New screenshots for the upcoming game Mini Ninjas, due out Sept 1st! 11 year old Hiro and his friends Futo and Suzume must use their ninja skills to fight against the Evil Samurai Warlord and his magical army. Use Kuji magic to possess animals such as foxes, racoons and bears to gain their abilities. For more info, visit the official Mini Ninjas site ... more.

Champions Online, the MMO to give City of Heroes a run for its money, is coming ever nearer to completion. Although the game has faced a release delay and incresing competition from Sony's upcoming DC Universe Online, Champions is looking more promising than ever. The beta has been enough to blow this reporter's mind. With all the customization options available to starting players, I quickly b... more.

Potentially usurping all the t-shirts, toys, statues and behind-the-scenes bonus discs, Modern Warfare 2 creators Infinity War have decided to offer up a pair of freaking Night Vision Goggles along with the purchase of their $150 "Prestige Edition" for their latest (but no longer tethered to the series' namesake) Call of Duty title. Call me crazy, but this to me is the equivalent of finding a b... more.

Recently, sales figures for the game industry for the month of June emerged, and the numbers weren't pretty: an overall 20% drop year-to-year was expected. Some analysts have attributed this drop to a "sluggish reception to some of this year's biggest releases," - but analyst Michael Pachter, recently offered a counter-argument, attributing it to high console prices instead, saying: "We believ... more.

Here's your chance to win your very own MTV Moonman award! Play the Rock Band video game and record your performance, but be creative! Tap your inner filmmaker!  My advice would be to check out what other people have uploaded already (site link is below) and take it a step further. There's a list of eligible songs here. Due date is July 28th. A panel of judges will choose the top 5 and then co... more.

I know, I know, in fact we all know that Warhammer 40,000 is what you might call my hobby horse.  We all know I get a little excited when it comes to any kind of news about a new Warhammer 40k game.  The evidence can be found almost all over this site.  I mean, heck I am still playing Dawn of War: Soulstorm because a good ol' drop pod assault by the Emperor's finest is just so damn satisfying.Â... more.

Activision released a partial tracklist today for their upcoming FIFTH SEQUEL IN FIVE YEARS Guitar Hero 5 (World Tour 2?). Take a look, and then I'll go ahead and add some color commentary: Band Of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands" ? Beastie Boys - "Gratitude" Beck - "Gamma Ray" Billy Squier - "Lonely Is The Night" Blur - "Song 2" Bob Dylan - "All Along The Watchtower" Children Of Bod... more.

Unreality posted an entertaining compilation of cosplay photos including Master Chief, Big Daddy, Marcus Fenix, Kratos and more. I'm surprised at the number of dudes who dressed up, vs the usual scantily clad ladies. Check them out HERE... more.

Normally the GameStop circulars I receive every week mention a few "bones" being thrown to me - a discount here, a buy two (used) get one free there, but apparently this summer either GameStop has decided they finally want to start offering some great deals...or alternatively, they just want to clean house a bit.  Either way, for the patient gamer there are definitely some deals to be found at th... more.

So in my never ending quest to find ways to increase the site traffic for Amped Gaming I have decided to start holding tournaments here on AmpedGaming.  They're relatively easy to operat on ones own so I thought why not, in the process we could even maybe start staff versus fan teams and stuff like that.  There will be fairly long registration periods to make sure that we can get the tourney fil... more.