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id software's upcoming (and totally new, I might add) property Rage has been anything but.  So what's the company behind Quake and DOOM to do?  Why, get ready to hype the hell out of the thing, and there's no better place than QuakeCon!  In this surprisingly good shakey-cam video, check out all the post-apocalypse, Mad Max action for yourselves.  Not a lot of gameplay, but I swear that's some in-game graphics there.

Back in 1993 there were days (literally - days) when I couldn't sleep, because I knew that somewhere in the world actual human beings were working diligently at making the live-action Street Fighter movie.  Van Dam be damned, the fighting franchise helped occupy a significant portion of my life back then, and if my fandom meant losing a few hours of precious sleep, so be it.

Fast-forward to NOW, and you can imagine how much I've learned.  Nearly 15 years worth of experience may not have dried up my enthusiasm like a rotten twig, but it has delayed it somewhat.  So when I hear that somewhere in the world human beings are cobbling together a Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li live-action film, I still lose sleep, only knowing that in my heart it'll probably be atrocious.  I know I'm jumping to conclusion, but head on over to the official site to see the new production stills from the gun-laden action flick from the director of Crade 2 The Grave.  Yeah...another American Street Fighter with guns 'a plenty.  JOY!

Check out the official site and decide for yourselves by clicking right HERE!

Although I'm fairly sure that at least 90% of you reading this won't care, I'll speak to those finer 10% of educated and gorgeous types who know a good thing when they see it.  Who would have thought that one of this generation's most original, most genre-breaking and smart games would have come from (of all places) EA?  Yeah, I'm shocked too, and shocked even more knowing that Steven Spielberg collaboration has nearly cleared a cool half-million.  So close...

One of my favorite games this generation, Boom Blox (our impression - read it!) is one of those rare gems that nearly converted everyone I've shown it to.  Oh, the stupid character designs and blippy music may turn off some, but once you've got the hang of things and you've paired your sense of aggressive concentration with total and absolute destruction...good times!

A few years ago a friend tried their best to introduce me to the growing online addiction known to millions as Ragnarok.  Having known my feelings (i.e. disdain) for all-things MMO, they foolishly thought that maybe this hand-drawn, free Korean-developed system would be the one that finally snagged me.  He thought wrong, baby...wrong, wrong, wrong.

It may not be World of Warcraft, but to its legions of fans the online Ragnarok doesn't need to be.  Cheap and easy (its free and the technology is ancient), the sensation leaves the sheltered world of PC-gaming for the first time as it ventures into the world of portable gaming on the (what else?) Nintendo DS this December in Japan.  Mark those calenders, fans and foes alike!

So you saw Spiderman 3 last year, and chances are you walked out thinking, "what THAT Venom?"  In a cinematic slide that could have been far, far worse (think Batman & Robin), the third Spiderman film still managed to be entertaining and fun despite its over-packed core and waste of important villain arcs.  Among them was Todd McFarlane's first bread 'n butter contribution to the franchise, the symbiote-latching Venon pseudo-baddie.

Bad performance by That 70s Show nerd (and I say that with all due respect) didn't help, but the character felt mashed into a bowl of instant potatoes.  Well, it looks like Sony may be rectifying the situation for fans and box-office alike as the Marvel character follows another into the wonderful world of spin-off films.

Remember how excited we were when Tim Burton cast his one-and-only Johnny Depp as the modernized Willy Wonka?  Having come off a career-defining role as Jack Sparrow didn't hurt, and collectively we all figured his take would at least be on par with the legendary Gene Wilder.  Too bad this wasn't the case, as Depp's crackhead Wonka brought down the whole production and erased whatever trickle of magic the new film might've had.

With Burton readying his 3D version of Alice and Wonderland for Disney, looks like its Take 2 on the Johnny Depp train as the wild-hair director has cast the actor in yet another pivotal role...The Mad Hatter!

