Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley and as the new trailer shows us, Flynn's awesome 80's arcade is back as well! The ...

If you have been wondering why your local Best Buy and other retailers have been out of stock on Wii Classic Controllers, it's because the Classic Controllers are being held back in favor of the new model, the Classic Controller Pro which will ship on April 1, 2010. Gamers have been complaining about the current Classic Controller being uncomfortable so the new Classic Controller Pro will have an additional grip and shoulder buttons. The Classic Controller Pro will come in either Black or Whi...

Zelda for Wii this Year?, Activision's Biggest Franchises, Random House Moving Into Video Games, Dead or Alive: Paradise Under Attack

From Wired.com:

Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway: One of the things that’s true for Nintendo is that we’re not driven by a calendar for our release dates. When the games are ready to go, when the quality is perfect, that’s when we release. We all benefit if we can keep a pretty steady pace, so the deve...

PlayStation 3 users across the nation reported late on February 28th, that turning on their PS3, their games have been unplayable, hard earned  trophies lost and denied access to PlayStation Network. So far this problem has been effecting original PS3 models. One theory points to an issue with the console's internal calendar that occured when the system clock rolled over to March 1, 2010 which is reportedly resetting pre-slim models to 12/31/1999. Plus with 2010 being mislabeled as a lea...

Yesterday February 24th was an exciting day for Nintendo fans across the nation, Nintendo hosted there Summit meeting in Downtown San Francisco. Attendees had the awesome opportunity to play two of Nintendo's most anticipated titles, Metroid Other M and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Also, Nintendo released a new trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2, check it out:

Yakuza 3 Changed for North American Release, Grandia Available on Playstation Network, Left 4 Dead Rumored to Arrive on PS3, Unreal Engine 4 the Next Step in Gaming

From IGN.com

With the release of Yakuza 3 just two weeks away (March 9th in the States and March 12th in the U.K.), fans are beginning to go off the deep end about the beat'em up/RPG-like/Grand Theft Auto-like game that has you wandering the streets of Japan and wailing on bad guys silly en...

With rumors circulating of a new Twisted Metal game in the works with comments from video game designer and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe like "Eight or nine months away" regarding a new Twisted Metal title. In a recent webshow, Jaffe went on record saying:

"Here's the weekly struggle on my current game. I don't think I'm giving anything away, but our new game does have vehicles in it. We would love to have those vehicles control using modern control configurations. Eve...

From 411 Mania:

According to Major Nelson's Twitter account, Midway's Xbox Live Arcade titles have been removed from the service "due to publisher evolving rights and permissions..."

The games that are gone are Cyberball, Defender, Paperboy, Rootbeer Tapper, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Robotron, Joust, Gauntlet and Smash TV. Nelson does state however that you can still play them or re-download them if you purchased them previously.

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XBOX Live Helps Prevent a School Shooting, Activision Announces 2010 Releases, Windows Mobile 7 Connected to Xbox Live, Sony Ericsson Phone Will Come With Playstation Network

From Kotaku.com:

"The Vancouver Sun says the unidentified gamer, of Port Alberni, B.C., was in an unspecified game with five other teammates on Feb. 4 when one, apparently distraught and nihilistic over being a failing student in his senior year, started talking about...

The following article is from IGN.com

February 16, 2010 - Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey states in his latest equity research newsletter that Nintendo needs to promptly cut the price of the Wii console in order to stave off the upcoming releases of both Microsoft and Sony's new motion controllers due this fall.

"We believe Nintendo needs to cut the price of their console from $200 to $150 immediately, as they should establish as meaningful o...

As a promo for the upcoming Command & Conquer 4, EA has made the original Command & Conquer available for free, download it here.

1 + 2 are all time classics, and while you are there, be sure to download Red Alert 2.  Classic...

Whether you are a Sony or Nintendo fan boy, there is no denying the temptation to play a Halo game on the Xbox 360. The franchise has sold units in earth shattering numbers and continues to get bigger with a cult following. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone but I have even got fan boys to make the jump over to Microsoft to play Halo and see what all the talk is about. That being said, I writing in excitement about the new Halo Legends anime that is releasing Tuesday February 16, 2010. Here is th...

Metroid: The Other M Trailer, LEGO MMO Beta Signup, Nintendo Attacking Piracy, Facebook Madden

Metroid: The Other M Trailer is here! Check it out!

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What happens when you combine Guitar Hero with the undead? Rock of the Dead for the Nintendo Wii of course! With such entries as Typing of the Dead in the House of the Dead series, it time for another game in this realm to shine. Rock of the Dead is not apart of the HOTD series, however, it is a brand new game from Epicenter and will be published by Conspiracy. This is an insanely cool concept and mixes up the Guitar Hero/Rock Band game play by throwing in some Zombies and creatures to kill. ...

Microsoft is discontinuing all support on XBOX live for the original system, on 04-15-10.

From IGN.com:

"This isn't a decision we made lightly, but after careful consideration, it is clear this will provide the greatest benefit to the Xbox LIVE community," said Microsoft's Marc Whitten. First launched in 2002, Xbox LIVE has since become the cornerstone of Microsoft's console strategy, enjoying huge popularity on the Xbox 360 with some 23 million users.”...

Modern Warfare 2 Top Selling Console Game of 2009, Aliens vs. Predator Playable Demo, “Metroid: The Other M” Official Site, Microsoft Game Room Asks Fans to Re-Buy Games

From Gamasutra.com:

Modern Warfare 2 sold 8.82 million units in the U.S. -- the biggest market for the first person shooter prominently focused on U.S. Army Rangers. It sold 2.8 million units in the UK and just 238,000 in Japan.

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Capcom’s Spring Releases, Ubisoft’s New DRM, Just Dance Top in UK Sales, NPD Top 15 Console Games

Capcom’s Spring Release Lineup:

Monster Hunter Tri, Lost Planet 2, a package release of classic sidescrolling action titles Final Fight and Magic Sword, and Super Street Fighter 4 are all right around the corner.

Super Street Fighter 4 will be shipping April 27th in the US.

New selectable s...

Welcome everyone to The Octagon, your one stop shop for fighting games of today and yesterday.

As a young snot nosed punk there were very few things as awesome as a day at the mall.  Buy some comic books, have a piece of pizza, bum around looking at RPG books and novelty crap until being forced back into the car to go home.  And of course the arcade, a sleeve of quarters and, my good friends the JAMMA cabinets.  One of the most memorable titles of that young ...

Today Apple announced their iPad device. At an Apple Press Conference, footage was shown of the iPad in action which seriously has left me impressed and wanting one of these babies for myself. So how will an iPad benefit us gamers you may be asking? Well, on the iPad's crisp 9.7 inch screen you can play all existing iPhone games in standard resolution or full screen. Two games will be coming soon that are designed specifically for the iPad which are Nova by Gameloft and EA's Need for Speed Sh...