"While keeping what's always been cool in Splinter Cell, Conviction allows for a faster and more instinctive gameplay experience," designer Dean Evans claims as he walks us through a few different portions of Ubisoft Montreal's stealth-action sequel.

The long-coming title, initially due in 2007, hits PC and Xbox 360 on February 23.

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To celebrate the revelation that Heroes and Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell will reprise the role of "Lucy" in Assassin's Creed II, publisher Ubisoft sent over two screenshots from the game itself and close to a dozen pictures of the actress in the recording studio. The open-world assassination game, which sees the mysterious Lucy assisting Desmond as he uses a specialized machine to relive the genetic memories of his ancestors, hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 17 and PC next year.

And in the event you wanted to see actual gameplay, look no further than below, where you'll find just over four minutes of narrated footage ... Read more

Sparks fly, both figuratively and literally, in the latest trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. After that, some things get beat up and a hot rod appears in battle. Then Snow takes his shirt off.

The latest in Square's long-running RPG franchise hits Japan in PlayStation 3 form on December 17, with PS3 and Xbox 360 editions hitting North America in spring 2010.

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With the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 both set to receive new motion-tracking controllers next year, it has been revealed that some existing PlayStation 3 software will be updated with enhanced control schemes via patches while Xbox 360 games probably won't.

Though Microsoft has demonstrated the Xbox 360's motion-sensitive Project Natal camera with retrofitted versions of existing titles, such as Burnout Paradise and Beautiful Katamari, project head Kudo Tsunoda told Destructoid that such efforts required a significant amount of code to be changed--presumably more than a patch could.

Meanwhile, rival Sony used Tokyo Game Show to reveal that some existing PlayStation 3 games will be patched to support the upcoming PlayStation Motion Controller, including LittleBigPlanet, PAIN, Flower, EyePet, Hustle Kings and High Velocity Bowling.

In addition, Sony unveiled several upcoming titles that will make use of the wand-shaped ball-tipped device, including an "Alternate Edition" of Resident Evil 5, Ape Escape, Echochrome 2, Motion Party, Sing and Draw, The Shoot and Tower... Read more

To accompany this morning's revelation of new Dead Rising 2 details, Capcom has issued a whopping five new video clips from Blue Castle's zombie-splattering sequel.

First up, a glimpse of the multiplayer mode, which takes place under the guise of fictional television event "Terror is Reality." We've also got a rather snazzy TIR XVII poster.

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What happens when you combine a shotgun and a pitchfork? See below... Read more

Having just announced Assassin's Creed II will be hitting DS too, Ubisoft has now released a Tokyo Game Show trailer for the open-world murder simulator.

Assassin's Creed 2 improves the original with more mission variety, NPC pals, more weapons and the joys of an economy, hitting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 20 with the PC release delayed until early 2010 "To deliver the best quality game."

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New Dead Rising 2 screenshots show a selection of the wild and wonderful weapons hero Chuck will use to beat a path through the zombie hordes of Fortune City, from lowly knives, chairs and stuffed marlins to the fearsome paddle-saw and wheelchair tank.

The monster-mashing sequel will also pack "A series of multiplayer challenges for up to four players via online play," including "jumping into giant hamster balls and mowing down the undead; seeing who can place the most drill buckets on zombies' heads," "taking to the arena on a motorbike with chainsaws for handlebars" and deadly metal antler mayhem. Players can also "fight dirty" and interfere with others' scoring.

Developed by Blue Castle Games "in close collaboration with Capcom" and "a number of members from the original Dead Rising team... working alongside," Dead Rising 2 is slated for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 some time before March 31, 2010.

Poor Detective Gumshoe. He can't ever seem to catch a break, especially with mistress Franziska von Karma carrying that whip on her person at all times. I know he's meant to be comic relief and all, but after the last four Ace Attorney games, I'm starting to feel bad.

But, back on point, Capcom has released a nearly four-minute gameplay clip from the latest in its Nintendo DS courtroom adventure series, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. This one leaves behind the defense attorney heritage of past entries and puts players in the role of a prosecutor. It's due in North America on February 16, 2010.

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Fresh off the recent revelation of 0 Day Attack on Earth, developer Gulti and publisher Square Enix have issued the first trailer for the Xbox Live Arcade-exclusive shooter.

