"Back when The Behemoth’s independent title Castle Crashers hit the XBLA more than two years ago, it was like peanut butter and chocolate. Seeing the artwork of Newgrounds.com artists paired with the beat-em-ups I grew up with brought a manly tear of joy to my eye back when it was released."

""Check out the trailer for Luke’s Initiative - Arc Rise Fantasia now to see the all-new action coming to your screen! See preview and debut videos for the best games for Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo consoles.""

"People with some form of talent, a dream, and a lot of extra time on their hands can make some pretty strange products. Luckily for all us gamers, one such person that meets all the above has not forgotten the world of gaming. Or that of personal hygiene."

Are games going too "Hollywood"? Are they losing grasp of what makes them a video game and what makes them unique? Or do you think video games combined with movies are a perfect marriage?

"The popular animated series Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is being turned into a video game and will be released on the Nintendo 3DS during Q3 2011. The game features all the iconic characters from the series.

You can read the full press release after the break."

With the 3DS Information blowout readily approaching, one can't help but think if all this information is hype. Nintendo3dsblog.com released an article aptly called "The Nintendo 3DS Sucks" in an attempt to remain a level head when considering all the facts, and they take a look at the things about the console that will inevitably, as they put it, "suck".

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is a game full of blood and beatings. Follow us on a journey of zombies gnawing you your neck, leg, and ears while you unload clips into them and use every object available to you to murder them while earning points for the upcoming release Dead Rising 2 in this video preview of the game.

Today Capcom announced its lineup for the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo, which kicks off at 10 AM in Seattle this Friday, September 3. The list includes Okamiden, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Dead Rising 2, and more.

"WB Games released the first set of screenshots from Batman: Arkham City yesterday. These images, along with a new preview in Official Xbox Magazine UK, have revealed some of the inspirations of the development team at Rocksteady Studios... and some of them should be very familiar to long-time Batfans."

"Well ThumbPad readers, I was lucky enough to be sent to a Microsoft event this past week and I gotta tell you, it was pretty damn good. I got to see Halo: Reach in action as well as play a bit of the Firefight mode, see some Kinect being played before my eyes, as well as listen to Buzz Aldrin. What the second man on the moon was doing here to promote a video game I have no real idea... But I'm not complaining. It was an interesting night which I'll now tell you about and I took quite a few pi..."

"Thanks to our good friend Christopher Clark, we had the opportunity to ask Steve Stamatiadis, co-founder and the creative director at Krome Studios a few questions about Blade Kitten, a new XBLA, PSN and PC title that will be releasing very soon."

The new Game Modes to Call of Duty Black Ops are broken down in full detail by DualShockers along with the video of the brand new Wager Matches including One in the Chamber, Sticks and Stones, Gun Game, and Sharp Shooter along with commentary from David Vonderharr (Design Direcor at Treyarch) and more.

"To be honest the only Castlevania game I ever played was Castlevania 64 back in the days on the good old Nintendo 64 when I was a child. Venturing through the mist of the first few levels brought fear to my body even though I was playing the game in the broad daylight.

So forgive me for saying that come Castlevania HD I was expecting no shortage of zombies, vampires, bats and frustrating gaming moments where all hope is lost and my controller just gets flung towards the TV, hoping this sh..."

"It’s has been awhile since anyone has heard or seen anything directly from Warner Bros or Day 1 Studios about F.E.A.R. 3. It seems they are going to break the silence this week at PAX, but we seemed to have somehow got the screens a bit early."

The New Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer has been revealed. This video shows off the new Wager matches and four new modes of play. Black Ops looks impressive.

The hotly anticipated Monster Hunter Portable 3rd has sent Japan gamers in a frenzy as the release date has been set for December 1st, 2010.

As well as this the Monster Hunter spin off where you play as a group of rogue Felynes in a village community has been selling out like hotcakes and actually feature MHP3 exclusive content.

No news yet on whether or not an English version is to be announced.

New MAG feature allows players to get more out of their game. Find out exactly what this means to your gameplay experience in this DualShockers report where three classes come under one umbrella.

"Activision and Treyarch hosted a press event for Call of Duty: Black Ops to introduce the new features, maps and weapons for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii game. Treyarch's Mark Malia claims that it is the best work they've ever done and that the game has been shaped by feedback from the gaming community."

OXCGN takes a look at the 3 big producers of cosoles and review their full iterations. The first one off the bat is of course the Xbox 360 series from the Core through to the new X360'S'.

A solid look at the highs and lows of the platform, with PS3 and Wii to follow in parts 2 and 3.

Well worth the read, it does cover the different motherboards via a downloadable pdf, and is not aimed at games on the platform, just the hardware.

Yoshi's Story is a decent platformer for the younger crowd. Serious gamers, however, shouldn't even bother with the game. This title left a lot to be desired back when it was originally released for the Nintendo 64, so it should come as no surprise that the title doesn't hold up well these days.

Disney Epic Mickey is a new direction for the iconic cartoon mouse. Featuring 3D and side-scrolling platforming, the ability to turn Mickey into a hero or a "scrapper", and a dark, artsy atmosphere, Disney Epic Mickey looks to turn heads when it launches this holiday season on the Wii.

""This holiday season marks a very important step for all three major players in the video game space", that is a line you have probably read several times over this year. The "Motion Game War" or "Kinect vs Move" are titles of features in magazines and on websites everywhere.

Here is the truth."

"The latest video game inspired art series will focus on how a MMO might appear if it were set inside of the Mushroom Kingdom. In this case, we're just going to use World of Warcraft as a base for class types (afterall - if you understand what an MMO is then you're, most likely familiar with WoW)."

"It would be an irresponsible understatement to say that there was a great deal of mixed opinions spreading across the internet yesterday on the announcement that Microsoft would be bumping up the price of the Xbox Live Gold come November 1st by a scant $10. Despite those who have still not gotten over the immediate outrage and will continue screaming foul long after anyone has stopped caring, there's admittedly a fair amount of validity to their arguments."

Capcom revealed its lineup for the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. The list includes nine titles, featuring Okamiden, Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.