Next week will voyage into the near future with Kaos Studios' shooter Homefront, and probe the distant past with The Creative Assembly's strategy game Total War: Shogun 2, while Yakuza 4 will ground us in the present day. In the worlds of wild fantasy, we'll be getting Okamiden, DS sequel to the much-loved Okami, and wacky racing on Wii with Trackmania: Build to Race.

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If you've always wanted to play with an adorable god-puppy, sir, today is your day to make that wish come true. Joystiq reports that a demo for Okamiden is available now on the Wii's Nintendo Channel in North America.

To download the demo, open up the DS Download Service tab on the Nintendo Channel and select the demo, then select the Download Play option on your DS. The demo promises lessons on how to use the celestial brush as a primer for the game, though the stylus controls seem like they shouldn't require much explanation. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features a pile of new media. Check out new content for Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, Total War: Shogun 2, NeoGAF's Dudebro, Elements of War, Okamiden, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Painkiller - Redemption, Shoot Many Robots, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Testament of Sherlock, MLB 11: The Show, Cities in Motion, Realm of the Titans, Rango The Video Game, League of Legends, NASCAR The Game 2011, and Naval War: Arctic Circle. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

For this special "Valentine's Day" edition of the Daily Filter we've got a slew of new content that's sweet as candy. New media for today includes Portal 2, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, Okamiden, Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, Cars 2: The Video Game, Rift, the Fall of Setarrif expansion for ArcaniA, MindJack, MotoGP 10/11, Shadows of the Damned, the newly announced movie-based title Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, Warriors: Legends of Troy, Swarm, Rock Band 3, Monday Night Combat, the alpha version of A Valley Without Wind, Yars' Revenge, The Flying Dutchman, The Rockin' Dead, Amazing Zombie Defense, and Mactabilis. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Anarchy Reigns, Bulletstorm, MotorStorm Apocalypse, Knights Contract, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive, Major League Baseball 2K11, Primal Carnage, Mario Sports Mix, MLB 11: The Show, Okamiden, LittleBigPlanet 2, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation, and The Sims Medieval. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes media for Yoostar2, MotoGP 10/11, Fight Night Champion, Kung-Fu Live, Forsaken World, Spare Parts, Crasher, Mega Man 3 Legends Project, Okamiden, and Ricochet HD. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new media for Marvel Pinball, Okamiden, Fight Night Champion, Rock of Ages, and Yakuza 4. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Lord of Arcana, GoldenEye 007 Wii, Battle of the Immortals, Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops, Kinect Sports, Vindictus, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Def Jam Rapstar, Gods vs Humans, Okamiden, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, The Amazing Race, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, FIFA Manager 11, and Blacklight: Tango Down. Read more »

Capcom has revealed that the DS-exclusive sequel to the--now defunct--Clover Studio original Okami is coming to retail in North America and Europe in March.

Okamiden will arrive in North America on March 15, while European gamers will get their hands on the baby wolf-god thing on March 18. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is another big one, adding various screens and movies for Fighters Uncaged, Cities XL 2011, Active Life Explorer, DC Universe Online, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, NBA 2K11, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Yakuza 4, Shogun 2: Total War, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Shaun White Skateboarding, Vanquish, Okamiden, League of Legends, Nail'd, GoldenEye 007 Wii, and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is packed, standing as one of the biggest updates in this feature's history. Eighteen games in our database have been updated, with screens and videos for Apache: Air Assault, Yakuza: Of The End, Fable 3, Medal of Honor, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Front Mission Evolved, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, Space Invaders Infinity Gene, Cabela's North American Adventures, NBA 2K11, Okamiden, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Mega Man Universe, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Dead Meets Lead, Michael Jackson: The Experience, and EA Sports MMA. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

We've got yet another monster of content for Daily Filter as assets continue to flow from Comic-Con 2010. Today we've added new screens for Lionhead's Fable 3, the ARMA 2 expansion Operation Arrowhead, scratching sequel DJ Hero 2 featuring newly added pro DJ QBert, PlayStation Move's Kung Fu Rider, screens from the action-MMO Tera and PureSim Baseball 3. Read more »

E3 screenshots and a trailer for Capcom's Okamiden have arrived to melt even the coldest of hearts while showing off a little more of the Nintendo DS sequel to Clover's Okami.

Our Garnett seemed to have a jolly good time when he picked up the Celestial Paintbrush and played Okamiden back in April but unfortunately you'll have to wait until 2011 to get your hand on the DS exclusive. Read more »

As an evocative adventure game starring a wolf-god that allowed players to interact with scenes as if painting them in a traditional Japanese ink style, Okami met rave reviews, but only limited commercial success. Its initial PS2 release in 2006 fell flat in its home territory of Japan, but found some audience in the West. A subsequent Wii port of that game released in 2008 met a similar fate. Developer Clover Studios subsequently closed (not as a direct result) but Capcom, convinced of the strength of the creative idea behind the game, initiated a sequel, but this time for Nintendo's DS handheld.

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Since Okamiden is now officially slated to hit North America and Europe in 2011, maker Capcom has unleashed a fresh batch of media showing off the Nintendo DS title.

Set a few months after the events of the original Okami--available on PlayStation 2 and Wii--the "picturesque action adventure" focuses on the adventures of Chibiterasu, a young sun god who has taken the form of a wolf pup. Read more »