Ever since word firstcame out that yet another of my treasured franchises from time-past would be reappearing, I've been stirred like nothing else.  The series that single-handedly helped make me a Sega Genesis fan forever is returning, some ten years past a rather dismal part V and lackluster part IV.  So with a decade and mediocrity between me and the good stuff, why am I excited?  The music, man, just listen to that cheese grate its layers 'o love on my damaged soul.  That's Thunderforce III music remixed and as lovely as ever!  

Oh man, did they manage to get some actual ZOMBIES in my Resident Evil??  It might not be the wildly anticipated Part 5 that's got panties in bunches, but the upcoming direct-to-DVD (and Blu-ray!) Resident Evil: Degeneration is looking mighty good.  Essentially a game without all those boring 'interactive parts', the film looks to showcase some familiar faces, familiar sounds, and a few old-fashioned, head-poppin good times.  Sounds good to me, and if you're curious the film hits Japanese theaters soon, with a North American disc release later this year.

Are you ready to...cultivate some land?  Farm some crops?  From the creators of Harvest Moon comes Rune Factory: Frontier, an open-ended and completely expansive take on the old formula that so many loved with the Harvest Moon franchise and the first console entry from the Rune Factory series that began life on the Nintendo DS.  Consider this one separate from the Harvest Moon lineage and you'll be fine.  Enjoy the trailer, which is looking even better than most imagined!

Southpeek Game's upcoming Mister Slime for the Nintendo DS really does blow...literally.  Use the stylish to stretch, pull, and grab the hot spots of our slimey friend while blowing into the microphone to swim, fly, and even breathe.  Does it look just a bit like my beloved LocoRoco game?  One can only hope!  Get those lungs ready, because its slime-time sooner than you think!

Update: Lionsgate has convinced YouTube to pull the clip.  Fair enough, as they own the thing.  But the commentary below (and after the jump) is still fresh and tasty.  Dig in!

Not sure how long this one will be up people, so if it's gone by the time you click above don't go hollering at us.  Oliver Stone's upcoming George W. Bush drama, aptly named "W" is set to debut theatrically just before this year's presidential election and give the troubled director his one last shot at messing with the 43rd president before he wanders into the sunset.  And by sunset I mean less profitable, as the controversial president has been a marketing boon to many in the novelty business, and I can't imagine that success carrying over to the next guy who takes the office.

Will their latest masterpiece Wall-E cementing any last doubts of legendary status in theaters, Pixar Animation Studios is readying their next venture as we speak.  Simply titled "Up", the adventure of an old man and a chubby kid and the magic adventures they're sure to have.  But for now, a teaser...and plenty of balloons.  Enjoy the show, as next year couldn't get here soon enough!

Usually all this talk of remakes, re-imagining, and after-market sequels gets the online world abuzz at the relative lack of original in Hollywood.  Hypocrites!  Its only a bad thing when their favorite franchise of all-time isn't being mentioned - Evil Dead!  Long rumored and even longer denied, it seems that director Sam Raimi (Spiderman) might be picking up the franchise after all these years.  Hail to the king, baby!

Its summer time, which means that pretty soon the gaming world will be going Madden Football nuts, and its unlikely that that the upcoming '09 version will be any different.  But don't let a little thing like sameness stop you from rejoicing and frothing, because EA's got a nifty new video showcasing a whole slew of what's new, new, new!

Happy 20th Anniversary, Madden Football, and here's to many more!

Everytime I look at EA's upcoming Facebreaker boxing game, I can't help but think of that old standby, Ready 2 Rumble.  Same basic look, same insanity...but as EA's version will debut on drastically more popular consoles, it just might have a chance at real success.

The latest video in showcases some of the finer moves from the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, while playing fair and teasing a bit of the upcoming Wii version, Facebreaker KO Party.  All with some delightful Peter Moore commentary that you know and love.  The finer things (or features) are waiting!

Yeah, yeah...its yet another Street Fighter IV trailer out there.  But you know what?  It's also a frggin' awesome Street Fighter IV trailer loaded with stylistic, inky artwork and its a certified fact that the arcade game (in Japan) is busting up the joint.  Plus, when that classic theme song chimes in about halfway through, you can take all your Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive boobies and toss 'em out the window.  Substance, people...substance.

Now where's the home console version?  Or even better, where's my US arcade cabinet release?  Can we get a hand here, Capcom?

Hey, who needs 8-bit sprites and classically squeezed music when you've got 3D graphics and isometric Mega Man Starforce gameplay?  Yeah, its even more of 'that' kind of Mega Man game coming straight at you.  As if the original franchise wasn't confusing enough, grab the new Starforce 3 gameplay debut trailer while its hot!

The new Sonic Unleashed trailer is up and running for all you crazy Sonic fans out there.  First half?  Pretty darn cool!  Filled with super-fast Sonic running, ultra-cheesy music, and lots of spins and swerves.  Second half?  Eh, not so cool...

OK you randy Castlevania fans, time to put down the tissues over the whole 3D Castlevania fighting game thing for the Nintendo Wii and listen up.  Looks like series creator and lover of the whip Koji Igarashi might be keen on not just revisiting the roots of the franchise, but digging way, way deep.  Can you say 8-Bit?

See the trailer yet?  How about The Dark Knight?  No doubt if you're anything of a Watchmen fan than the last week or so has been driving you absolutely batty (no pun intended) with excitement as one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of all-time gets the movie treatment next year.  But what about the inevitable game to go with it?  Isn't that sort of thing almost standard by now?  Looks like anxious gamers won't be left in the cold, as Warner Bros Interactive will be releasing the videogame adaption using a method all too familiar to comic book fans...

A long time ago in a place far, far away...I was an avid PC gamer.  I'd shop the best shops (I miss you Frys!), rock the best video cards, and install so much RAM you'd think I'd gone insane.  It was half-true, because every few months I - like so many others - would dance the foolish dance all over again.  The end results?  Maybe a few extra frames.  That's why it does my heart good to see Quake Live ready to unleash its potentially ground-breaking self onto the world of power-obsessed PC gamers and disrupt their world-view.

Has it really been this long?  For the first time, Nintendo's portable dynamo is getting some Dragon Quest (Warrior) action that's not laced with slime, a puzzler, or anything besides the real thing.  Hey, it might be another remake (this is Squeenix, after all) but its remake of one tootin' game.  Dragon Quest IV is coming, and now its got a gameplay-filled trailer to show off the goods!

Have any of you seen this one yet?  Its easy to imagine how the first real sequel to a 20+ year old NES game wouldn't blow anyone's hyper-radar out of balance, but for those of us who grew up with the original (FYI - it's KAH-GAY, not CAGE!) I'm all a twitter.  In fact, it was the very first game I ever rented, and floatly gameplay aside, loved every second.  Can the new DS sequel live up to such a challange?  We shall see...

I'm an optimist.  At least I try to be, because I'd rather trust and be wrong than assume the worst and be right.  But man oh man, its getting mighty tough to support anything Sega is doing with their Sonic the Hedgehog character these past few years.  Even as Sonic apologists do their best to justify the horrible Dreamcast Adventures and sell their souls over a certain Shadow, I'm wishing their was a Videogame Protection Agency that I could call to have them take my beloved blue hedgehog to a better, safer home.

From Namco/Bandai comes a game for the Nintendo Wii that makes their excluding the console from the Soul Calibur 4 release seem all the less painful.  Just kidding, because its time to cheer with (you guesed it) We Cheer!  Somewhere out there, people are salivating and doing flips over this one, and if those people are anyone but teenage girls who love Hilary Duff - seek help now!!

That super website 'o joy 1UP.com not only unleashes the clearest screenshots yet of the upcoming Dead Rising Wii Port, they've also scooped all the good stuff direct from the source (aka translated the recent Famitsu article).  Capcom might have missed the E3 boat and effectively had the third biggest "WOW!" of the show by unveiling what many felt was technically impossible, but they're setting things right by showing off the technically impressive and remastered version for Nintendo's waggle-machine.  Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to the absurdly awesome and renamed Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice!

