…but it seems that he may have backed down a little. Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted to play it safe with the upcoming Mario Kart 7 by not including customization, but eventually allowed the team to include it.

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Nicholas Games has released a new trailer for Afterfall: InSanity! Check it out below, and also see what we thought of the game here!

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Think the overall area of Skyrim is big? What if I told you that you might be able to hang out in Morrowind and Cyrodiil as well? One intrepid Syrim explorer has done just that, as he discovered low-res versions of Morrowind’s Solstheim and Vvardfell as well as Cyrodiil’s Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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Call of Duty Elite is looking to be a massive success, as 4 million users have registered for the online service, with over 1 million being paid subscriptions in the first six days of availability.

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The world of professional wrestling has always been a fascination of mine. As a kid, looking up at Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, and Randy “Macho Man” Savage always felt like I was looking at a superhero. I mean , these guys beat the hell out of each other day in and day out and they never seem to stop!

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Namco Tales, the developer behind the Tales of… RPG series, will be absorbed by Namco Bandai. This may not appear to be big news; after all, it’s simply Namco Tales being absorbed by its parent company, but take into account that Namco Tales had existed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai.

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Sales figures for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations are finally in, and according to sales monitor Chart Track, Revelations is the franchise’s biggest launch yet in the UK.

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I have to be honest right off the bat: I just received my OnLive Microconsole a few weeks ago. Therefore, I am EXTREMELY late getting into the cloud based PC/console gaming system. However, I feel that this puts me in a unique position, as I am now entering the fray after all the launch issues have been worked out and better games are out.

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Bully was an extremely well received game that launched for the PS2 (and later, the Wii, Xbox 360, and PC)) back in 2006. It has garnered a number of good reviews and has become somewhat of a cult classic amongst gamers.

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When I was a kid and I wanted to cheat in school, I realized that I couldn’t submit something with a perfect score…especially if my track record prior to that was less than stellar. I had to submit a few wrong answers just to make it look authentic. That’s rule #1: Make it look real.

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Captain Obvious has struck again, this time with the news that Modern Warfare 3 blew away the 5 day entertainment sales record, pulling in $775 million in less than a week.

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Reports are coming in of many PS3 Skyrim players experiencing some pretty gnarly lag, and it’s apparently due to the size of the save files, which can exceed 5-6 MBs.

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Square Enix already makes some pretty amazing looking games; I don’t think anyone can deny that. One look at Final Fantasy XIII should prove that, regardless of your thoughts on the actual game itself.

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It’s not often when a popular video game genre can bring something truly new to the table. It’s not impossible to do, but in a day and age where developers seem to be content to rehash a concept to death until the fans are tired of it, innovation is become more and more rare.

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Origin’s quest to be a major player in the digital PC game market has taken another step forward as the EA-powered service locks up some third party publishers. Chief amongst these acquisitions is Capcom, who arrives with two offerings.

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You can say all your want about the fact that it’s a racing game. You can say all you want about how a focus on multiplayer and taking away from single player is simply a sign of the times.

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword made it’s debut this week to rave reviews, many of them perfect scores. In addition to being a true future classic, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma also claims that Skyward Sword is the first Zelda game that virtually anyone can enjoy – even young children.

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Microsoft is kind of a tease, if you ask me. The company has claimed that it’s working on some “reall exciting” cloud features for the Xbox 360, but beyond that, no details were given.

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Has it really been 10 years already? 10 years ago, I was in my second year at college, I couldn’t legally drink yet, and I truly believed that video games had reached their graphical pinnacle with SSX and Kessen on the PS2. Boy, was I wrong…

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After an agonizing 5 year wait, the fifth iteration of The Elder Scrolls series is finally here, and boy does it impress! Skyrim drops with plenty of fanfare and accolades, and take it from me, it deserves every single one of them.

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will be coming to a store near you on Tuesday, November 15th, but for those not interested in paying $39.99 for the remake, you can still get you hands on the Anniversary Map Pack.

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Well, I don’t think that this news should comes a shock to anyone who knows anything about the gaming industry; after all, the last two games to break sales records were held by Call of Duty games as well.

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Gran Turismo 5 has finally started digging into the deep resources at Polyphony Digital and come out with some pretty serious patches (Spec 2.0) and DLC. Now it seems that once the ball is rolling, it’s hard to stop.

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Last month at New York Comic-Con, a video game tie-in for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man was revealed. Developer Beenox is heading the project, a great piece of news because they have experience making Spidey games.

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Critically, Uncharted 3 has been praised heavily by critics everywhere. The story of Nathan Drake’s third adventure on our PS3s has hit a chord, and became one of the highest rated titles of the year.

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