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Batman: Arkham Asylum “Playing the Game” Trailer

This new Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer explores the depths of gameplay including the combat and stealth system. The video includes the commentary from Game Director Sefton Hill and Artificial Intelligence Lead Tim Hanagan, explaining the depth of careful planning of the "Invisible Predator" mechanic and the ...

The Gaming Buzz on Twitter: July 17

For the first time since we began tracking video game tweets on what games people are talking about, there is not a domination of the top two titles. Sure, World of Warcraft and The Sims 3 are still the top 2, but Battlefield 1943 almost doubles the number of tweets over last ...

Operation Flashpoint 2 October 6 Release Date

Codemasters has sent us a press release stating the release date for their Army-based first person shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be hitting North America on October 6, with additional release dates of October 8 in EPAC territories and an October 9 street date in the UK. They also released ...

REMINDER: Win a Free Copy of Droplitz

Just a reminder - you can still win a free copy of Droplitz - go to the link to see how.

Shadows of Lylat: Everything Fans Want from Star Fox

Star Fox: Shadows of Lylat has been in development for six years. It looks good, and appears to be a return the Star Fox franchise back to the space shooter we all fell in love with back in 1993. Sadly, Shadows of Lylat isn't being ...

Saints Row For PSP Leaked By Metal Band

Saints Row for the PlayStation Portable has been unofficially confirmed by Swedish metal band Opeth, who were bragging that their song "The Lotus Eater" would be one of the tracks on the title: We may not like playing video games all that much but we do like it when our music ...

Xbox Live Dashboard Preview Signups Next Week

Last year, Microsoft offered advance previews of the New Xbox Experience to people who signed up for the beta. Well, Eurogamer is reporting that Microsoft will be doing the same thing this year with the new Fall Dashboard Update, which which will include such services as Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Xbox Live ...

Shane Kim: Portable Xbox Gaming a Matter of “When”

Kikizio got a major scoop during their interview with Microsoft Corporate VP Shane Kim, as he basically confirmed a handheld console based on the Xbox for sometime in the indeterminate future, stating that a portable Xbox was not a matter of "if", but "when" and "how". "For us, it's a matter of ...

Caucus On Gay Video Gaming Tomorrow

Tomorrow on Saturday, July 18, Electronic Arts in partnership with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is holding a discussion panel of our favorite pastime and one of our nations most maligned minorites, the LGBT community. Representatives from the industry and its consumers will be in attendence. Microsoft, ...

Penny Arcade Ep. 3 Still In Development

Those of you who enjoyed the Penny Arcade Adventures Ep. 1 and Ep. 2 titles are probably wondering where Ep. 3 is. Never fear, says developer Hothead Games, it's being developed. We were told by a Hothead rep this morning that, while no release date or information has yet been revealed ...

POLL RESULTS: Which Game Do You Play the Most on Xbox Live?

The poll we posted while waiting for Xbox Live to restart asked which game you played most on Live. The winner was Halo 3 - sort of. If you combined Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World at War, it actually earned exactly one more vote ...

Project Natal Will Feature Launch Titles

If you go back and track the time between video game generation,s you'll find that more or less there's a 5 year stretch between the release of the first console of one generation and the first console of the next generation. The Sega Saturn launched in Japan in 1994, which ...

The Lund Report: June 2009 NPD

The NPD numbers for June 2009 are out, with some surprises and some not-so-suprises. Consoles: PlayStation 2 152.7K PlayStation 3 164.7K Xbox 360 240.6K Wii 361.7K Handheld consoles: Nintendo DS 766.5K PSP 163.5K For surprises, it looks like interest in the Wii has finally peaked. Sales are up 72,200 over the previous month, but they're down 305,000 from June ...

Prototype Trounces inFamous

When the media zeitgeist kicks in, we start seeing different companies producing remarkably similar products. In the movie industry, we get Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, A Bugs Life vs. Antz, Dante's Peak vs. Volcano, Wyatt Earp vs. Tombstone, Prefontaine vs. Without Limits - the list is endless, dating back to ...

Which E3 Conference Was More Embarrassing?

Looking back, it's interesting to compare the embarrassing E3 conferences that Sony and Nintendo issued in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Both had one thing in common: arrogance. Sony was flush off the PlayStation 2 high, while Nintendo was in the midst of huge sales from the Wii in its first ...