Zombie Sacrifice...tell me that just doesn't rock the boat.  More details after the jump!

In what's sure to be the single-most controversial thing about the Xbox 360 since that whole RROD 'thing', the new and completely overhauled Xbox 360 dashboard is almost here, and we've got a video tour!  Its a nice look at what the next mandatory install for Xbox owners will go through come release date, although when the narrator calls the Avatar integration 'innovative' I couldn't help stifle a laugh.

As nerdy as it might sound, my all-time record for playing a single game straight through was with Populous on my Sega Genesis...long, long ago.  Its almost embarrassing how much free time I gave to this one back in the day, but that was the depth of my love at the time.  As I didn't have a PC back then, it was all about the consoles and its nice to see the franchise head to the DS is such a touched-up, stylized way.

So very, very happy!  Absolutely one of my favorite games released over the past few years is finally getting the sequel-treatment, and unlike most it totally deserves it.  The first gameplay footage from E3 may not look surprising, but man alive does it look good!  Director Tsutomo Kouno is making me want LocoRoco 2 even more, and the game hits the PSP later this year!

Anyone else go see TMNT when it debuted last year? Oh yeah, nostalgia alone got three tickets out of this long-time fan, and while it was a good little distraction to the cause, I'd just about given up thinking we'd ever see a proper Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.  Sure it was gorgeous, but the story...?  Could have been so much, much more.

Well, it looks like Playmates (the company behind the goo) might be taking another stab at the franchise - and in live-action fashion.  Could it possibly be any worse than the third live-action film, Turtles in Time?

It looks like the Hendrix estate has finally come to their senses and let loose on the world the REAL Guitar Hero himsel!  Guitar Hero: World Tour, due in stores this October, will feature none other than the man himself in all his guitar-burning glory!

The first movie made trillions (personal estimate) around the world, and if nerdom is as intense as it was then, then there's no doubt that the upcoming robot sequel Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen will be just as much a blockbuster.  As with all things these days, look for the videogame version to hit alongside the release of the film, tentatively scheduled for a June 26th, 2009 release date.

One of the 1980s (sadly) lesser fantasy/adventure films is set to get the remake-treatment all its own, thanks to original producer Rob Cohen (XXX, The Mummy 3) and renewed interest in the original.  In an interview given to those glorious types over at BloodyDisgusting, the producer/director had plenty to say about the project...

Surpsingly, there's a fairly solid history of spider-themed adventures in the gaming universe, but none have excited me quite as much as TH*Q's upcoming Deadly Creatures for the Wii.  You ready to undertake what could possibly be the best insect thriller (yes, thriller) adventure ever seen in a videogame?

Lizards, black widows, and snakes...oh my there are lots of snakes.  Check it out for yourselves, and get that can of spray ready for some squirting!  Deadly Creatures drops October 13th!

Now HERE is the one game that just can't seem to get inside my gaming console family (yes, all of 'em) fast enough.  Loving the trailer here, but then again I'm a sucker for this type of nostaliga.  In fact, I may have to go digg up the films on DVD right now and hang out with the boys again, because its been awhile...

Even more Square/Enix love for the Xbox 360 (man, it sounds funny to say that) comes with the official E3 Trailer for Squre/Enix's upcoming Star Ocean: The Last Hope.  Not to be confused with The Last Remnent, or Final Fantasy (Squeeniz sure is obsessed with finality, wouldn't you say?).

Poor, poor GameTrailers.  How they're website must be shaking under all this added pressure (i.e. traffic) from the onslaught of new E3 Trailer Goodness.  I guess those are the breaks when you hit the  big time.  Speaking of the big time, ready to see even more of what's officially the second most anticipated Square/Enix RPG for the Xbox 360?  Oh yeah, you bet you do!

