SEGA of America and SEGA Europe announced that Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown launches this week on home consoles. Based on the latest arcade version of the celebrated Virtua Fighter 5 series, the game is available now for PlayStation Network (PSN) in North America, and will be available tomorrow, June 6, worldwide on PSN and for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment s... more.

Next Gen Console, PC, and Mac Details Revealed. Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is targeted for release on August 21, 2012. To be available via the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade,... more.

Sine Mora may very well have redefined the shmup genre with loads of character and exquisite presentation, and now it’s spreading its wings to PlayStation Vita, so more players can experience the combined genius of Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture’s digital opus. Arriving soon, Sine Mora is set to blow minds yet again for an entirely new audience. “When you’ve got a grea... more.

Konami Digital Entertainment, announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is in development for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Building on the critically acclaimed action-adventure title, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 expands upon the series-favorite with a new storyline, ... more.

Independent developer NeocoreGames have tracked down the first-ever teaser trailer and screenshots for recently announced The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, giving would-be monster hunters their first glimpse of the young Van Helsing, the brash and larger-than-life hero of the upcoming action-RPG title. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, loosely based on Bram Stoker’s classi... more.

The wait for Dragon's Lair to arrive on Xbox 360 is finally over. Fans who envied Playstation 3 owners for receiving the game first will be pleased with the extras that were included in this release. For starters, this version of DL supports Kinect.  Using your body as a controller makes the game more accessible to gamers who struggled with the controls in previous versions. A Kinect tutorial ... more.

Making trailers has always been an extremely scientific process. Much like my high school chemistry course, it came down to numbers… and ingredients… and more numbers. Here on the Mad Riders team, we have dedicated years (read: a lot of days) on making sure that our launch trailer is perfect. Better than perfect. Perfecter. “But what is science, if it is not shared with the world?” is a... more.

Pro Cycling Manager/Tour de France 2012, the definitive cycling simulation series and best-seller every summer in Europe, today unveiled 6 new screenshots, along with its official website where the game is presented in depth. Now’s the best time to discover all the new features in the 2012 sequel, developed by Cyanide Studio. Pro Cycling Manager 2012 will be available for PC at the end of... more.

Sega of America  and Sega Europe today confirmed that much-loved Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio will be coming to PlayStation Vita Systems this summer, and will be playable for the first time at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. Upgraded HD visuals paired with the original funky soundtrack that rocked the ears of gamers worldwide in 2000. The Pla... more.

Dungeon Defenders introduces RTS into its Tower Defense with The Summoner Hero Class. Now available on PC & MAC  (http://store.steampowered.com/app/208544) for $3.99, the Summoner is now upon us as Dungeon Defenders’ latest hero class. The Summoner: The Summoner changes the pace of battle by introducing a brand new way to play: unit management. Instead of placing defenses, the ... more.