2K Games has announced a MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack that will launch in conjunction with the release of Major League Baseball 2K12 which will include full retail versions of each game.

The game that was announced "dead" 15 years ago has been resurrected! Some eccentric, magical game enthusiast some how got his hands on two copies of the original "Resident Evil" game for the Gameboy color. After receiving over $2,000, this man has liberated the unfinished game to the general public as a ROM file.
I personally am wondering what the legality of unfinished/unreleased game ROMS being released is...but hey! it's a Resident Evil game you've never played before!

In this age of online gaming, local multiplayer games have become mostly a thing of the past. Even so, Matt Beaudette of Gaming Irresponsibly counts down his favorite local multiplayer games of the past and present.

"When it comes to the marketing side of things, box art has played almost as big a part of game sales as the design and programming of the titles themselves. In the early days of the industry, it wasn't uncommon for games to have imagery that conveyed completely unrealistic ideas of what the gameplay was actually like."

It has been a while since there was a Spiderman game of note to talk about, maybe the fact that it has been an annual franchise hasn't helped. What was popularised by the movie adaptable of Spiderman 2, a return the the open world sandbox is here with 'The Amzing Spiderman'

"Practically a genre unto itself, the Professor Layton games have carved out their own little place in the handheld gaming landscape. The love children of Myst and a book of MENSA brain conundrums, these titles have done well for Level-5 with their unique brand of puzzle-centric adventures. The Last Specter does not reinvent the wheel by any means; it is another Layton game. If you’re already a fan, then know that there are more puzzles and more extra game modes than ever before. If you do..."

The annual Madden Super Bowl Simulation chose the New York Giants as the winners of Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots and that's exactly what happened. The simulation even guessed Eli Manning correctly as the Super Bowl MVP.

"GamingUnion: "In honour of Final Fantasy XIII-2's release this past week, we've decided to compile a list of our ten favourite Japanese role-playing games for the current home console / handheld generation. While things have been tough in general for Japan as of late, there have been a numerous titles to truly capture the spirit of a JRPG and pushed the genre in new directions."

""Front man Gene Simmons takes the roles of lead vocals and bassist on stage, but is the face of the band, turning it into a marketing monster. Their style, face-paint and lyrics are slapped across hundred of pieces of memorabilia""

Pokémon is one of the biggest franchises of all time and it is no surprise to see that it will get a dedicated section on the Nintendo Zone. The section will include screens, game videos and the coveted television series.

The Star Wars license has been attached to several different genres of video games over the years. Some of the didn't work as well, but there were a few that were golden. Sadly, there are a few great games that LucasArts never revisited, so Push Start Select is highlighting the 5 games fans want to see again.

I Heart Geeks is a fairly new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS that touts a puzzle-creation system and the artistic vision of Marc Ecko. With many puzzle games available on the DS already, does it measure up? Read the review in its entirety to find out what GamerNode's Brad Tramel thought.

Looking back at your collection of games can lead to many discoveries, like which ones you bought used. Default Prime author Kyree Leary has made one such discovery. And even though he bought these games used, they led to many new game purchases. He thinks it evens out.

An updated European box art has been revealed for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the upcoming tactical third-person shooter, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

Each console and platform sets the standards and rules for how the game operates. some times small bug or issues in the game can allow gamers to exploit it to profit off it. In this case gamers have found a way to create lag and a way to get free kills off it.

""In video game discussions, you’ll hear all sorts of terms being tossed around to describe a game’s social standing. “Overrated” someone will say, as they describe the latest Call of Duty and make the claim that it doesn’t deserve all its praise. “Underrated” someone will say, as they describe the latest Animal Crossing title and claim that people should appreciate it more, or that they simply just “don’t get it”. Then there’s a lesser-used term: “Under the radar”.""

"Kill too many civilians and it’s game over

Use Kinect with your voice and gestures to change, fire, customize weapons and command your team members

There will be use of turrets and helicopters

Ghost will track targets using stealth
Much more read the full details."

"GamingUnion: "Kingdom Hearts Union is back and ready to kick 2012 off like true gamers! Sit down with the group, which this week brings Branden, Lauren, Churro, and Jackie to talk about all things KH. Welcome in the new host, Branden, as he makes his debut as the man in charge this show. This first episode of the year is practically swamped with KH news since the last show.""

"It’s clear we love Mega Man. It’s clear we love retro games. Which is why we find Mega Man in Street Fighter x Tekken hilarious. For me, the funniest bit is how his name shows up in all caps in the game. So you can have matches like “Hwoarang vs MEGA MAN.” Brilliant Capcom, brilliant.

Aside from that, this week our lovely cast talks about some other news stories, but mostly HD remakes and how we feel about them. It was a bit of a slow news week, but that didn’t keep up from having a ..."

EA Sports has used Madden NFL 12 to run a simulation on Super Bowl XLVI to predict the champions. The EA Sports Madden NFL Super Bowl simulation predicts the New Yorks Giants will take it.

"In this video Adrian Lacey, the IP Development Director on Ghost Recon Future Soldier talks about what to expect from the single-player, battling it out with others in multiplayer, and the all-important weapons on show. And of course, a lot more."

"After checking out the series' most popular female, Yoko, it's very likely that the franchise will gain some popularity in North America even among those that have never picked up one of the three games Yoko appears in (Super Robot Wars Z2: Saisei-hen and Super Robot Wars Z2: Hakai-hen for the PSP and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann for the Nintendo DS."

"GamingUnion: "As you may have already noticed, we here at GamingUnion.net have been launching a bunch of new features such as New Game Plus and Gaming’s Greatest Companies. We're finishing off the month with another brand new feature: the JRPG Gamer's Guide. Since a lot of our visitors are fans of classic JRPG series such as Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and the Tales of series, we thought it would be a great idea to showcase the genre’s soon-to-be released and upcoming titles and shed some l..."

Mario has been in over 250 games. Goozernation attempts to near down the top 10 Mario games of all time to the top 5. What makes the cut into the top 5? Will Mario Galaxy be mentioned? What about Super Mario RPG? Where does Paper Mario fall?

One of the most popular parts of Black ops has been talked about in the last few days by the makers of the video game. Now they have confirmed rumors about additional zombies that is coming. They now list a forum called Black Ops 2 Zombies which is done by someone within the company and talk about it is shared here.