God, I hope so. Sure, there’s plenty of PSOne hits we’ve yet to see, but I’ve really been hoping for some PS2 downloads. You all know good and well that the system could pull it off. It was just a matter of waiting until Sony had it ready. So when? While not official, the above picture gives me hope. This little gem comes from theN4G boards, where a board member claims this shot came from a Sony London employee....

This is what happens when you swap the character models inLara Croft and the Guardian of Lightfor Raziel and Kain from theLegacy of Kainseries. It’s … weird. Just weird. The bizarreness only increases when you see these characters in motion, complete with unchanged voices. Watch at your own risk. The downloadable title will be getting a Kane and Lynch character pack sometime down the line as well. Developer Crystal Dynamics isasking fans to tweetwhich duo they think should be released first....

Remember way back when when thatreal life Mariocame out and it was the most disturbing thing in the world?Here’swhat it should have been.Anthony Joneshas whipped up some character concepts for his own imagining of the Mario universe and they are pretty frickin sweet. They’re even based on a backstory Jones came up with himself. Mario is a down and out plumber who has just kicked an addiction to a popular drug called “Star....

PSA: the second big chunk ofResident Evil 5campaign DLC, “Desperate Escape,” is available over Xbox LIVE Marketplace now and will be so on March 4th for PSN. If you weren’t aware, “Desperate Escape” is a “lost chapter” in theRE5story arc that has puts you (and a pal) behind one of two turrets: Jill Valentine and Josh Stone. It appears the duo must escape from some weirdo zombie facility right before RE5 proper’s Chris and Sheva drill Wesker in his cute little orange spot over and over again....

Box art posts aren’t really exciting unless the art in question is very good.Resistance 3‘s box art is very, very good.Artist Olly Mosshas gone the minimalist route, with a cover that echoes wartime propaganda posts in a really smart, snazzy way. The red and white image depicts a Chimera skull, with the New York skyline used to create its teeth. It’s a subtle effect, and a rather impressive one. You can get a ludicrous super-duper hi-res version of the imagehere....

With all the “everything old is new again” mentality floating around the gaming world, the crew ofRFGO!decided to weigh in on the current state of retro. Are companies just cashing in on the seemingly hot trend of retro? Or are the retro revivals on the horizon a signal that you can’t keep a good franchise down? Maybe it’s a little bit of both, who knows? That’s why the gang decided to throw in our own two cents on the subject for this week’s show....

The year’s just about over (thank God) and your friends here at RetroforceGO! are ready to close it out in the coolest way possible: with lists. You guys like lists, right? C’mon, everybody loves lists. Well, we like lists, anyway. So we made a bunch of them. Tonight we’ll be taking a look back at the year in retro, and we’ve compiled a list of our top ten Virtual Console titles, XBLA games, and PSN games, along with a bunch of other random top ten lists....

I am a huge fan ofMatt Hazard‘s universe. I love the ridiculous characters, set pieces and humor found inEat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazardand knew as soon as it was over that I would need more. And now more has arrived in this downloadable adventure. Instead of giving us another 3D, cover-based shooter, Vicious Cycle took a decidedly more simplistic route inBlood Bath and Beyondas a 2D side-scroller. Does it still retain the humor and charm of the original, or has the joke gotten old by now?...

Ah,Bust-A-Move. No matter how many incarnations of the little game seem to come about, I’m always interested in playing another one and losing myself in that mindless but addictive puzzle action. Naturally, as soon as I saw that Square Enix would be distributing the latest installment in the series,Space Bust-A-Move, I was on the case and ready to check it out. And is that a story I spy? Yes, in this version you will follow Bub and Bob’s adventures as they go after the evil Develin and try to collect items called Cosmo Bubbles to save the world....

If you know me, you know me — I like to rock. Hard. Usually with plastic instruments. And what if that instrument were a keyboard? Better than nothing. In fact,Jam Legend— an online music “gaming platform” — is actually pretty fun. Essentially, it’s a browser-based music game with aGuitar Hero-like interface (it’s actually closer toRock Revolution…), where you the numbers on your keyboard as frets and the “Enter” key to strum....

[UPDATE]Readers NintenDaan and GohanGVO have deftly pointed out that this is not just a rumor, that this info comes straight from Nintendo’s super-secret press-only website. I failed to use my maximum journalism powers on this one. Sorry folks! [Original story]I’m pretty sure that me and Ashley Davis are the only two people on staff here that consider ourselves active fans ofAnimal Crossing. I know Jim played the game in the past, and I think Hamza did some experimenting, but from what I’ve gathered, me and Ashley are the only two who are really into the series....

This morning we learned of a newly launched websiteforPersona 2: Innocent Sin, a PSP port of the PlayStation RPG that just recently came to Japan. It is now confirmed for North America this Fall. Now we have more information on the release, straight from Atlus, along with some new screenshots and boxart from the English language version. The ‘other half’ ofPersona 2, Innocent Sin, has never seen release outside of Japan....

Elusive game design legend Yu Suzuki has rarely been seen or heard from since the financial disaster that wasShenmue.Sega US CEO Simon Jeffery has confirmed that the famous creator, who was once regarded as Sega’s answer to Shigeru Miyamoto, isno longer withthe company. “[Suzuki is] kind of his own man right now. Every now and again, he’ll come up with an idea, and I don’t think anything has come out of that yet,” stated Jeffery....