Demos for FIFA 11 and PES 2011 have been released today. Both demos are available on the PC, PS3 and 360. The 360 demos are exclusive to Xbox Live Gold members. The FIFA 11 demo features Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen and Olympique Lyonnais. It allows you to play an exhibition match with those teams with three-minute halves in Real Madrid’s stadium, the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The demo   Read More ...

Konami has confirmed that a demo for PES 2011 will be released on the PC and PS3 on 15th September. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to pick up the demo from 8th September. It’s not currently known when the 360 demo will be released yet, but we’ll let you know when Konami figures it out. Regardless, the demo allows you to take on a friend on the same console/PC   Read More ...

Konami has announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be released on 5th October in the US and on 8th October in the UK on the PC, PS3 and 360. The game follows Gabriel Belmont, who has to rescue his wife from limbo. Hideo Kojima, whom has led development on the Metal Gear Solid franchise, has also had an overseer role on Lords of Shadow.

Konami Europe has decided that it will publish the PS3 port of No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise. They haven’t picked up the 360 version, but they have added PlayStation Move support to the game. Both of the previous Wii No More Heroes games were published by Rising Star Games in Europe. We’re not sure if the 360 version will ever get released over here or in the US, or whether   Read More ...

Konami has announced that DanceDanceRevolution will support the PlayStation Move on the PS3. The game will have 25 new songs by Konami’s in-house artists and 25 licensed tracks. “For the first time in the history of the franchise, DanceDanceRevolution PS3 will feature a truly interactive dance experience via PlayStation Move as it challenges players to use both their hands and feet simultaneously – providing the most rhythmic and realistic dancing   Read More ...

Konami has given out a few details about Metal Gear Solid: Rising at its E3 press conference. The game is set between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. It will show how Raiden went through his dramatic transformation to the cyber samurai ninja found in MGS4. There will be futuristic fast-paced stealth, dismemberment and jumping attacks. You can use the unique cutting ability to take off life,   Read More ...

Konami has confirmed that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be released “later this fall” on the 360 and PS3. The announcement was made at their E3 Press Conference. The game is still in development over at MercurySteam, and had input from Hideo Kojima. Here’s the official E3 trailer:

Konami has announced a new IP at their E3 Press Conference, entitled “NEVERDEAD”. We won’t be capitalising it like them because it looks odd. Regardless, it will be released on the PS3 and 360 at some point. A date was not forthcoming so we have no idea when it’ll be hitting the shelves, but it should be next year by the way the company was hyping it up. It’s a   Read More ...

Konami has announced Otomedius Excellent for the 360. The game is a sequel to the Japanese-exclusive arcade and 360 title. It features Gradius-style, shoot-em-up gameplay, an improved upgrade system, exclusive DLC and local/online multiplayer for four players. There are nine playable characters and a gallery mode. It’ll be released later this year. “As the sequel to the 2008 Japanese hit Otomedius Gorgeous, Otomedius Excellent boasts a significant visual and gameplay   Read More ...

Konami announced a new installment of the scary, creepy, thriller Silent Hill at their E3 press conference. Silent Hill: Homecoming was the last installment of the series to make an appearance on the PS3 console, which was developed by Foundation 9 Entertainment and Double Helix Games. The new game will be simply titled ‘Silent Hill 8’, (according to the press release, but this is a working title) delivering the same   Read More ...

Nintendo has released a long list detailing nearly every single 3DS game in development. Nintendo first party titles announced here include Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, PilotWings Resort, Star Fox 64 3D and Steel Driver. Third party titles include Capcom’s Resident Evil Revelations and Super Street Fighter IV, SEGA’s Sonic and Super Monkey Ball, and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Lost Legacy. There’s loads more on the full list. It’s available   Read More ...

Kojima tagged his new apprentice in to show a new gameplay trailer for Metal Gear Solid Rising at Microsoft’s E3 conference. Here’s the new trailer:

Hey guys, it’s that time of year again when we all gather round our computer screens like the nerds that we are and cheer game announcements. This is our first E3 in our current form, but we have tested and re-tested our equipment and everything seems good to go. We’ll be there, and will be offering live text feeds (with images, audio and video if we get time) from the   Read More ...

Konami has announced that they will be live streaming their E3 presentation at http://www.konami.com/e3. The conference will begin at 1pm PST (find out what time that is in your corner of the world here) on Wednesday 16th June. You have to sign up for an “honorary Konami press pass” in order to access the feed. We suggest you do it now before the carnage of E3 begins.

Konami and Autumn Games have announced that Def Jam Rapstar will be released in the UK on November 5th for the 360, PS3 and Wii. They have also announced six new songs for the game: Drake’s “Best I Ever Had”, Outkast’s “So Fresh, So Clean”, Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz’ “Number 1”, Biz Markie’s “Just A Friend”, Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” and Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”.   Read More ...