"Two hot racing demos are now available with today's update of the PSN Store. Split/Second for the PS3 takes you for a spin around a track that's rigged to explode to take out your competitors while ModNation Racers for the PSP is a highly customizable kart racer."

According to Media Create, Nier Replicant on the Playstation 3 is the best-selling game in Japan for the week that ended on April 25th despite the reported shortages.

"After a couple of slow weeks for game releases gamers can finally expect to see things pick up. In fact, this week is but a precursor to the month of May when the game releases get kind of crazy."

"Along with confirming a spring release window, Square Enix sent us the game’s box art. It appears we’re getting Nier Gestalt on both platforms in North America.

The Nier, as in Nier the protagonist, pictured on both boxes is the muscular Conan-like warrior from Nier Gestalt, an Xbox 360 only game in Japan. Nier Replicant, the PlayStation 3 version, features a younger, bishounen hero searching for a cure to the Black Scrawl virus for his sister. In Nier Gestalt, Nier is a father and Yonah,..."

It was recently revealed that Square Enix's NieR is actually two games - NieR Gestalt and NieR RepliCant, and it is implied that each is platform-exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively.

But what has interested gaming sites is that NieR RepliCant's heroine "Kaine" is, in fact, a hemaphrodite. She dresses to emphasize her female characteristics Bridget-style, though her attitude and speech patterns are said to be very rough and masculine. She is the partner to NieR, the game's prot...