MadWorldcaresses that part of my brain that craves savage things. Sega’s Wii-exclusive title (set to hit retail mid-March) is all about slicing, sticking, and plunging baddies. The pen-and-ink visuals contrast beautifully with the bright crimson spurts that cascades out of victims upon physical contact.MadWorldcould be that next blissful union between great visceral gameplay and gore that I’ve wanted since putting downGears of War 2.This trailer punctuatesMadWorld’sflair with a good bit of humor....

Here’s the latest trailer for Namco Bandai’sMajin and the Forsaken Kingdom. The game has beenwritten off by someas a “blatant rip-off” of Team ICO’s work, but I think people who believe that are appalling, so let us pay them no mind. The game looks beautiful, and I think it’ll be a really underrated classic. It’s out on November 30, which I fear is a death-knell for the title, but who knows?...

There’s a lot of legal babble here, but I’ll attempt to break it down: Back in 2003, Immersion sued both Microsoft and Sony for the use of rumble in their controllers, as they originally held the patent for the technology. From this lawsuit, Microsoft was ordered to pay Immersion $26 million. Ouch. However, being the sly bastards that they are, MS included a clause that required Immersion to pay them a portion of any money obtained from Sony as part of additional litigation....

The biggest videogame convention in New England is happing today! GameUnicon 2009 is going to be open around the clock until Sunday evening and a three day pass is just $40! GameUnicon 2009 is going to have over 30 tournaments with over $10,000 in prizes up for grabs and pros from around the country are swinging on by including Justin Wong, theStreet Fighter IVEVO 09 runner up. On top of that, there will be over 100 freeplay setups, musical performances by Freezepop, Powerglove, Konami Kode, The Megas, celebrity guests, panels, movie rooms and much more!...

I’ll flat out admit it: I’m taking one for the team while Samit is at E3 and posting this. At least I know who Kobe Bryant is, so this post isn’t going to be a complete failure. But yes, Kobe Bryant has made it onto the cover of NBA 2K10 for the first time. If you’re a big sports fan, you can go over toNBA 2K’s websiteand vote for which Kobe Bryant cover you want to see on the final version of the game, which we’ve got down below in the gallery....

Electronic Arts has released a new batch of screenshots for the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game,Burnout Paradise, and something is just … off. Not one of the screens show a single car exploding, a flaming tire flying through the air, or glass shattering in real-time. It’s as if I’m not looking at aBurnouttitle at all! The screens do tease us with a bunch of potentially steel crushing, horrifying wrecks, and that’s really enough to wet my whistle....

Ridge Racer Unboundedis the latest in Namco’s popular racing series, and this new one isn’t like anyRidge Raceryou’ve ever played by the looks of this teaser trailer. Reiko, theRidge Racermascot you know and love, goes a little crazy and smashes through some cars demolition derby style. Is theRidge Racerseries trying out theBurnoutformula of racing in the new game? Seems like it. For now we’ll just have to wait for more info from Namco Bandai on what they’re trying to do with the series....

Modder Hasse’s brother can only use his right hand, but he loves to play videogames. this inspired him to make what has to be the most heartwarming controller hack ever: a one-handed Gamecube controller. His solution was to re-work pieces of several eBay’d Gamecube controllers into one fully functional device. The trick here was to use an accelerometer and a digital-to-analog converter to reassign what you’d normally do on the d-pad to tilts of the controller....

We’re only a week away from PAX! For many of us, the trip is even closer than that. Can you feel the excitement in the air? No? Perhaps Nintendo’s kick-ass line-up of games will help pump you up. Booth #352 is where you’ll be able to lovingly embraceDonkey Kong Country Returns,Kirby’s Epic Yarn,Metroid: Other M,NBA Jam,GoldenEye 007, and an all-new physics-based puzzler for WiiWare namedFluidity. What’s more,Dragon Quest IXplayers can grab the “Orgodemir” map while they’re at the show....

To be honest, it was looking unlikely thatMassive Action Gamewould be heading to stores before 2010, and it would appear that the skeptics are right on this one. A number of outlets have recentlychanged the release dateof this PS3 exclusive, indicating that it won’t be out this year. I didn’t even know we weresupposedto expect it this year, but apparently some people were. If you were one of those people, now you know....

We told you guys about thisnearly a month ago, but now it’s official: 505 Games has redubbed its Wii drumming title,Drum Kingfor North American audiences. Teaming up with the legendary music magazine, the game will be calledRolling Stone: Drum Kingwhen it hits shelves this spring. Gamers will be able to utilize the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to drum along to 30 tracks; no additional peripherals needed. Unfortunately, 505 couldn’t leverage the Rolling Stone name to get master tracks — they’re all covers....

I have said this before and I’ll say it again: I love how so many games are pushing the post-apocalyptic setting these days.Metro 2033takes it one step further by throwing in the element of a harsh Russian winter, rather than opting for the dull shades of brown found in most other games. To accompany some previews of the game from outlets other than us, quite a few new screenshots have made themselves available....

Persona 5is a real thing. No series fan is surprised by that, but it’s good to hear something solid after this wait. Atlus producer Katsura Hashino spoke to Famitsu and said that preliminary development forPersona 5(which he referred to as “the next numbered title”) is nearly complete.Andriasangsays that from here, the staff will move into the actual development process. Hashino will be the director, Shigenori Soejima is the character designer, and Shouji Meguro is up for music again....