In addition to the anticipated Bionic Commando: Rearmed remake of the original game, most gamers are aware that the series will receive a series reboot in the form of the simply named Bionic Commando. Capcom gave the game the royal treatment at last week's E3, unveiling an action-packed trailer and promoting both Rearmed and Bionic Commando.We recently had a chance to spend some quality time with the game, so be sure to check out our impressions while you're downloading the sexy high definition E3 gameplay trailer.Download the HD Bionic Commando E3 2008 trailer...

Developer Certain Affinity has a certain affinity for pirates. Publisher Capcom seems to share their love of swashbuckling and has teamed with them to produce Age of Booty, a pirate-themed strategy title that sends players on a journey across land and sea.In case you missed them in last week's E3 hullabaloo, Certain Affinity has released a few gameplay trailers that offer an idea of how Booty's gameplay will work, featuring different strategy elements, vessels, and of course, booty. Each high definition trailer is available from Big Download for your viewing pleasure.Age of Booty will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC during the third quarter of 2008.Download the HD Age of Booty trailer #1 from Big DownloadDownload the HD Age of Booty trailer #2 from Big DownloadDownload the HD Age of Booty trailer #3 from Big Download...

If you are lucky enough to be able to attend the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, you will get a chance to check out a ton of exhibitors, including game publishers. One of those game publishers is Capcom and they have announced their schedule of events at their Comic-Con booth for the four days of the show beginning on Thursday.The big highlight of the show at the Capcom booth has to be an autograph appearance by actress Kristin Kreuk. Yes, Smallville's hot Lana Lang will be signing at the Capcom booth on Thursday to promote the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (she plays the title role). Capcom will hold tournaments throughout Comic-Con (the game is scheduled to be released on the PC as well as consoles) and there will be appearances from Bionic Commando himself (don't ask)....

A cargo pilot named Will crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle and finds himself caught in an alternate world along where aliens called The Watchers are in control. Using weapons cobbled together using stolen Watcher technology he joins with other humans lost inside this world to take on the alien menace. Using a jet pack, Will can jump long distances, hover in mid-air and eventually fly in true Rocketeer-like fashion. Most of all, the player's sense of direction will be thrown for a complete loop. As Will uses his jet pack to scale up cliff sides, vertical becomes horizontal and outcropping can be used for cover.The first part of Dark Void plays out they way anyone would expect an action shooter would. There isn't much to help the game stand out without the benefit of an upgraded jet pack. Until then, the player moves through like most other shooters, picking up new and inventive weapons along with ammo while picking off waves of incoming soldiers along the way. There isn't much to help the straight, ground-based, shooting sequences stand out from other shooters this early in development. The graphics look nice and there's an interesting story, but the extra flash like destructible environments and exploding barrels aren't in yet. However, the developers promise that all those factors will be in place when the game releases.Watcher soldiers are mainly comprised of robots that will occasionally come up to Will and grab him by the throat, triggering a minigame where players needs quickly move the controller's thumbstick left and right to escape. Little stitch and button-mashing sequences like these will be peppered throughout the game. One adrenaline-pumping sequence has the player chasing down flying saucers to land atop them. Players then need to rip off a panel by tapping the B buttons while avoiding the ships cannon. Then the hatch open for Will to dispose of the pilot. Will then has the ship for himself to use against other Watchers. No word yet on how these button mashing sequences will play out on the PC, since those controls haven't been developed yet. Flight is fairly straightforward and the controls are very responsive for easy maneuvering. Disappointingly, due to the complexity of the vertical gameplay, Dark Void won't come with any multiplayer features. However, it will be the first part in a series of episodic games. While this story centers on Will and explain how people like Nikola Tesla ended up in the Void, future episodes may change focus to other survivors. Dark Void itself will be considered as the first three episodes, so we might see multiplayer action in future games. In any case, we can expect a lot of high-flying, fast-paced shooting action coming our way. The game is expected to release next year....

