Ballistic Publishing, the folks behindThe Art of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, have announced its next PlayStation partnership,The Art of God of War III. Set for release this October, the 272-page book will feature a “visual history tour” of the game, including 100 pieces of art that didn’t appear in the game. The book will feature concept art, character studios, character modeling, and more, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at Sony Santa Monica’s production process....

NBA 2K11drew mass-market attention by puttingMichael Jordanon its cover, but his appearance on the box highlighted the mode that sold many gamers on the title: “The Jordan Challenge,” in which players could relive ten classic moments from Jordan’s storied career (both as #23 and as #45). This year, 2K Sports is expanding that history lesson with 14 additional NBA legends in the “NBA’s Greatest” mode inNBA 2K12. So far, that includes the three cover athletes —Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson— as well as Julius “Dr....

[Editor’s note: the GAMEGOBLIN tells us about the first game he designed for his A Time To BuildMonthly Musing. — CTZ] “Marcio is a very smart kid, but he doesn’t work hard enough. He’s lazy.” Every Parent-Teacher conference in Elementary was generally like this. I was a lazy kid, spending most of my hours playing videogames or drawing comics instead of doing homework and in-class assignments. In Elementary, I had ambition....

Hey Wii owners! Love typing in your info EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME with the Wiimote whenever you purchase something on the Virtual Console?! Of course you don’t. Thankfully, Nyko will soon be releasing a keypad for Wiimotes. The Nyko Type Pad Pro is a shell that cradles any standard Wiimote remote. However, the Type Pad will have limited uses unless you use it with Nyko’s Wand Wii Remote. The extra benefit from using the Wand controller with the Type Pad Pro comes in the form of the A and B trigger buttons on the back of the Type Pad....

PC Adventure games likeDay of the Tentacle,Quest for Glory, andKing’s Questare old news. However, age has never stopped fans from celebrating the titles through re-makes, retreads or … live action plays. That’s right. Recently, co-producer Chris Chappell pointed us towards his play entitled “Adventure Quest.” It’s a play that will combine the humor and splendor of 80’s PC gaming with living, breathing actors. The catch is that all the music is 8-bit and the actors will perform in front of a digital screen....

With all of the great games out there right now, for instanceGears of War,Twilight Princess,FFXIIand the like, you might not be playing your PS3 that much during this holiday season (that is, unless you actually like thatResistancegame). After all the money you spent on the PS3, you might as well get use out of it, right? There’s not much that can be done with the PS3, itself — it’s bulky, it gets fingerprinted and scratched easily, and IS NOT good to use as a makeshift football....

You all may remember Jenni Källberg, also known as pixel-ninja, as being one of the mostamazing cosplayers ever with herMetroidoutfit. Well she just so happens to be a fantastic artist and she’s this week’s Art Attack artist. Herart collectionis on the small side in comparison to some of the other artists I’ve featured but what she has ais simply amazing. I mean, she created my perfect image of a girl in thisNerdcore-isc pin-up girlpiece....

You know what we don’t have enough of? World War II games! But wait, don’t hang up just yet. Far from talking about making yet another generic Nazi-shooter, Ubisoft has apparently been discussing where to take theAssassin’s Creedseries next. Afterstating that the next gamecould star a female killer, producer Sebastian Puel mentioned what kind of time period a woman should appear in. “We’ve had discussions on that very topic,” he states, talking about a female assassin....

While Jonathan Holmes was busy experiencing some sort oferotic fever dream,Bit.Tripseries creatorsGaijin Gamesweregetting sh*t done.Holmes’ predictionswere right:explorethevoid.comis indeed the official website of the recently announcedBit.Trip.Void. There’s a trailer for the soon-to-be-downloadable WiiWare game, but it doesn’t make much sense. As far as I can tell, the goal seems to be to collect black pixels into a black hole (the eponymousvoid, if you will) while avoiding the bullet-hellish white pixels. That much seems obvious, but there are also lots of extraneous black boxes everywhere that I really can’t explain....

Just one game has been pinned down for release this week on Live Arcade, and it’s one you probably haven’t heard of. Straight out of left field, we’re getting Sierra Online’sBoogie Bunnies(800 Microsoft Points). At first glance,Boogie Bunnieslooks like nothing more than an explosion of bright colors and cuteness that makes me want to yell out into the night, “my eyes, the goggles do nothing!” Upon further investigation, I discovered that it’s actually one of those matching games in which you shoot off a randomly-colored bunny into two or more other matching bunnies to clear them from the playing field....

At the request ofUbisoft,Penny Arcadewriter Gabe and artist Joe Pekar have come up with their very own comic book take on the“Bunnies can’t…”advertising campaign forRayman Raving Rabbids. Created for the Ubisoft Web site, the single panel comics fit in perfectly with the bunny’s unique sense of humor. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love the bunnies?

See, itlooksgreat. I’m not talking visuals, though they are better than I would have expected. No, I’m talking about the gameplay shown in the trailer. A multi-player hunting game is a good idea but I am far more interested in the bit about making your own TV show. That looks like it would be fun as hell with a second person. It would be like a cooperativePokémon Snapwith headshots. But everything I’ve read about the game suggests that the TV show bits are single-player....

Turtle Beach has partnered with Activision to create a line of specifically tailored new headsets with a big and tastypiece of meatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3logo on them. I heard the State of New York recently had the common sense to pass a law that allows people to wear these things in public, finally becoming part of Western civilization — how delightfully “liberal” of them. This new line headsets dubbed “Ear Force” look pretty nice spec-wise though, despite being having ridiculous names and being way overpriced, and some models even have custom audio presets designed forModern Warfare 3by studly boys at Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward....