In a pleasant surprise, Sega has revealed that, contrary to earlier announcements, the upcoming HD rerelease of their classic Dreamcast title Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio) will include almost every music track from the original version.
Konami has announced that Karaoke Joysound, a Wii-exclusive karaoke game that has had several iterations in Japan since late 2008, will finally get a release in North America sometime this Fall.
Square Enix has announced a downloadable game based off of 2009's action-adventure title, Mini Ninjas. The new game, titled Mini Ninjas Adventures, will be available exclusively for Xbox LIVE Arcade/Kinect on June 29 for 800 Microsoft points.
The 2010 title Naughty Bear, revolving around a teddy bear with particularly violent tendencies, is getting a sequel in the form of the downloadable game titled Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise. Published by 505 Games and developed by Behaviour Interactive, the game is scheduled for a fall release on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Some things do drag Joy Ride Turbo down, preventing it from getting a very high recommendation, but its gameplay is still fun enough that fans of kart racers will want to check it out.
The recently released JAM Live Music Arcade, developed by Zivix, has had two new videos released further detailing its gameplay. One of these covers the unique instrument-switching element that enables players to tweak which individual instruments track play and when, while the second features a Zivix employee playing through "Black Is The New Yellow", the hardest song in the game's Arcade Mode. Both videos can be viewed below.
As the 10th anniversary of the popular Ratchet & Clank series approaches, developer Insomniac Games has revealed that the upcoming HD remastering of the first three games in the series won't be the only way they celebrate its history. A completely new title in the series, titled Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, has been announced for a release later this year exclusively for download on PlayStation Network.
Harmonix has dished out some more information on its upcoming downloadable spinoff game, Rock Band Blitz. With this reveal, the company has detailed some of the power-ups players will use in the game, as well as more of the game's built-in set-list.
Dragon's Lair is still beloved by those who hold memories of playing it at an arcade in their youth, but it's the type of game that simply doesn't work as well in today's industry, where impressive graphics are now the norm.
Developer Telltale Games has released a new episode of Playing Dead, an online talk show dedicated to discussion of its latest licensed title, The Walking Dead, which recently had its first episode released. In it, A.J. Locascio, the voice of Marty McFly in Telltale's Back to the Future game, interviews two of the game's lead designers, Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin.