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Did you know that a few different independent developers are makingSerious Samtitles leading up to the release ofSerious Sam 3: BFE? Well, you do now! TheSerious Sam Indie Seriesis a neat move, no question — especially given who’s making the actual games. The fine folks at Vlambeer are doingSerious Sam: The Random Encounter, which we have new screenshots for. Theywouldmake a freakin’ Serious Sam role-playing game, wouldn’t they? I’m looking forward to trying this one out later on in the summer....

At Nintendo’s media event last week, Nintendo surprised us all with theannouncement of Treasure’sSin & Punishment 2for the Wii. Uncontrollable glee aside,S&P 2looks pretty nice, but we were left to wonder how exactly the game was to be distributed. Recently,1UPgot a chance to visit Treasure’s offices and talk to the president of the studio, Masato Maegawa, who revealed that the title would be disc-based. Apparently, Nintendo wants to keep the title behind its curtain for the time being, so no more details were revealed....

Yesterday bothD3PublisherandNISannounced price drops on several of their PlayStation Store offerings to coincide with the PSPgo launch. Now SNK follows with a drop on their games. All of the following SNK titles are set at a download-friendly $19.99: What I like about all of these offerings is that you’re getting multiple games for the price of one, as each of these are all collections. All sevenMetal Sluggames for $20? That’s a steal by any standards....

Today, Sony announcedSOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3for the PlayStation Portable today on theirofficial PlayStation blog. The title is being developed by Slant Six, the studio responsible forSOCOM: Confrontationon the PlayStation 3 andSOCOM: Tactical Strikeon the PSP. Bravo 3’saction details are still being guarded, but Sony did share a bit of the story with their devout audience. Apparently, in Bravo 3 you’ll be leading a “covert operation” to capture an ex-KGB agent who has knowledge of a “forthcoming attack with weapons of mass destruction....

It looks like Sony’s plan to move the remaining stock of 60GB PS3s at a $499 price point is working like a charm. GameProsaid yesterday that the SonyStyle online store’s supply of the 60GB model was listed as back ordered (though some have been shifted from retail stores to meet web demand), and now it looks like Sony’s warehouses are totally out of this model. “We no longer have any inventory in SCEA warehouses....

After years of keeping it all inside my head, I have finally started to express my inner gamer through fashion. And this licensedSpace Invaderswatch would be an excellent way to do that. It manages to be attractive in the sense that I’m an adult and it looks like a vibrant LED display. And then the demo-like animation of invading… umm… invaders would scroll across and reveal what an utter dork I truly am....

Apparently, Square Enix has registered a new trademark at the Japanese patent office. Square Enix registered the title,Lord of Vermillionon September 27 — so this could this mean they have a new game franchise in the making, or perhaps a sequel to a past Sega game? Sword of Vermilionwas a Genesis title, which could mean Square Enix bought the franchise from Sega. This could also be a sequel or an expansion toFinal Fantasy XI, as there was an item in the game called the “Vermillion Cloak,” orLord of Vermillioncould also be a brand new game of its own....

This thing completely passed under my radar, but it’s too awesome not to share. Grad studentArthur Nishimotohas been working at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory on ways to turn enormous touch screen panels into what they were surely made for: gaming interfaces. After creating a prototype for a Star Wars tactical space strategy game for a TacTile 52″ multi-touch display, inspired byStar Wars: RebellionandEmpire at War, he turned it into an 8160×2304 resolution version for a 20-feet wide 16 Megapixel LCD multi-touch wall....

Following the success of the Steam UI beta, Valve has announced that all users will officially get the new-look game service next week. The official update will roll out on Monday, April 26. “We’d like to extend our thanks to all of you who’ve taken part in improving Steam by participating in the 2010 Steam UI Update beta,” beams Valve. “The beta has been a huge success. The number of you who participated exceeded all our expectations, and so far you’ve created 25 thousand posts to the beta user forums....

Good old Capcom, never short of a re-release for we notalgia-driven nerds to lap up like faithful dogs.Street Fighter Alpha 3looks like it’ll be the latest from Capcom’s expansive back catalog to be dusted down and thrown to the wolves, with theESRBre-rating the title for a PlayStation 3 release. When Capcom decided toportAlpha 2to the PSN, it confused a number of people, and they questioned why the superiorAlpha 3was not released instead....

A few months ago wesaw a teaserconfirming that anotherStuntmangame was in development for PS2, PS3, and Xbox 360, and now THQ has a few gameplay videos showing us what to expect from the sequel. Normally I don’t like my games bossing me around — they might as well call itDriving With Your Girlfriend, but having an ominous voice tell the player what to do became appealing by the end of the video above....

When Sucker Punch announcedinFamous 2, they showed off a vastly different Cole than the one we’d come to know from the first installment. It was a startling shift, seeing the man get prettied up and smoothed over. For many, it crossed some sort of line. Fan outrage was so strong, it turns out, that Sucker Punch is now redesigning Cole again to take him closer to the hero of old. From Comic-Con, IGN is reporting that they have seen two images of the character representing this shift....

Do you likeChoose Your Own Adventurebooks? Do you like pompous foreign art experiments? Were Sega CD FMV games the highlight of the 16-bit era for you? Then you are gonna loveSufferrosa! From director Dawid Marcinkowski of the digital production company unit9,Sufferrosais described as a “neo-noir interactive movie.” I’m filled with a sense of deja vu, as I’m reminded of thatotherDavidwith a similar modus operandi. In the case ofSufferrosa, you can play it on the web, clicking along towards one of the multiple endings, with each run lasting roughly 40 minutes....