REACH is upon us and Microsoft definitely wants you to know about it as they have just released an awesome new HALO REACH live action trailer entitled; Remember Reach . Mark your calendars, September 14th the fight begins.

Today SEGA has officially announced that the demo for Vanquish will be available for download at the Playstation Store for your PS3 in the US on August 31st and across Europe on September 1st.

The demo will give players the option to choose one level from the two levels of difficulty (Casual or Normal). Taking on the role of Sam, a United States government agent kitte out with a futuristic ARS battle suit, players are vying for ownership of the planet’s remaining energy resources against Russia on board a huge space station. On entering the third port lobby of the space station, numerous enemy robots are being brought in by dropships.

Players have an array of weaponry and upgrades at their disposal, as well as the ability to hijack these mech like mobile station known as Walkers, or use the suits unique boost and AR mode to take down the robots. The demo climaxes with the formidable boss, Argus which you will need to use all your skills acquired throughout the demo to defeat.

So mark your calendars!

When will we be able to get our grubby hands on the first next-gen Castlevania title? Konami along with MercurySteam the hardworking development team behind the upcoming Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow has finally announced the launch date for the game. Drum roll please……October 5.

Coming to both the PS3 and Xbox 360, Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow users will take the place of Gabriel Belmont, a member of the legendary vampire-hunting Belmont clan. Along your journey you will hunt down the Lords of Shadow in order to bring together an ancient relic known as The God Mask. By doing so you as Gabriel Belmont will have the power of returning the dead back to life. Awesome stuff, right!

Mark your calendars October 5 the adventure begins.

So you thought WB Games and Day 1 Studios was going to just throw together a decent shooter and attach the name F.E.A.R. to it just to create hype, I don’t think so. Day 1 Studios is taking F.E.A.R. 3 to the next level as you will see from their latest scare trailer below.

Unleashing a paranormal horror first person shooter experience that delivers frenetic combat grounded in reality, F.E.A.R. 3 for the first time will also introduce to the series a divergent co-op mode. From our brief hands-on with the game, you will hesitant to play this game at night with the light outs.

Tomb Raider fans please understand that this latest Lara Croft adventure is unlike any previous Tomb Raider title that you’ve played. Featuring a more top-down gameplay view, Crystal Dynamic has without a doubt re-imagined the universe of Lara Croft for the better.

At the heart of Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light is a robust cooperative play mode that is simply over-the-top fun. You will immediately see classic title influences from games like Baldur’s Gate and Gauntlet as you dive more into the game. Playing the game in single-player is a rush, however, playing the game in co-op will probably offer you some of the most fun you’ve had all year, it’s that good. Live co-op support will be coming soon – unfortunately we’ll have to wait for online co-op, regardless you will have a blast. Plus, when it is comes out later this year, the first DLC pack will be available for the first 30 days for free, exclusively on Xbox 360.

For only 1200 Microsoft points you can download this game right now.

Warner Bros. Interactive is bringing Mortal Kombat back with their most brutal installment of this landmark fighting game to date. Mortal Kombat is being developed by the newly re-named NetherRealm Studios, led by Mortal Kombat creator and creative director Ed Boon.

Now on display at GamesCom, Mortal Kombat is schedule to release in 2011. Below are a couple of new images from the game.

In this latest Xbox 360 video walkthrough of Crysis 2, Crytek founder and CEO Cevat Yerli and Executive Producer Nathan Camarillo give you a play by play scenario of the war torn central station as the alien enemies try to take you out. Be sure to watch it in HD as the game looks simply amazing. Enjoy!

Today Square Enix has announced their new upcoming shooter, GUN LOCO. With no video footage yet of the game, GUN LOCO is a third-person action shoot-em up title which is currently in development exclusively for the Xbox 360 bringing with it a a complete single player campaign and multiplayer.

Featuring unique third-person, sprint-action shooter gameplay, each character comes complete with their own unique kill move, coupled with a mocking take-down taunt to ridicule their victims. The frenzied and furious comic style comes into its own with full 12-player online multiplayer matches across the games remote prison planet, with a range of game modes and multiplayer arenas.

The game is slated for a 2011 release so we’ll have more on GUN LOCO as intel comes in.

Imagine a game saturated with a cyber-punk Blade Runner style universe with influential gameplay touches of Metal Gear and Mass Effect and you might get an idea of what Square Enix has in store for us from their highly anticipated DeusEx: Human Revolution title which releases sometime in 2011.

Square Enix has recently released their all-new GamesCom gameplay trailer of the game which does not disappoint.

Microsoft and Lionhead Studios today released 5 brand new screenshots from their upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive, FABLE III which we can’t wait to get our hands on this year. Enjoy!

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition and the Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition, are expected to be this year’s hottest collector’s items. Call of Duty: Black Ops launches on 9th November, giving gamers the latest classified surveillance technology – the RC-XD – as part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition.

