Konami today announced Frogger Returns for Nintendo WiiWare and PlayStation Network. Based on the timeless arcade game, the latest iteration of Frogger delivers the addictive dodge-and-run gameplay fans know and love on an all-new platform. In Frogger Returns, players are thrown back into the hustle and bustle of city life to guide their amphibious friend, Frogger, from the city back to his home marsh. Frogger Returns stays true to the classic arcade gameplay style, but is enhanced with improved graphics, a new camera angle, and new levels. Streets, sewers, subways, and numerous other obstacles...

Electronic Arts and Double Fine will turn up the volume come November when the first downloadable content is released for the heavy metal, third person action game, Brütal Legend. Tears of the Hextadon will be available on Xbox LIVE on November 3 for 400 MS Points and on PlayStation Network on November 5, where the two-map pack will be downloadable for free until November 19, then costing £3.99 after November 19. The Brütal Legend Tears of the Hextadon map pack expands the Brütal Legend Stage Battle multiplayer experience with two new multiplayer maps. In the first map, Circle of Tears,...

Millions of entertainment fans are set for a transformation in the way they watch TV, as Sky Player, Sky’s online TV service, launches today on Xbox LIVE, giving Xbox 360 owners access to live and on-demand pay TV content via their console. Xbox reveals that the service, the first of its kind on any games console, will give Xbox LIVE users full access to all the live and on-demand channels currently on Sky Player. This includes popular, hit TV shows from Sky1, blockbuster films from Sky Movies and must see-entertainment and documentaries from MTV, Disney, G.O.L.D, Sky Arts, Nickelodeon, National...

SCEA and Netflix today announced that they are joining forces to make thousands of movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed instantly to TVs via the PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system. Netflix expects to begin streaming via the PS3 system next month at no additional cost to Netflix members in the United States who have a PS3 system. Today’s announcement pairs two of the most popular and fastest growing home entertainment brands in the U.S. The PS3 system’s installed base has reached close to 9 million units in the United States, and Netflix recently...

Those who have pre-purchased Left 4 Dead 2 via Steam may now pre-load the game demo, which is due to launch for early access on Tuesday, October 27. Early access to the L4D2 demo is available for both retail (360, PC) and Steam (PC) customers. Those who pre-ordered via participating retailers should be able to pick up their early access codes this weekend and be ready to play on Tuesday when the demo launches. For more information about the L4D2 demo, check out the details from earlier this month. //

THQ today announced Metro 2033, a new first person shooter for Xbox 360 and PC based on the best-selling Russian novel of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games, and built with the cutting edge, proprietary 4A Game Engine, Metro 2033 is set to deliver a gripping, atmospheric experience. Metro 2033 is scheduled for release in early 2010, you can find the first trailer and screens below, along with more information about the game. Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate...

Valve today announced details and timing for the demo of its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2. The Left 4 Dead 2 demo will feature gameplay taken from “The Parish” campaign, set in the New Orleans French Quarter. Playable by 1 to 4 players over local or Internet connections on both the Xbox 360 and PC (with two-player split screen available on the Xbox 360), the demo features all the new boss infected zombies and all the new melee weapons included in the full product. Those who pre-order the game (at participating retailers or via Steam) will obtain early access to the demo...

Naughty Dog have revised one playlist, and added two more, in the multiplayer mode of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (which we recently reviewed). The ‘Deathmatch’ playlist has been revised, and consists of standard game types only (variants such as RPGs only have been removed). A new playlist, ‘Elimination’ has been added, and as the name suggests only the elimination game types can be found there. The final addition is the ‘All Competitive Modes’ playlist, which consists of all competitive games such as Standard Deathmatch, Deathmatch Variants, Plunder, Turf War...

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes can be found below. Team Fortress 2 Added “+quickswitch” command, which brings up a small panel allowing you to rapidly change the loadout of your current class & active weapon slot Added server ConVar “tf_teamtalk” to allow alive/dead teammates to talk with each other during a match (default is 0) Added 1/2 Bonus Point for healing a teammate with a dropped sandvich Updated the class menu to show the local player’s...

Crytek is excited to announce that their latest all-in-one development solution CryENGINE 3 is now available for all developers. Earlier in the year, we posted up some media (trailer and screens) that Crytek had released, along with the features of the engine in detail. You can also find the latest trailer that has been released by Crytek embedded in HD (720p) quality below, titled “Beauty, Speed, Interaction”. CryENGINE 3 is the first game development platform for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/DX10 that also is truly Next-Gen-Ready – with scalable computation and graphics...