WWE All Stars - Your Heroes Return

Hogan, Warrior and Rock in one game. Awesome.

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The Darkness II Unveiled

Dark Sector dev behind comic sequel.

The Darkness II has been announced by 2K Games, with Dark Sector dev Digital Extremes revealed as the force behind the sequel to 2007's well-received comic book shooter.

The Darkness II will continue the story of Jackie Estacado in a story that's going to stay close to its comic book origins, and it'll likewise retain some of the more original aspects of the first game. Set two years after the original, The Darkness II will see poor Jackie struggling to keep the lid on his superpower as he finds himself in the middle of a full-scale mob war, and it will see a return of the supernatural gunplay of The Darkness.

BlizzCon 2011 Dates Announced

Bring hand sanitizer.

Better start assembling your Zombie Murloc costume now, because BlizzCon 2011 is now officially only eight and a half months away. The fan-centric event is going to take place at the usual Anaheim Convention Center over Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22.

That said, this info doesn't do a whole lot of good if you can't any tickets, typically given out by random lottery due to the excessively high demand. Ticket price and release dates are yet to be announced, and we expect we won't hear very many particulars about panels or which games will be on the floor (or in what state) until much closer to the event. Blizzard likes to save their major announcements for their own events -- last year the final Diablo III class was announced at BlizzCon, and both Diablo III and StarCraft II were originally announced at their World Wide Invitationals.

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Bulletstorm's Call of Duty Parody an Internet Sensation

Duty Calls downloaded 1.25 million times.

People Can Fly's video game parody of the Call of Duty franchise is officially an Internet sensation. The Bulletstorm studio announced yesterday that Duty Calls has been downloaded more than 1.25 million times.

After directing its over-the-top sense of humor at the Halo franchise, People Can Fly and Epic Games decided to take on the top dog of the FPS genre last week. Duty Calls mocks every aspect of the Call of Duty franchise, with the player-controlled soldier shouting, "Boring!" every time he shoots an enemy.

People Can Fly made the download announcement via its Bulletstorm Twitter feed, and as a thank you to fans, the studio also created Duty Calls wallpapers which mock the Call of Duty leveling system.

Bulletstorm is an Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation 3 title. The game is set to ship on February 22nd. Duty Calls is still available as a free download here.

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The PlayStation Phone is Real

Sony has gone public with their gaming smartphone, the Xperia Play.

At long last, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, more commonly known as the PlayStation Phone, has been made official.

During Super Bowl XLV, Sony Ericsson debuted the Xperia Play teaser that originally leaked to the web last week, as well as a new Facebook page that promotes an official reveal of the device Sunday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. PST/1:00 p.m. EST.

Little else is known at the moment, but rest assured, we'll be watching the Xperia Play closely. Stay tuned for more.

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Enter Galactus

Prepare for one hell of a fight with this cosmic final boss.

Capcom's Vs. franchise has a long, proud history of serving up epic, cheap, larger-than-life final boss battles that serve to annoy you as much as thrill you. In the past players have had to face characters like Apocalypse, Onslaught and Abyss. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 goes one step further, serving up Galactus, a cosmic being from the Marvel Universe that must devour planets to stay alive.

Galactus should come as no real surprise to fans of Marvel Comics. With the stakes being raised every game, and with a title like "Fate of Two Worlds," the notion of involving a popular and powerful "villain" like Galactus isn't too shocking. Plus footage of him leaked about a week ago. (Surprise!) Below you'll find the first official trailer for the character as well as a few screenshots – check our image gallery for more.

Dark Souls Director Details Upcoming Dark Fantasy RPG

Miyazaki talks difficulty, weapons, character creation, more with PlayStation blog.

We've already heard that the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls will be even tougher than the original (gulp!). Today Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki provides details about the upcoming dark fantasy RPG's enhanced difficulty level as well as other tweaks From Software is making to the anticipated game.

In an interview with the official PlayStation blog, Miyazaki, who also served as director on Demon's Souls, compared Dark Souls' much talked about difficulty level to spicy food. The goal is to give it a kick, he said, but not make it inedible.

We intend to increase the difficulty of the game. Not simply by making the game more difficult, but by giving players the freedom to strategize freely and conquer that difficulty, and to be rewarded accordingly," Miyazaki said.

Report: Microsoft to Launch Halo: Combat Evolved Remake

Gaming site says the rumors are true, Halo HD will be here in time for holiday 2011.

