Citing "surprisingly strong support" of the downloadable demo for Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This, publisher NIS today announced that the PSP action-strategy game will only be released as a PlayStation Store download.

Priced at $19.99 and slated to release July 17, the Acquire-developed title has players crafting a dungeon and an accompanying self-sustaining ecosystem of monsters that can fend off the pesky human heroes trying to capture the Overlord and restore peace.

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We haven't heard much of Zen Studio's PS3 downloadable shooter The Punisher: No Mercy since its head-exploding trailer, but we now know it's coming July 2 for $9.99.

Based upon Marvel Comics' vigilante, The Punisher boasts a singleplayer campaign with a whole host of Punisher characters and comic strip cut scenes by artist Mike Deodato, with multiplayer offerings of 8-player team and solo deathmatch modes.

Titan Studios' blood-letting, cake-scoffing downloadable PlayStation 3 game Fat Princess has been delayed until later in the summer, a Sony representative has said.

Fat Princess was due to arrive this month, leaving only next Thursday's weekly PlayStation Store update as a possible release date. "Fat Princess will have a global release date," wrote PlayStation Store Team member Mike Kebby on the European PlayStation.Blog "but I can confirm for you it will not be next week I'm afraid."

"The game is coming at some point this summer, but there is no confirmed release date at the moment," said Kebby. Until then, would-be feeders and fighters can get their fix with the charming Legend of the Fat Princess trailer and our impressions.

Now on Xbox Live Marketplace for Gold subscribers are demos of Blue Castles Games' arcade baseball game The Bigs 2 and EA Tiburon's more-serious NCAA Football 10.

The demo for The Bigs 2 offers 3 All Star innings and a taste of Home Run Derby Pinball while NCAA Football 10's demo recreates 2009's Gators vs. Sooners final.

PlayStation 3 sports fans should be able to enjoy the NCAA Football 10 demo later today, while The Bigs 2's demo is due to arrive on the PlayStation Network shortly.

The Bigs 2 is released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PS2 and PSP on July 7, then NCAA Football 10 arrives a week later on July 14 for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PSP.

The last of the promised downloadable content packs for Volition's Saints Row 2 arrives on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 today, with the Xbox 360 download already available. Whereas the first two packs--"Ultor Exposed" and "Corporate Warfare"--delivered new missions and multiplayer maps at a premium price, today's "Unkut Pack" is a free offering that brings more clothing and tattoo options to in-game gangsters.

While the PlayStation 3 edition will be free to all, the Xbox 360 download is currently restricted to those that have a premium Xbox Live Gold membership. A list of the colorful new customization choices, courtesy the game's blog, follows below... Read more

The bulk of the second "SEGA Vintage Collection" arrived in the Xbox Live Arcade today, offering six classic SEGA games--Gunstar Heroes, Altered Beast, Shinobi, Comix Zone, Phantasy Star 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3--at 400 Microsoft Points ($5) a pop.

Each has been updated with support for high definition displays and leaderboards, with Gunstar Heroes, Altered Beast and Sonic 3 also getting online multiplayer.

Excluding Gunstar Heroes, the remaining five games can also be found on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 retail compilation Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, though the versions found in that bundle don't pack online multiplayer.

While most of the downloads are exclusive to Xbox 360, with Ultimate Genesis Collection reject Sonic & Knuckles due later in the summer, Gunstar Heroes will also be making its way to the PlayStation 3 through tomorrow's PlayStation Store update.

Continuing its spree of Metal Gear Solid news, Konami has announced that the original PSone title Metal Gear Solid is set to come to the PlayStation Network this month.

Arriving on June 17, the classic stealth game will be priced at $9.99 for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. Konami also noted that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be available under the PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits label from June 16 for $30.

The downloadable Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network release of id's classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D will arrive next week, Activision has just revealed.

Containing both the original Wolfenstein 3D and "Nocturnal Missions" expansion--making for a total of 60 levels across six episodes--the shooter will hit Xbox 360 on Wednesday June 3, followed by the PlayStation 3 release on Thursday June 4.

No word yet on a price, though Activision noted that those taking the challenge to defeat the twisted Nazi regime" in Wolf 3D will gain additional accolades and gold for use in Raven's upcoming revamp Wolfenstein (PC, PS3, 360)--due in stores on August 4.

Six of the seven downloadable and enhanced classic old-school titles Sega is bringing to the Xbox 360 will arrive on June 10, the company announced today, with the PlayStation 3 re-release of Gunstar Heroes due out the next day, on June 11.

Arriving under the "SEGA Vintage Collection 2" banner, each game will be sold separately at an as-yet-unknown price point, and has been updated to support high definition visuals, online leaderboards, and, if applicable, online play.

While Gunstar Heroes will hit both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, it appears as if the rest of the titles--Altered Beast, Shinobi, Comix Zone, Phantasy Star 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3--are currently exclusive to the Xbox Live Arcade, with the final... Read more

Two more downloadable expansions for Fallout 3 will arrive over the summer, developer Bethesda announced today, along with word that, beginning in late June, the PlayStation 3 will start to receive all of the Fallout 3 downloadable DLC announced thus far.

