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This case is going to be made available in Japan in August. No word on a stateside release, but we’ll keep an eye on import retailers.

Summer of PlayStation Mini to conclude with a widget.

More sports for your buck.

All-new hidden object adventure sends players on an unusual quest.

Sony sees sales surge during its first quarter.

Valkyria Chronicles is one of those hidden gems from the early-ish days of the PS3; a strategy-RPG with third-person shooter controls and stunning anime styling. If you’re into any of those genres (or World War II, for that matter), I highly recommend you procure a copy.

While Valkyria Chronicles didn’t top the sales charts, it inspired intense fandom among many who played it (be prepared to open your wallet wide if you want to get ahold of the detailed Valkyria figurines coming out of Japan). Like many of these fans, I’m particularly excited about the prospect of carrying the game’s sequel with me for most of the 2nd half of this year.

So I took the short trip to Sega’s US HQ to play an English build of Valkyria Chronicles 2 for PSP, and report back to you. VC2 may be shrunk down to portability, but there are significant advancements in this sequel, including multiplayer.

We’ll have more details on Valkyria Chronicles II, including release date, soon.

Today we’re dropping you a note with a small update on Conduit 2, SEGA and High Voltage Studio’s upcoming first person shooter on Wii. We’ve got some new assets for you, including the logos for the game as well as the final box art for the game. Conduit 2 is the sequel to [...]

#humor We've chortled at many video game's one-liners and sight gags. But did you ever press a button and laugh? Writer Michael Abbott poses a quandary: How do you make gameplay funny? More »

We’re hearing that Soloarobo is going to see release in Europe and Australia, but what about North America? As of right now, there’s no word that that will happen. There are no ESRB listings, no registrations for names…nothing at all. While we have no idea if an NA release is in the [...]

Capcom opened a site for Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, its upcoming 3DS Street Fighter game, featuring several new screenshots. We thought we'd take the opportunity to compare the graphics in this handheld version to the existing Street Fighter IV on iPhone.

However, there's not much of a comparison. The iPhone Street Fighter uses pre-rendered 2D sprites based on the console/arcade game's 3D models, for a look reminiscent of Killer Instinct. The 3DS game, on the other hand, appears to use lower-detail versions of the actual 3D models, judging by the dynamic camera angles. That's why you get to see the extreme close-up of Ken's goofy punch face up there.

Of course, it's worth noting that these are early screenshots, and the final game may come out looking different. Given the relatively low texture detail, though, this looks like something that could be possible on a handheld system. Compare the two games yourself in our galleries.

Formerly known as Guitar Hero 6, Warriors of Rock promises the largest on-disc set list so far, with over 90 songs. Here's a look at the list of songs that have been announced to date.

SANTA MONICA, CA - JULY 29, 2010 - Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and Nickelodeon today announced the second entry in the videogame series inspired by the number-one live-action show on television with kids 2-11, iCarly. Coming to Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems internationally this Fall, iCarly 2: iJoin The Click!puts the player in the [...]

I don’t know if these are going to come to the states…but do we want them to? What in the world do you do with them!?

#clips Take a new look at the shadow-bending gameplay that took home our Best Gameplay Mechanic E3 award this year in this new video for Hudson's Lost in Shadow. More »

Formerly known as Guitar Hero 6, Warriors of Rock promises the largest on-disc set list so far, with over 90 songs. Here's a look at the list of songs that have been announced to date.

#preview Thanos wants the Infinity Gauntlet. That's the plot to a Marvel comic my friends read in 90s as well as for Marvel Super Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, a fall game that gives Spider-Man, Hulk and friends the Lego game treatment. More »

It seems silly to describe the "new features" that have been added to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock without acknowledging the basic stuff the franchise still doesn't get right. For example, do you want to see the difficulty of a song before jumping into it in campaign mode? Nope, you can't do that. Want to filter and sort songs by multiple criteria? Forget about it. Compared to Rock Band 3's feature set -- keyboard, vocal harmonies, "Pro" mode -- it's clear that Activision has been surpassed. But maybe all you want from Guitar Hero is a "story" and the ability to bust through the five-star ranking system. 32x multiplier and 60 stars, YEAH!!!

You could argue that Warriors of Rock isn't regressive; it's an homage to the franchise's origins, a celebration of hardcore guitar music. The 90 songs included on the disc support drums and vocals, but it's clear what the focus of the game is: being a guitar hero. If the franchise's penchant for crazy note maps hasn't satiated your strumming skills, you'll be glad to know that Warriors of Rock ups the ante by including the entirety of Rush's "2112" -- as a final boss, of course.

Final boss? Yes, Warriors of Rock's big new feature is a Quest Mode, narrated by KISS' Gene Simmons. While I could rant about how it feels like it was written by (and for) twelve year old boys, I'll let Activision do the work. The fact sheet describes it as a "journey from the infamous stage of CBGBs to the molten lava fields of rock treachery ... to help the Demi-God of Rock take down 'The Beast' and save rock 'n roll." Tim Schafer would be rolling in his grave (if he were dead).

#specialedition The European PlayStation blog shows off the lovely box art for the Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Special Edition. What's in the box? More »

Check out this snippet from EGMi… It clearly lists Wii, but is this a mistake? We haven’t heard Capcom say anything about a Wii version, which leads me to believe that this is a typo. I’d love to be wrong, and hopefully Capcom will clear this up soon. Thanks to LoneWolf for the [...]

What's Cybertronian for "tumbleweed?"

Capcom financial results are not good.

#gallery After a couple of failed attempts at making classic trajectory-based shooter Worms 3D on the PC, Team17 returns to its 2D PC roots with Worms Reloaded, due out August 26 on Steam. More »

I played the video game version of Clash of the Titans for around seven hours and, according to the game, have finished 31 percent of it.

This would usually be unsatisfactory for a review, but in much the same way you'd only need to poll a small percentage of the population before you could confidently say that no one likes seeing immediate family members hit in the face with a ball-peen hammer, I feel like I've pretty much got the lay of the land here.

This is a very bad game.