RAGE Comic Con 2009 Trailer
A teaser video for RAGE has been released, showcasing this shooter developed by id Software and built on id Software’s newest game engine, id Tech5.

Freaky Creatures Game Client
Freaky Creatures lets you create your own creature using billions of possibilities. Once you are done you can battle and raise your creature continually improving and customizing it.

BorderLands Comic Con 2009 Trailer
Straight from the San Diego Comic Con, this trailer gives a glimpse of Borderlands, the upcoming action title from Gearbox and Take Two.

Gran Turismo PSP TV Ad Trailer
This trailer shows off a TV advertisement for the upcoming PSP version of the simulation racer from Polyphony Digital.

Spore Hero Wii Trailer
Check out the Wii version of Spore in this trailer, and head back into the world of creating your own creatures in a massive 3D world.

Brutal Legend Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black Episode 5 Video
Jack Black returns in his fifth Brutal Thoughts video. This episode features Black trying to create a viral video sensation with a guitar playing cat.

Uncharted 2 Gold Rush Mode Trailer
Get a glimpse of Uncharted 2’s Gold Rush mode in this trailer for the upcoming adventure / action title.

The Sony press conference for E3 2009 is set to prepare gamers for the return of a juggernaut. Sony’s had a tough year for its PS3 console, but things are looking up. This is Sony’s year to make the most expensive console on the market profitable. With God of War III, Heavy Rain, Batman Arkham Asylum, Modern Warfare 2 and MAG on the horizon, this year’s E3 press conference promises to give gamers a reason to pick up a PS3. I’ll be blogging live as Sony wows gamers with 364 new PS3, PSP and PS2 titles. Check out the running commentary after the break.

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There have been rumors all over the internet for the last few months that Sony will be replacing the PSP with a new one. Some say that it will have no UMD drive, and others say that it will feature a sliding screen, and maybe even a second analog stick.

Well, we may be able to put those rumors to rest. According to what 1UP.com calls “sources directly involved with the new system”, Sony will indeed be revealing a brand new PSP at E3 in June of this year. These same sources also claim that instead of calling this new handheld the PSP 2, it will have a subtitle.

Even more interesting, 1UP also adds that the new PSP will be sold in two SKUs, one with eight, and one with sixteen gigabytes of memory. Due in large part to the new handheld having no UMD drive, Sony will have over 100 titles available for download at launch, with one of the featured titles being Gran Turismo Mobile.

As usual, Sony had no comment on this information, saying only that it “does not comment on rumors or speculation.”

More on the new PSP, and an idea of what the new handheld might look like, hit the jump.

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The first place to test drive the 2009 Nissan 370Z won’t be at your local Nissan dealership. It won’t be at the Los Angeles Auto Show next month. It’ll be on the game console of your choice on November 18 when Need for Speed: Undercover is released. Nissan and EA have teamed up to provide Undercover gamers with the world premiere of the new car, which will be finding its way to dealerships in early 2009.

It’s boldly claimed in the press release that “[t]his marks the first time an auto manufacturer has partnered with a videogame company for the world premiere reveal of a car.” We’ve seen similar reveals before, though — specifically with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The GTbyCitroen and the Nissan Skyline GT-R were both available to drive in-game before you could find them at dealerships.

Keen on finding out exactly how they could make such a claim, we contacted EA and a spokesperson told us, “This is the first time that a car has been exclusively revealed in-game before it has been shown in real-life.” The 370Z won’t be publicly shown until November 19, a whole one day after Undercover is released in North America.

Still, the fact that Nissan decided to even do this suggests that they’re actually getting something out of deals like this. Clearly, Polyphony Digital and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi aren’t the only ones forging close relationships with car manufacturers. Don’t be surprised if we continue to see more deals like this in the future.

As if they hadn’t already implied it with all of the support they’ve thrown behind the game, Sony has proclaimed that LittleBigPlanet is going to be a system seller. The game hardly conforms to the style of game you normally would associate with “system sellers” like Halo, Gears of War, or Gran Turismo. But LBP has a benefit those games don’t share — it appeals to everyone.

Associate producer Eric Fong told GamesIndustry.biz at Comic-Con last month, “Our target audience is everyone.” With LBP’s mix of depth and easy-to-play gameplay, anyone and everyone can play the game and enjoy different aspects of it. Fong continued, “It’s got enough complexity that people can play it and enjoy it for many hours; at the same time, if you’re just a casual user you can run through and play the game and have fun with it. Everything you see in the developer levels, you can create as the player.”

Because of that, it’s going to attract eyes far and wide. “It’s going to be a hardware seller. Not only do you have the platforming experience that a lot of other games will have, you have this creativity that really is exclusive to LittleBigPlanet,” he claimed, although he did admit the explaining the game to someone represents a significant challenge. “How do you explain the game…without getting your hands on it? It’s a difficult thing to do.”

The father of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi, has suggested that we might not see the full Gran Turismo 5 before 2010. Continued support for GT5 Prologue becomes even more important as a result. We’ll be seeing the first wave of that support tomorrow when Sony launches Gran Turismo TV in full force, which will consist of both free and pay-per-view programming, including Top Gear, Super GT, and Best Motoring. (You can find the full listing of content here.)

For the first two weeks, all of the PPV content will be available for the discounted price of $.99 before shooting back up to the regular pricing, where content “will start at $1.99.” You can draw your own conclusions about how expensive the programming might become.

