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The beast from Down Under is back! Taz is on a mission to foil Marvin the Martian’s evil galactic plot – oh, and to get to that sumptuous chicken leg in the sky – in Galactic Taz Ball for the Nintendo DS, coming this August. We invite you to check out the brand new Galactic Taz [...]

Fellow Spartans –

With E3 behind us, I’d like to take a minute to recap the great feedback we’ve received about Kratos’ newest adventure on PSP and PSPgo. I’m thrilled to report that God of War: Ghost of Sparta has received nine “Best of E3…” awards, along with 3 nominations. Thanks again to our friends in the media for all of your support. We’re extremely appreciative and are looking forward to showing you more of this epic journey as we move closer to our release.

Here’s a quick list of our E3 accolades…

Awards:

• Game Critics — Best Handheld Game (WINNER)
• Kotaku.com — Best PSP Game (WINNER)
• X-Play & G4tv.com — Best Handheld Game (WINNER)
• Machinima.com — Best Handheld Game (WINNER)
• GameTrailers.com — Best PSP Game (WINNER)
• GameSpy.com — PSP Game of Show (WINNER)
• Game Informer — Best Handheld Game (WINNER)
• IGN.com — Best PSP Game (WINNER)
• Ripten.com – Best PSP Game (WINNER)

Nominations:

• GameSpot.com — Best PSP Game (NOMINEE)
• 1UP.com — Best PSP Game (NOMINEE)
• GameRevolution.com — Best Handheld Game Show (NOMINEE)

For those who haven’t seen our E3 teaser trailer yet, give it watch. And for those who have, here’s a clip of gameplay footage we showed at E3 to give you a taste of the action.

#xbox360 Another arcade shoot-em-up on the Xbox 360? This one lets you warp your Galaga-style spaceship from the bottom of the screen (shooting up) to the top (shooting down). Crossfire is in the Xbox Live Indie Games channel for $3. More »

Can you sit while using Kinect? Of course.

In the trailer, the Lords of Winter have spread doom over an Argos Naval Yard with a surprise attack.

What could the director of the Mega Man fan-film be working on next? According to this supposed teaser image, he’ll be tackling yet another classic franchise. I don’t even know how this could be done in a realistic way. First, let’s find out if it’s the real deal or not! Thanks to Jet [...]

Simply login to claim free items during the open beta of new fantasy MMORPG Fairy Story Online.

The official Dragon Age 2 press release has some more details on the just-announced sequel. Like BioWare's other recent sequel - the hugely successful Mass Effect 2 - Dragon Age 2 is going for a Q1 release. The press release states "March 2011" which is close to, but not on, the February 1, 2011 date teased in packages of Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. We've asked EA to comment on the discrepancy.

Also like Mass Effect, Dragon Age 2 is ditching the original's roll-your-own character creation system, complete with unique origin stories for all the different playable races, for a more "cinematic" scripted hero named Hawke. BioWare's Chris Priestley addressed the community on the official forums, stating, "While I do enjoy having fun with our fans, I am not joking about this. The player character is a human (either male or female) with the last name of Hawke. Dragon Age 2 is the story of Hawke." Then he quotes from the press release: Dragon Age 2 thrusts players into the role of Hawke, a penniless refugee who rises to power to become the single most important character in the world of Dragon Age. Known to be a survivor of the Blight and the Champion of Kirkwall, the legend around Hawke's rise to power is shrouded in myth and rumor. Featuring an all-new story spanning 10 years, players will help tell that tale by making tough moral choices, gathering the deadliest of allies, amassing fame and fortune, and sealing their place in history. The way you play will write the story of how the world is changed forever. So in Dragon Age 2, there will be only one origin story, that of the male or female Hawke, and you won't be importing and playing as your old character. Like Mass Effect, we imagine we'll be tasked with the first name and look of the character, which already has our creative juices moving. How about "Lady Hawke" for you Michelle Pfeiffer fans? Or maybe "Tomclancys Hawke" for the gamers out there. "I'm bad-ass warrior Hawke, and this is my favorite post on the internet."

A new way to feed your fantasy habit.

0.12 - First behemoth sighted! This chap must turn up some way into the game, once hero Elza has had some time to bed himself into the adventure. If any of you have seen the PS3 game Demon’s Souls, the hard-as-nails RPG, you’d get a similar sense of scale here - though hopefully The Last [...]

I don’t know that this is confirmed, as the Nintendo Channel has listed stuff like this in error in the past. Hang tight and wait for a confirmation from SEGA on this one. Thanks to Shadzter for the heads up!

The Imagine brand, the No. 1 games for girls brand on the Nintendo DS, is a full range of video games that offer fun activities dedicated to fulfilling tween girls' aspirations. The Petz franchise, the No. 1 pet-simulation handheld brand, allows young players to care for and bond with their virtual "Petz," while Style Lab allows young girls to create and share their jewelry and clothing designs online with friends and then purchase them to wear in real life.

Underwater action shooter coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2011.

#arenanet The fact that your player keeps fighting after he or she dies in Guild Wars 2 is almost as shocking as the fact that the game has no dedicated healer class. ArenaNet's Jon Peters, Eric Flannum, and Isaiah Cartwright explain. More »

There's a lot to love in Zemeckis' time-space continuum-altering Back to the Future trilogy -- it makes sense that Telltale Games wants to know what aspects fans are hoping to see in its upcoming episodic game adaptation of the films. Fans can now participate in a quick survey, choosing some of the time periods, characters and a handful of scenarios which reference iconic moments from the films which they'd like to see in the games. Click past the jump to see some of the sample scenarios presented in the survey.

You can access the questionnaire through Telltale's site, but be forewarned! If you vote for an adventure set in the 1800s featuring Doc Brown's Wild West offspring, and which doesn't feature Biff or hoverboards or time traveling of any sort, we'll come through the internet and open-hand slap you in the face.

Check out more screens in our Flickr set LONDON, ENGLAND – 8th July, 2010 – Here we go yo, here we go yo, so what’s so what’s so what’s the scenario? Today, 4mm Games, Terminal Reality and Def Jam Interactive are excited to announce additional tracks available in Def Jam Rapstar, the first true interactive Hip [...]

It looks like those figurines we saw a couple days ago were the real deal, as one of those Pokemon has now popped up in a piece of Pokemon Black/White art. I don’t know how people are getting these leaked details, but they sure are doing a good job!

A group of screenshots from the 3DS compared to other games in the same series, or the original release of a particular game that is seeing a 3DS remake.

Now with more Dragon Knights.

Activision's DJ Hero may not have had the strong start the company would have hoped for, but it's apparently gained significant momentum since its October launch. In an editorial piece defending the performance of Bizarre's recent racer, Blur, Activision social media guy Dan Amrich talked up DJ Hero's longterm success -- which has now yielded sales of 1.2 million units.

As you might recall, it was also the best-selling IP of 2009 by revenue. Amrich posited that DJ Hero needed "time for its audience to find it, a price break, and positive word from both friends and reviews to circulate" before it could really pick up steam. With DJ Hero 2 just around the corner, we're anxious to see how Activision will apply what it's learned from the first game.