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A slew of new screenshots from the new Batman: Arkham Asylum just recently hit the net, and VGC is here to present them for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!



Popular Japanese gaming magazine Shonen Jump managed to scope this juicy little reveal; Cecil Harvey, the famous lead of Final Fantasy IV, will be joining the playable character roster (in both in his Paladin and Dark Knight form) of Dissidia: Final Fantasy, alongside the game's lead villain, Golbez.



Hopefully, most of you will remember our recent detailing of the unique gameplay approach developers Quantic Dreams will be taking with with the upcoming PS3 exclusive, Heavy Rain. Even more recently though, a very interesting tid-bit of information was released about the game.



Surprising news, this. Microsoft has confirmed today that it plans to close the famous Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios following the completion of the upcoming Halo Wars. Shacknews originally broke the story as a rumour, but Microsoft has officially released a statement confirming the move to close the studio.



According to VG247 Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has discussed the company's considerations for a possible forth instalment of the real-time-strategy Warcraft titles. Warcraft 4. Try to read that and not hyperventilate! "If there’s a team that's pa...



Bad, bad move Bethesda. Bethesda's Peter Hines has announced that the censored version of Fallout 3 which was chewed up and dissected by the famously uptight Australian censor board will be the version of the game that will be shipped worldwide. "We want to m...



According to this NeoGAF post, Deus Ex 3 will see its first official appearance in the next issue of UK mag PC Zone. The reveal is part of the magazine's 200th issue, apparently, so celebrations all round there! We'll definately be keeping our eyes open on th...



In light of reports this morning by RPS concerning the development of a PC version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LucasArts has informed the press that there are no such plans for the title on the format. "I can tell you definitively that there is no PC version o...



Looks epic. Now, if only I could understand what they were saying...



Blizzard announced last night that it's releasing a fairly comphrenhensive collection of its most famous music to buy on iTunes. The full collection includes: * StarCraft Original Soundtrack * Diablo II Original Soundtrack * Warcraft III: Reign of Ch...



Speaking during yesterday's Take-Two conference call, company CEO Ben Feder opened his mouth possibly a little too widely, and let slip something he probably shouldn't have. When asked about a possible Wii version of GTA, Feder replied, "We've spent an...



Electronic Arts has confirmed today that the update which allows Rock Band songs to be transferred over to Rock Band 2 has just gone gone live. The update will basically allows gamers to transfer most of the songs featured in Rock Band 1 over to Rock Band 2. Downloaded so...



According to a recent report by the developer, Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi has confirmed that additional "Gears-like" gameplay mechanics, in the form of a cover system, are being added to Resident Evil 5. The new system will be shown off at the Tokyo Game Show ...



Insomniac has released numerous press releases today, detailing the upcoming PS3 exclusive FPS Resistance 2, and confirming a release date for the title in most regions. Resistance 2 will hit down in the US on November 4th, and in Japan on November 13th. Europe is still w...



According to a recent Eurogamer report, the PS3 version of Mirror's Edge will have downloadable content exclusive to the console. "PlayStation has an exclusive marketing agreement with EA regarding the title," said a spokesperson for the company. "Excl...



Dissidia: Final Fantasy, hailed as a "dramatic progressive action" game, has another new video, giving a view of the gameplay involving the use of the power-up items and several executable moves by the characters. The PSP fighter features a collection of heroes ...



According to a recent CVG story, Media Molecule is going to be keeping its eye open on the on the LittleBigPlanet community for star quality level designers. Turn up something versy special and you might even land yourself a job. "We will be aware of who those awesom...



Today marks the 13th anniversary of the Command & Conquer franchise, a series famous for popularising the real-time strategy genre. And to commemorate the event, Electronic Arts are giving away one of the original games... completely free. That's right. Completel...



Speaking with IGN yesterday, Gears of War 2 development lead dude Cliff Bleszinski has shot down the possibility o a PC version of the upcoming Gears of War sequel. "Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing ...



Sony Worldwide Studio head Shuhei Yoshida has left a breadcrumb trail of hints recently that the firm will be announcing acclaimed Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda's next game, confirming to the press that the PS3 project will be revealed "soon.&q...



Hope for StarCraft II's release this year was always a hopeful but unlikely one for the fans, but as with Blizzard's stance on all of its' games, they'll be ready when they're ready. Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has refused to commit StarCraft...



Just in case there was any doubt about this whatesoever, Final Fantasy XIII director and writer Motomu Toriyama has told Dengeki (scan here) that the 360 version of the game won't be getting released in Japan. "There will absolutely not be an Xbox 360 version of...



Famitsu have finally release high quality versions of the screenshots from their Final Fantasy XIII feature in the latest version of the popular magazine. The screenshots, in order, are from - Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360) - Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) - Final Fa...



Leipziger Messe's announced its official awards today for last week's Games Convention in Leipzig. LittleBigPlanet, Mirror's Edge and Spore took the top awards. EA seems to have been the big winner this year as well, taking four of the nine awards. Hopefull...



The popular Kratos sackboy costume for LittleBigPlanet when pre-ordered can be shared on five PS3 systems per account, just like Playstation Network Games, each code will be associated with one account which will allow the download of the bonus costume onto five PS3 systems....



World of Warcraft production director Jay Allen Brack has sadly commented that Blizzard isn't going to commit to a 2008 release date for Wrath of the Lich King, saying that it won't be shipping this year unless a "Blizzard experience" of quality is attain...



