Xboxyde have posted up screens of a video they found on the Japanese forum 2ch.
According to the file name, The video is an animation test for a next-gen Tony Hawks title and on the face of it appears to be genuine. The skaters movement is remarkably realistic and fluid.
The video is only a 16 [...]

You can now buy your very own Half-Life Headcrab for $25.
The Valve store states that these plush versions of "everybodys favorite Zombi’fier" are made to a quarter scale with approximately a 6" body, So they won’t fit over the head of a person but Valve have kindly dropped in the idea that it will [...]

An "Award Winning" Games design team based in Eugene, Oregon have offered up their services on Ebay to design a game in 90-days for the auction winner.
The team, comprising of eight employees with "60 combined years of experience, and 27 published titles", Will take the winners idea and bring it to (partial) fruition "delivering [...]

Whats left of Acclaim Entertainments intellectual property is up for auction again on May 11th in Plainview, New York.
More than 200 games still remain on the list since the previous auction and these will now be sold off, in bulk lot, to the highest bidder.
The full list of titles up for grabs [...]

A poster on the Gaming Age forums has posted what he claims to be a release list from the developer Bethesda Softworks. The list includes ports of the recent PC hit game Oblivion being scheduled for release on both PS3 and PSP in November 2006 - making it a potential launch title for the [...]

According to MCV the use of CGI footage in video game advertising could be banned in the UK following complaints by consumers that the in game footage for Activisions Call Of Duty 2 aren’t camparable with those shown on the commercial.
Many gamers have known this for years but it seems the Broadcast Advertising Clearance [...]

A Next-Generation RPG, which has apparently been in development for more than a year, was revealed last friday when EA announced the existence of Project Gray Company (working title).
The site features a designers diary, pictures of the developers, and concept art but does not reveal many details about the game itself at this stage. Steve [...]

The first real Gameboy emulator has just been released for the PSP.
It currently only works with the Japanese 1.0 PSP firmware and as yet theres no sound support - but it’s amazing how quickly these homebrew apps are being developed.

To celebrate their 150th issue, UK gaming mag Edge will be uncovering the Xbox 360 in an eight-page rundown, featuring shots of both the hardware and software respectively.
Apparently Edge were given exclusive access to the console before the MTV Special was announced, but the magazine won’t be out until Tuesday May 17th – five [...]

The Korean PSP Value Pack (unlike the US version) includes a Network Utility Disc, featuring a video/music player, web browser, E-Book reader and more. Someone has taken photos of the various applications running, check them out at Blog.Dreamwiz.com.
The value of this disc to the PSP hacking scene is more than apparent, even if the least [...]