Is the world ready for 60+ minutes of unadulterated, uncensored Family Guy?  We shall soon soon, as the creator and provider of nearly every vocal role Seth McFarlane says that a Family Guy theatrical film is in the works.

"It's time", he says.  Catch the stuff of legends, right after the jump!

When you need the voice of authority, who you gonna call?  Why none other than Jack Bauer himself - Keifer Sutherland!  The star of the smashing (literally) hit show '24' is set to lend his talented vocal chops to the next Call of Duty shooter.  Think there's gonna be any superfluous torture in this one?  How's about a few vampires for good measure?  Call of Duty: World At War is due later this year!

Ready for more Terminator action?  The fourth official film Terminator Salvation teaser trailer is right here, baby!  Supposively this thing will be in front of The Dark Knight prints, but why wait?  A HD-version is also available right HERE!

OK, incredible time.  We all knew that Capcom's smash Dead Rising was getting a Las Vegas-style sequel for the Xbox 360...but what about the original?  You think those cranky, mall-walking dead things would just up and exit the scene without a fuss?  It looks like theliving dead won't get any well-earned rest as they start shuffling over to a certain white-boxed little system that could.  Sound impossible?  Nothing is impossible...if you believe in yourself!

Well, believe in Capcom's cashing in, anyway.  Dead Rising for the Nintendo Wii.  Check out the whole story (plus gallery of shots for the unbeliever) right HERE!!

Has it really been long enough to reinvent Castle Wolfenstein yet again?  I suppose one can never have too much of this type of mayhem and carnage.  I wish there was more of everything, but I'll take explosions, nazis, and all sorts of nightmare-inducing imagery.  What do you think?  More puppies?

I guess it shouldn't come as any surprise that Sony would be updating their current "Terms Of Use" contract with PlayStation Network (PSN) users, especially considering the pretty nifty features they've been adding to the service lately.  But do they need to be so snotty about it?

Upon reviewing the latest changes to the "Terms of Use", a few choice words jumped out at me, and led me to wonder if anyone higher up at the company had approved such...caustic...language.

Who needs first-person shooting when you've got amazing THIRD-person, instead?  With nearly every action-smash on the horizon opting for the perspective made popular by a certain 'survial horror' game a few years back, Sony's portable Resistance Retribution indeed looks to gain a whole new set of gameplay options from the choice.

Time to party like its 1991 all over again!  I never get tired of seeing these classic Street Fighter II characters strutting their stuff, and I think Capcom knows it.  If the math holds up (ME x 1,000,000 + Nostalgia), then we could be looking at the next big fighting game all over again.  No superfluous booby shots, no up-skirts, no nothing except good, solid gameplay waiting for those willing and at the ready.  Does it have cheesy voiceovers?  What Street Fighter doesn't?  Cheesy voices?  Essential.

Sony introduces their newest property today, by way of Zipper Interactive, in the for of the massively, massively, multi-player tactical action game MAG (Massive Action Game).  Think you've seen massive?  Brother, you haven't seen anything yet, as MAG aims to put a (wait for it) massive 256 different players inside one, big world.  There aren't egos big enough for this type of action.  With so much action and so many players, this could easily become the SOCOM: MMO that nerds and friends have dreamed about...!

256 player and 1 world...can you imagine the chaos?  Its like Counterstrike times ten!  Although a small trailer for shown, it was all disappointing CG action, and zero gameplay.  Seriously guys...get with the program!  Didn't you learn anything from the Killzone 2 debacle?  When you're going to brag about a new game being only possible on the PS3, how about showing me some PS3 gameplay!!  CG-action?  Brother, my DS can handle that!

Still, game could be cool...more details as they trickle in!

You knew it was coming...but were you ready?  The fully-cinematic (i.e. zero gameplay) trailer for the upcoming smash-hit God of War 3 was shown to cheering fans during the Sony conference at this year's E3 showing.  Good thing for Sony, too, because after losing Final Fantasy XIII (exclusivity), do they really need each and every one of these major exclusives!!

