TGS 2007: The big three plus a couple third parites to host pre-TGS press conferences

It's just been reported that Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, SEGA and Capcom are going to host pre-Tokyo Game Show conferences to possibly show off new games, already existing games, or maybe even some new hardware (don't bet on it!). The list can be seen below -

Note that it's not in English, and I'm a lazy @$$ who doesn't feel like translating it...

- 31.08.07: Capcom CS Game Private Show
- 04.09.07: Monatliches Sony CE Treffen, auf dem das November-Lineup gezeigt wird.
- 05.09.07: Nintendo Private Show mit dem Lineup für Oktober bis Dezember.
- Erste/Zweite September-Woche: Microsoft-Treffen
- 14.09.07: Sega Strategy Meeting

Video game companies being ignorant - Don't have any plans to attend E for All

A lot of video game companies apparently doesn't realize that E for All is the next E3... possibly even better! Well, according to firingsquad.com, Sony replied to a question saying that they have no plans to attend E for All... also, Microsoft is too undecided. Other companies who have decided NOT to go include SEGA, Midway, Capcom, and NCSoft.

However, have no fear - Plenty of great and notable companies are for sure going to attend, including Nintendo, Konami, EA, THQ, Namco and some others.

Vikings: Battle for Asgard announced!

SEGA just announced Vikings: Battle for Asgard for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It stars a warrior named skarin, a man chosen by the legendary Norse gods (ya know - Odin, Thor, etc...) to stop the evil goddess Hel. More information when it comes out, kay!

8 new Virtua Fighter 5 screenshots

More here!

Sonic Riders sequel confirmed

earlier in the month we heard word that there would be a sequel to Sonic Riders on the Wii and PS2. Well, in the recent issue of Play Magazine, they confirm this, and also give some details about the game.

Apparently in the first game (which was released on PSP), there was a character named Jet the Hawk, and he will be returning. Two courses were confirmed - Botanical Kingdom and Crimson Crater (Since I don't have the issue yet, I can't confirm if there were images of anything listed here). In the original, there was a mode called Trick System, and that will be returning, while another mode, Turbulence, will not.

Hulk game developer announced

While we knew for quite some time that SEGA would be publishing the upcoming Hulk game, among other Marvel titles, they've been quite on who the developer would be. Well, today they just announced that Edge of Reality would be developing the console versions, while Amaze Entertainment will be heading the handheld versions.

The game will apparently be released alongside the film, which comes out on June 13, 2008.

Boxart for KNiGHTS Wii?

The boxart shown to the right was revealed over at Gamestop.com, and looks real to me... What do you think?

ComicCon 2007 - Sonic Rivals sequel announced

A sequal to the so-so Sonic game Sonic Rivals for the PSP has been announced at Comic-Con 2007. The game, which is also for the PSP, seems to also be a racing game that will feature series favorites such as Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and even the newset memberof the cast - Silver.

Three classic games released on Virtual Console this week (U.S.)

Three good ol' games have been released on the Virtual Console this week, the most notable obviously being Shining Force (originally released on the Sega Genesis). For a full list of games released, look below -

*Shining Force (Sega Genesis)
*Kirby's Dream Course (SNES)
*Devil's Crush (TurboGrafx16)