Sega officially announcedSonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1on August 03, 2025. Since that time, we have seen a smattering of images, less than a minute of leaked footage, and a few scant details. However, despite the dearth of Intel available, I have been able to piece together a fairly clear image of whatSonic 4will be. And it SUCKS! Yes,Sonic the Hedgehog 4is going to be the worst idea for a game since Denis Dyack screamed “FUTURE VIKINGS” in the shower one morning....

I remember when the Wii was debuted at E3 a few years back. When you came around the corner to enter Nintendo’s massive booth after waiting hours in line, one of the first things you saw was a clear case holding the various controllers. There was white and black, but we also saw blue and pink. I’ve always been wondering about those.Japan already has them. Now it sounds like they’ll finally release them here…over 3 years later....

Wolfenstein’sofficial Web siteis live and offering some downloadable goodies such as screenshots and concept art. The amount of content is a bit low at the moment, but it’s probably a good guess that id will ramp up the teasing as the game continues its crawl to retail. Speaking of teasing, id will be debuting a new trailer for the game onGameTrailers TV,Friday at 1 AM Eastern/Pacific on Spike. We’re told that a boss will be shown, as well as “loads” of gameplay....

If there is one thing that people can’t seem to agree on in the world of MMOs, it’s how games that are designed to be played forever should fund themselves. He had some interesting things to say about why paying a monthly or annual subscription fee is the best way to go. “I’m going to give you my honest opinion about this,” he told us. “I think my game will almost certainly involve a subscription fee and the reason is that there’s a lot of free to play games out here, and more everyday....

[As originally postedon Japanator] Announce a world-exclusive anime by a highly-celebrated studio on your download service, and what do you expect to happen? Of course, Sony’s X’amd: Lost Memories topped the download charts this week, asPlayStation.Blog announced. Along with that news, Sony announced that they are going to run the entirety of the show on the PlayStation Store — something that a lot of anime fans were wondering whether or not would happen....

Videogames are great, right? We all know that. To the average player they bring fun, stimulation and cameraderie, demanding only the occasional sleepless night and mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome in payment for the big fat greasy dollops of joy they impart into the world. However in this slightly delayed (Okay, two weeks delayed, you harpies.) eighth chapter of A Guide To Recognizing Your Gamers, I have chosen to discuss a curious little gamer-type I have come across a great many times over the years, who looks upon the pastime with all shades of reluctance and horror....

Many of us love the choose-your-own-adventure style ofMinecraft, because few games tend to offer exploration on such a grand scale. Of course, there are also people who have this desire to be told where to go and what to do;Minecraftisn’t necessarily for them. GameSetWatch has an interview with creator Markus Persson in which he suggests achievements could eventually come to fruition. “I’ve had the idea to make achievements kind of like the in-game questing,” Persson begins....

While some may say that “zombies” are quickly becoming gaming’s new “space marines,” what would you say about zombies plus aliens, plus… death? Developer PomPom has announced that its PSP Mini title,Alien Zombie Death, will be available for download this January. The game features 14 levels, and the developer is saying “gameplay is very retro. Very platform-y. Very shoot-em-up-y.” The game will feature 14 levels of alien zombies, and you’ll be tasked with making them dead, presumably....

EA Montreal’sweapon design contestforArmy of Two: The 40th Dayhas finally come to a close, and the results are in. The two winning entries are Angryjoeshow1’s “AS-KR1 ‘The Ass Kicker’ Rifle” and Uberblargh’s “Sniper Launcher.” Both weapons can beseen herein concept form as well as in the full game next year. It’s worth mentioning that they are going to be exclusive to those who haveArmy of Twosave data on their hard drive....

After taking a little break last week, Art Attack Friday is back with artist pyawakit. At first glance, pyawakit’s artwork reminded me of the art style ofRen & Stimpycreator,John Kricfalusi. Not so much the art style inRen & Stimpyitself, but John’s other, more adult oriented, artworks. pyawakit’s art is very cartoony, yet they all retain a very sophisticated feeling to them. My favorite pieces in pyawakit’s videogame collection are easily the Morrigan pieces....

Oh man. E3 isn’t even here yet and the great announcements are already starting to roll in. As if XSEED’s announcement thatFragilewould be getting a US releaseyesterday wasn’t enough excitement to blow my brain to smithereens, today Atlus announces a new entry in the Trauma Center series:Trauma Teamfor the Nintendo Wii! The unique thing about Trauma Team is that it allows you to play as one of six characters: a general surgeon, diagnostician, E....

Length-obsessed gamers will be cheered by the news that Rocksteady’s next Batman game,Arkham City, will offer forty hours of content, with the main story taking twenty-five hours to beat and sidequests requiring an extra fifteen. “It takes over 25 hours to complete the main stories inBatman: Arkham City. To keep players engaged for this length of time, not only do the characters and the story need to progress, but the core mechanics of the game they are playing need to change and adapt as well”, said game director Sefton Hill....

Goddamn, I love me someRatchet and Clank. A fistful of standout titles and not one hiccup in the bunch — that’s a heck of a record. Insomniac Games’ newest effort,Tools of Destruction, looks pretty in ways that few PS3 games dare to be pretty — it’scolorful. How ’bout taking some notes, developers? Not all your next-gen games have to be brown and grey. Anyways, if you’re as big on ruthlessly violent anthropomorphic bobcats with tagalong robots as I am, it’s likely that you may have kept up with ourcontinuingcoverageof the forthcomingRatchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destructionon the PS3, but there’s some new pretty to get all frothy over: high resolution media, straight from the sticky womb of Insomniac....