Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Parasite Eve’s upcoming 3rd installment The 3rd Birthday, mentioned that the Japanese version of the long awaited sequel to the game will be coming out this winter in Japan. He also commented on the international version saying that ” … we’ve already started localising the game for overseas versions. So we’re hoping to release it sometime rather soon after the Japanese release, but we can’t specify an exact time.” Other websites report that an international release [...]

Check out this amazing violinist who plays live as Super Mario is playing in the background. If you haven’t seen it, you should.

If you would like to have your name on Gran Turimo’s 5 end credits, feel free to head over to Gran Turismo 5‘s E3 trailer competition where you get to choose the English name of the song playing in the trailer. If you title gets picked, your name will be mentioned in the “Special Thanks” section of the end credits in GT5. Then you’ll get to brag about it to your friends and the world – provided you live long enough [...]

Via 1up: The first dedicated Michael Jackson game in more than twenty years now has a name, which was revealed along with some new details. Titled Michael Jackson: The Experience, the new game is being developed for the Nintendo DS, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3. And as previously reported, it will be making use of the Wii MotionPlus, Kinect and Move. According to Eurogamer, Wii version will be much like Ubisoft’s Just Dance, while the DS and PSP games will be tap-on [...]

Via Kotaku: The programming schedule for San Diego Comic Con reveals a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Rumors and images floating around the Spore forums say the game will be called Darkspore. “Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore,” says an event listing for SDCC. “Join key leads from the dev team, Thomas Vu, Paul Sottosanti [...]

Via Joystiq: Namco Bandai clarified the “October” release date for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West in a press release today. Trip and Monkey’s technologically tethered pilgrimage will begin October 5 in North America. In the interim, you’ll have to settle for looking at these new screenshots. That’s not a partcularly bad bargain, though — how often do you get to see a picture of a futuristic monkey-man based on Chinese myth, surfing through a ruined cityscape? Like two-three times a week, [...]

Via Joystiq: On the eve of E3, Patrice Désilets, creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, unexpectedly left his position, just as Ubisoft prepared to woo the media with the first in-depth look at this November’sBrotherhood sequel. Looking to quickly bury the distraction, Ubisoft called Désilets’ departure a “creative break” and said that his work on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was “essentially done.” While we still have yet to hear from Désilets himself, his close colleague, associate producer Jean-Francois Boivin, was not surprised by [...]