Veneticais indeed a rather absurd title for a game, but it looks quite pretty and the storyline is nonetheless interesting. Players will be thrust into the role of Scarlett, the daughter of Death, and she uses her daddy’s clout to ask dead people for help. A bit like Haley Joel Osment, but not as annoying. In what is being dubbed (perhaps pretentiously) as a “cinematic RPG,” Scarlett will have to rescue the world from Viktor, a villainous Necromancer who has impolitely helped himself to The Grim Reaper’s powers....

And then there was one Nintendo is progressively shutting off the supply of Wii shipments around the world. Following the announcement that the system has beendiscontinued in Japan, Nintendo confirms that Europe has followed suit, leaving North America as the last domino left to fall. “Wii imports to Europe have been discontinued,” a Nintendo UK spokesperson toldMCV. While the Wii Mini variant is still being marketed in the region, it’s clear that Nintendo is looking to turn the page and focus solely on the Wii U....

Sonyhas detailedGran Turismo 5 XL, a new retail package forGT 5due out on July 29, 2025. Looking over what’s included for latecomers, you almost want to high five your frugal self. (Don’t, though.) All of the free game updates throughSpec 2.0are included — on disc — thank goodness. There’s also a $20 voucher for downloadable content, which means even more tracks and vehicles for an already massive game. Finally, this version will sell for $39....

But which titles brought home the big money? Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asiahas announced the datefor its annual PlayStation Awards, which are set to take place on December 3 in New Takanawa, Tokyo. The PlayStation Awards offer gongs to titles specifically based on sales totals. Platinum prizes are awarded to games which have shifted over one million copies (physical and download). Gold prizes are awarded to games which have sold over 500,000 copies (physical and download), while the PlayStation Network Award will go to the three highest-selling titles on the PSN Store....

Dark Souls II won best PS3 game We’re well into the new year, but not everyone’s put 2014 squarely in theirrearviewmirror. PlayStation Blog just finished tallying the votes to determine which games Sony fans were most fond of last year. All PlayStation platforms were considered, and the polls asked players to look both backward and forward. Destinytook home the biggest prize as Best PS4 Game, beating outDragon Age: Inquisition,inFamous: Second Son, andFar Cry 4in that order....

A vampire whodunit Back in 2013,Layton 7, the newest game in the series at the time, was announced for iOS, Android, and 3DS. Now it seems like the latter platform has been cut out entirely, as developer Level-5 unveiled its work so far on the project and only included information for a release on smart devices. The game will be card-centric, and will feature a plot that tasks players with locating a vampire among a crowd....

[Dtoid community blogger bbain played aTONof indie games at this year’s PAX. Thankfully for us, he was also sober enough to remember all of them! Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Well, PAX Prime 2012 has come and gone, and I happened to have played an absurd amount of games while I was there. Since I’ve become particularly interested in indie games these past few years, I ended up spending most of my time at the Indie Megabooth, checking out the PAX 10 (the industry-selected ‘top 10 indie games’) as well as the other indie booths scattered around the convention....

So blue 90sArcade Racerfeels like a relic of the past. It’s actually a brand new project that was Kickstarted in 2013, but I very rarely hear anything about it, and often forget it exists. Thankfully a new update was given last week, and so far it’s looking pretty fantastic. In addition to the colorful screens in the gallery below, you may also take a gander at some Wii U gameplay. Yep, the nostalgia is kicking in alright!...

Although we don’t have a lot of information to go on at this point, we pretty much know thatResident Evil 9is going to happen. Given the success of the franchise reboot – as well as the official remakes – how could Capcom not jump at the chance to do another entry? While we don’t quite know what the studio has in store, there has been at least one piece of information leaked by an insider....

Down, R, Up, L, Y, B, X, A Despite the tumultuous year that is 2020 causing multiple issues for companies and industries across the globe, it has also lead to a lot of at-home spending in the video game industry. We reported earlier today how PlayStation has seen a huge increase in year-on-year game sales in recent months, and it appears that the same can be said for long-time developer/publisher Capcom....

Biting back Redfallstarts off in a curious place. Within the first moments of the game, the player is shown a montage of the little town’s downfall. Creatures of the night begin to fester and swarm, soon locking the town in with bloodsucking beasts, the cult that worships them, and the security contractors hired to cover it all up. A towering vampiress with a haloed visage holds you by the throat, telling you of big plans currently brewing, as the sun emerges outside....

The adventure veteran is working on an iOS game, until his next project In 1990, Ron Gilbert made the genre-definingSecret of Monkey Islandwith Tim Schafer. Two decades later,Gilbert joined Schafer’s studio, Double Fine Productions. And now, after releasing his latest adventure,The Cave, Gilbert is leaving Schafer again. True love just doesn’t last, does it? In December, Gilbert toldEurogamerthat he wanted to talk to Disney, which currently owns the rights to theMonkey Islandfranchise, about doing a game....

“Bring PAX to the South” you screamed. While Penny Arcade might not have heard you, Rooster Teeth did and they put on a hell of a show this past weekend. With four times the attendance of last year, a public demo of one of the year’s most anticipated games, and a killer venue, RTX is eating Penny Arcade’s lunch while they figure out how to expand PAX in coming years....