As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, there will always be a new Earth Defense Force game to look forward to. Blowing up everything on the screen, from giant ants to giant robots, never gets old.

If you, like me, are the sort of person that instantly begins to worry when the first image you see of a new Pac-Man game is not a dot-filled maze, then... yeah. Coming this fall from Namco Bandai, it's Pac-Man and Ghostly Adventures.\

"I'm really hurting here," exclaimed the dashing and courageous Captain James T. Kirk, bruised and bloody on the cold metal floor of the space station, phaser gripped tight in his shaking hand. "That's the logical result of charging face-first into a fortified turret, you stupid son-of-a-bitch," I replied in a calm,…

Since 2005, Namco Bandai's rhythm-tastic Idolmaster (Idolm@ster) series has been charming Japanese fans (and import gamers) at home and in arcades with its adorable anime style and J-pop music. Today, for the first time ever, there's Idolmaster available on the iPhone and iPad for the U.S., France, South Korea and…

There's a new $2.99 costume pack available for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 today on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but that's not important right now. What's important is the follow-up outfit for the pink-haired Sakura coming later this month. It's everything I ever wanted.

"The spirits... are dying." Check out this new US trailer for Tales of Xillia, which comes out for PS3 on August 6. (August 9 in Europe.) Looks good!

You saw a bit of Dark Souls II yesterday, thanks to IGN's stream of a 12-minute demo. I saw that same demo a few weeks ago, and was given some screenshots and a trailer (below) to show to you today. But the screenshots are all what you've seen in video form already.

I like to compare the longrunning Tales action-RPG series to fast food: they're not particularly nutritious and you always know what you're gonna get, but when you've got the craving, they can't be beat. Hideo Baba, on the other hand, says they're more like gumdrops.

There are some incredibly sharp people out there who would truly enjoy playing Namco Bandai fighter Tekken competitive online, but lack the skills necessary to prevail against the lightning-fast reflexes of their peers. Tekken Card Tournament is the game for them.

The next installment in J.J. Abrams’ re-imagining of Star Trek is out in a couple of weeks, promising all kinds of gut-wrenching tragedy and hard-won vengeance. The tie-in game acts as a prequel for Into Darkness and is a co-op experience where Kirk and Spock team up to battle the Gorn.