Aside from the Gran Turismo TV updates, the game itself will be updated, too. Changes to penalty judgments, additional tire choices for Time Trial mode (I can only imagine how insanely boring that must sound to non-hardcore fans), and improved physics during collisions while playing online. Nothing game-changing from the sound of it, but tweaks are more than welcome.

You can find out more about Gran Turismo TV and tomorrow’s update on PlayStation.Blog.

Rockstar San Diego has unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming Midnight Club: Los Angeles. You know, Midnight Club? That racing series that seems to fill in the gaps between new Burnout and Gran Turismo titles? As the title suggests, this new entry will take place in Los Angeles, and will have you running from the cops as you take part in illegal street races. The game is set to be released on October 4th.

We all know that the 20GB Xbox 360’s price drop is just artificial — once those units sell through, it’ll be gone, and we’ll be back to the three current price points for the Arcade, Premium and Elite SKUs.

Todd Greenwald, an analyst with Signal Hill, has told investors that the “Xbox 360 needs a real price cut.” This temporary cut isn’t enough to stave off the fierce competition from the Wii and PlayStation 3.

“We remain very sceptical of Microsoft’s pricing strategy and competitive positioning versus the PlayStation 3.

“At USD 349, with a 60GB hard drive, we just don’t think it is a compelling product compared with the PS3 at USD 399 with an 80GB hard drive (along with more processing horsepower, Blu-ray, Wifi, HDMI, and going forward, more exclusive content),” Greenwald said.

“We’d also note that the Xbox 360 has just been surpassed by the Wii in the US, despite Microsoft’s one year head start over Nintendo.

“We do think that the Netflix announcement is a significant addition for Xbox users, though its far more of a positive for Netflix than it is for Microsoft in our opinion,” he said of one of the new features in the ‘new Xbox experience.’

“Sony’s biggest announcement was a strong counter-punch to Microsoft’s USD 50 price cut on the 360.

“We think this should give Sony a leg up versus the 360, along with several exclusive titles like the just-released Metal Gear Solid, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, God of War 3, etc.

“Beyond Gears of War 2, Microsoft doesn’t seem to have the same library of exclusive, must-have titles,” he concluded.

Greenwald makes a good point. If Microsoft could drop the price across the board and get the system under or equal to the price of the Wii at $250, it would be an extremely helpful selling point going into this holiday season.

via GamesIndustry.biz

The title of this story sure is a mixed bag for Gran Turismo fans. Joystiq got to speak with the father of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi, and he revealed that Polyphony Digital is focusing on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. He suggested that the proper version of Gran Turismo 5 might not be released before 2010, which somehow wouldn’t surprise me in the least.

Prologue should continue to see significant support, with new cars, tracks, and features. So there’s at least some consolation for GT fans.

But that’s not all — Yamauchi confirmed that Gran Turismo for PSP is still in development, although you shouldn’t expect that until after Gran Turismo 5 is released. So, yeah, it might be a while.

It has been one crazy week, and the craziest thing happening at home base while Jonathan and Shawn were in LA was the amount of assets we received in our inboxes on a daily basis. I have decided to post the lonely screens and trailers that did not get their very own post into one large post full of links. There’s just is not enough time to post them all, so this is the best way I know how.

While this is not a comprehensive list of what was not covered, it is close. There are more screens floating around out there that we have yet to get, but if or when we do, we will do our best to wow you with them.

Below you will find a list of games from A-N and a link to the trailer or screens for it. Be sure to look over the list carefully, because something you are interested in may be included. I have highlighted ones that may be of special interest.

Games O – Z are posted after the jump

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Screens
Active Life Outdoor Challenge Trailer
Afro Samurai Screens
Age of Booty Screens
Age of Booty Trailer
AWAY Shuffle Dragon Screens
Babysitting Mania Screens
Bangai-O Spirits Screens
Bangai-O-Spirits Trailer
Battlestations Pacific Screens
Bionic Commando Screens
Bionic Commando Trailer
BioShock PS3 Screens
Borderlands Presentation Trailer
Borderlands Screens
BUZZ! Master Quiz Trailer
Champions Online B-Roll Trailer
Champions Online Screens
Chrono Trigger DS Screens
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Trailer
Cooking Mama World Kitchen Screens
Dark Void Screens
Dark Void Trailer
Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon Trailer
Digimon Championship Trailer
Digimon World Championship Screens
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Screens
Dungeon Hero Screens
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero Screens
Empire: Total War Screens
Eternal Sonata PS3 Screens
Eternal Sonata PS3 Trailer
Final Fantasy IV DS Screens
Flock! Screens
Flock! Trailer
Gran Turismo 5: Prolouge Trailer
Heavy Duty Screens
I Am Alive Trailer (This looks rather interesting)
I Heart Geeks Screens
Infinite Space Screens
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Enc. 2 Screens
Kill Zone 2 Trailer
King’s Bounty: The Legend Trailer
LEGO Batman: The Video Game B-Footage Trailer
LEGO Batman: The Videogame Screens
Little King’s Story Screens
Luminous Arc 2 Teaser Trailer
Marker Man Adventures Screens
Marvel Ultimate Alliance II: Fusion Trailer
Mega Man 9 Screens
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Trailer
Metal Gear Online Screens
Monster Lab Screens
Monster Madness: Grave Danger Screens
MySims Kingdom Screens
N+ Screens
N+ Trailer
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 Screens
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja STORM Screens
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja STORM Trailer
National Geographic Panda Screens
Neopets Puzzle Adventure Screens
NHL SK9 Screens

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