Promising Prey 2 details surface from Human Head Studios

There’s been surprisingly little to go on when it comes toPrey 2, but that changes today. Kind of. UK magazineGame Reactorgot to talking with Human Head Studios about the long-awaited sequel, and right on schedule, the Internet — specifically,NeoGAFthis time — was there to summarize the information. For starters, you’ll play as Sheriff Killian Samuels. (Try not to giggle.) The game sounds much more open-ended, but it begins in the same bar featured inPrey, and goes from there....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Alexa Wilson

PS3/XBL to get a 3D Bionic Commando remake

Ah,Bionic Commando. I loved that game. It seems like just last week when I was talking about how they should have just remade the original instead of thewierd, post-apocalyptic reinvention. Wait – that was last week, and it seems like Capcom heard my cries. IGNreports that the latest Famitsu has a look atBionic Commando: Master D Revival Plan, a 3D remake of the original title. In Japan, it sports the slightly cooler title ofHitler’s Revival....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Courtney Green

PSP firmware updated, 20 new Internet radio players added

Turn on your PlayStation Portable’s folks, a new firmware has arrived. Version 3.93 should be available now, andaccording to Sony’s John Kollerit “expands support for PLAYSTATION Network titles.” I haven’t had a chance to update and mess around with it; does anyone know what Koller specifically means? Additionally, the PSP Internet Radio feature has been updated with 20 new Internet radio players. The players are now organized by musical genres, so it should be easier to navigate....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Bruce Rice

Psychonauts included in next batch of backwards compatible games for 360

Microsoft just updatedtheir listof original Xbox games that can be played on your Xbox 360 andPsychonautsmade the cut! Remember all of those petitions that people made so that this very event would take place? It’s safe to assume that this news will make those gamers incredibly happy. I don’t actually use my 360 to play Xbox games, but I might just have to pick upIndigo ProphecyandPsychonautsnow that I’ve been granted the ability to do so....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Jonathan Thomas

Red 5 studios is finally announcing their game

Finally, finally, finally. Red 5 Studios is finally ready to tell us what the hellit has been working onsince it was founded five years ago.Big Downloadnoticed that the company would be at PAX Prime this year (aswe will be) and they reached out and asked why. Turns out it’s because Red 5 will actually be announcing whatever it is it has been working on right before PAX this September. Not only that, but a PR rep for the company also revealed that the game will be a “team-based action shooter....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Victoria Goodwin

Review: Wallace and Gromit: Muzzled!

Ah,Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures. With half your season already complete, what will you offer us in the final two episodes? We’ve already taken on mutated bees and unruly houseguests — what’s next? Today, we find out the answer.Muzzled!, the third of four Wallace and Gromit episodes, tasks our heroes with saving a group of homeless puppies, taking out a maniacal, mustachioed malfeasant, and, time permitting, eating some ice cream....

August 6, 2025 · 6 min · 1220 words · Jose Cummings

Rumor: Microsoft in talks to bring TV to Live

Anonymous sources have told Bloomberg that former News Corporation president Peter Chernin has been in talks with Microsoft regarding the development of a television channel provided for Xbox Live users. Chernin reportedly suggested that MS could raise the subscription rate for Live by $1-2 monthly and provide customers with a dedicated channel of original and re-aired television programming. Chernin Said to Discuss Creating Xbox TV Channel With Microsoft[Bloomberg viaGamesIndustry]

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 69 words · Monica Allen

Samba De Amigo mini game is like a game, but mini (also, song list)

WithSamba De Amigoheading to the Wii next month, Sega has done what all good publishers do, and thrown together aridiculous flash minigamethat attempts to recreate the magic of the full console experience. It’s actually not that bad compared to some of the minigames I’ve seen out there, so that’sfunisn’t it? Yeah, a lot ofbloody fun. In more pertinent news, there is now a full track list forSamba De Amigo. All of the music is from people I don’t listen to....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Emily Anderson DDS

Scraps: Impalement! (9/24/08)

The other week,in Scraps, I posted a link to a charity drive calledExtra Life. Hosted bySarcastic Gamer, it’s an attempt to raise money for pediatric cancer by getting gamers to solicit pledges and participate in a 24-hour gaming marathon next month. It seems they also have a far moresinister purpose. Now on to all the news the other editors didn’t see fit to print.

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 64 words · Jeffery Rogers PhD

SDCC: Ratchet and Clank finally get their own comic book

My favorite planet-hopping duo, Ratchet and Clank, are getting their own comic book series this fall! Yesssssssss!1 Published the DC Comics’ WildStorm, the comic book will follow the events followingRatchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. It’ll be written by a man who knows a thing or two about the heroes, Insomniac’s own TJ Fixman, with art by Adam Archer. The supremely awesomeCreatureBox, made up of Insomniac artists David Guertin and Greg Baldwin, will be designing the covers....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Jessica Escobar

Sengoku Basara 3 is also a PS3 game

When we told you about Capcom’sDevil Kings 3(orSengoku Basara 3in Japan), we thought it was just going to be a Wii title. Or, at least, that’s what it was announced for last week. Importers without Japanese Wii (or modded ones) were out of luck. Now, with this new development,Sengoku Basara 3becomes a bit more import friendly. Famitsu scans atKotakuprove that the game will also be coming to Japanese PlayStation 3s. Also, theofficial webpagesays it right there at the bottom, though we wouldn’t have known to look there otherwise....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Latoya Campos

Shrinkage can happen to any man in Duke Nukem Forever

Oh Duke Nukem, you and your shrink ray shenanigans. This trailer shows the Duke himself being shrunk to pocket size, which he would probably deem to be ideal for “spelunking” if he wasn’t being shot on all the time. By bullets. At leastDuke Nukem Forever‘s shrinkage is not due to a premature release, eh? Wait, why is this game rated Mature again?

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Michele Cochran

Silent Hill priest Munny is nightmarish, awesome

I’m no artist, but if I were, I’d probably attempt to make thisSilent Hillpriest Munny. Why? Because things that are simultaneously frightening and adorable are my jam. Hand-painted byXuchilVithwith acrylic paints, this little dude is super-detailed, and even comes with a custom mini-axe to complete the terrifyingly adorable package. I can barely make myself a meal, much less a custom figurine. So color me impressed. Even more impessive would be if this guy appeared inSilent Hill: Shattered Memories....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Evan Potter