For the Prestige Edition, Treyarch and Activision created an entirely original remote controlled surveillance vehicle inspired by the RC-XD from Black Ops Multiplayer. With a range of up to 200 feet, the RC-XD Surveillance Vehicle has a fully-functioning remote camera that transmits both TFT colour video and audio to its operator.

The Prestige Edition is inclusive of the Hardened Edition, which includes a custom Black Ops limited edition medal, exclusive Black Ops Avatar outfit, as well as four playable co-operative maps.

2K Games has recently released their demo of the highly anticipated MAFIA II title and without sounding too decisive, MAFIA II might just be the next Red Dead Redemption only this time imaging being thrown into a Mario Puzo mafia universe where sporting tommy guns, molotov cocktails and some hip cool rides are common place. 2K Czech has definitely done their homework in bringing to life the late 1940’s and early 1950’s mafioso flavor. The dialogue is superb, the backdrop to New York City or should I say ‘The Empire State’ certainly entices the player to joyride around town reaping havok. The sheer size of the map in the final game will be inviting for you explorers who like to cover your bases by discovering all the side stories and missions in traditional 2K sandbox style.

In the demo you play as ex-World War II Vet Vito Scaletta, son of Sicilian immigrant – who receives a phone call from his friend Joe Barbaro who explains that you need to high tale it to meet him. Without immediately running to the garage and choosing my wheels in order to meet up with Joe, exploring our surroundings was first on the list. Despite the rather weird camera angle which will often get too close to the character leaving you a bit blind to objects in front of you, walking around the house and being able to pop the fridge and grab a drink or sandwich, turn the faucet on or off even check out the latest skin calendar added a real life feel to environment.

Heading outside really opens your eyes to the open world ambition of MAFIA II. Pedestians walk about their way in realistic form and the ocean lake which Vito’s home in located near looks amazing as the sun sets over the water with the backdrop of Empire State in the shadow. Once Vito hits the garage the demo gives you the option of choosing your ride and there are quite a few cars to choose from, however, don’t be like me and choose the best looking car as the different cars all handle quite differently.

Speeding over to Joe’s location and you start to see the heavy 2K sandbox influences taking form. As with other 2K titles a map hud appears with an indicator to follow the red line to your location and also some cool touches like the speedometer indicator is also apart of the hud. Arriving at Joe’s location and again you are given just a taste of what’s in store from the games hollywood style story telling and voice acting dialogue.

Just as a side interest, I hope after the game is completed users are given the option of playing back each chapter as they are tied together giving you a full-length movie experience. 2K we hope you’re listening. Moving on, you and your buddy Joe along with another well-dressed Sicilian are going after some fat schmuck near a warehouse and this is where the action begins.

With the ability to sprint, take cover and duck Vito and his partners go into action. With some gun turrent action added to the mix, your buddy Joe begins telling you to stop shooting the turrent because it’s too loud. Joe is a funny guy! Well done one-liners are always welcome. If there was a concern it would be the lack of blindfiring. Was I hitting the wrong buttons hoping for Vito to blindfire, maybe, but he never did. Regardless, blindfiring would be a nice addition. The controls did feel a bit restricting moving from cover to cover as well. Once in cover you are essentially stuck until pressing the ‘X’ or ‘A’ button again in order to come out of covering depending on your console of choice.

As with most 2K Games, setting new graphical benchmarks has never been at the top of the list and MAFIA II is no exception. 2K has supremely displayed paramount gameplay experiences with their GTA series and this years Game Of The Year Nominee Red Dead Redemption, so don’t make the mistake of judging MAFIA II based solely on it’s graphics alone. The finger has to be pointed at the gameplay and hopefully 2K can deliver on their tradition.

MAFIA II is scheduled for launch August 24 in the US and August 27 in all other PAL territories.

A new F.E.A.R 3 trailer has just been added updated exclusive at Eurogamer displaying some cool dialogue and ghostly bodily possession. There also seems to be some kind of brotherly conflict with one brother almost always irritating the Point Man brother to do things against his will.

Are these two brothers positioning themselves against one another, I don’t know, but what I do know is Warner Interactive is definitely looking to shake things up with F.E.A.R 3.

Head over to Eurogamer and check out the exclusive trailer NOW!

2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that Borderlands fans can return to Pandora’s inhospitable environment to enjoy a brand-new destructive downloadable adventure in Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution. This fists-of-fury-filled fourth add-on pack from the popular franchise will be available this September via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution invites single-player and co-op fans back to try to suppress a deadly Claptrap revolution using one of four infamous vault hunters. The foursome find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a deadly civil war between the Hyperion Corporation’s well-armed armadas and the ever-amassing army of homicidal Claptraps led by one of the most eagerly awaited characters in the franchise’s history – the cunning Ninja Assassin. As vault hunters, players must put aside their past differences with the Hyperion Corporation, namely the organization’s repeated attempts to wipe them from existence. For a hefty payday, they will join forces to help beat down the mechanical uprising and thwart the dastardly kung-fu expert, the Claptrap known only as Ninja Assassin.