Aion, Champions Online debut atop NPD’s monthly PC rankings, while Kingdom Hearts 358/2, Scribblenauts, and NHL 10 and in bottom half of top 20; [UPDATE] Need for Speed Shift moves under 293K on PS3/360. Yesterday, the NPD Group issued its US game-industry report for September . As part of its findings, the industry-sta…

This 2D hack-and-slash adventure lacks depth, but the striking backgrounds make it easy to get sucked into its world. Score: 7.5 / good Get the full article at GameSpot ” Muramasa: The Demon Blade Review ” was posted by Tom Mc Shea on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:47:06 -0700

We return to Resident Evil 2 and Code Veronica where those zombies just never stay dead. If there’s one area that the Wii has totally cornered the market on, it’s zombie rail shooters of all shapes and sizes. House of the Dead: Overkill came out earlier this year and infused some B-movie humor into the genre, while Dead Space: Extraction recently added a sci-fi flair to the act of using a Wii Remote to blast transformed humans in …

We check out Bethesda’s upcoming Wipeout with wheels on the Wii. At first glance, Wheelspin–to be released as SpeedZone in the US–looks like a very odd title for Bethesda to be publishing. First of all, it’s an arcade racer, worlds apart from the publisher’s best-known role-playing game products.…

Click image to vroom into our gallery Despite being an arcade racer, Need for Speed: Nitro will boast some very real rides when it releases next month . The latest update from EA focuses on some of the higher-end automobiles you’ll be able to get behind the virtual wheel of — including a Mustang , Charger and a Corvette . There are even a couple of Audis and the Lamborghini above, if you prefer to zip around in something you could…

When I started playing the rail shooter Dead Space: Extraction, I was instantly riveted by the game’s jittery camera work, intriguing story and exhilarating action. Yet, two days after completing the game

You don’t need to know how to use a plastic instrument to participate; anyone with a DS can join in on the fun in Activision’s upcoming Band Hero. A spin-off of the popular Guitar Hero series, Band Hero aims to bring the joy of jamming with plastic instruments to a broader audience. Instead of a set list that is composed mainly of classic rock, Band Hero will have a variety of pop music straight from top-40 lists and Billboard top…

Rising Star Games has announced a European release for Fragile (as Fragile Dreams), Namco Bandai’s action-adventure game about exploring a haunted, post-disaster Japan, in March 2010. That’s around the same time XSEED plans to bring the Namco Bandai title to North America. Also in March, the publisher will release…

Konami has announced a North American release for its one-button WiiWare action game Tomena Sanner . The mobile port stars a businessman named Hitoshi Susumu who must run to an “ultimate dance party” to get there on time — and who has the terrible luck to face obstacles like chorus lines, T-Rexes, lizardmen,…

In Japan you can buy a black Wii, instead of the original white one, and the same will be true of Europe come mid November , but Nintendo has yet to announce a black Wii for the U.S.  Oddly enough though, they are releasing a black remote and nunchuk for the U.S. market. For now, if you want something other than a ba…