Are you in the mood to plunder some booty? Not the modern meaning of "booty," you pervert - pirate booty. You know, treasure: gold coins, scepters, crowns, that sort of thing. For those looking to scour the open seas for treasure, developer Certain Affinity and publisher Capcom's Age of Booty should fit your bill, swabbie....

The trailer train keeps on-a-rollin'! Bionic Commando is a rarity for the gaming industry. Ordinarily when a company revamps a classic title they are met with great hostility unless it holds true to the original vision. When Bionic Commando was first revealed gamers shrugged it off to the side expecting it to be a train-wreck -- a cash-in on nostalgic memories, if you will. But then something happened, the game started to look good. Real good. Now, we can barely get enough of it. Coming soon from Capcom, Bionic Commando has the potential to be something special and from what we've seen we're hopeful....

Your daily wrap-up of the hottest stories in PC gaming in the last 24 hours. And, of course, that means even more E3 coverage from the floor of the convention and in the conference rooms where we were hands on with many popular titles. E3 08: Hands-on with SporeSo you have likely been playing with the Spore Creature Creator for a few weeks now, either in its free version or the full $9.99 version. But how, you may ask, is the actual Spore game actually looking. Quite well, thank you. In fact it's a lot deeper experience than we first imagined. E3 03: Hands-on with Fallout 3It's extremely hard to really get a feel for what a game that has about 100 hours of gameplay in less than 30 minutes of time. Yet that was our constraints while playing Fallout 3 at Bethesda Softworks' E3 2008 meeting room. It was enough time to confirm that the game plays well in those 30 minutes but that's about it. E3 08: Hands-on with Far Cry 2We named this game our most anticipated PC title of E3 2008 and when we went behind closed doors at Ubisoft's meeting room to check out a PC demo build of Far Cry 2 our expectations were certainly high. We came away from the demo impressed by the game's promise, even though we are still scratching our heads as to why the game is even named Far Cry 2. With the exception of a couple of minor similarities, there's really nothing that ties in this game with Crytek's original 2004 shooter. E3 08: Hands-on with Project OriginLast year, Warner Bros. Interactive had a hands-on theater demo of Project Origin, the long awaited true sequel to developer Monolith's 2005 scary shooter F.E.A.R (in fact the official name of the game had not been announced at its 2007 E3 appearance). The demo was more akin to what was seen in F.E.A.R.. it took place in an office corridor. It had some shooting of AI driven soldiers and it had a scary scene at the end. ...

Looks like Capcom continues to release games for the PC in downloadable formats. The publisher has officially announced Flock, a new downloadable game for the PC and other platforms. The game is the first effort from the new Scotland based Proper Games which was formed by people who worked on games like Lemmings, Crackdown and others.In fact the game sounds a lot like Lemmings. Its premise is that you are in charge of a space ship that has to herd various farm animal inside the ship. These animals must be guided through a series of puzzles in order to reach their destination. The game uses physics to let the player do things like use a tractor beam to move obstacles out of the animals' path. There will also be co-op play and a level editor for those who want to make their own puzzles. The game is due for release this holiday....

Earlier this year we reported that screenwriter David Hayter had revealed his plans to try to bring about a Lost Planet movie. Now Variety has finally confirmed that such a project is indeed in the works with Warner Bros. Hayter, who just finished work on co-writing the script for Watchmen, will handle scriptwriting duties.The movie, based on the Capcom sci-fi action game, will be produced by Seaside Entertainment which is co-founded by former Marvel Studios head man Avi Arad. Capcom has of course had three Resident Evil movies released and a new Street Fighter movie is in production....

