New screenshots for the upcoming all-new IP from Konami, NeverDead, have been made public today. The game currently under developing will be released on the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and on the Xbox360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The release date is yet to be announced.

In NeverDead players will enter a horror-influenced fantasy universe where extraordinary battles between ungodly creatures and humans are a constant reality. The third-person action gameplay comes packed with breathtaking encounters in which gamers will be able to use their butterfly design-inspired sword and enormous guns arsenal. … More

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced today the availability of a new branded clothing line for men based on Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP, released in 2010. This is the first complete clothing collection for the franchise, allowing fans to show their Metal Gear Solid love by dressing the part from head to toe.

“Our partnership will give fans the opportunity to ‘suit up’ for one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, specifically for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,” said Careen Yapp, Vice President of Acquisitions and Franchise Development of Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. … More

Sniper Elite V2, the sequel of the critically and publicly acclaimed Sniper Elite, the third person tactical WWII shooter, has been announced today. Sniper Elite V2, a game to be released on the current generation of consoles, will bring a modern approach to the original concept.

Released in 2005, Sniper Elite saw gamers playing an American OSS secret agent disguised as a German sniper in Berlin during the final days of World War II. It earned considerable public and critical applause with its blend of stealth action – which emphasized patience and cunning over reflexes alone – culminating in being awarded ‘Best PC/Console Game’ at the TIGA awards 2005. … More

On the 1st of April, Enterbrain, publisher of Famitsu, has released its market report for fiscal 2010, composed of data for Japanese hardware sales, software sales and also the overall market. According to this report, Sony’s consoles came out on top in the last year, with the PS3 selling more than the Wii and PSP beating the DS. However the software sales for 2010 were again dominated by Nintendo.

The hardware sales in Japan for the last year are as follows: … More

There has always been a sort of gamer/developer pride regarding game genres, pride which made people blindly dive into arguments trying to decide for example whether an FPS can be considered a better or a more valuable game than an RPG. Pointless discussions really because there is no way to compare the two without doing a great injustice to one of them – it’s like comparing apples with oranges while stating from the start that the color orange is a must have for every decent fruit.

This kind of arguments have been going on for years, decades even, but not without beneficial results. That’s because when trying to decide which one is better and why, people … More

Capcom has confirmed that a new installment in the extraordinarily successful Resident Evil saga is currently in development for the PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, currently scheduled for release this winter, is the result of a collaboration between Capcom and Slant 6 Games, a Vancouver based studio. The announcement comes with the promise that the game will take the series in a completely new direction and will introduce a style of gameplay yet to be seen from the franchise.

Set in the dark and sinister Resident Evil universe, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City takes the players back to 1998, time in which Raccoon City faces the T-virus outbreak and its horrific consequences. … More

After mixed critical responses and contrary to what many expected, the first person shooter published by THQ has passed the “key break-even level”. According to Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian, with an unexpected figure of 2.4 million units sold the game has now surpassed the level which makes it profitable for the publishing company THQ. Homefront also sets some records for the current year, becoming the best-selling console debut of 2011. The game has sold 375 thousand units in the US in its first day and holds the pole position in the UK charts.

Soon after the game’s release the cumulated game score (currently 71 on Metacritic) sent THQ’s stock diving for 26%. However, the latest Lazard Capital Markets economical analysis points towards expected revenues of $254.8 million … More

A new “Ruin Mode” trailer and the final box art for the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon, have been recently released by THQ. The game developed by Volition is set to be released in May 2011 on XBOX360, PS3 and PC and promises to set new standards for game defining physics-weaponry in the shooter genre. The action takes place under the surface of the Mars in ice caves and lava tubes, fifty years after the resistance originally freed the red planet. The players, walking in the shoes of Darius Mason, will fight against a new horrifying evil that threatens to extinguish all life on the planet.

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War is far from over. The murder of Scholar Visari (at the end of Killzone 2), the leader of the rebellious forces, galvanized once more the Helghast into an unstoppable war-machine seeking vengeance at the cost of the ISA troops. The story picks up exactly where the one in the previous installment left off, focusing on the handful of ISA soldiers which were the spearhead of the last assault against the palace, now cut off from the rest of the ISA forces evacuating the planet and left behind on the brutally hostile Helghan homeworld. The start of the game is surprisingly promising from a plot perspective, with new, interesting and highly promising characters joining the old cast on both sides of the barricade and with a flow of events which leaves no room for breathers. The story that follows is … More

Online rumors claiming that the sequel to Mirror`s Edge, the single-player first person shooter action-adventure game released in 2008, has been canceled recently pushed the publisher EA to offer official comments related to the issues. Several games sites interpreted the indirect quotes attributed by the Swedish site Press 2 Play TV to EA senior VP Patrick Soderlund as a sign that further developments on the game had been stopped. However, it seems that the DICE series was “an important franchise” as EA stated for 1UP before adding that it had “nothing further to announce” at the moment, thus giving no more additional details about the state of the game or the amount of truth present in rumors that spread over the internet. … More