Age of Zombies is a PSP/PS3 Mini developed by Halfbrick Studios in which the player embarks on an adventure through time as Barry Steakfries. (more...)

Although creator Hideo Kojima has said numerous times that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is, in a way, Metal Gear Solid 5, it appears that it once was Metal Gear Solid 5 before it got a name change.

Kojima Productions public relations lead Jiro Oishi revealed that, early in the game's development cycle, it was called Metal Gear Solid 5: Peace Walker. For whatever reason, the "5" was dropped after E3, despite being flashed in many campaign promotions.

Peace Walker releases May 25 in the US.

[via Siliconera]

Like baseball? Like gameplay of Baseball? 2K games is showing off their latest baseball game MLB 2K10 with a nine minute clip of in game action for your viewing pleasure. The footage shows off the games tweaked pitching and hitting systems with a few doses of fielding action sprinkled through out. What can I say? It looks like baseball.

The PSP hasn't exactly been the most steady platform in the industry, especially with the outright miserable launch the PSPgo experienced. Industry Gamers recently spoke with SCEA Senior Vice President of Publisher Relations, Rob Dyer, about the current state of the PSP and what Sony is planning to do about it. Dyer explains how piracy has really hurt the PSP but says that they are addressing it. He also promises that "big" games will be coming to the platform this year.

"I think we had a great lineup last year. The biggest problem that plagued PSP was piracy; we have not been able to slow that down," said Dyer. "We think we have some answers going forward, but we're not ready to talk about that publicly at this point. So we're working on fixing that, because that's been a big problem. Publishers, when they put out good games, are not getting the same sales results that they got a few years back. So piracy's been a big issue and we're working on that very diligently to bring about some solutions.

"That said, we still have a very robust lineup this year from third parties on the PSP, starting with Metal Gear Peace Walker," he continued. "I won't go through the whole lineup because I want our third-party partners to make those announcements, but there are some big, big titles coming out this year and you'll see those announcements at GDC, DPS (Destination PlayStation) or E3. We're into the sixth year now on the platform, and that's a long time for a handheld. I think given where we're at right now, we're doing very, very well. But yes, the business has had problems and I think it all stems, candidly, from the piracy."

[via TVGB]

Xbox World 360 scored a first look at Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, which will be appearing in its next issue going on sale March 16. The announcement comes in the latest issue, which says  next month's will have "the first look at Recon's long-awaited return to Xbox 360."

The game is set to release by this Christmas with a beta, included with Splinter Cell: Conviction, starting in the summer.

Ubisoft announced Future Soldier last week with a short teaser trailer. They also showed off a work-in-progress cover art for it.

[via CVG]

First Street Fighter IV on the iPhone, now the PSP? Capcom's Natsuki Shiozawa wouldn't mind. According to a Q&A post on her blog, Ms. Shiozawa expressed that she would, in fact, want to bring the fighter to the PSP.

No official word yet on if and when this would happen.

[via Examiner]

In the name of good deals, the PSP, DS and iPhone versions of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars are on sale for 30% off, bringing it down to just $6.99.

The offer ends Sunday at 12am EST (the end of Valentine's Day). I'm sure your valentine will appreciate you getting this for them. The kick to the face is their way of saying "I love you."

When Ubisoft revealed the debut trailer for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier earlier this week, a certain part caused a lot of discussion. As seen in the trailer, the game will clearly feature optical camouflage, which some believe to be a bit too farfetched for what it known to be a "realistic" franchise. Ubisoft has come out and stated that Future Soldier will remain "loyal" to Ghost Recon's authenticity.

"Despite popular belief, we didn't design this after a certain bespectacled wand-wielding boy's accoutrement," writes Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Community Developer Kimi Matsuzaki.  "We are, and remain, loyal to the Ghost Recon brand value of authenticity. In general Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is based on the very real Future Soldier Initiative 2030, which is a U.S. Army R&D program run by the US Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center. Optical camo, like other technologies in Future Solider, is a near-future reality, and this is why we chose to include it in GRFS.

"We plan to discuss our references and inspirations in the coming months, so that you can see that we’ve done our homework in order to bring you a plausible future war scenario," she adds.

The January NPD Group figures are in, and, once again, Nintendo's Wii takes the top spot for most units sold (and now it's sold out). Total industry sales came in at $1.17 billion, a drop of 13%, with hardware falling 21% and software falling 12%. Gaming peripherals did, however, see a slight increase of 2%.

Although the PS3 had a strong December, its January sales dropped off a bit at 276,900 units, putting it again behind the Xbox 360, which sold through 332,800 units. As per usual, the Wii and DS were the real winners, selling 465,800 units and 422,200 units respectively. The PSP sold 100.1K units and the PS2 trailing off at 41,600.

In terms of software, New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the top-selling game. This might come as a surprise considering Mass Effect 2's critical acclaim, but the game had a very late release. Five of the top ten selling games in January were Wii titles.

[via Industry Gamers]

Halfbrick Studios have just announced Rocket Racing, a PS3 and PSP Mini that sets players atop raceways up high in the sky. The game has three main modes: Challenge Mode, Grand Prix, and Party Mode. Challenge Mode offers a variety of racing and skill based challenges that the player must complete, while Grand Prix pits players agains multiple AI-controlled opponents, and Party Mode allows players to switch off and pass around the controller attempting to break each others high score, fastest time, etc.

Rocket Racing will be released for the Playstation 3 and PSP minis via Playstation Network for $4.99 later this month.