Earlier this week we reported on the first gaming panel programming that was announced for the first day (Thursday) for the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25-28. Now the convention's web site has revealed the panel programming for the rest of the show and Friday and Saturday seem to be packed with game and game related events (Sunday seems to be free of gaming related panels).On Friday convention attendees can go to panels about Midway's fighting game Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe, the upcoming MMOs Stargate Worlds and DC Universe Online, and the upcoming Ghostbusters game (with actors Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson scheduled to attend). There will also be a World of Warcraft panel and the big Star Wars panel will have segments on the upcoming LucasArts Clone Wars and The Force Unleashed game titles. Capcom will hold a panel on how to break into the game industry and there will also be a Penny Arcade panel. There will also be a panel on the upcoming movie adaptation of Prince of Persia (with the game's original creator Jordan Mechner scheduled to attend) and a panel on the upcoming CGI movie Resident Evil: Degeneration.On Saturday, Comic-Con will hosts a Telltale Games panel where the creators will announce plans for a third episodic game series to join their Sam and Max and Strong Bad series. A Warhammer Online panel will also be held and THQ will host a panel on Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II and Deadly Creatures. Cliff Bleszinski and Peter Molyneux will attend a panel to talk about Gears of War 2 and Fable 2, respectively. EA will host a Dead Space panel and Capcom will also host a Bionic Commando panel at the show.If you haven't bought your tickets for Comic-Con yet, you are out of luck if you want the four-day pass or one-day passes for Friday and Saturday. Some tickets for Thursday and Sunday are still available for purchase....

It's always fun when a game changes its previously announced title mid-way through its development. You have to go back and re-label screenshots to reflect the new title and every story you write about the game has to mention the previous title's name change so that your readers don't get confused.Capcom has done exactly that with the game now previously known as Plunder, the pirate themed downloadable strategy game from developer Certain Affinity. The game is now known as Age of Booty which will certainly get a grin every time someone says the new name. No reason for the name change was revealed....

Did you think that E3 was supposed to be a tight invite-only affair? Well actually yes it is. But the folks over at Capcom are extending an invitation for a few actual fans to come to their E3 meeting meeting room on Thursday, July 17. We suspect that you have to live in the LA area to win (we don't think Capcom is flying people in) but if you happen to be in the area you have a chance to check out what few can actually do nowadays.Capcom will have a number of games at the show that will be coming to the PC including the downloadable titles Plunder and Bionic Commando Rearmed along with the games Dark Void, Street Fighter IV and Bionic Commando....

It's become something of a trend to dismiss the revamped and invite only Electronic Entertainment Expo as no longer relevant. The truth, however, is that there is still no one event in the United States that brings together more game developers and publishers than E3 even in its smaller version (as the E3 Media and Business Summit). We are now just one week away from the start of E3 2008 which after last year's detour in several Santa Monica, CA hotels will once again take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center). Despite what other articles might tell you the PC game industry will be represented very well at the expo this year with a number of highly anticipated game titles due to be shown to the invited press (and there may very well be a few surprise announcements in store for E3 that we don't know about yet). So what PC games are we most looking forward to seeing at E3 2008 next week? We've compiled a list of our top 25 picks and we will reveal our list over the next week (with an article on honorable mentions and wild card picks on Saturday). We wanted to make this list heavy on PC game exclusives or games that will have the PC as the lead or major platform if it also appears on game consoles....

Street Fighter IV is releasing on the PC and while we know we've mentioned it before it just feels really nice to be able to say it! Those of you at home waiting for the day to wind down so you can ignite your favorite fireworks are invited to check out this special trailer for Street Fighter IV that was originally shown during Capcom's Captivate 08 event. Featuring series mainstays Ryu and Akuma engaging in an epic battle peppered with classic moves, the trailer is nothing short of amazing. Make sure to stay glued to your seat until the end for the arrival of another classic character and a tease reveal of someone very special....

Capcom fans rarely need worry about their favorite title becoming another forgotten digital relic: Mega Man sequels, ports, and revisions are almost virus-like in their ability to multiply, Resident Evil 5 (actually the sixth core game) is due for release early next year, Dante recently made waves with Devil May Cry 4, and Street Fighter fans will receive a double dose of Hadoken later this year with Street Fighter 4 and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.Since the year 198X, Bionic Commando fans have waited for their time to shine. Nintendo's Game Boy platform assuaged some of the rabid craving for more bionic arm adventures with a 1992 revision of the NES classic and even a sequel in 1999 -- but fans wanted more than remakes and slight iterations. In 2007, Capcom granted their wish by announcing the plainly-titled Bionic Commando, a 3D sequel to the arcade and NES installments due for release on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. ...