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Visit the Cardassian Empire and behold their military might.

Lead your forces to victory during the Third Crusade.

I love The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, but I never realized how truly important it was to not only the Zelda franchise, but gaming in general. At least, I should say that I didn’t realize this game’s contributions to the industry until a few years later. It’s obvious to see how Wind [...]

Doncaster, UK – 21st January 2010 – BLAZE the internationally renowned peripheral manufacturer announces it has secured the exclusive worldwide rights to produce Fitness First branded fitness accessories across all platforms. Fitness First is the world’s largest gym, health and fitness club group with over 550 clubs worldwide spanning 19 countries. The brand is universally [...]

To pilot the Ship Vigilant you must learn its features and capabilities.

The 4x space strategy game returns.

As promised, a Heavy Rain demo is coming to the PlayStation Store. SCEE's Mike Kebby told readers of the PlayStation.Blog to expect a demo on February 11th. While not guaranteed, it's likely that Sony will release the demo of one of its biggest first-party titles worldwide. Of course, you could always make an extra European PSN account just in case. Don't worry, Sony doesn't seem to mind. [Via VG247]

And here we thought Bayonetta had cornered the giant black cannibalistic things summoned from the ether market, but the tail-end of this Nier trailer suggests there's some incoming competition in that department. There are other parts of the trailer worth pointing out (or, perhaps, worth pointing at ... and laughing about), too, like how Square Enix proclaims Nier to be "THE NEXT GREAT STORY FROM SQUARE ENIX" or how it begins with another one of those rants. Is every character in Nier going to be so darn self-absorbed?

• “MOST SUCCESSFUL VIDEO GAME HEROINE” • “MOST RECOGNISABLE FEMALE CHARACTER IN A VIDEO GAME” • “MOST DETAILED VIDEO GAME CHARACTER” • “MOST OFFICIAL REAL LIFE STAND-INS IN A VIDEO GAME” (TOMB RAIDER) • “HIGHEST GROSSING COMPUTER GAME SPIN-OFF” (TOMB RAIDER) • “MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION TRANSFER” (TOMB RADIER) Computer game character Lara Croft, star of the hugely successful Tomb Raider computer [...]

Looks like Zangeki no Reginleiv’s black box isn’t a one-time thing. Nintendo will be making sure that all Wii games rated CERO C and up will come in black boxes. Wondering what other games in Japan would qualify for this color scheme if they were reprinted? Ghost Squad, Disaster: Day of Crisis [...]

Call us greedy, but we can't wait for this one.

You can play this platformer with your guitar -- but should you?

LONDON, UK – January 21st, 2010 – Today Ubisoft® announced the forthcoming release of Racket Sports Party, a new game that brings sports and fun together. Developed for Nintendo Wii, it makes five of the most popular racket-based sports available to players in the EMEA region on March 26th, 2010. For the first time ever, [...]

Now we can finally offer this incredible book, translated into English for the first time, thanks to our friends at Udon. Ōkami™ is one of our most original action games with a unique art style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. The Ōkami™: Official Complete Works art book showcases the amazing artwork that defines the wonderful [...]

“[During that gap between Sands of Time and Prince of Persia] there were all these adventures that the character went on that we never really talked about, so now we’re making a game based on one of those adventures.” McIntyre says. “It doesn’t have anything to do with the whole time story.” - Director of [...]

The MMO-developing band over at Cryptic has released an absolutely massive update to the Star Trek Online open beta. There are literally pages of fixes and changes, though Cryptic has thankfully distilled the major "headline" changes into a few bullet points: The level cap has been removed, which should be music to the ears of the pre-release power levelers out there. Cardassian and Romulan space is now accessible to Federation players, too, and there are some changes to bridge officer mechanics. Additionally, the update allows players to use the mini-map to scan anomalies. As we all know, anomalies need scanning like nobody's business, so that's good news. Perhaps most important of all is that Spock himself, Mr. Leonard Nimoy, now offers an "audio journal overview" upon entering a new sector of space. That's great news because, just like bacon, everything's better with Nimoy. Hit the source link for the full patch release notes (be sure to click through the splash page).

Above you see a rumored prototype version of a Transformers: War for Cybertron version of Optimus Prime. Word on the internet is that Hasbro will be creating a Transformers line to go along with the game launch. It certainly seems like an approach that Activision would take. I guess we’ll just have [...]

A portion of a HFM review… +Incredibly fun & polished +GREAT MUSIC =You fight the same boss over the 3 levels, albeit with improvements. -It’s short.

What would be nicer than snuggling up for bed under a quilt made of zombies, Tyrants, and infected? Why nothing, of course! Truly a piece of craft for those that literally live, eat and sleep Resident Evil.

Digital love, from the makers of all those Pokemon games.

Even though Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is already bordering on the legal limits of how many characters are simultaneously allowed in a single game, Capcom thought about adding others. We all knew (and are very depressed about) the almost-inclusion of Phoenix Wright, but according to a web chat with producer Ryota Niitsuma (via Siliconera) the Samurai Pizza Cats were once considered for the game. "We at Capcom too, wanted to see the Samurai Pizza Cats in the game. We were in discussion with Tatsunoko Productions to try to get them in the game. It went right up the last minute, but it didn't go through," revealed Niitsuma. It didn't end there, either -- Capcom even considered putting in Speed Racer. Niitsuma commented that the hurdle with him was putting his race car into the game, something we find a bit odd considering the game has characters who are far larger and comprised of far more complicated mechanical parts than a stinkin' race car! In other news: Joystiq finally has a Samurai Pizza Cats tag. May it console you in your time of need.

I think there should be one major rule for cosplayers. If you’re going to get all dressed up as your favorite character, make sure you’re ready for tons of creepy gawkers. For everyone that appreciates what you do, there will be strange guys/gals that try to snap pictures of you while you’re not [...]

Usually, when we label a headline as a "PSA," it's in a joking manner; say, "PSA: Bacon is delicious, good for you." However, we're pretty sure this post constitutes a legitimate public service announcement: Ars Technica recently published an article that the frequent trade-in-ers among us should probably read. In short, if you're not erasing your consoles' hard drives before trading them in, there's a pretty good chance you could be robbed blind. (Or at least robbed astigmatic.) Seriously, if you're thinking about trading in or pawning one of your gaming consoles sometime soon, follow the helpful tips provided in the Ars piece. They'll ensure that you don't accidentally leave your credit card information in the system's memory for its next owner to exploit. You also don't want to leave your Avatar, Mii or PlayStation Home account on there, either. That's how e-stalkers get started, dont'chaknow.