Pleasant news gamers. Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has told the press that, out of a recent vote of popular Street Fighter characters that gamers wanted to see in Street Fighter IV, Cammy has come out on tops, and is set to appear exclusively on the console versi...



It's finally here! Blizzard unveiled the introduction video for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of Lich King at the Leipzig Games Convention earlier today, and it's as deliciously epic as you'd expect it to be.



The lucky guys over at VG 24/7 have just sat down for a live playthrough of Heavy Rain with David Cage. We've collected all the details here for your convenience. "Intriguing" is one word to sum it up.



As we know, Koji Igarashi and his development team at Konami are hard at work on one of the newest installments in the Castlevania franchise; Castlevania Judgement. Judgement is not only a 3d Castlevania, but a fighting game feature famous Castlevania characters like Simo...



This year's Leipzig Games Convention has been blessed with yet another Prince of Persia gameplay trailer, similar to the one seen from E3 2008, but looking vastly more polished. The trailer highlights some of the gameplay features of the titles, such as the dynamic c...



A quick glance on the Xbox Live Marketplace shows that the demo for the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is now available for download. The demo’s available in all regions and weighs in 904.62 Mb, but as with most new content, is currently only availabl...



I found this so amusing I couldn't help but post it up. Indeed the ever arse kicking Kratos is aiming to take his place as the God of Golf. Posted by Chris Hinojosa-Miranda // Associate Producer, SCEA - Playstation Blog Weather reports signal dark ominous...



Third-party publisher SEGA revealed The House of the Dead: Overkill, a new Wii-exclusive shooter based on the popular zombie franchise, on Tuesday. The game is being developed by Headstrong Games (Battalion Wars 1 & 2). The new title sports a new pulp-style presentati...



Quantic Dream's David Cage has just debuted the first ever Heavy Rain gameplay footage at the Leipzig Games Convention, less than an hour ago, and we have it here for you to watch. The sound isn't stellar, but its the best we've got until an official clip i...



According to recent comments from Square Enix, FFXIII will feature a "new" system whereby of there being of main character in the game. The news was gleamed from the recent Famistu interview with game director, Motomu Toriyama. "Toriyama then talks about...



Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty is coming out this coming Thursday. (I won't be home for the release of my favorite series) And now, Quest For Booty will be 3.2gb rather then 2.3gb. I guess that doesn't seem like much but for the people that like to downloa...



Speaking to Gamedaily today, Patrick Aiello, the producer of the upcoming Street Fighter movie "The Legend of Chun-Li", says that the Street Fighter IV and the film based on the Street Fighter franchise will be releases simultaneously next March. "Capcom is...



A date of arrival has been quoted for Valkyria Chronicles, for the PS3, for those over at the Western shores: November 11th. Shortly after a slip-up by Sony (showing the game among clips of playable games back in the E3 press conference), Sega was quick to clarify that the g...



Some may remember a couple of a fiasco a couple of months ago when gamers were notified that the guitar peripheral in Guitar Hero wouldn't be compatible with the similarly styled Rock Band, and vica versa. Gamers worried that the increasing popularity of this music g...



Famitsu magazine has recently ran a story on the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII games, including nearly 20 new sceenshots from the game, and of course, this being the internet, scans of the pages are already floating around online. The screenshots covers all three games; Fin...



Blizzard has just announced that they will showing the opening cinematic movie for the up World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King at Games Convention this week, the company confirmed today. "The cinematic will be shown at 1.00pm, Thursday, 21 August at th...



One of our sister sites, PS3 Vault, is giving away a copy of the PS3 version of Madden NFL 09 Collector's Edition, to the value of $90. If you’re interested, keep reading. PS3Vault.com will be expanding in the coming months and we need your help to get us there. Wh...



Well, this is an interesting piece of info. According to the upcoming DKS3713 issue of Famitsu magazine, the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII demo will clock in at a longer running time than Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete; the demo will supplied exclusively w...



Based on research done by UBS analyst Ben Schachter, music related video games have been a "key driver" for the music industry this year, with "sales of music-themed games responsible for 19% of overall industry software dollars in July (15% YTD) and 44% of y/...



Joining the ranks of the recent explosion of classic remakes is Bionic Commando Rearmed. The game original debuted on the NES back in 1998 and is now getting a fresh coat of paint. It's been updated with a HD look, added gameplay elements like grabbable objects and enem...



Today's gaming news just gets crazier and crazier. In a man that can only be described as "surprising", two acclaimed developers, Shinji Mikami and Goichi Suda (more commonly known as Suda51) of Grasshopper Manufacture have signed a publishing deal with Ele...



As reported only a couple of hours ago, a new Batman game is being created. One member of our community, Laylia, asked for screenshots. Well guess what. Here they are! You will be able to roam the asylum as you please, instead of just being limited to some areas. The c...



Throughout the game, you collect nuts (similar to Megaman & Bass) which you use to buy stuff in rolls shop as currency. These nuts you will be able to spend on additional items and upgrades. Going from left to right on the attached image, here is what is available in...



Electronic Arts, know to most gamers for their yearly sports games, have unveiled "Celebrity Sports Showdown" for the Nintendo Wii - part of the publisher's new EA Sports Freesyle Brand. "Celebrity Sports Showdown" allows you to play as a variety ...



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