Real-world cities. Explosions. Aliens. Sounds just like a Roland Emmerich flick.

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It's not all recreations and reimaginings for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, as evidenced by the latest screenshots and trailers for Cavia's on-rails Wii shooter. Here, Leon Kennedy and Jack Krauser visit South America to discover, surprise, zombies.

Developed by Cavia, The Darkside Chronicles arrives November 17. For a better look at South America, check out the trailer and gameplay video embedded... Read more

From flaming kangaroos to deadly screams and magical wands, there's almost no doubting that the Tekken 6 development team has finally cracked under the pressure. Namco's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighter arrives October 27. A PSP edition, which we also have some new screenshots of, is slated to arrive at some point in the fall.

A variety of environments, emotions and monsters are highlighted in the latest Lost Planet 2 media, released today by Capcom in commemoration of Tokyo Game Show.

Look for the action game to hit PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by March 31, 2010. A downloadable demo is available on Xbox 360, with a PlayStation 3 demo due today.

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Capcom has announced the latest member of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars increasingly eclectic lineup of fighters--Dead Rising photojournalist Frank West.

As one might expect, Frank sports a deadly arsenal of items from the mall, including shopping carts, baseball bats and even zombies, but best of all is the Servbot masks.

The weirdest and most wonderful of Capcom and animation studio Tatsunoko's lineups will face off in the Wii crossover fighter on January 26. To get a preview of the action, look no further than the following trio of trailers... Read more

To signal the advent of Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft unveiled five previously unknown downloadable Xbox Live Arcade games coming someday to the Xbox 360.

• Toy Soldiers - Signal Studios
• Snoopy Flying Ace - Smart Bomb

• 0 Day Attack on Earth - Square Enix
• Bomberman Live Battlefest - Hudson
• RayStorm HD - Taito

No word as to when they'll hit, though a wealth of details and media... Read more

"Tearful farewells were bade," explains a Final Fantasy XIV trailer from the Tokyo Game Show, "And so we fight on! Until restless seas run dry." That'll be an MMORPG alright.

Square Enix's FF14 arrives on PC and PlayStation 3 in 2010, with classes determined purely by items and an interesting degree of quest customisation through 'Guildleves.'

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Kojima Productions has rolled the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker party wagon out in style, releasing screenshots, trailer and playable demo at the Tokyo Game Show.

The "MG5-class" stealth "true sequel" arrives exclusively on PSP in 2010, starring Big Boss and boasting co-op multiplayer. Until then, you can download a three-mission Japanese demo from IGN and enjoy the lengthy trailer below... Read more

Playing to the audience, Turn 10 has announced at Tokyo Game Show that its October 27-due Xbox 360 racer Forza 3 will sport "some of the greatest drifting cars from Japan" and pumped-up drifting, and brings the Fujimi Kaido mountain track back to the series.

Drift mode will always be on in Forza 3, granting points for entering the D-dimension in both multiplayer and singleplayer which will be ranked on a global drift scoreboard.

A one-track demo arrived on Xbox Live Marketplace today for gold subscribers.

Keep on reading for a trailer showing the track "Inspired by the thrilling downhill street racing style made popular in Japan," as well as a list of the drift-tastic cars... Read more

Greet a new Tokyo Game Show Day with a two-in-one trailer from Sony for Team Ico's The Last Guardian, third in the trilogy started by Ico and continued by Shadow of the Colossus. First is an interview with director Fumito Ueda on the importance of realism in fantasy, followed by a new trailer so lovely you can already feel your heart breaking.

The PlayStation 3 exclusive is slated to arrive in 2010.

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Polyphony Digital's long-awaited Gran Turismo 5 will arrive in Japan come March 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announced at a Tokyo Game Show event today.

North American and European release dates for the PlayStation 3-exclusive racer are still unknown, though you shouldn't expect the game to race into those territories before Japan. But hey, given that PlayStation 3 software is typically region free, those willing to go so far as to import should be playing in March, regardless of physical location.

New Alan Wake screenshots fresh off the Tokyo Game Show presses show its titular hero fleeing through dark forests from fierce cars, helicopters, lumberjacks and stoats.

Remedy's Alan Wake is slated for release on Xbox 360 in spring 2010, with the once-certain PC release now "up in the air" and ultimately at the mercy of Microsoft.