Just in, Sony announced that they will be dropping the price of their 80 Gig PlayStation 3 bundle...sort of.  As any true Sony PS3 geek knows all too well *sigh*, Sony's disruptive entry into the next-generation market has resulted in a wide variety of different consoles, most of which have been sent to that big arcade in the sky.  It looks like the standard 40-gig model may be joining the roster as Sony is aiming to consolidate their recent success and help navigate their future.

The newly minted 80 Gig PlayStation 3 model isn't a retread of the current model, which includes both memory card usage, and good backwards-compatability with PS2 + PS1 gaming.  The newly announced 80 Gig model will instead utilize the reduced-cost innards of the standard 40 Gig model, which most likely means zero backwards compatability with PS2, and some PS1.  Goodbye memory card slots as well.  The good news?  Reduced price!  The new set is aiming for a $399 price-point, which at this point is the best possible situation for anyone hoping to see an actual price-drop from Sony anytime soon.

More details as they float in!

If there's one area that needs some desperate cleaning for the Sony PlayStation 3, it's with downloadable movies.  Despite being part of the famed Sony family, the company hasn't exactly delivered on the promise to bring the best of digital entertainment directly into your living room, via their expensive shiny box.  Well, all that is about to change, and change soon.  How's tonight?

Tonight?  Yes, tonight!  PlayStation 3 owners will definitely want to check their dashboards tonight for all the action, where the company will implement the new movie download features directly and waiting for your digital bucks.  Films will be available in a mix of both HD and SD, with prices ranging from $6 to rent in HD, $4 in SD, and $15 to purchase.  Those looking to collect will definitely want to think about investing in bigger hard drives.

One of the Sony PlayStation 3's biggest (and most loved) smashes is about to get a whole lot...smaller!  Sizzling up this year's Sony conference at E3, the next chapter in the growing Resistance Fall of Man franchise for the PSP.  Aptly named Resistance Retribution, this time around its full-on FPS action (unlike the dreadful Killzone Liberation isometric mess).

More details as they head in!!

Can the world survive a Halo game without the shiny visage of Master Chief?  Looks like we're going to find out with the release of Ensemble Studios Halo Wars.  Best known for their stunning Age of Empires series of RTS (real-time strategy) games, I'm sure the end result will at least be something to watch out for.  But two quesions remain:  can even the mighty Ensemble craft a highly-playable, console RTS?

And will hardcore Halo fans set aside their first-person shooter souls to play a game that's more strategy than fragging?  Time will tell!  Even more gameplay madness after the jump!

E3 Day 02 is bringing even more treats and teases, and thanks to Ubisoft's latest reinvention of the Prince of Persia franchise, add another block to the chopping pile.  Completely cell-shaded and looking most awesome, the next installment of the perpetually-swinging action/adventure hits the Xbox 360 and PS3 with oodles of style.  Plus, add in some hot Ico-like action and some appropriately rocking music from Sigur Rós, and you've got a stunner.

What's that you say?  Not going bonkers for the upcoming adapation of comic-god Will Eisner's adaptation (by way of fellow comic-god Frank Miller) of his seminal work, The Spirit?  All this talk of Batman and some Dark Knight keeping you away?  Shame On You!  What, with Nazi Samual Jackson and all sorts of psychodelic imagery floating around, its not something your brain should be without today.  Take a sip.

So take a click on the suspiciously cropped (...) picutre of Ms. Mendes as Sand Saref for all the action you can handle.  Batman can wait a few minutes, and nobody knows how long this link will be up.  Get it while its hot!!

So far this year's E3 has been an interesting mix of the expected (price drops, new sequels) and the unexpected (Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360?  Whoah, baby).  But somewhere in the middle lay the most awesome of them all - expected surprises!  We all knew Resident Evil 5 was going to look amazing, but this amazing?  This incredible?

