PSP News

If you’re like us, then beating the snot out of virtual Nazis gives you a warm feeling that usually only occurs naturally when your mom makes you cookies. As such, we’ve been on something of a slow season for Axis powers pummeling since last year’s Wolfenstein reboot. Lucky for us, Sega is going to inject some serious superhero into the formula and break the dry spell in 2011 when they release Captain America: Super Soldier, a tie-in with the upcoming Marvel Comics film...

Although addiction to technology and games is not currently recognized as a clinical condition, the consequences can be dire, and some believe that the addiction is serious enough to merit inclusion in the next edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)...

Above: “I’m hoping to work on Dreamcast 2,” says Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka

Yuji Naka, the creator of the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ series and ‘Ivy the Kiwi?’ expressed interest in returning to work on hardware. Speaking to CVG today, Naka said, “I’m hoping to work on Dreamcast 2.”

Billed as ‘the RPG where you punish girls,’ Criminal Girls, the PSP exclusive published by Nippon Ichi Software has one of the most bizarre premises we’ve ever come across. Set in an all-girl prison in hell, Criminal Girls charges you with task of rehabilitating seven naughty sinners with spanking, sensual massages, and a healthy regimen of dungeon crawling.

The first trailer for Criminal Girls has just released. Check it out for a peak at the game’s punishment and combat system along with a quick introduction to the cast of inmates you’ll be in charge of…

Above: Welcome aboard the USS Double Facepalm!

One interview with Activision's Bobby Kotick is like a twenty-car pileup on the freeway. This is the third story we've written today about his much-discussed chat with EDGE, but this time it's not just about Kotick's flapping jaw - EA has fired back against remarks that it fails to respect the independence of its studios...

Sony's Sackboy is getting the 3D Dot Game Heroes treatment. In an effort to squeeze a little more mileage out of its innovate homage to retro gaming, developer Atlus is introducing LittleBigPlanet's mashable mascot in as a playable character in 3D Dot Game Heroes, along with 50 other user created characters plucked from Atlus' Hall of Heroes sharing site...

Halo Reach may have broken sales records last week, but it seems that Japan’s gaming audience just wasn’t interested. Although Bungie’s latest entry in the Halo series sold a respectable number of copies, it came in fourth on the sales charts, following Pokemon Black & White, Front Mission Evolved, and Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force 05, of all things. It’s not surprising that Pokemon Black & White did so well, but Yu-Gi-Oh? C’mon!

Holy Christ. Why is every single major holiday release getting pushed back to next year? There's been Crysis 2, Portal 2, FEAR 3, Final Fantasy XIV (PS3), and now LittleBigPlanet 2...

Above: An artist at work

We’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of Uwe Boll’s films here at GR, so much so that it almost feels like beating a dead horse to bring up the lucky hack’s name. Though every person who mocks him should at least see one of his films to really understand what a horrible artist he is, Boll’s film adaptations of videogames are infamous to every gamer online whether they’ve seen the films or not. But haven’t you always wanted to get inside the process of how he craps out his turds? Well soon you will in the recently announced documentary Raging Boll...

Check out the first trailer for Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy from the Tokyo Game Show. The gorgeous teaser offers a nice combination of gameplay and cutscenes. You’ll see Kain and Lightning exchange a few attacks and harsh words. Plus, you’ll also get a sneak peak at a bunch of the new characters that will be joining the fighting roster in the follow up to Dissidia: Final Fantasy…