In late November, industry chatter indicated Microsoft was quietly developing an HD remake of Bungie's Xbox classic, Halo: Combat Evolved. According to a new report, the rumors are true, and the remake will be on the shelves on November 15.

Joystiq, citing unnamed sources, reports that New Jersey-based Saber Interactive (TimeShift) is now working on Halo HD for Microsoft's 343 Studios.

Battlefield 3 Coming Fall 2011

Third game is a "true successor to Battlefield 2," EA says.

Call of Duty will go head-to-head with Battlefield 3 in 2011.

The third game in the series, which will be shown to press during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month, is set for release this coming fall, Electronic Arts confirmed.

The publisher revealed the first teaser trailer for the game on its official website tonight. The trailer, which contains no actual gameplay, displays quick cuts of helicopters, ground troops, tanks and fighter jets.

Twisted Pixel Announces The Gunstringer

Kinect game puts players in control of an undead cowboy puppet.

Former Rock Band lead designer Dan Teasdale jumped ship from Harmonix last year to join 'Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel and start work on a "ridiculously cool new project." Teasdale and Twisted Pixel revealed that project last night: Kinect controlled cowboy puppet shooter, The Gunstringer.

The "Western-themed revenge story" will put players in control of an undead cowboy marionette out to get the posse that put him in the ground. While the concept itself is unique, it's the Kinect-based controls that make this title different. See the below trailer to get an idea how it will work:

"From the start of this project, we've focused on getting across the feel of marionetting a puppet's movement through a 3D world, then mixing that with the fun and mayhem of targeting-focused shooters like Rez," Teasdale wrote on The Gunstringer's developer blog. "One minute you'll be navigating the Gunstringer over tricky ravines or towards secret paths, the next you'll be ducking behind cover to take out a half-dozen clockwork alligators with your six shooter."

It's unclear if The Gunstringer will be an Xbox Live Arcade title or a full retail release. Twisted Pixel said the game is set for release sometime in 2011 and more details will be revealed at PAX East in Boston in March.

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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean First Look

Swashbuckling action as Hollywood's biggest property gets the LEGO treatment.

Like a loveable, family-friendly Keyser Soze, the LEGO franchise is unstoppable. Having spent much of the past decade working with Lucasarts and Warner Bros to turn iconic films into charming videogame adventures, Traveller's Tales has now turned its attention to Disney. And what better franchise is there for the comedy-minifigure treatment than the already exuberant and over-the-top Pirates of the Caribbean?

Unveiled to the world last week at TT's Knutsford studio, LEGO Pirates of the Carribbean is the most ambitious LEGO game yet. It's being released at the same time as the next film in May this year, which is a first for the series, and covers all four Pirates films, from Curse of the Black Pearl through to the forthcoming On Stranger Tides. In keeping with tradition, it's cute, funny and admirably accessible – the adventuresome, piratey antics of Cap'n Jack and crew fit perfectly with the LEGO aesthetic and slapstick sense of humour.

We're shown the very first level as a taste of what's to come: Captain Jack Sparrow's arrival at Port Royale, where he meets Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and, of course, Commodore Norrington and his distinctly anti-pirate navy. The wordless LEGO recreations of significant scenes are predictably funny and beguiling – take a peek at the teaser trailer for a quick example – but as always, it's the scenes you actually get to play through that provoke the biggest smiles.

We play through Will's first encounter with Jack in his uncle's smithy, engaging in a swordfight atop the beams after running around rebuilding the broken mechanisms to create a way up there. The combat isn't at all like it was in any of the other LEGO games – the clash of tiny plastic swords is actually pretty dramatic. Weaker enemies are easily overpowered, but one-on-one encounters can go on for ages as you chase an opponent down, making them really feel like swordfights.

EA Talks Star Wars: The Old Republic Costs, Subscription Goals

Rumored investment way off, MMO will be successful with 500,000 subs.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is "incurring significant development costs" Electronic Arts confirmed last night in its quarterly conference call. But the rumored $300 million price tag is ridiculous, the publisher's executives insist, and the game will be "substantially profitable" with 500,000 subscribers.

After reporting a steep loss for the fiscal quarter yesterday, but with adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street projections, Electronic Arts fielded questions during its conference call, and a number of those questions centered on the BioWare-developed Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic.

On when the game will finally ship, EA CFO Eric Brown said SWTOR "is expected to ship in calendar 2011, but after the close of [fiscal year] 2011." EA's fiscal fourth quarter for 2011 closes on March 31. That means the targeted released window is sometime between April 1 and December 31.