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Nearly a month after making its way to the Xbox Live Marketplace, the four-player co-op demo for Lost Planet 2 will hit the PlayStation Network next Thursday, September 24. Don't let your indignation over this shameful injustice keep you from checking the demo out -- it's the same gameplay segment we saw (and loved) at E3 earlier this year, plus a couple PS3-exclusive bonus mini-missions. We promise that playing it will be more fun than working on that "Boycott Capcom" petition.

New character customization options and themes incoming!

Dragon’s Lair was way too early for its time. Even today some mechanics don’t really work, but the invention of quick-time events would have made Dragon’s Lair fit much better into today’s market.

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A colorful new 3D tower defense shooter is available now.

Explore the origins of the Demon Blade legend.

Only you can save the land of Iberia, or destroy it!

Japanese magazine scans show a new RPG in development for PSP by Luminous Arc/Sands of Destruction developer Image Epoch -- it's called Last Ranker. Capcom-Unity's summary of the article mentions some impressive people on staff for the Capcom-published RPG: direction by Image Epoch founder and Trauma Center creator Kazuya Niinou; music by Yoko Shimomura; scenario by Final Fantasy VII's Kazushige Nojima; and production on Capcom's end by Ace Attorney producer Minae Matsukawa.According to PSP Hyper, the game focuses on real-time fighting as it follows the career of competitive fighter, named Zig, trying to succeed in a giant tournament. Siliconera notes that the storyline in the game is intended to "emphasize the relationships and rivalries that go on between fights." Which is why it's an RPG and not a fighting game. We'll find out if Capcom knows what it's doing when Zig takes off in Japan next year.

A portion of an N-Sider review… The Wii version, while it had its moments of passing entertainment, just didn’t compel me at all to want to return to it. Firebrand’s great DS version, though, swept me up so thoroughly that it not only sucked up hours of my time, but got me into the cheap copy [...]

Feel every twist and turn of the most realistic Need for Speed yet.

This is a pretty big deal, you know! Creator Kenji Eno hasn’t released a console game in about 10 years, and he’s about to break that streak with You, Me and the Cubes. This is a WiiWare exclusive title that is going to debut in North America this coming Monday! Make sure [...]

Will you explore the tombs and vast desert of Demon Sands?

We're finding it difficult to decide whether this piece of news indicates the beginning of a beautiful, shining era for humanity -- or whether it's an irrefutable sign of the swiftly approaching end of days. The PS3's internet browser home page now includes a "Papa John's" button, which allows esurient clickers to order hot, delicious pizza with a few quick taps of the DualShock 3's face buttons. To put it in Console War terminology, the PS3 just discovered the atomic bomb. Unless the Xbox 360 learns how to give foot massages, or the Wii actually starts printing money, the unthinkable invention of PSPizza has ensured Sony's inexorable reign.

With the revelation of the PS3 Slim and its accompanying price cut, it looks like things are really on the up and up for Sony. It seems that things are so up that many consumers may have difficulty finding a PS3 on the shelves. According to Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia -- as reported on IndustryGamers -- strong "pent-up" demand may lead to PS3 shortages by the end of September. Furthermore, he expects that September sales of the console may climb as much as 75 percent over last year, possibly more if supplies hold up. Finally, Bhatia noted that strong PS3 sales could affect sales of the 360 as well. The reason, according to Bhatia, is that the 360 Arcade SKU maintained its $199 price while the Elite price drop really amounted to no more than a replacement of the Pro tier. Joystiq would be remiss not to point out that the Elite bundle even received a few downgrades in the process. Looks like Jack Tretton may have made that $1200 bet two and a half years too soon.

A platformer where everything you do is music!

Now don’t get all excited for this game just yet. The OFLC seems to add the ‘multiplatform’ tag to almost all of their listings. We have no information on this game at all, and knowing Activision, this title isn’t going to come to Wii. We’ll hold onto hope while we wait for [...]

Combine your powers in unique ways to reach new areas.

Take for instance a problem I ran into in the 150th or so puzzle I was working on. Confronted by an area teeming with West Virginia’s legendary Flatwoods Monster, my initial thought was to take out one urban legend with another. So I quickly typed in Chupacabre. Only I mistyped it and accidentally summoned not [...]