The Entertainment Software Association today confirmed that publisher LucasArts is no longer a member of the organization, Joystiq reports. The company joins Activision and Vivendi as the latest company to break from the ESA, a group dedicated to the business and public affairs needs of game deve...

Sony Computer Entertainment passed along a new set of screenshots for Q-Games' PixelJunk Eden (PS3), a downloadable title slated for release this summer. Described as an "organic platformer," PixelJunk Eden is said to feature ten unique stages with stylized graphics, as well as original music...

Sony Computer Entertainment America has provided us with a few new screenshots from Insomniac's PlayStation 3 shooter sequel Resistance 2. Along with the expected single-player campaign, Resistance 2 will pack 8-person online co-op and 60-person online multiplayer when it arrives this Novem...

In my younger years, I had a thing against gnomes, and I blame it on Sega's arcade classic Golden Axe. After wasting a fair portion of my youth on the title, I realized that the very sight of gnomes in any game made me want to kick the little bastards repeatedly, in the hope that I would be rewarded...

Sonic Unleashed is a return to concept for Sonic Team. The plan is to get the hedgehog back to his fast, level-based platforming roots. Less awkward adventure, more speedy action. To that end, this is a Sonic-focused game. Other unspecified characters will be present, but you will only assume con...

Update: Microsoft has told IGN that Bleszinski says "co-op's drop-in, drop-out, multiple difficulty settings for co-op players" instead of "multiple difficulty settings, four co-op players." The Shacknews staff believes that the pause between "multiple difficulty settings" and "co-op" indicates...

Blizzard producer J. Allen Brack has said that World of Warcraft will "probably" undergo a major graphical upgrade at some point in its lifespan. "Will we need a graphical update from the ground up at some point? Yep, probably," said Brack to Eurogamer. "That's actually something we talk abo...

Next week's downloadable content for Harmonix's Rock Band will consist of the nine bonus tracks added to the UK edition of the instrument-based music game, which debuts on May 22. Studio owner MTV Games had previously confirmed to Shacknews that the songs would hit North America, but did not p...

Following this week's revelation of numerous hardware figures, Nintendo has added yet another to the list, digg_url = 'http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52729'; detailing that the Nintendo DS has sold 19.6 million units in the United States since it launched in late 2004. Given ...

Publisher Capcom has released new screenshots from We Love Golf! (Wii), which it claims to show the "first African-American incarnation of [Street Fighter's] Ken Masters." The outfit comes out of contest in which Capcom asked fans to pick alternate costumes for new characters in the Camelot-d...

At a press event earlier this week, publisher Sega clarified the release plans for its stylish tactical RPG Valkyria Chronicles and Obsidian's spy-centric RPG Alpha Protocol. Previously penciled for a vague fall arrival, Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) is now slated to debut in North America th...

Sony Computer Entertainment America just sent over a timeline for the next nine months of SCE-published games on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP. The schedule confirms that many of the dates provided by SCE Europe apply to North America, such as LittleBigPlanet (PS3) in October and Killzone ...

Publisher and PlayStation maker Sony Computer Entertainment has named Shuhei Yoshida as president of its worldwide development studios, effectively immediately. In his 15 years thus far at SCE, Yoshida has served as a product development producer, vice president of product development at SCE Amer...

Everyone give a big what what for Friday. Hooray Friday! Apparently I should have never opened my mouth about having too many plastic drum sets around the house, for Konami hath spited me. Maybe it's meant primarily for the Japanese market? Here's all the other stuff Konami announced. Plus the staff...

Following NPD's unveiling of April's U.S. console game and hardware sales, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have all checked in with their take on the data that saw Nintendo's Wii and DS top the hardware charts and the Xbox 360 outsell the PlayStation 3 by a mere 900 units. With a whopping 1.85 mill...

Man, thank goodness we have more music games to choose from! I was starting to feel like there was just no way my hunger for being a fake musician could be met! Robo suits are hot RIAA piracy trial do-over Your techy fridge is pointless Yahoo turmoil over MS buyout b...

Being that today is Thursday, Sony Computer Entertainment has updated the PlayStation 3's online PlayStation Store with a few new demos and loads of downloadable content. Among today's additions are downloadable demos for Dimps' anime-inspired fighting game Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (PS3, X3...

Sales-tracking firm NPD Group has released its U.S. sales figures for April, showing Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV as the month's top-selling console title and the Wii as the month's best-selling hardware. While the Xbox 360 version of GTA 4 sold 850,000 more copies than the PlayStation 3 editio...

Though sales-tracking firm NPD Group will not release April's data for another hour, Nintendo has already chimed in with some results. According to the company, the Wii ranked as the month's top-selling hardware with 714,000 units sold in the United States across April and Mario Kart Wii placed a...

Update: When reached for comment, a Capcom representative responded, "At this time, Capcom Entertainment Inc has not officially released a release date for the next-gen Bionic Commando or Bionic Commando Rearmed." Original Story: GRIN's enhanced remake of Capcom's NES swinging platformer Bionic C...