Several days ago, Sony unveiled their wireless keypad device at Leipzig without any details on pricing or release date.GamingBitsfound a nice little entry onAmazon, which lists the keypad at the low, low price of $49.99 and shows its release as November 30th. As you can see, Sony is highly invested in shipping out all of its “must have” peripherals just in time for the Christmas season. Sadly, the keypad looks like something Joel Schumacher would put on Batman....

Waste time and kill your battery withPuzzle Quest 2, now out for all the iOS devices. Or you could be that guy and get it for your iPad. It was released on the DS, Xbox 360 and PC earlier this year, but it’s way more accessible now that it’s on your phone. Or a little bit less accessible now that it’s on that big ol’ slice of tablet you carry around....

Reggie Fils-Aime, the savory Nintendo of America President, has beenmaking wild claimsabout used games, joining the ranks of those in the industry who only like the parts of Capitalism that benefit them, and wish certain parts would go away so they can have their meatloaf and eat it too. “You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs,”claimsReggie, ignoring the fact that you see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs....

Capcom seems to be doing pretty well for themselves during the economic downturn. According to their CFO, Kazuhiko Abe, the publisher has posted an eleven percent operating profit for the 2008 fiscal year.Resident Evil 5likely played a significant role in achieving those numbers. While speaking at theReuters Technology Summitin Tokyo, Abe revealed that the action/horror title attained sales of 4.4 million units in March with another 570,000 sales for April. Sales numbers for May have yet to be counted but they’re so close to hitting the five million mark that they might as well have called it by now....

Looks like Kinect has yet another “LOOK KINECT HAS HARDCORE GAMES ON IT” title to add to the tiny basket. Joining the on-railsStar Warsgame and the on-railsChild of Edenis this brand new horror title from Sega, known ominously asRise of Nightmares. “Rise of Nightmaresoffers a spine-tingling horror experience which uses the innovative new controls of Kinect to give players new encounters filled with fearful anticipation and terror,” boasts Sega. “Using their whole body the player will experience fear and tension as never before in this first person horror adventure....

Following aGameStop“leak,” Harmonix and MTV Games have officially revealed and announced the first details for the upcoming PlayStation Portable title,Rock Band Unplugged. Available on June 9, The title will retail for $39.99. It will also be available in one of those fancy PSP “Entertainment Packs” for $199.99 and includes:Rock Band Unplugged, a voucher code to download the filmSchool of Rock, a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, and a “Piano Black” PSP....

Those of you who keep up with Xbox Live Arcade on a regular basis are probably wondering how last week’sstellar gamecould ever be topped, right? Well, it seems that the people involved with scheduling releases knew it was too impossible of a task to handle and ultimately decided to give us the complete opposite ofIkarugainstead. Rocky and Bullwinkle(800 Microsoft Points) has been compared toYarisby my colleagues, but at least that game was free, unlike thisWario Ware-esque take on a popular cartoon show....

The last time anybody officially talked about a potentialLittleBigPlanet 2, Media Molecule told the world that it simply wasn’t happening. However, according to that hive of PS3 rumors,Official PlayStation Magazine, the user-created videogame is getting a “full sequel” sometime in the future. Media Molecule once stated that it would “never” want to work onLittleBigPlanet 2, claiming that a sequel would be “the most counterproductive thing you could do.” If this rumor is true, then it wasn’t allthatcounterproductive, was it?...

In the latest issue ofEGM, rumormonger Quartermann drops a hint that Kratos (ofGod of Warfame) will soon be revealed as the next playable character in the PlayStation 3 version ofSoulcalibur IV. I would link to some reputable source withproofthat this is happening, but I’ve got nothing. All I am going on is the word of some mysterious figure in a popular videogame magazine who, for all I know, is actually a cute kitten....

Are you confused about whatRygar:The Battle of Argusand homosexual overtones have in common (well, besides the bare chested warrior vibe)? Let me help to clarify for you:Hard Gayis a Japanese entertainer who runs around wailing “woooo!” at random and thrusting his pelvis at anyone who will watch. I wonder how much he gets paid for this stuff. Anyway,Impress Game Watchhas pics up of aRygar: The Battle of Arguspromotional event, with Hard Gay in attendance along with a Japanese Rygar cosplayer and a hot girl in a Santa costume....

We knew it couldn’t possibly be long before the new game based onScott Pilgrim vs. The Worldwould be hitting the consoles. After all, the film is out in less than a month now and why on Earth would they pass up the cross-promotional opportunity? Well, now we know when the game will be released. The PlayStation 3 gets first crack, withPilgrimdropping in the PSN store on August 10th, three days prior to the theatrical release....

Would you expect anything less from the madmen at Grasshopper? Here’s some monstrous concept art for Suda 51’s upcoming balls-mental action game,Shadows of the Damned. It looks suitably bizarre, and quite horrific indeed. Shadows of the Damnedis looking fine, and it’ll be out on June 7th. I’ll definitely be picking this one up.

Crysis 2is one of the few modern-day shooters where there’s some justification for why you, the player, can single-handedly take on an army — and survive the fight relatively unscathed, in most cases. (Ramirez didn’t have a Nanosuit.) “Be the weapon,” commands this latest trailer. I like the look of the few night segments shown here, because I feel as if that’s something videogames still need to work on in general....