There was a time when top down isometric action games were all the rage. Diablo, Baldur’s Gate, and their multiple clones ruled the PC world with their easy to play methods and sweet loot drops. And since Diablo III won’t see the light of day until 2010 at the earliest, I am going to let you in on the biggest secret in gaming. Well, besides the release date for Diablo III.

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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]