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New screenshots of Valve's upcoming and highly anticipated sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, have been released today. The new game introduces us to a brand new group of people, a new setting going from Georgia to Lousianna, new weapons such as a baseball bat and chainsaw, and much more.

Check out the screenshots at the gallery.

CEO of the newly-formed publisher Tecmo Koei, Kenji Matsubara, has expressed his concerns on the PlayStation 3 price point, saying that he "would welcome a price cut for PS3," and has made that request to Sony in past meetings with the firm.

"Whenever I discuss this with Sony reps I always ask them: 'Please cut the price', but I (more »)

New screenshots from the Japanese version of Namco Bandai's upcoming Xbox 360 RPG, Magna Carta II were issued out today. The sequel brings a completely new and renovated battle system in comparison to the first game on PlayStation 2, a new story and of course much better visuals.

Check out the screenshots at the gallery.

Valve doesn't seem to be as against the PlayStation 3 as was previously thought. Valve's Doug Lombardi spoke at the Left 4 Dead 2 event in London yesterday on the topic of PlayStation 3, saying Valve is still "up on the idea" of developing for the console - they just need some decent PlayStation 3 coders.

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Namco Bandai has released new screenshots of their upcoming PlayStation 3 game, Katamari Forever. The upcoming game comes packed with thirty levels, some new and some from previous games, high-definition video, graphic filters, new gameplay modes and more.

Katamari Forever is set to release in Fall 2009. Check out the screenshots at the gallery.

Last night's returning episode of GameTrailers TV aired and showed off an exclusive gameplay trailer to EA and Visceral's upcoming Dante's Inferno. My, my, is it gorgeous. It really is very inspired by God of War, as you can tell by the video, but at the same time it is a game all it's own.

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Several new screenshots have been released today for NIS and HitMaker's upcoming Last Rebellion for PlayStation 3. From the looks of it, the game's cutscenes are like that of games like Disgaea and Cross Edge where you see artwork of the character alongside text. You'll also see Nine and Aisha in an interesting looking battle system. We (more »)

Obsidian's upocoming spy-themed action-RPG Alpha Protocol has received a release date today. On October 6, 2009, gamers will be able to take on "The Espionage RPG" on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Alongside the announcement comes the box art for the game, sporting a spy-themed blue hue and orange glowing text. Also with the announcement comes the fourth (more »)

Polytron Corp's Fez is finally coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. After what feels like years of waiting for the company to announce it for the platform, they've finally done it today. The game that takes Super Paper Mario Wii to a whole new level is set to release on the Xbox LIVE Arcade in 2010.

Now we wait, so (more »)

If you enjoyed the May 2009 cover of PlayStation: The Official Magazine, Tecmo has given you yet another treat. They've released the same artwork seen for Ryu on the cover except this time with the game's three playable female characters Rachel, Ayane, and Momiji.

The thing about these images are is that there are three things different in each (more »)

This week's PlayStation Store update has hit. This time around, you have a new episode of Qore, featuring a look into Assassin's Creed 2, a PlayStation Network exclusive downloadable known as The Punisher: No Mercy has been released,  some more add-ons for Cross Edge, High Velocity Bowling, LittleBigPlanet, and your music games, and plenty more.

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Codemasters has released some new out-of-game screenshots of their upcoming racing sequel, DiRT 2. Still we've yet to see gameplay shots, but the captures of the moments in these shots are still a nice view. It'd be nice to see some gameplay shots soon, though.

Check out the screens at the gallery.

Splinter Cell: Conviction is set to feature twelve hours of gameplay in the game's single-player campaign, creative director Maxime Beland has told OXM.

“I want people to play my games and finish them,” Beland said.

“We’re going to ship with difficulty levels, at least a normal mode and realistic mode - like we did on Rainbow Six Vegas.

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In an interview with Edge, Suda 51, head honcho for No More Heroes, has said that the next No More Heroes game will most likely not be on Wii. In order for the series to flourish, it needs to move to new hardware.

“I really want to make NMH a big franchise,” he said, “and with this second (more »)

That Capcom site with no countdown, but just dates such as 1860, has finally revealed itself. The game is in fact Basara 3 (or Devil Kings 3 in the US). The game is set to launch in 2010, however, Capcom has not announced which systems the game is going to be on, but we're assuming the PlayStation (more »)

Sega and tri-Ace have released six new screenshots of their upcoming steampunk role-playing game, Resonance of Fate. Due out in Japan this year and in the United States sometime in 2010, the game features a completely original battle system and a setting in a huge construction known as Basel. The new screenshots emphasize the battle system's cinematic style.

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There's no doubt that Brutal Legend is one of this year's most anticipated games. It's from Tim Schafer, for goodness sake. A good looking game deserves a good amount of gameplay footage. A new video walkthrough from IGN features over fifteen minutes of direct-feed gameplay footage of Brutal Legend with commentary from Tim Schafer himself.

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Twisted Pixel is readying their second Xbox LIVE Arcade release with their first being The Maw, which did pretty good, especially with it being their first game. Their next game, 'Splosion Man, takes a different approach. You play in a side-scrolling world with a guy who can 'splode at will. Nuff' said.

The game's out July 22nd. Check out (more »)

I can still digress on how great Splinter Cell: Conviction looked when they showed us the first footage during E3 2009. However, today we have some new footage. A new developer diary from the team at Ubisoft on the subject of stealth in the game explains the game's ability to immerse players into an action full scene of (more »)

The Anime Expo 2009 is being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center starting July 2nd and ending July 5th. NIS America will be holding a panel regarding bringing games from Japan to North America from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM in Room LP3.

NIS America will also be making announcements regarding future titles during the discussion. Considering (more »)