"Operation: Anchorage will be released for PS3 in late June, followed by the release of The Pitt and Broken Steel 4-6 weeks apart," said Bethesda. "Release dates will be forthcoming." Previously, that DLC was exclusive to the PC and Xbox 360.

As for the two new downloadable episodes, here's what we know:

• Point Lookout (Late June for PC and Xbox 360 - 800 MS Points / $10)
  Explore a massive new swampland area filled with new quests and content.
• Mothership Zeta (Late July for PC and Xbox 360 - 800 MS Points... Read more

More classic titles from publisher Sega will be updated and released via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this summer, the company announced today. The downloadable games will be sold individually, with each release being "re-worked for high definition," supporting leaderboards, and, if applicable, sporting online play.

The overall compilation is dubbed the "SEGA Vintage Collection 2." Oddly, the announcement stated that the collection would hit both PS3 and Xbox 360 this summer, though listings only show Gunstar Heroes hitting both. Details and screens follow:

Gunstar Heroes (XBLA & PSN) - Summer 2009 / Online Play

"The classic side scrolling shooter from the SEGA Genesis returns to captivate fans new and old with its non-stop action and cooperative play."

Altered Beast (XBLA) - Summer 2009 / Online Play... Read more

Publisher THQ has freed the Red Faction: Guerrilla demo from its bonds of pre-order exclusivity, to be enjoyed by all proud Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3-owning citizens.

The demo of Volition, Inc.'s destructalicious shooter is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network. PC gamers remain demo-less huddled masses.

Red Faction: Guerrilla is now slated to hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on June 2.

The release of Sucker Punch's super-powered open-world game inFamous has been bumped up from a vague June timeframe to a concrete date of May 26.

Publisher Sony also announced that pre-ordering grants you early access to the inFamous demo on May 7. Those who would prefer to play the demo before ordering the full game will be able to download it through the PlayStation Network on May 21.

Best known for publishing niche retail titles such as Shin Megami Tensei and other various role-playing games, Atlus U.S.A. today announced that it's entering the realm of digital distribution by publishing Blitz Arcade's downloadable aquatic puzzler Droplitz.

Rather than summarize the game, I'll let Atlus' description speak for itself:

In a world where spouts at the top of a screen leak drops of liquid, one player will have to spin a series of round dials studded with different types of path formations in order to link those top droppers to the collectors at the bottom of the screen. Four unique play modes. Unlimited replayability. When drops start dripping, dials must spin.

It's coming to PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iPhone in "late spring." The console versions will arrive in the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Arcade and the iPhone edition will be in the iTunes App Store, while distribution venues for the PC version are TBA.

Square's (now Square Enix) beloved PlayStation RPG Final Fantasy VII International is out on the Japanese PlayStation Network for PlayStation 3 and PSP, Kotaku spotted.

Costing 1,500 Yen ($15), FF7 International is the Japanese localisation of the American version, which improved the original release with new cutscenes, additional graphics in some areas, a better spell management system, and polished and new battles.

There's absolutely no word of a release elsewhere, but if wishes were horses...

SEGA has priced and dated the three downloadable content packs for strategy RPG Valkyria Chronicle (PS3), and celebrated the announcement with new screenshots.

The three DLC packs--an extra hard difficulty mode and two new missions--will be available on PlayStation Network for $4.99 apiece from April 16.

This is not a plea for help but rather the title of NIS and Acquire's PSP action puzzler.

Pesky meddlesome heroes are invading the subterranean kingdom of Badman--who NIS describe as a "helpless, whiny-ass loser pansy b**** underground Overlord"--and you, the God of Destruction, must fend them off to crush all hopes of peace. Of course.

Your God of Destruction wields a humble pickaxe, with which he digs to connect caverns and play god with their ecosystems. Follow the food chain and manage soil types to rear giant monsters to fight invading heroes but keep a balance or your army eats itself.

Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? arrives on PSP this July, with a downloadable demo coming "soon" to the PlayStation Network.

Arriving this Wednesday on Xbox Live Arcade are two puzzlers of very different breeds, Proper Games' Flock! and Infinite Interactive's Puzzle Quest: Galactrix.

Flock! is the simple tale of a UFO herding sheep past obstacles into its mothership, whereas Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is an addictive gem-matching RPG mashup.

Round Flock! up for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) and Puzzle Quest for 1600 ($20).

Flock! also arrives on the PC on Tuesday and PlayStation Network on Thursday. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is due a PlayStation Network release some time later this spring.

Capcom has announced today that the Versus multiplayer mode downloadable content for Resident Evil 5 will arrive on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 tommorow, April 7.

Versus adds online 1v1 and 2v2 play in two new modes. Slayer's Rule is a simple and harmless point-based jaunt where teams compete to slaughter hapless subhuman Majinis. In Survivor's Rule, players hunt the most dangerous quarry of all--each other.

Versus will cost 400 Microsoft Points ($5 on PS3), a price Capcom defended as reflective of the costs and effort involved after fans reacted angrily to the announcement.

In a deadly earnest announcement, EA has detailed the Godfather II downloadable content to be available shortly after release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The three DLC packs--and one mega bundle--offer various treats including new maps, new characters and weapon unlocks Scoring The Pentangeli Map Pack for 540 Microsoft Points--$6.75 on PS3-- earns you the all-new Cuba and Junkyard... Read more