The previous rumor of Sega and PlatinumGames purportedly agreeing to a three-game deal is now confirmed by Sega, with the embargo on all related materials now over.

The most interesting fact is that there will now be four games developed by the developer, the former Clover Studio, instead of the original three mentioned. Again, Sega will handle the publishing of all four titles. Other than the three previously-mentioned games (Bayonetta, Infinite Line and MADWORLD), there is a fourth unn...

It can easily be described as a stunning display of workmanship, and this is only the concept art that we're talking about. With over 500 endings rumoured to be included, it's easy to see why this game is on the 'wish-list' of many RPG fans.. the game is of course Fallout 3. Enjoy the concept art attached below.

From JeuxVideo Magazine comes word of an interview with Michel Ancel, the father of Rayman and creator of Beyond Good & Evil. In the interview, Ancel reveals that he and a team of about 10-12 people are working on the project. However, Ubisoft has not greenlit the project.

Beyond Good & Evil, released in 2003 to critical success, but was a commercial failure, with the game receiving less than satisfactory sales, being sent to die against games like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. T...

The NPD Group recently released their tracked sales numbers for April 2008, for the four week tracking period that ends on May 3rd, 2008. Many thanks to sonycowboy at NeoGAF and the NPD Group for the numbers.

April saw the release of two major games: Grand Theft Auto IV, which shattered industry records, and Mario Kart Wii, the latest installment in Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise. You would think that there would be strong sales all around for the three current generation consoles, but ...

"To begin, notice that faces have been enhanced to fit NFL counterparts better, as well as jersey and arm muscles have been modified to look more realistic. Improved stadium and player self-shadow casting has been added, in addition to better field effects such as fuller precipitation, footprints in the snow, and better looking field grass.

Other improvements that would need to be seen in motion include more animations, now in 60fps for PS3, and better camera presentation."

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"The intelligence on SOCOM: Confrontation has largely been under tight wraps, with bits of information leaked here and there, mostly by way of the official SOCOM site. With E3 and other events quickly approaching, that should all change soon. To get us up to speed and ready for our impending time with the game, we fired off a number of questions to David Seymour, design director over at Slant Six. Here's what he had to say."

""Console market share appears to be less of a priority; price cut less likely," he said. "On its earnings call, Sony management indicated the company is now more focused on achieving profitability in the PlayStation segment and rolling out online services (e.g., PlayStation Home) rather than chasing unit market share vs. Microsoft and Nintendo. Importantly, management comments also suggest that a price cut is less likely on the PS3 this year, at least in the near term.""

The creator of Devil May Cry and the former staff of Clover Studio (Okami, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand) back in 2006 formed Seeds, Inc, which later was renamed to PlatinumGames after a merge in 2007. Sega has recently announced its partnership with the development studio and announced three new games. One of which is a game called Bayonetta, an intense action game from the mind of the creator of Devil May Cry, Hideki Kamiya.

Kotaku have recently got their hands on a demo of Silent Hill: Homecoming and they were impressed.

Although many themes seemed to be directly ripped-off from the SH movie (which some fans might be disappointed with), the gameplay, atmosphere and graphics seemed to impress the Kotaku guys.

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"This week's PlayStation Store update is quite big one for both Europe and the US. The European PlayStation Store has received a new playable demo and two new full games, whereas the US has received two new playable demos. The PixelJunk Monsters Encore pack is now available to purchase in Europe and both stores have received new characters for Everybody's Golf World Tour. This week's update also has several new videos, XMB themes and wallpapers. Check out the full list below."

After several months Sony have announced the successor to the recently resigned Phil Harrison president of Sony's worldwide development studios. The man goes by the name of Shuhei Yoshida and has served as a product development producer, vice president of product development at SCE America and senior vice president fo SCE worldwide studios. Will Sony enter a new reign of supremacy under his rule? Or shall he promise the moon and give us dust?

The upcoming game in the PixelJunk series is PixelJunk Eden. A physics based game where you are a dot and have to travel through the level of vegitation. Some nice features about this game have been revealed. It will have remote play which means you can play this game on your PSP anywhere in the world. Which is an awesome feature, sadly not much games do this. And it will also have trophies for Home.

Warhawk's developers may have gone quiet recently but recent announcements made by game director Dylan Jobe show there still kicking. A Warhawk tournament is underway with cool prizes (see images below), a new update is on the way which is suggested to include support for more servers and larger map layouts. But the most interesting piece of news comes in the form of a clue left by Dylan Jobe pointing towards further upgrades to Warhawk. The image (posted to the left) has already had huge amo...

Dailygame.net's Phillip Volmer gives his final impressions on the PS3's Metal Gear Solid Online Beta. According to the story, the gameplay is good, the levels are well detailed, the controls are supposedly easy to get used to. However, Metal Gear Solid's online play isn't expected to overtake the likes of COD4 anytime soon, but MGS fans should love it all the same.