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With this week’s PlayStation Network additions moved up to today,Polar Panicis making it to PlayStation 3 prior to Xbox 360. Awhole month later, and I still think the game sounds like it went through a time portal in 1985 only to resurface in December of this year. There’s been an unsurprising lack of buzz surrounding the game, which is too bad;Polar Paniclooks rather good. As a polar bear, you push ice chunks around a grid while trying to vanquish foes and save your species....

Dtoider GoS-CPT-Stewart had to create a game for a school project at his VideoGame Programming class over inFull Sail. The project tasked students to make a game likePong, have AI and allow players to save their game. GoS-CPT could have just made a simplePongclone, but instead, he went above and beyond the requirements of the project. So he createdPong-Karuga, a game that still plays likePongbut hasIkarugaelements thrown into the mix. Players control a paddle that can change polarities at will....

It’s fairly safe to say that the PS3 Slim is a hit. After humiliating the Xbox 360 in the UK, Sony’s slimmer Black Box o’ Blu-ray hastaken Japan by storm, managing to shift over 150,000 units in just three days. The dramatic success of the Slim has led to a sales record for the system, marking the biggest leap for the console in history. This is quite a step up from Sony’s previous Japanese sales record, which sat at 88,000 in November of 2006....

Undecided on whether or not to buyTales of Vesperiafor the PS3(or perhaps buy it twice, if you already own the 360 version)? Perhaps the video after the jump will do something to whet your appetite. It’s a brand new trailer for the PS3 version of the game, and it shows off one of the new PS3 only characters, pirate Patty Fleur, in battle. You will also recognize some new cutscenes if you’ve seen the old 360 trailers....

Headed to QuakeCon next week? You might want to consider hooking yourself up with the premium registration package which id and Bethesda are calling “QuakeCon Done Quick.” 500 of these packages will be offered (available to United States residents 18 or older only) and will cost you $20. What do you get for twenty smackers? Express “Bring-Your Own Computer” (BYOC) registration, along with a guaranteed spot in the BYOC area. Not B-ing your own C?...

TheDragon Questseries has been around since the 8-bit days with a formula that’s remained largely unchanged, that is untilDragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skywas released. Developer Level-5 brought the series exclusively to the DS and introduced a four-player co-op mode, both a first for the franchise. It was a huge gamble, but one that’s paid off significantly for Square Enix asDragon Quest IXhassold over four million copiesin Japan. Now the game is making its way to America this July, giving us a chance to see what all the fuss is about....

We all know that Kinect is capable of more than some of the current games show. Developer Rare really sounds like they’re interested in tapping that power, which they call “virtually limitless.” The studio says that they have only taken advantage of “10 to 15 percent” of Kinect’s technical potential so far. Rare recently took home a BAFTA award forKinect Sports, and it sounds like they’re still hot for the motion sensing technology....

The original Wii sword and gun game is making a comeback for the holiday season of 2009 with Ubisoft’s announcement ofRed Steel 2. Set in a high-tech desert city, this Ubisoft Paris-devleoped game will use Nintendo’s new add-on, the WiiMotion Plus. This will be Ubisoft’s first title with support for the device. It is said that even your swing strength will be sensed, with the “emphasis on swinging, shooting and fun....

If you’re like us, you were excited as hell to see the footage ofResident Evil 5that came out of the 2007 E3 Media & Business summit. The upcoming installment of the popular survival horror series for PS3 and Xbox 360 is still in development and a bit of a ways off, so we’ll have to make do with trailers, footage, and screenshots for awhile. Here’s more video goodness. Chris Redfield is still running from freaky African guys....

Happy Friday, listeners! This week, Chad and Stella both make their welcome return to the show, and are joined by none other than Aaron Linde ofReal Men Play Gradiusfame. He used to write for the site, you know. And he was goddamned good at it. Other things that are goddamned good includeEarthbound, green tea frozen yogurt, and possibly this episode of RFGO, whose highlights include: It was a good episode. A long episode....

The kingdom of Dotnia was once a happy, two-dimensional kingdom. That is, until the King decided that 2D was out of fashion, and declared that his realm would forever be rendered in 3D splendor. Things were wonderful until the Dark Bishop stole six magical orbs and plunged the land into chaos. Now it’s up to our brave protagonist, a descendent of the Legendary Hero, to rescue Dotnia and put a stop to evil....

The first time I playedBit.Trip FATE, I was at PAX 2010. It was an exciting time. I was just about to do my first panel, I was around some of my favorite people on the planet, I was riding high of a post-PAX euphoria; all was right with the world. Flash-forward to last Monday, and I’ve just gotten home from shooting an episode ofDestructoid (the show). I’m feeling anxious and self-conscious, with a sort of post-performance stage fright....

MTV Games just informed us that the title update forRock Band— you know, the one that allows you to importRock Banddisc-based songs toRock Band 2— has gone live. The update will add an “export disc” tab under the extra options of theRock Bandmenu, which will allow users to transfer 55 tracks from the original game toRock Band 2. The cost? $4.99, or 400 Microsoft Points. Right now, the update is useless —Rock Band 2has yet to hit shelves....