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One of the best things about digital games is that they lack the cost of physical production, packaging and shipping, ultimately meaning that they cost less to create and should therefore cost less to purchase. Unless of course, you’re Microsoft and Sony, who instead believe that downloads should cost exactly the same at retail. It’s been discoveredthat the PSP willnotbe offering downloadable versions of retail games at a reduced price, with the revelation thatGran Turismowill cost $39....

Worried about blowing money on that pricey new PSPgo that’s coming out soon? Well, I can’t say I blame you, especially if you already own a PSP, but if you’re a gadget whore (coughDaleNorth) and feel you may’t live without it, I do have a shred of good news for you: it seems like the games for it could be pretty cheap, if a recent report fromPocket Gameris any indication....

Earlier this week, Realtime Worlds CEO Dave Jonesteased an audience at the GameHorizon conference. Perry said that the All Points Bulletin studio was working on another MMO and it would be announced at some point next year. We recently spoke with Realtime Worlds community officer Chris Collins and confirmed the confirmation as well as received hot details on the perfect turkey sandwich. “Turkey Sandwiches are a tough thing to get right,” Collins said when asked if he enjoyed turkey sandwiches....

David Jones, CEO of original Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds,has confessedto being a “bit miffed” over Microsoft’s decision to hand development over to new studio Ruffian Games, an upstart Dundee studio that has already claimed a few employees from Realtime. “I think it was unfortunate that it had to be with a start-up in Dundee… it is challenging to get enough developers in one region as it is, so that was the only little big of negativity to the story,” states Jones....

Retailer GameStop recently updatedtheir listing forRock Band Unpluggedwith box art. Good for them! Even better, they’re all like “view back of the box,” which reveals all kinds of juicy information on the PlayStation Portable title — stuff Harmonix and MTV Games haven’t talked about yet. For one, it looks like there will be a single-player World Tour mode that will include 24 cities; based on the picture, it has a similar aesthetic and set-up to the one found inRock Band 2....

At least according toJim’s reporting of what Jackie-T thinksof us. It is an astounding presumption that Mr. T purports, but I’m sure he’s only talking about the current generation of gamers because there’d be no way that any type ofretrogame could elicit such a reaction. That is, unless we’re talking aboutNight Trap, a ridiculously poor FMV game that came out in the 90s and caused the formation of the ESRB....

Considering who Microsoft seems to be targeting Kinect with (see spots on Ellen and Oprah, for example), the idea of a fitness game on the platform sounds like an assured success. Ubisoft is one of the first to the market out of the game, withYour Shape: Fitness Evolved, and it proves one thing: Kinect could probably be successful just as a fitness program peripheral. With well-rounded regiments for both male and females,Your Shape: Fitness Evolvedis not only a nice supplement to your current exercise program, but a great motivator as well....

If you thought thatThe Beatles: Rock Banddownloadable content that was announced earlier today was the only time I’d be writing aboutRock BandDLC today, you’re wrong. Thank god, because seriously, I could write about this stuff all day. I joke, of course, because how many ways can you possibly say “These songs are coming toRock Bandnext week?” Not many, but I’ve been doing it for like two years or something. So here’s what I’ll say about next week’s DLC — I kind of had a crush on Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles when I was a kid....

A few juicy rumors have come out of Nintendo’s Tokyo earnings briefing this morning. None of this is confirmed yet, mind you. The shared information says that the Wii Vitality Sensor is still under development.One source saysthat it was delayed because the device only works for 80 percent of people, and that it has been difficult to get that number up to 99 percent. Hey, I don’t think the Wii Fit even works, let alone this finger sensor thing....

According to specialty retailer GameStop, bundles for Activision’s upcomingTony Hawk RideandDJ Herowill run you a cool $119.99. Both games require the use of a dedicated peripheral, designed exclusively for the each of the games; without them, you simply couldn’t play the games.Ride‘s skateboard peripheral is a hands-free experience, a board equipped with accelerometers and motion sensors to detects movement. According to a recentGame Informerpreview, theDJ Heroturntable controller will feature three buttons on a spinning plate, coupled with some sort of cross-fader to mix songs during gameplay....

A new rumor is floating around the Internet that promises we’ll be seeing the first hints of DSi-exclusive retail games very soon. According to a report fromKotaku, these games will only work on the DSi and will come in their own specially branded packaging, marking them as distinct from DS games that work on any system. This has been something of an inevitability ever since it was announced.The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Trackswas feared to be DSi-only when it launched, and there is a game in the works calledGhostwirethat will require the DSi’s camera in order to function....

My friend Matthew recently joined the Eastern Orthodox Church, and being the worst kind of lazy pseudo-intellectual, I usually prefer asking him questions about it rather than doing any of my own research. As interesting as our discussions always are, he’s always failed to mention to best part: at least one Russian Orhtodox priest has designed an MMORPG. Throwing religion into role-playing gamesis hardly new— it’s a handy way to define character classes and develop a rich background story — but I don’t think any developer has approached it quite like Father Maxim has....

When Square Enix patented the nameFinal Fantasy Haeresis XIIIwith the United States Patents and Trademark Office in May 2006, it totally slipped under my radar. I had no idea this game even existed. So imagine my delight when this official-looking logo popped up today! Could this be the mysterious “unknown” project that isgoing to be shownat the Square Enix Party 2007? If it is, then they kind of let the cat out of the bag....