Sony's weekly PlayStation Store update update kicks off this year's Spring Fever sale, adding more discounts to the ones from the Gamers Choice awards.

As previously reported, PlayStation Plus subscribers get an early crack at the Mortal Kombat demo this week. This comes alongside demos for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, and Explodemon. Read more »

Sony has announced the winners of its PlayStation Network Gamers' Choice Awards, and half of them are zombie games. Yes, seriously.

Two out of the four awards went to everyone's favorite undead archtype: Age of Zombies won Best Mini, and the Best PSN Exclusive went to Dead Nation. Read more »

Over two years after its release, The Behemoth is still going to support Castle Crashers with another piece of downloadable content. The company site announced yesterday that it will be releasing a new "Pink Knight" pack for Breast Cancer Awareness.

The pack is due on the PlayStation Network on February 8, and includes the titular Pink Knight along with a Lollipop and four new weapons. It will cost $1.99 and all proceeds will go to breast cancer research charities. The Behemoth is planning to release the pack for the Xbox Live Arcade version too, but the date isn't set yet. The blog hints that it may come with different goodies. Read more »

To celebrate Castle Crashers reaching the prestigious two million player mark on Xbox 360, developer The Behemoth has sold its complete stock portfolio for gold, liquidated the bars and dipped an Xbox 360 into the rich cauldron only to give it all away to one lucky fan.

Although we made up the way in which the indie developer procured such a rare find, The Behemoth really is giving away a 24-karat, gold-plated Xbox 360 console in an upcoming XBLA Castle Crashers tournament. Read more »

Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) is reporting that Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade enjoyed its best month to date in August, built on the strength of the Summer of Arcade promotion.

According to the report, Microsoft brought in $17.5 million in August 2010 over $16.5 million in August 2009, which was the second year of the Summer of Arcade promotion. The report presents a top 10 list of games sold, ranked by revenue generated, and includes the total number of copies purchased. Note that some titles were not included in the Summer of Arcade promotion or were released before August. Read more »

The wait is over, ladies and gentlemen. Behemoth's downloadable darling Castle Crashers is hitting the PlayStation 3 on August 31.

Originally released exclusively on the Xbox 360 in 2008, Behemoth revealed the multiplayer beat-em-up would hit the PS3 in July 2009. Now, after "a year and a half" of development time, the upgraded title ready to launch. Castle Crashers on PS3 is priced at $15. Read more »

This weekend, Stardock's Impulse digital distribution service will be giving away free digital copies of the original Assassin's Creed with a purchase of Assassin's Creed II for $39.99.

Additionally, Ubisoft is running its own sale on its official PC store, marking down titles from 20% to 67%. Stand-outs include both Assassin's Creed titles for $$30 ($10 less than Impulse) and a Splinter Cell: Conviction bundle including DLC bonuses for $49.99. Read more »

The PlayStation 3 version of Castle Crashers from The Behemoth is almost finished and has been sent off for some final testing before being submitted to Sony for the PSN release.

Additionally, the developers decided to add team battles to the game's arena mode while porting the game over to the PS3, opening up arena matches to teams of 2-versus-2 or 1-versus-3. Free-for-all matches are still available. Read more »

With Ubisoft planning to release a number of sequels and follow-ups across the next year, such as Splinter Cell: Conviction and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, the publisher has now outlined a new strategy to produce more frequent entries in its top brands.

As Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explained today in a conference call with investors: Read more »

Having recently announced that "a new episode of Assassin's Creed" with an "online multiplayer mode" is due out sometime between April 2010 and March 2011, publisher Ubisoft has now revealed a few more details on that and two other projects.

"The [new Assassin's Creed] will take place with the same hero, which is Ezio, and will follow-up the story that took place in Assassin's Creed 2," the company explained during a recent conference call, as reported by CVG, with CEO Yves Guillemot noting that it will also have an "offline component" and will be sold at a "full price point." Read more »

In addition to word that Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have been delayed, the "sales target" update Ubisoft sent out today also contained word of new games.

Specifically, "Driver, Raving Rabbids 4 and a new episode of Assassin's Creed, which will be the first in the series to have an online multiplayer mode" are planned to arrive across the publisher's next fiscal year, which runs April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Read more »

Ubisoft Montreal's resident celebrity producer Jade Raymond (Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II) is to lead Ubisoft's new Toronto-based development studio, the company said today.

Slated to open by the year's end, Ubisoft Toronto will be working on "AAA games and new intellectual properties," Raymond noted.

The studio is eventually expected to provide some 800 new jobs. Read more »

A new DLC pack for The Behemoth's Castle Crashers will be released on Wednesday, the team announced today.

The "Necromatic Pack" will add two new characters to the title's roster: the Necromancer and the Cult Minion. Read more »

Another batch of downloadable content will soon arrive for the Xbox 360 edition of The Behemoth's downloadable side-scrolling brawler, the company has confirmed.

Included in the "Necromantic Pack" will be two new characters (The Necromancer and The Cult Minion), the Dragonhead Animal Orb, and the new NG Skull Mace and Chainsaw weapons--all of which are pictured left. Read more »

After a period of Xbox 360-exclusivity, Castle Crashers, The Behemoth's stylish downloadable take on the cooperative beat-em-up genre, is headed to the PlayStation 3.

The four-player title has been smoothly carried over to the Sony system, according to GameSpot, with support for trophies and various other tweaks in the works. Read more »