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Fans of Japanese action/horror games — and, uh, quirky insanity — are likely awaitingShadows of the Damnedwith bated breath. The Grasshopper Manufacture-developed title, built by the dream-team collaboration of executive director Suda51 (No More Heroes), creative producer Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), and composer Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), is due out onJune 7thfor Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. That seems far away, so to tide you over until then, we’ve got a new trailer from the 2011Game Developers Conference....

A combination of lack of time and other games drawing me away has meant that my copy ofMass Effecthas laid dormant on my shelf since about the time the game launched, but considering the badassness ofMass Effect 2‘s new character Subject Zero, I’m considering putting all other games on hold and playing through it simply so I can catch up with the story and get to watch her kicking ass throughoutMass Effect 2....

Konami has finally put a firm date onSilent Hill: Shattered Memoriesfor the Wii — December 8. How appropriate, considering the game’s icy setting. If your arms tire out easily, but you still wanted to get yourSilent Hillon, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The game is also slated to hit PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, but those versions won’t see release until sometime later. Yes, that’s all of the info we have....

Submarines scare the living hell out of me. I’m not overly claustrophobic, but the thought of being stuffed into a metal tube underwater, knowing that if anything goes wrong that I’m probably going to drown — probably in my top five least appealing ways to die — is just terrifying to me. That may be part of the reason why I find this new trailer for the just-announcedSilent Hunter 5to be so compelling....

Having spent some time withSingStar Queenlast week, both Topher and I can attest to the fact that it’s about as epic as you’d expect. What the disc lacks in number of songs (there are only 25 on the PS3 version we played), it makes up for it in track quality. Even if you’re not the biggest of Queen fans, you’re likely to recognize most of the tracks, from anthems like “We Will Rock You” to “Killer Queen” (a track that only appears on the PS3 version of the game)....

We’ve had our eyes on thisPS3 DVR attachment called PlayTV. Eyes only. Not our paws, though, as Sony has only released it in the UK. The little add-on units are selling like hotcakes. We’re hoping that the strong sales will have them considering a US version someday. PlayTV has sold 85,000 units in its first week of sale.Tech Radarsays that there was some worry that the device would be poorly received by gamers, but now I think it’s clear that PS3 owners want to record things off the telly....

I thought Sony’s showing at E3 was pretty strong this year. Theirpress conferencewas a delight for this gamer, as it featured new games and tech that I can look forward to in 2009 and on. There was one low point in their press conference, though. As a racing game fan, I was excited to see Polyphony Digital’s Kazunouri Yamauchi take the stage. It told me that a newGran Turismowould be announced,and I was right....

The farcical “casual games” conversation hascome up once again, with RPG publisher Square Enix looking to fully exploit the market. Not put off by the fact that a large amount of its non-traditional RPG games are pretty crap, Squeenix is ready to provide games that “empower” newcomers to the medium. We take it to mean that “empowering” means “easy for drooling retards to cope with.” “There is a large audience for casual titles that is growing all the time, we see other viable routes to this audience,” explains President John Yamamoto....

Square Enix is trying to get the hype train rolling for3rd Birthdayat Destructoid Baltimore HQ today, sending over a “confidential” dossier featuring the bloodiest wedding invitation I’ve ever seen. The invitation was packaged along with a slew of character profile sheets, all of which you can check out in the gallery below. Other than that, that’s all Square’s got for us today. 3rd Birthdayis is scheduled for release this year on PlayStation Portable, and Destructoid’s Jonathan Ross can’t figure out why we got a wedding invitation and not one for a birthday....

ACE Team’s strange little first-person number,Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition, has hit Xbox LIVE Arcade today. It would probably be easier to explain the plot of David Lynch’sEraserheadthan to try to convey the narrative ofZeno Clash, so I won’t bother to do that here. Part of theZeno Clashexperience is exploring the game’s twisted world on your own, and meeting the game’s oddball cast of friends and foes for the first time....

Along with our retail review copies ofKing of Fighters XII(officially out tomorrow for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), Ignition also sent over a Terry Bogard figure/statue, which arrived today. The polyresin figure sits on base made to look like stone, Terry Bogard’s signature cap a separate accessory that fits nicely in its hand. However, trying to put the hat on its head is a lost cause — it simply doesn’t fit properly....

Yesterday we brought you the undeniably adorable news thatfan favorites Sephiroth and Snakewould be making their debut (well, their costume debuts, that is) inLittleBigPlanet. Thanks to some stealthy lad with a video camera, we now have video of both the new characters. Nice touch using”One-Winged Angel” for that intro, Media Molecule.Hit the jump to check out the Snake video as well. I wonder if these character costumes will be a part of the retail release of LBP, or be released as DLC instead?...

Here’s something I know I’ve been waiting to see. Sony gave Tokyo Game Show attendees a look at the making of Team ICO’s upcoming PS3 title,The Last Guardian, and the developer diary video is followed up with a new trailer for the game. (Here’s theoriginal trailer from E3, as well as somescreenshots.) Its creator, Fumito Ueda, talks about what he wanted to accomplish withThe Last Guardianand how, even though many of the things we’ll encounter in the game don’t exist in real life, they still feel realistic....