Square Enix has taken the wraps off its latest action title for PS3 and Xbox 360, NIER. The game has been given an official website as well as an embedded trailer. The game is being developed by Cavia and its trailer gives a feeling that NIER may be on the lines of Devil May Cry, look-wise. The website says that NIER will require the players to don the shoes of an “unyielding protagonist” who is out to find a cure for his daughter as she battles against Black Scrawl virus. Apparently, the game will be your traditional hack n’ slash bit, only spruced with an emotional plot. Check out some shadowy creatures facing the wrath of a really angry hero. NIER wields sword like a toy and the official page says he’s armed with multiple weapons and can weave magic. Ah, right up our alley it seems. We’ll report more on the game from E3 as NIER is an official part of Square Enix’s lineup at the event. And as the trailer says: Coming in 2010.

Via: siliconera

Here’s a chance for gamers to redeem themselves; to be specific those gamers who chickened out at the med school. Altus has announced that a new entry to its Trauma Center Series will come out in spring 2010, and it will be called Trauma Team. The game has been announced for Nintendo Wii. Trauma Team will make a departure from the usual stuff and will allow gamers to take on six different roles: general surgeon, diagnostician, EMT, orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician or medical examiner. (The levels at this invites screw-ups is already making me rub hands in glee!). Atlus touts dynamic story sequences, hand-drawn art style, and quality voice acting that make Trauma Team “the ultimate medical entertainment experience!” Guess we’ll know when the time comes. Keep your gloves powered meanwhile.

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Sony Ericsson is bringing streaming to the PS3 like no other device has done till date. SE just announced Aino, a phone that’s compatible with the PS3 and that delivers Remote Play to Sony’s gaming machine, allowing users to control PS3 and watch videos on it over Wi-Fi or over the internet. This 3G GSM phone comes with a very nice 3-inch screen, 8 MP camera (with geo-tagging and up to 16X digital zoom), photo editing and video recording. On the Music front Aino delivers a touchscreen media player, stereo speakers, and MP3/AAC ring tones. Also included are a host of applications like: Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook, 3D and Motion Gaming, and Walk mate. Full list of features here. Aino will be out later this year and represents the next best thing to that imaginary PSP cell phone. Watch out for more info in the coming weeks. By the by, Sony why the delay in finally using SE for some good? More pics after jump.

Via: nerdwithswag

It has only been days since Guitar Hero 5 was announced for a September release. Then we were handed a sample list of artists who’d make an appearance on the title. Now it seems we have a comprehensive list of just who all would be coming to rock our gaming consoles. GH5’s official page is the source for the names of “some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Santana and Vampire Weekend.” The list is sure to please some, even as it leaves some disappointed. Either way, it’s all good. Jump for all the illustrious names.

1. 3 Doors Down
2. A Perfect Circle
3. AFI
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Attack! Attack!
6. Band Of Horses
7. Beastie Boys
8. Beck
9. Billy Idol
10. Billy Squier
11. Blink-182
12. Blur
13. Bob Dylan
14. Bon Jovi
15. Brand New
16. Bush
17. Children Of Bodom
18. Coldplay
19. Darker My Love
20. Darkest Hour
21. David Bowie
22. Deep Purple
23. Dire Straits
24. Duran Duran
25. Eagles Of Death Metal
26. Elliott Smith
27. Elton John
28. Face To Face
29. Garbage
30. Gorillaz
31. Gov’t Mule
32. Grand Funk Railroad
33. Iggy Pop
34. Iron Maiden
35. Jeff Beck
36. Jimmy Eat World
37. John Mellencamp
38. Johnny Cash
39. Kaiser Chiefs
40. King Crimson
41. Kings Of Leon
42. Kiss
43. Love and Rockets
44. Megadeth
45. Mötley Crüe
46. Muse
47. My Morning Jacket
48. Nirvana
49. No Doubt
50. Peter Frampton
51. Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
52. Queen & David Bowie
53. Queens Of The Stone Age
54. Rammstein
55. Rose Hill Drive
56. Rush
57. Santana
58. Scars On Broadway
59. Screaming Trees
60. Smashing Pumpkins
61. Sonic Youth
62. Spacehog
63. Stevie Wonder
64. Sublime
65. Sunny Day Real Estate
66. T. Rex
67. The Bronx
68. The Derek Trucks Band
69. The Duke Spirit
70. The Killers
71. The Police
72. The Raconteurs
73. The Rolling Stones
74. The Sword
75. The White Stripes
76. Thin Lizzy
77. Thrice
78. Tom Petty
79. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
80. TV On The Radio
81. Vampire Weekend
82. Weezer
83. Wild Cherry
84. Wolfmother

Of course we may get more names later. And in that case: the more the merrier.

