There’s been lots of speculations and renderings of what the new Pokémon Black & White starters will look like, but this scan from Japanese magazine CoroCoro seems to be the most legit.  While the dark silhouettes of the three were released a week or so ago, this may be the first official unveiling of the newcomers.

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The Sonic franchise is no stranger to heralding the latest game as a return to form, only to fail hard upon it’s release.  But Sonic 4 is looking to change all of that by taking the series back to it’s roots.

And of course, by roots, I mean 2D gameplay, with nothing but running fast and collecting rings.  Sans the upgraded graphics, this could have easily been released some 15 years ago.

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Raven Software is sweetening the deal for Xbox 360 gamers planning on purchasing Singularity.  For a limited time, those buying this new shooter that turns time into a weapon can take advantage of a mail-in offer that will net them Prototype for free!

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Every so often popular games  are utilized in some of the most quizzical ways. Nintendo’s Miis are used in the paper promoting a service. Let’s not even delve into what Pokemon has been used to promote, which is darn near everything. However, most of said endorsements can usually connect somewhat cohesively to the product or service at hand. And if Mountain Dew and Halo seemed like a match made in heaven, wait til you see which infamous shooter answered the call, to a higher power, that is.

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Deciding that one year wasn’t good enough, Screw Attack has announced that they’ll be back in Texas again this year to set your 4th of July on fire. That’s right, SGC, or Screw Attack Gaming Convention, is set to return to Dallas to bring a gaming convention to the heartland. Keeping in form with last year, it’ll run 72 hours straight, from July 2nd through July 4th, and be packed with activities and caffeinated beverages to keep you kids going.
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Video game based movies drag around an embarrassing history with a charm akin to a rotting corpse that was left in the sun, and frankly it’s not all that surprising. Some things own too much baggage to survive the transfer from medium to medium without dropping a few key items here and there, and oftentimes what does worm its way through the wreckage resembles a hideous mutant spawn that can barely manage intelligent human speech let alone impress anyone as some lovable lost puppy. Not much else needs to be said: Video game films are practically doomed from the start screen, much to the frustration of hundreds of controller-wielding fans.

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Hurray! Another wacky Japanese PS3 game is being released in America. Yesterday via Sony’s PlayStation twitter and Siliconera we got confirmation on the rumor that 3D Dot Game Heroes will be coming out in North America for the PlayStation 3. No publisher was detailed, but since Sony Computer Entertainment America made the announcement we should consider them the front runner.

I had no idea what this game was about, so I did a little research for you all. It’s a game developed by From Software, makers of Demon’s Souls (which means it will be hard) and takes place in a classic RPG kingdom whose king, following the successful defeat of a demon lord, declares that the world should be in 3D. As you can tell from the picture above something goes horribly wrong and it is your job to find out. Ain’t that always the way?

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You’ve heard of Dante’s Inferno, right? The game with the crazy marketing from EA and message board posters calling it a “shameless God of War clone.” Well, now Visceral Games have announced that the writer from Monster’s Ball and Academy Award Nominee Will Rokos will be providing the storyline for the upcoming game.

Rokos has been enjoying himself while working on the project which gave him the opportunity to “re-imagine Dante as a flawed hero with a dark past, and his determination to save the love of his life from a terrible fate. It was a truly unique experience to re-create one man’s hell, one circle at a time.”

Dante’s Inferno is looking at a February 2010 release and I am really looking forward to see how much “creative license” the development team takes with this tragic comedy.

[Source: Joystiq]

My dad wasn’t kidding when he said everything is made in China these days. This sleek PSP Go ripoff is the next product in the fine line of fake portable devices from the fine makers in the Republic of China.

Called the Slide Panel Retro it has up to 4GB of space, a built-in camera, mp3 player, and built in software emulation. Your features sound like everything I could ever want in a device, but your blatant exploit of the PSP Go’s design is making me have commitment issues. Get your act together China, seriously.

[Source: Joystiq]

Trying to gauge what kids like used to be extremely difficult. Do they like Pokémon, Power Rangers, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob? Should I go with Star Wars or Barbie? Are Nerf guns still cool? So many different products – but these days, there are two things kids can agree on: Nintendo Wii and DS are awesome and they can’t get enough of them. In a study done by SmartyPants, the top most loved brands for American children are the Nintendo Wii, coming in at number one and the Nintendo DS coming in at number two.

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Get on your green tights and wooden shield because Club Nintendo finally has something else worthwhile to spend those treasured coins upon.  The latest addition to the Club Nintendo rewards list is none other than a 3 pack Legend of Zelda poster set.  I don’t know about you, but I love washing my walls in gaming and movie posters, and it’s actually quite difficult to find any decent LoZ ones to buy.

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EA and Double Fine Productions has announced in a recent press release that the Brütal Legend Demo will officially live as of today at 11PM, but only for those who preordered the game from popular games retailer Gamestop. Players who can get into the demo will be treated to the entire first stage of Brütal Legend, setting the stage for Eddie Riggs’ tale and the various mechanics set forth in-game.

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Do I remember Legend of Legaia? You bet! The brainchild of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.’s Contrail studio (known for the Legaia series and Alundra 2), Legend of Legaia was a small development team’s dream of an amazing fantasy role-playing game, of a grand tale in a fully-realized 3D world. Theirs was a also dream with limited hype and short-lived popularity. Their Legend, however, sticks around even to this day as one of the more unique role-playing games to come out on the PlayStation.

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Fans of chibi-size ninjas can rejoice — IO Interactive’s action/adventure title Mini Ninjas will be available in the United States on September 8th, 2009. Players will be put into control of one of six small-scale ninjas, and will be able to use several different and distinct weapons, abilities, and styles of play — all of which will be within expertly-crafted and uniquely-styled feudal Japanese environments.

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Do you remember Vagrant Story? I would hope so. Vagrant Story, developed by Square, came out during what I refer to as the Golden Era of 32-bit RPGs, the years 1996 through 2000. Receiving a rare perfect score from Japanese video game magazine Famitsu, Vagrant Story was leaps and bounds beyond its competition in terms of graphics, art style, and game mechanics.

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