Microsoft has detailed the content coming for the next couple of weeks on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

This week's Xbox Live Arcade titles include Backbreaker Vengeance ($15 / 1200 MSP), Half-Minute Hero Super Mega Neo Climax ($10 / 800 MSP), and Galaga Legions DX ($10). Next week will bring a bounty of Deadliest Warrior: Legends ($10). Read more »

The sequel to Risen will be a piratical affair named Risen 2: Dark Waters, Deep Silver has revealed. The publisher confirmed during Gamescom last year that a sequel was in development but had very little to say about it until now.

Dark Waters takes place several years after the original, after "monstrous creatures" have risen from the sea and are generally misbehaving. The hero, now an Inquisitor, hears rumours that a group of pirates might know how to get rid of them, and off you go. Read more »

The belated Xbox 360 edition of Piranha Bytes' action-RPG Risen will hit North America in February, publisher Deep Silver revealed today alongside some new screenshots.

Originally slated to premiere alongside its PC brethren, the Xbox 360 iteration of the open-world game was pushed to early 2010 just weeks before its planned October 2 release--a target the PC version hit, amassing generally positive reviews. Read more »

The demo for Piranha Bytes's action-RPG Risen is now available. This is the one by the guys that make Gothic. It's coming out tomorrow on PC, but won't make it to the 360 until early 2010.

Grab the 1.10GB demo now on FileShack, and report back with your impressions in the comments below.

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Risen developer diary, publisher Deep Silver has released a montage trailer filled with snippets from its various cinematic cutscenes.

Gothic creator Piranha Bytes' action RPG arrives for PC on October 2 following several months of stamping on bugs, though its Xbox 360 version is delayed until early 2010. Read more »

With the the PC edition of Risen slated to arrive on October 2, publisher Deep Silver has released a rather video interview with key members of developer Piranha Bytes.

The latest action-RPG from the Gothic veterans, Risen is also due on Xbox 360 in 2010. Read more »

Months after dating Piranha Bytes' action-RPG Risen for October 2, publisher Deep Silver today revealed that the Xbox 360 edition has been pushed back to early 2010.

Despite the unexplained delay of the console iteration, the PC edition will still make the promised October 2 release, with Deep Silver noting that the latest from the Gothic veterans has "reached gold status" following months of bug testing.

The beginning of this new trailer for Risen--the upcoming RPG from Gothic developer Piranha Bytes--is a bit formulaic. But eventually the camera stops lackadaisically drifting from side to side long enough to focus in on some action, albeit briefly.

Risen arrives October 2 on PC and Xbox 360.

Piranha Bytes, developer of the first three Gothic games, has announced that its RPG Risen will rise October 2 on PC and Xbox 360, with heavy testing now underway.

Described as a mature action-RPG, Risen is set in an open world on a tropical volcanic island, with multiple paths through the story and of course oodles of monsters to bash.

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The launch trailer for Vicarious Visions' Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits--the studio's third Nintendo DS Guitar Hero entry in under a year--may not compare to the High School Musical-like and How I Met Your Mother-esque trailers for the previous two games, but it's got something they didn't: extreme closeups of well-manicured nails.

Just look at those cuticles! The smooth and well-defined nail tips! I bet those things wouldn't even scratch a baby. Go ahead, look at your own wretched paws and lament the times when you dared dream of a hand modeling career. Packing 28 songs, but sadly lacking any sort of nail care pack-in, Modern Hits ships off the retailers today. Read more »

Vicarious Visions' third Guitar Hero release for the Nintendo DS, Modern Hits, will arrive on June 9, publisher Activision confirmed today alongside the full list of included tunes.

As with the first Guitar Hero On Tour, which arrived on June 22 2008, and the November-released sequel Decades, Modern Hits will make use of the Guitar Grip add-on that plugs into the DS's GBA slot--something the new DSi model lacks. Read more »

Piranha Bytes, developer of the first three Gothic games, has released the first in-game footage from its next title, Risen. The trailer, viewable below, walks you through some of the gmae's environments and is apparently meant to set the mood for the action-RPG.

Activision today formally announced Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits (DS), set for release this June.

The handheld game includes 28 master tracks from artists such as Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, Tenacious D, The Strokes and Weezer. Sum 41's "Still Waiting," Franz Ferdinand's "The Fallen," and Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" were previously revealed by the ESRB. Read more »

During a conference call today, Activision confirmed three new Guitar Hero games, including a greatest hits compilation, a new DS game, and a "major restage."

Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits will appear on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, bringing full-band versions of major songs that have appeared in past guitar-only iterations. Greatest Hits marks the first major Guitar Hero title to not appear on the PlayStation 2. Read more »

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has struck again, leaking the first concrete information of the recently-trademarked Guitar Hero Modern Hits via its website.

In development for the Nintendo DS, Modern Hits will include Sum 41's "Still Waiting," Franz Ferdinand's "The Fallen," and Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer," going by the ESRB's rating page and the lyrics contained in the summary. Read more »