Via: gonintendo

PSP’s new avatar has finally been spotted, photographed, and described in some detail. All this has happened over the past couple of days and, needless to say, has set gamers’ nerves tingling with anticipation. That the images, and even a video, are leaks goes without saying. What’s noteworthy though is the fact that Sony’s own monthly interactive video series Qore is the source of these goodies. Anyway, PSP Go, as it is known, is seen flaunting a 3.8-inch display, which is 43% more bright than the PSP-3000. Of course, it is a sliding device with controls revealed when its screen is slid. Among the specs of PlayStation Portable Go flowing are noted:

• 16 GB of embedded flash storage
• Absence of UMD drive
• Memory Stick Micro slot
• Built-in Bluetooth
• Full compatibility with older PSN channels.

The device is expected to make an appearance at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Meanwhile, we report, courtesy of the leaked video, that Sony is going to announce a spate of big gaming titles for PSP Go like Gran Turismo and MGS at E3. Sony’s E3 Press Conference will be held on June 2 and this leak has certainly taken a bit of sheen away. Well, unless this one’s a hoax to mislead us. Either way, we post the video below; you watch and come to your conclusions.

Via: techpowerup

Mini Ninjas is all set to be a cute take on the fearsome Japanese warriors. Testified! Well, by these screens that have surfaced of late. This third-person game is centered around tiny ninjas that do all their usual karate and weave magic spells. All as Hiro and Futo try to battle the Evil Samurai Warlord. The diminutive figures of Hiro (the hero) and his companion, a bit oversized Futo, are clearly depicted for our benefit. Colorful and jolly, these screens only increase our longing to land this title. Kudos for these screenshots goes to Io Interactive, which is developing the title for PS3, Nintendo Wii, DS and Xbox 360. Eidos Interactive is, by the way, delivering this title in September 2009. Mini Ninjas will also form a part of Eidos’s lineup at E3 next week. More images follow.

Via: kotaku

A leak is a leak! Essentially it means things are available before ‘official’ comes into picture. And frankly we are suckers for anything in the name of a leak; footage, screens, quotes, every bit. That we harp on them and they come back to bite us is quite a different matter altogether. Anyway we have found Assassin 2’s leaked footage and we are really (re-al-ly) excited about it. And of course we want to share our excitement. So without further ado here are eleven seconds of footage that could make or break your opinion of the game. Oh who are we kidding? Anyway the footage packs a lot of action in a really (re-al-ly) short span of time; jumping, climbing and running too. Wonder if Ubisoft will take the trouble to remove it from YouTube? And since we are on the topic, Assassin’s Creed 2 has been promised for Q3, 2009.

Thanks: destructoid

Looking to tweak your controls just right on Killzone 2? Ah! Pity it won’t be happening this week. You see, the good guys at Guerilla Games have delayed it. Yeah, son of a b****! Here’s what they said on their Twitter feed:

Just got official confirmation - the patch has been delayed and will not be released this week.

So the ‘Precision Controls’ option – one that tames analogue sticks a tad bit – won’t be coming after all. And neither will promised tweaks for the Skirmish mode and other online tweaks. “Join Friend” is yet another addition that players are really looking forward to. It lets players join in a friend’s faction and squad, even when faction balancing is on. When Patch 1.27 will actually go live, we have no idea as of now. More when the web reveals something. Guerilla says “it shouldn’t be much longer.”

Via: g4tv

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is, arguably, the friendliest version of the epic, or so is the popularly held belief. Now we have a trailer as a testimony. Aragorn’s Quest represents the very first gaming activity of Warner Bros. Interactive, since it acquired the literary and film rights to Lord of the Rings. The game is currently under development for Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable, and is due this fall. The trailer starts with children gathering around fire to listen to the story of Aragorn, and then it moves on to showing glimpses of his cavalier conquests. Aragorn’s Quest is about controlling Aragorn though the events of three books. Now stream and let your path be guided by the courage of Aragorn. Elsewhere on the web you can also access some screenshots of the game.

Via: shacknews

With hundreds of MMOs sprawled all across the web, The Matrix Online never ever got to the forefront. So after four years – a time where none logged in except the very dedicated – Sony Online has had enough. The company has decided that it must plug out of The Matrix Online. On July 31st this massively multiplayer game will be gone for good. MxO was officially released on April 15, 2005, and has since many an Agent has fallen to the cause of human resistance. Game producer Daniel “Walrus” Myers posted on MxO’s official forums:

It has been a good run. Where many games have fizzled out before or shortly after launch, by August we will have lived on in our home at SOE for more than 4 years. To this day, I have never worked with a community as dedicated as The Matrix Online community.

And it is for this community that The Matrix Online Team is bringing an “end-of-the-world event”; though what that entails we have no idea. Myers, by the way is moving on to The Agency, and so I hope the Agents will too. Or maybe they care for a sequel! Or maybe not!

Via: g4tv