More action, suspense, and terrifying imagery than ever before...this is Resident Evil taken to the next level.  Masked chainsaw-weilding manmen?  Check!  Bad voice-acting?  Double-check!  Zombie bikers and plenty of fog to lose yourselves in?  Oh you'd better belive that's a big, fat CHECK.  Now check it out for yourselves!!

Welcome to the Jungle!  Hot off the heels that Harmonix's upcoming Rock Band 2 will combine the likes of Bob Dylan with Devo (its true!), it looks like our friend Axel Rose is dusting off an unused beauty from his perpetually delayed new Guns 'N Roses album "Chinese Democracy".  Although several versions of the thing have leaked onto the internet over the years, this will mark the first sanctioned appearance of any new material since that little seen "End of Days" devil film (look it up).

"Shackler's Revenge" will join the 80+ set-list from the new Rock Band 2 game, and when you factor in the original game's line-up (not including any purchased DLC music content) you've got all the makings of the world's longest, loudest party.  Like, ever.  Sweet child of mine!!

By now you've probably heard of a little game that's coming out later this year, something about rocking and bands.  I'm just kidding...because I'm betting you know more than I ever will about Harmonix's genre-busting take on physical music-like satisfaction!  Rock Band 2 is nearly upon us (and even closer for Xbox 2 fans), and now we've got a big ole list of song titles to go along with any speculation.

Full-list for you bodacious music fans after the jump!

Set eight years after we last saw Rare's furry answer to Super Mario, Banjo & Kazooie return exclusively for the Xbox 360 in Nuts & Bolts! This being the week of all-things-E3, no surprises here that some snazzy new trailers popped up, and we've got our hands all over them.

We've got a batch of videos for your viewing delights, including the first full-length trailer showcasing some truly stunning visuals and wacky locales.  Another trailer (full of fun custom vehicles) is available after the jump.  Get to it!!

While I may not be the biggest Final Fantasy fan here at Popzara, I am a fan of blisteringly colorful, highly detailed artwork and amazing animation.  Thankfully (for you!) the latest and greatest trailer for Square/Enix's hugely anticipated, yet heavily delayed RPG Final Fantasy XIII has a new trailer that's chock-full of the good stuff!

And who doesn't love the good stuff?  Enough talking and more time to watch!  Ready those eyeballs, because they're getting a color-soaked injection right after the jump...you've been warned

Pac-Man: Championship Edition is one of my favorite Xbox 360 games.  Not Xbox Live Arcade games, mind you, but among my favorite Xbox 360 games entirely.  I love that thing so much, I use it to test HD televisions with.  No jokes.  So naturally any game that has the potential to evoke those old/new types of feelings in this old-school gamer will get my attention immediately.

In what's shaping up to be a vastly interesting E3, my favorite game of the day so far has to be the next 'true' Galaga game for the Xbox 360.  Galaga Legions, to be exact, and its looking absolutely fantastic.  Touted as the first real sequel to the classic 80's quarter hog, let's keep this one a downloadable one, too, and I'll be in retro heaven!  Full trailer right after the jump - don't miss it!

Travelers to Bungie's official website today may have noticed a definite lack of trolls, orcs, space mutants, or any of the regular fun bunch.  In fact, with nothing more than a multi-language warning signal, it looks like all hell might be breaking loose sometime...and soon!

Could it be the next long-awaited game from the company behind Zergs and Orcs?  Come to think of it, that would be a great real-time strategy game all its own...hmm.  Hey Bungie - big ideas here.  Call me!  More info (and screen!) after the jump!

More E32008 Madness as Microsoft continues their onslaught of the senses...can you stand it?  Looks like next on the plate is the complete and absolute redesign of the Xbox Dashboard experience.  If there's one area of the whole Xbox X-perience that Microsoft completely and absolutely dominates, its in their implementation of the Dashboard within the very DNA of their console and its online experience.  Any changes to that structure is no doubt big news.